Hello and Happy Sunday! This week over on the Sisters in Stamping blog we are featuring florals because you know what they say: April showers bring May flowers! I don't know about you, but my flower beds are alive with color right now! My irises are in full bloom (different shades of purple and yellow); the columbine are blooming in purple, pink, yellow and white; the knockout roses are in shades of bright red and salmon; the geraniums are in shades of magenta and the white spirea are full of tiny white flowers. I LOVE spring for this very reason... you can never have too many flowers. And with Mother's Day just a week away I decided to make a pretty floral card for my Mother-in-law. Sadly, this will be my first Mother's Day without my own mother, but I am thankful to still have my Mother-in-law to celebrate. Please read on for more information about today's card...
I used the Two-Tone Flora stamp set (a favorite from the Spring mini catalog that carried over to the new Annual catalog, yay!) along with the Gold & Vanilla ribbon. To place an online order or check out the new products available from the 2023-2024 Annual catalog, please click on any image to hop over to my online Stampin' Up! store (don't forget to use Host Code UAJXWBSR* with your online order at checkout through May 30th).
Here is another view of my card. My MIL loves the color yellow, so I used Daffodil Delight along with Crushed Curry for my yellow flowers. The purple flowers are Fresh Freesia with Highliand Heather ink. The blue flowers are Pool Party with returning color Lost Lagoon and the pink flowers are Flirty Flamingo. The greens used for the foliage images include Granny Apple Green and returning Lemon Lime Twist. Don't recognize the sentiment? That's because it is from a long-retired stamp set called All Year Cheer II. I have had this set for MANY years, anyone else remember it? Sadly, I don't have any current sets with a Mother's Day sentiment so I pulled this one out to use. Wondering how I got the ribbon wrapped around the card? I used my paper snips to cut a small notch in the fold of the card and fed the ribbon through the hole and tied it in front. Easy-peasey!
And here is one last view of my card. I hope you are inspired to stamp a floral card of your own. For even more retiring product card ideas and inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Sisters in Stamping blog to check out what Karla and Rachel created this week. Happy stamping!!
Thanks for visiting and have a fabulous week!
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Debbie, your flower-filled card for your Mother-in-law is so beautiful! I loved hearing about the flowers in your yard ... how lovely they sound! Our rhododendron and mock orange shrubs are in full bloom now. How I wish Spring flowers had a longer blooming period! By the way, I also own that sentiment stamp you used ... it's a keeper, that's for sure! Happy Mother's Day to you!
Posted by: Rita | May 08, 2023 at 02:40 PM
Rita, thank you! Yes, Spring is my favorite time of the year with everything green and blooming!!
Posted by: Debbie Naylor | May 08, 2023 at 03:32 PM