Welcome to the Mothers Fathers Florals Blog Hop!
This fantastic release features amazing stamps, dies, sequins, and watercolor papers perfect for all your springtime, Mother's Day, and Father's Day cardmaking! Today I'm sharing a card featuring the brand new Cora Background Stamp and Mom and Dad Icons Set. The Cora Background Stamp is perfect for all kinds of techniques. I stamped the image with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before coloring with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush pen.
I stamped the Cora Background Stamp on Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The MISTI is fantastic for stamping large backgrounds on paper and getting perfect placement.
The background was colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush pen. I just love the soft, watercolored look.
For the greeting strip, I trimmed a piece of vellum for the center of the card. I love vellum for muting the background slightly but you can still see the amazing background design through it! I stamped a phrase from the Mom and Dad Icons Set using Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
I stamped the "M's" and flower on Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink and colored in the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, finishing with a layer of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen for a touch of sparkle. Because the Zig Markers are water based, the glitter pen will pick up the color from the coloring, so be sure to clean off the tip as to not transfer one color to another area.
I adhered the letters and flower to Fun Foam and attached them to the vellum border strip as shown. An additional greeting was stamped inside the card and flower sequins from the Little Princess Sequins were adhered to the design of the card to add to the background detail.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this mother's day card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
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S H O P P I N G
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G I V E A W A Y
We are giving away a prize package worth over $25 to every stop on the hop. Leave a comment by Sunday, April 9, 2017, 11:59 CST for a chance to win. Winners will be announced on our Simon Says Stamp store blog on Tuesday. Winners can email SSS to claim his/her prize :)
K E E P H O P P I N G
Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Anna-Karin Evaldsson!
just finished watching your video, I love how the tulip is the O and the coloring you;ve done, it's so festive and happy and bright
Posted by: Maaike Uijthoven | April 07, 2017 at 07:31 AM
it's so festive and happy and bright
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Posted by: meghan | April 07, 2017 at 07:40 AM
Love the tulip being used as an O - such a pretty and fun card!
Posted by: Susan Powell | April 07, 2017 at 08:00 AM
A beautiful card to celebrate mom with - and Spring also!
Posted by: Bonnie E | April 07, 2017 at 08:14 AM
Nice bright spring colours. The background stamp makes the card simple to make but so elegant.
Posted by: Betty B | April 07, 2017 at 08:15 AM
Gah! So pretty! Love the flower in place of the "O"! :)
Posted by: Natalie Winterstein | April 07, 2017 at 08:32 AM
So beautiful. Love the background.
Posted by: Glorie | April 07, 2017 at 08:40 AM
Beautiful colors!!! Great job!
Posted by: Cindy R. | April 07, 2017 at 08:43 AM
Oh, Nichol! This card is so beautiful!
Posted by: nancy | April 07, 2017 at 08:43 AM
Your sweet card just had me smiling out loud!
Posted by: Lillian Child | April 07, 2017 at 08:55 AM
Such a bright bold color.
Posted by: Cindy | April 07, 2017 at 08:59 AM
Nichol your card is so lovely. This hop is so inspiring. Having a great time seeing all the techniques you are using for this hop.
Posted by: Brenda gordon | April 07, 2017 at 09:00 AM
Really cute card! Love the colors.
Posted by: Natalie Godfrey | April 07, 2017 at 09:00 AM
I'm in love with these new background stamps, and you used this one to such beautiful effect, Nichol! The new sequins add a really pretty and elegant finishing touch, too. Your mom is definitely going to love this card! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us; I'm grateful for all the inspiration.
Posted by: Katherine | April 07, 2017 at 09:07 AM
Beautiful feminine card for Mother's day! I love the embossing and watercoloring.
Posted by: Debbie | April 07, 2017 at 09:18 AM
Wow, Nicole, so beautiful. The card looks like lace.
Posted by: Chris S. | April 07, 2017 at 09:25 AM
That is such a great background stamp and you've made such a pretty card with it.
Posted by: Em | April 07, 2017 at 09:26 AM
So pretty, Nichol
Posted by: Pennie | April 07, 2017 at 09:26 AM
So sweet for mum! Those card is so wonderful
Posted by: Sonia M | April 07, 2017 at 09:30 AM
Beautiful card!!
Posted by: Tara Prince | April 07, 2017 at 09:30 AM
My favorite colors pink and green! My favorite shape,hearts! Great idea!
Posted by: Kathy Aguilar | April 07, 2017 at 09:30 AM
WOWZERS! GORGEOUS! Awesome Release, Awesome Hop!
Posted by: Lagene | April 07, 2017 at 09:33 AM
Lovely card! I like that you replaced the 'O' with a pretty pink flower to match the background stamp!
Posted by: sharon | April 07, 2017 at 09:34 AM
Love the card! thanks for the video
Posted by: Barb in Kazoo | April 07, 2017 at 09:38 AM
Gorgeous background stamp - REALLY loving all the different looks on this hop - I love the way you've pulled out some of the elements with the wonderful cheery coloring - the flower for the M is darling! So inspiring! Thank you!
Posted by: Hilary A | April 07, 2017 at 09:41 AM