Mothers Day

Been so pre-occupied lately with "other stuff" that need to get done that I haven't had the chance to do much crafting at all. So when it came time to make cards for Mothers Day, I just couldn't get the creative mojo working. Luckily, I came across a beautiful birthday card created and shared by Sandi on the Cricut Message Board, which I thought would be perfect for Mothers Day. Another blatant scraplift, I'm afraid, but mine is a far cry from being as pretty as Sandi's card with all her layering and distressing.

The base for this card with its cut-out rose border and tag is a cutfile straight from the Wrap it Up cartridge so it was easy to put together. Simply cut it at 6.5 inches and did a few tweaks in Design Studio to add the leaves to the border. Ran the tag through the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, added ribbon and a few flatback pearls and it was done.

Also decorated a few gift bags for some sweets to pass out at our Mothers Day dinner. For these, I used the flowering branch cut from Gypsy Wanderings. Added a topper to the bag with a slit cut at the top to slide the handles through to keep the bag nicely closed. Font for the "Happy Mothers Day" is Kiev. Used MTC to render it into a cutfile with a shadow.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Mothers Day today.