To make this Mother’s Day card, I chose the Gerbera Daisy stamp from Inkadinkado. Whichever stamp you choose, be sure to use one that is a solid stamp (or color in an outline stamp).
Stamp this image twice on the same cardstock in the same orientation and using the same color ink. Leave enough space between them to cut one out. You may even want to write an arrow at the top of your page so you will not forget which direction is the top of the stamped image, as you can see in the image below.
You can use any kind of ink for this technique. Chose one that goes well with the stamp you are using. Be sure to keep the cut out one in the same orientation as the other one, in other words, don’t rotate it around. In the above image, you can see that I am checking the cut out image against the one on the cardstock to make sure they are going the same direction.
Cut out one of the flowers and set aside. Create a 3-D effect by using a die to cut out the center of the other stamped flower. In this case, I’m using a letter “M” die, but you can be creative an use any kind of die that fits in the center of your stamped image. To make the letter “M” look 3-D, you’ll cut it out of plan cardstock four more times and adhere all those layers together. See example in the image below.
Last, adhere the first die cut (the one you did from the stamped image) on the top of those layers of M’s. Be careful not to smudge the top “M” because the image on it must remain in tact for the 3-D effect to work. Adhere the three-dimensional “M” to the stamped image you cut out (not the one with the “M” already cut out of it). Make sure you place it so that it matches the image-it’s kind of like a puzzle. I used the stamped image with the “M” cut out of it to match up with the one I cut out so I would know the orientation of the flower (which is the top, bottom, right, and left side) to help me place the “M”. I demonstrate this in the video below.
Finally, decorate your card with a greeting and a finishing touches. I used some peel-off border stickers to bling it up and I used a letter stamp set to place the greeting, “is for Mother” below the flower. The 3-D M makes the front of the card say, “M is for Mother”. I also decorated the inside of the card with the same flower stamp and peel-off border stickers. Have fun making this card for your mom!
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