Hello friends! A hearty Mother’s Day greeting to all of you. It’s the second Sunday of May again and for this year’s holiday, I made a simple card using the cute bears from Den Sweet Den Lawn Fawn stamps.
To create this card, I used the momma bear image that’s sitting up as well as the baby bear that’s reaching out. I wanted to create a scene wherein the mommy bear is reading to her baby bear so I also used some book images.
Then I also stamped the mug so it would look like momma bear is having a relaxing time with her baby, Lastly, I wanted to include the picture frame as well, but I replaced the words “den sweet den” with a photo of her baby cub instead.
To do this, I covered the words with a piece of post it paper. Then I stamped the sleeping cub image this time, I covered the frame part so I won’t stamp over it.
The Den Sweet Den stamp set from Lawn Fawn have plenty of cute images to create a homey and cozy scene, which is perfect for Mother’s Day occasion. Whenever I think of my mom, I think of home, even though I haven’t been there for about a decade now. But this stamp set can be used in various occasions including cozy Christmas and just a simple everyday card.
After I have stamped all the images I wanted to use, I coloured everything using alcohol ink markers. I list down the colours I used below but mind you, I mix different brands of alcohol markers (which I do not recommend based on my experience.)
I started buying cheap ones in the beginning then later discovered that the colours have big gaps of shades in between making it hard to blend colours. Anyway, in another post, I will discuss the brands I have tried, the pros and cons and why in the end, I decide that copics are still better despite the price.
- Bears – Little Tipsy #92 Chocolate, Stampin’ Up! (SU) Blends Bronze, Copic Sketch E13 Light Suntan, Copic Ciao E33 Sand, Little Tipsy #29 Barely Beige (for the bear in the photo, I used only the last 3 lightest browns)
- Mommy book and photo frame – Copic Ciao BG15, SU Blends Pool Party combo pack
- Baby book and mug – SU Blends Flirty Flamingo combo pack, Copic Ciao RV42 Salmon Pink
- Tiny heart and yellow background – Spectrum Noir GB4, GB3, GB1
After I have coloured all the images, I used my SU scissors to fussy cut them. For the sentiment, I used one of the banners from Lawn Fawn Bannertastic. I used the sentiment from Lawn Fawn Happy Village stamp set which says, home is where the heart is. However, I didn’t stamp the “the heart” so I could replace it with the handwritten word, MOM.
For the panel of my card, I used the second largest die from Scrad Dragon A6 double stitched rectangle nesting dies. I adhered the banner first at the bottom. Then I adhered the mommy bear, cub, book, and mug using foam tapes for dimension. I used regular glue for the photo frame because it was supposed to be at the background.
Finally, before adhering the whole panel on a pink card base, I decided to add “happy mom’s day” at the bottom of the banner. This sentiment was taken from Lawn Fawn Garden Before and After stamp set.
Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you all had a wonderful mother’s day celebration. Feel free to check out my other handmade cards at my instagram account @hugsinacard. 🙂 If you like the stamp set I used here, check out the Lawn Fawn website, and their instagram account @Lawn Fawn.
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