Mothers Day Card Using Simon Says Stamp Challenges

Mother's Day is coming up so I sat down to make a card for my lovely mum. The latest challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Beautiful Blooms . This set the theme for my card. I was dying to use the new Kaisercraft sticker tablet I purchased recently and they had some lovely blooms in there - how convenient! I think the stickers with the burgundy card was stunning enough that it didn't need much more adornment than that. I just embossed the sentiment, added some pearls to the bottom left and used a fancy corner punch on the top right edge. I really like this card and I'm sure my mum will too.

This card is being entered in two Simon Says Stamp Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Beautiful Blooms as previously mentioned
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - No Designer Paper as no designer paper was used in the making of this card.

Materials:
Kaisercraft: sticker tablet, pearls, stamp
Versamark: embossing ink
American Crafts: Zing embossing powder
Misti: stamp platform
EK Success: anti-static brush
Fiskars: corner punch
Other: card

#31Minutesfor31Days Recap

In March, I joined in on #31minutesfor31days which meant I committed to doing 31 minutes of crafting a day for 31 days.  I am proud to say that I managed to craft every day in March and only one day did I do less than the required 31 minutes (I did 25 minutes).

At first I worked on some older projects from crafting events (CAD 2018) and then I found a box of even older unfinished projects. There were more items in there than I remembered so I knew I would be sorted for projects for the rest of March!  In the second weekend of March I attended Pretty Rustic 2 which was a crafting event to create 20 layouts in 2 days.  The plan was to create 10 layouts each day, but I only managed 2.5 layouts on Day 1 and 2 layouts on Day 2!  That left me 15.5 layouts to work on during March and I am glad to say that I managed to complete them all by the end of March.  Now I just need to add photos.

Here's some photos from the weekend:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - No Designer Paper

On Friday, I watched a video on trapped embossed resist technique from Jennifer McGuire and I wanted to try the technique out.  Here's what I came up with:

I think I used the wrong inks for the base (I used distress oxides) and, next time, I would take the time to apply the inks with a blending tool for better results.  The black ink pad over the top was not as deep as I expected but I am still happy with how it turned out. All it needed to finish it off was the stamp saying which I embossed.

I am entering this card over at the latest challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is No Designer Paper .

Materials:
Card base and envelope - Rosies Studio
Inks: distress oxides, Ranger embossing ink, unbranded black ink pad
Embossing powder - Hero Arts (clear) and American Crafts (coloured)
Stamps: Stampin' Up! and Studio Calico