Cameo Mother's Day Card- Friday, May 6, 2011

Mother's Day is a wonderful opportunity to give our mother's or a special mom in our lives a meaningful card.  As a youngster I remember my mother being thrilled with a handmade Mother's Day card. 

Now that I am an adult with a fantastic creation called the Cricut Personal Cutting Machine, I am able to create a Mother's Day card easily that looks wonderful.

For this card I used the basic Cricut Cartridge called Heritage.  This cartridge boasts of a great number of cutouts remembering yesteryear including old fashioned kitchen and household items, classic buildings, and best of all great cameos for whatever project you can think of.

I truly appreciated having the Cricut Essentials Kit while making this card.  The intricate cutouts needed the "poker" tool constantly.  For the best results, carefully pull the cutout off the sticky mat, then holding the cutout against your leg, gently poke through the tiny holes and areas that need it.

 

 Specifics

• Cricut Cartridge: Heritage
• Card Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I used a black cardstock for this card to offset the cameos used.  Then chose a feminine colored print to offset the black & white.  If your card needs a boy cameo, a different printed cardstock can be used.
• Heavy weight cardstock
• Blade Depth: #2
• Pressure: High
• Speed: Medium

Step by Step

Step 1

Cut two <Cameo1>, pg 64, sized 3", using the Shift key and child facing right cameo key. This will cut out the intricate child cameo.
Cut two <Cameo1>, pg 64, sized 3", using the Shift, Shadow Keys and child facing right cameo key. This will cut out the shadow child cameo.
Step 2

Cut two <Cameo3>, pg 66, sized 3", using the Shift key, Flip key, and mom facing right key.  Using the flip key turns mom to be facing left.
Cut two <Cameo3>, pg 66, sized 3", using the Shift, Flip, Shadow keys and mom facing right key.  Using the flip key turns mom to be facing left.

Step3

Cut two <Accent10>, pg 63, sized 1 1/2" using the Shift and accent10 key.  Turn the paper bottom side up for best results in cutting the intricate cut.     Cut two <Accent10>, pg 63, sized 1 1/2" using the Shift, Shadow, and accent10 key.  Turn the paper over to keep with the direction the cutout will be.
Step 4

Glue the top intricate layer of Accent10 to the bottom shadow layer.
Glue the top intricate layer of each Cameo to the bottom shadow layer.
Step 5

Cut two sets of ", these will be tiny but noticeable on the finished card.
Step 6

Cut one <Cameo5>, pg 68, sized 1/2" using the Word, Shift, and Cameo5 keys. Cuts the word LOVE.
Step 7

For the word "means" cut as follows

• <Accent7>, pg 60 using Font, Shift, and accent7 key.  Cuts the M
• <TddyBear>, pg 36 using the Font, Shift, and Tddybear key. Cuts the E
• <Telephone>, pg 44 using the Font,, Shift, and telephone key.  Cuts the A
• <Accent6>, pg 59 using the Font, Shift, and accent6 key.  Cuts the N
• <Phone2>, pg 45 using the Font, Shift and Phone2 key.  Cuts theS

Step 8

Cut one <Camera>, pg 46, using the Word, Shift, and camera key.  This cuts the word MOTHER.

Step 9

Cut one <Cameo6>, pg 69 using the Frame, Shift, and cameo6 key.  This cuts the patterned frame

Step 10

Glue the words to the frame cutout.  Glue that to the card cardstock.  Glue the finished cameo layers and accent layers to the card cardstock.
Step 11

With a scrapbook safe marker you can add small dots to the words
Step 12

Hand tie a small bow for a finished pretty look.


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