Mother's Day card

Hey y'all. I haven't been here in a while, because I haven't been doing any scrapbooking or cardmaking for a while. But, I decided to make a card for my sister for Mother's Day.

She's into goth stuff, and it's kind of hard to find goth looking Mother's Day cards, lol.

I haven't given it to her yet because I was sick last weekend, so I scanned it to show you all. Here it is:

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The card is 6.5" x 5". The base of the card was just two layers of card stock, black on the outside and white on the inside so I could print "Happy Mother's Day!" on the inside in a kind of pretty, kind of goth, font.

To do the rose, I found an image I liked online, (I can't draw) and then using Photoshop I made it into just outlines, and printed it in light grey on watercolor paper. Then I painted inside the lines, not with watercolors because I don't have any, but just acrylic paints watered down a little. Then I went over the outlines with a black pen, which kind of helped disguise my sloppy painting. I tore the paper around the design, and glued it on top of crinkled up, torn edge tissue paper, and then glued the whole shebang to the front of the card.

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Luna
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Very pretty - and it does have the goth look. My middle DD is the same way. It's hard to find cards, wrapping paper and gifts to suit her style. Sandy

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Sandy

That turned out really nice. She's going to love it.

Nice you could make something for her in her style.

Lynne

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King's Crown

You did a really great job on this Luna! I like how you did it. She will really like it, especially since you took into consideration her since of style.

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kenda

Very pretty Luna. I'm sure she will love it.

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Cathy

That's a lovely card Luna, I'm sure your sister loved receiving it ... TFS :o)

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Cec

Hell Luna,

It is such an elegant card. Thank you for the tip on painting inside the lines and then doing the outlines - it will work very well for my messy painting too!

Klara

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Klara

Thanks! That was the main reason I posted it, because just through trial and error I discovered that technique, and I thought other people might want to try it too. I tried just printing the rose in color at first, but for some reason what looks red on my computer screen prints out purple, no matter how many adjustments I make. So I thought to print the outlines and color it in with pencils, but my red one's missing, which left paint as my only other option unless I wanted to go shopping, which I didn't. I think it looks more personal painted than printed anyway.

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Luna

That's a wonderful card Luna. I really like it. I never would have guessed your painting was "sloppy" either. You really did a great job on it.

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Deb in AR

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