Birthday and Mother's Day Cards

Between multiple family birthdays and Mother's Day, May is always a busy card month, which usually finds me visiting the local Hallmark store.  Inspired by my visit to Scrapbook Expo in Milwaukee and a somewhat reclaimed craft room, I actually managed to craft some cards this year. (Supply lists below.)

First up, a birthday card for my 6-year-old grandson, who loves all sports, but especially loves basketball.  I have a bunch of Riley the Moose stamps that hopefully will one day make it into a series of "The Adventures of Riley the Moose" cards to entertain my grandsons. This card was a good start in practicing my Riley Copic coloring techniques. I used the Lawn Fawn Magic Color Slider die to make this into an interactive card.

Next up was a Mother's Day Card for my dear daughter-in-law.  My sister, friend and I were lucky enough to happen across Gina K. demoing her brilliant Wreath Builder set in the Craft Fancy booth at Scrapbook Expo in Milwaukee a few weekends ago.  We all went home with this set that makes it possible to make a variety of wreath shapes using the Wreath Builder template and the Misti. So much fun to play with this.
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Last up is a birthday card for my youngest son who was turning 30.  He is a big fan of the Lord of the Rings so I knew I had to make him a Hobbit door card as soon as I saw this new set from Art Impressions.

The door placement is a little crooked, but overall I was pleased with how this turned out, since I was rushing to get it made the morning of his birthday.  Since breakfast is my son's favorite meal, I adapted a quote from one of the Lord of the Ring's movies.

Supplies - Basketball Riley Magic Color Slider

Stamp Sets
#5019 - Art Impressions: Wall Texture (floor)
Papertrey Ink: Have a Ball (Basketball)
Papertrey Ink: Movers & Shakers Sentiments (pull here)
Papertrey Ink: Number Time Trio (6)
Papertrey Ink: Stylish Sentiments - Birthday (inside sentiment)
Papertrey Ink: Wonderful Words - Birthday (happy)
Riley & Company: Basketball Riley

Dies
Lawn Fawn: Magic Color Slider
Papertrey Ink: Birthday Trio

Cardstock
Papertrey Ink: Clear, Orange Zest, True Black
X-Press It Blending Cardstock

Stamp Pads
Memento Tuxedo Black
Staz-on Jet Black
Versafine Onyx Black

Copic Markers
BG 000, 10
E 00, 31, 33, 35, 37, 59
YG 11, 13, 17
YR 16, 18
W1
Multiliner 0.1

Other Supplies
1/8" Scor-Tape
Darice Tape Runner
Scrapbook Adhesive: 3-D Foam Squares, Black


Supplies - Mother's Day Wreath

Stamp Sets
Gina K Designs Wreath Builder Stamps & Template
Papertrey Ink: Delightful Dahlia (sentiment)

Stamp Pads - Gina K Designs
Coral Reef
Key Lime
Lucky Clover
Sea Glass
Slate
Tangerine Twist
Tranquil Teal

Other Supplies
Gina K Designs Lucky Clover Cardstock
Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select Cardstock
Misti
Corner Rounder
Foam Dots


Supplies - Hobbit Happy Birthday

Stamp Sets

Art Impressions

#4051 - Foliage Set 1

#4867 - Foliage Set 2 (New)
#5009 - Mini Flower Set
#5010 - Tree Set 1
#5015 - Hobbit Door
#5019 - Wall Texture
#EX2017 - Garden Cart
 Papertrey Ink: Birthday Basics (sentiment)

Marvy LePlume II Markers
#6 - Brown
#8 - Violet

#15 - Olive Green
#17 - Steel Blue
#20 - Magenta

#29 - Prussian Blue
#40 - Brownish Grey

#45 - Sepia
#72 - Pine Green
#86 - African Violet

Other Supplies

Art Impressions Stamp Positioner

Art Impressions Watercolor Palette

Art Impressions Watercolor Brush #4

Papertrey Ink: Simply Chartreuse, True Black Cardstock

Canson or Strathmore Watercolor Paper

Acrylic Blocks

1/8" Scor-Tape

Darice Tape Runner

Home Sweet Home

Another card for a co-worker, Jeri, who just purchased a home.  Although these Lawn Fawn dies weren't specifically made for the Scalloped Pop-up Box, I was able to come up with a plan that seemed to work pretty well.

There are 3 layers as you move from front to back:
Row 1 - Spring flowers
Row 2 - Main Image (House and tree)
Row 3 - A row of buildings

I used two tree top dies to make clouds for the background sky. 

The banner that is included in the Scalloped Pop-Up Box is ingenious.  Too, too cute!

I threaded some ribbon through the popped-up sentiment on the front of the box so the flaps could be contained if the recipient doesn't want to display the card in all of it's popped-up glory.

Since I typically case other projects and try to replicate them as closely as possible, I was pretty pleased with the design I came up with for this card.

Supplies

Stamp Sets

Papertrey Ink: Boards and Beams

Lawn Fawn Dies
LF1361 - Simple Grassy Hillsides
LF1369 - Flower Hillside Pop-up Add-on
LF1376 - Scalloped Box Card Pop-up
LF1489 - Village Border
LF1502 - Stitched Hillside Backdrop - Landscape

Copic Markers
B - 34, 91
BG - 000, 0000
E - 55, 57, 59
Y - 32, 35, 38
YG - 11, 13, 17
YR - 12, 15, 18
RV - 32, 34
V - 06

Paper

Lawn Fawn - Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Patterned Paper

Lawn Fawn - Watercolor Wishes Paper - Four Leaf Clover

Papertrey Ink - Stamper's Select White Cardstock

X-Press It Blending Card Stock

Other Supplies

Acrylic Blocks

Pop Dots

Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Marker - Black

Sookwang Scor-Tape