Hello, there! I am so excited to share today’s project with you – it’s simple to make card for Mom that can be used as a Mother’s Day card. I, however, intend to use this project as an encouragement piece to mail to my Mom in Ukraine to put a smile on her face (I have already made Mother’s Day cards for my Mom and Mother-in-law so I wanted to stretch my supplies and use them for something else).
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
I also wanted to share something rather cool and unique – a way to create jewel paper using stamps, embossing powder and Nuvo drops! Watch my video tutorial below to learn more. Or watch it on Youtube.
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CARD DETAILS
The card design I am sharing today can be easily turned into a Mother’s Day card, a Birthday card for Mom or even a simple I Love You or I Miss You for Mother or Mother in law.
I started working on my project by heat embossing a Flora 6×6 background stamp in white embossing powder onto kraft cardstock. This is a beautiful background that can be used for a variety of projects and there are lots of things you can do with this, too. You can heat emboss it in white or gold onto kraft paper; you can stamp it and partially color using pencils or markers; you can use it on watercolor paper and heat emboss over a nice watercolor background. Lots of options to explore.
I decided I wanted to color my background using pencils. I wanted the white heat embossing to pop here, so I picked kraft cardstock as my base and decided to go with Prismacolor pencils for my coloring. I picked just 3 colors and went with kraft, pink and green color combo – I think it is very feminine. The colors I used are PC929, PC1014 and PC989.
I will say I am very new to Prismacolor pencils – I got these for Christmas last year and I haven’t really had a lot of chances to use them, but I do love how they look on dark papers.
I used a dark pink pencil to add color to the flowers on my background (if you look closely you can see that this background is made up of individual flowers and leaves and they are all sort of interlock together). I also used a light pink pencil and colored the top of the flowers, I colored over the dark pink to soften the color and make the top parts of my florals appear lighter. You can also use a white pencil for this and simply layer it over the dark to get a softer, lighter color. This is what I love these prismacolor pencils for – you can easily lighten up a color using a lighter color pencil or white.
I also used a green pencil and colored all of the leaves. You can definitely keep your background white and pink only, but I really wanted to add that pop of green.
JEWEL PAPER
I wanted to create jewel paper. So I used my crystal drops from Tonic and added pink as well as white dots over my coloring. I used a neon Shocking Pink and Gloss White. I love that these drops do not take too long to dry, mine were all nice and stiff in just about 20 minutes. Although it is very hot where I live right now so that probably affects the drying time a little bit. If you don’t have these colors of Nuvo drops you can also add clear dots using Morning Dew color (clear) or even Glossy Accents. But Nuvo drops do dry much more dimensional.
For my sentiment, I used M and A letters from the Mom and Dad icons set and heat embossed two of each letter twice in white embossing powder onto white cardstock. The stamp set has letters to spell out words Mom and Dad, but I wanted to spell out Mama, this is what I call my mom, I call her Mama, so I used a letter A instead of O. I also heat embossed a sentiment that reads “So Happy You’re My” so that the sentiment together would read So Happy You’re My Momma.
I used Simon’s Hollyhock ink and mini round ink blending tool and added ombre inking onto my letters. I inked the bottom of each letter with lots of pink and left the top barely white. I also added a layer of ink over the small sentiment so that it looked as if it was embossed onto pink paper.
Next, I used my Platinum 6 die cutting and embossing machine and coordinating dies and cut my letters out.
I foam mounted my background onto an A2 top folding card base made out of white cardstock and foam mounted letters on top. I also decided to add a few sequins from Little Princess set – there are these super adorable little floral shaped sequins, I’ve never seen anything like that so I was excited to use them on my card.
ADDITIONAL INSPIRATION
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SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Simon Says Cling Rubber Flora Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Rubber Cora Background Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Rubber Star Flower Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Cling Rubber Flower Medallion Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Clear Stamps Mom and Dad Icons Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Mom and Dad Icons Wafer Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamps and Dies Mom and Dad Icons Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Hollyhock Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Clear Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Little Princess Sequins Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS |
 Prismacolor 150 Premier Colored Pencils Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
 Neenah Classic Crest 80 Lb Smooth Desert Storm Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
 Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Mixed Media Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS |
 Be Creative Tape 3mm Sookwang Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Gloss White Nuvo Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS |
 Tonic Shocking Pink Nuvo Glow in the Dark Drops Shop at: SSS |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
Love the coloring on the kraft cardstock. Will have to try this technique.
Your cards are beautiful! Love them!
very pretty card Yana. I like both of your mother’s day cards.
YOWZA! This is GLORIOUS! I love your colors and design! WOW!
These are absolutely stunning.
Such a pretty card – anyone’s mama would love it!
Gorgeous!! Love them!
Love your gorgeous, soft colors. You did an amazing job with your coloring and blending. Thank you!
Wow! What beautiful cards. Always look forward to your inspiration.
Your Mom is going to love this beautiful card! Thank you so much for all the details on how you made the card. I am sure that took a lot of time but it is very much appreciated! I really need to try those Nuvo drops!
Gorgeous cards. I love how you added drops and bling to the background stamp to enhance it even more. I haven’t tried Nuvo drops yet but they are on my Wishlist at Simon Says Stamp
I’m getting this background stamp for sure!!! I wonder if I can use Derwent Coloursoft pencil? Anyways as I commented in your Youtube video that this background is really great to colour for stress relief XD keke
these cards are really lovely!!
What a beautiful card, Yana. Thanks for the video.
Lovely work!
Such gorgeous colors! I love it 🙂
So, so beautiful! Thanks for the tutorial with the prisma pencils – awesome effect!
Just lurrrrve the background stamps. They are so useful when making quick yet impact full cards.
Yana, this is stunning! Amazing that the background is just embossing powder and three coloured pencils! I love the springy vibe!
Your card is stunning Yana!! This is such a beautiful stamp and I just love the colors you used!!
Very pretty coloring on the kraft card stock
Yana, this card is just so pretty. I really like the kraft cardstock paired with the pink color of the stamp. The accents of Nuvo and floral sequins makes it polished.
Gorgeous card Yana! Love the Nuevo droplets touch! It’s perfection! You have such an eye for putting the most beautiful colors together! I am getting my pencils out today! These background stamps are amazing! Great SSS release, can’t wait to see all the talent and inspiration on this hop! Thanks as always for sharing yours!!
Lovely cards and use of Nuevo drops…pink and green, again a lovely combination.
Your cards are beautiful!
Yana, these are both SO beautiful, there is something about kraft cs and these pastel colours that are really elegant. I love that you took the A from Dad to make MA, A very clever idea!
Lovely. I don’t generally use background stamps but love your approach,
Gorgeous cards, I love the colors and background on your first card, so beautiful!
Wow – beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing!
Gorgeous card. I love the white embossing on kraft, and the colours you used in your colouring.
always impressed with your cards!
Love, love, love it! Especially the “mama!” Great for a “new mom” card.
Beautiful cards. Especially love the kraft.
Such a beautiful card you made! I love the pink and green on the kraft with the white embossing. The new SSS 6″ background stamps are amazing! I have to get some.
Beautiful cards!
Beautiful card! Love how you colored the cards!
Love your beautiful cards Yana! I watch for the tutorials all the time! You are so talented and inspire me!
SO VERY ELEGANT!!
Nuvo drops are one of my favorite things. I love how you used them on these cards!
I cal my mother Mama, too! Such a beautiful card! I’ve also recently found the joys of using Nuvo drops. Funny how you don’t know how much you’re going to like something until you start using it! My Misti was the same way.
Gorgeous cards Yana！
Beautiful Yana!
Love, Love, Love that “Best Mom” card! Thanks, Denise
Always love seeing prismacolor pencils utilized on kraft paper. Makes a great background.
Your card is just beautiful! The embellishments are soft make such a difference.
Thanks got the inspiration.
Thanks for sharing.
So beautiful Yana. I have underused pencils and will try them on my EMMA background. Love all your work!
Beautiful cards. Love them both!
Stunning card. I love the colours you used and the pencils really made the design pop.
Yes, love the Best Mom Card, Thanks, Denise