Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog: Mother's Day Card Tutorial

Friday, April 18, 2014

Mother's Day Card Tutorial

Hello Friends!! Heather here and today I would like to share with you a Mother's Day card that I have made.

For this card you will need the following. Really Reasonable Ribbon Tombow Fix it foam pads, Juliet Lace, Salmon seam binding, Cotton Candy cane Baker's Twine, 10mm Deep Ivory Mulberry Roses and some buttons. Of course I used my Bow it All tool to create both bows :0) You will also need the following.

2.....5.0" by 6.5" ivory card bases

2......4.75" square pieces of pink card stock

My free digital collage sheet

3.5" doily

Ranger's Frayed Burlap distress ink

Foam Applicator (for the ink)

Glue Stick

Designer Dries Clear Glue & Fine tip applicator
Step 1
You will need to cut your card to a 5 inch square base. You will need to use the second card base to cut a 5 inch square, which you will add to the other card base. This will create your easel card. So you will fold up the top flap of your card base. Then you will glue the 5 inch square base (line it up with the top) so that it will line up with the bottom when closed. Please refer to photo below.

Step 2
Cut 2.... 4.75 inch square pieces of pink cardstock and your collage sheet pieces. I distressed the edges of my pieces and inked them with Rangers Frayed Burlap distress ink. I glued the ledger sheet to the pink card stock. The images on the collage sheet are already to size.

Step 3
I inked the doily with Frayed Burlap too. I then glued down the focal image to the doily. I added a row of Juliet lace and I also used a craft knife to cut the doily on both sides of the image. I threaded my seam binding through these openings.

Step 4

I glued the seam binding down on the back of the doily. I also cut the large foam tabs in half, and placed them around the edges of the back of one of my card stock pieces. Leaving the top open so that I could slide a tag in.

Step 5

I also added some cotton candy baker's twine to the piece. I glued the doily down to the card base.

Step 6

I used the Bow it All tool to create a bow which I added to my card. I also added some foam tabs to my "Mother" text box.

Step 7

I added the other pink base inside of my card.

I took the piece that I cut off of my card stock base (when I cut it down to 5 inches). I left it the same height, but cut the width down to 4.5 inches. I inked another doily, and glued it to my piece and trimmed off most of it.

Step 8

I trimmed off the excess cardstock so that my piece looks just like a doily. I centered it horizontally and placed it as close to the bottom of the card as possible.

Step 9

I added some of the ivory mulberry roses to the upper left corner of my focal piece and a button tied with cotton candy baker's twine to the right of my seam binding bow. You can see where I tucked in a tag in the back.

Step 10

I put a foam tab on the upper part of a button, and I am placing it on my tag so that the top of the card will fit under it.

Step 11

I added some more seam binding to the top of the tag. I also tucked in a piece of Juliet lace, and added another mulberry rose.

Step 12

On the inside I added another tiny seambinding bow, and mulberry rose. I added my "Mother" text box too.

Step 13

I used my Art Glitter Glue and Fine Tip applicator to add glue to my doily and around the circle of my focal image.

Step 14

I added Gingerbread glitter to the doily and tag edges. I have also added Just Peachy glitter to the focal image.

Here is a look at the finished card closed.

A look at it open

I also have a simpler card that I created using the same images from my collage sheet.

You can get my collage sheet and see the tutorial for this card here.

Today I am also sharing a video tutorial that I did for a Mother's Day Canvas that I have made using the same Digital Collage Sheet. I did the video back on March 25th and have been waiting to post it for what seems like forever...lol. I believe that has got to be the longest I have been able to go..with out immediately posting a post...lol. Normally I am last minute with my projects. Kind of like my card and tutorial that I did for today's post :0)