Mother's Day Crafts: Sweetheart Card and Glam Card

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By Jeanne Benedict
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Mother's Day Crafts: Sweetheart Card and Glam Card

Sweetheart Card for Mom

Make Mom a Mother's Day card tailored to her personality. Does your mom have a sentimental side? Craft a card with a paper mache heart on the front. Is your mom a glamour girl? Create a layered look for your card with designer paper and add some jeweled bling. For reference, see the how-to craft videos for these cards and make her Mother's Day with a handmade memento!

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Sweetheart Homemade Mother's Day Card

A creative Mother's day idea, make mom a keepsake card. For reference, see the how-to craft videos for these cards and make her Mother's Day with a handmade memento!

Preparation

Materials:
- Lollipop Mold 30 sheets toilet paper
- White glue
- Teaspoon
- 1/4 cup water
- Heart-shaped lollipop mold*
- Scissors
- 1 card
- Double-stick tape
- Vellum paper with quotes and designs
- Thin white ribbon
Craft Instructions:
1. Place toilet paper sheets in a stack on a disposable plastic plate.

2. Add 1 teaspoon of glue to ¼ cup of water and mix well.
3. Pour glue-water mixture over toilet paper until saturated (photo Step 3).

4. Place wet toilet paper stack over lollipop mold and press down, so paper gets into the impression of the mold (photo Step 4). Allow paper to dry completely. You can speed up the drying process by using a blow dryer like I did in the video.

5. Unmold the paper heart. Trim around the heart to get rid of the excess paper (photo Step 5).

6. Use double-stick tape to put a vellum paper rectangle on the front of the card as an overlay. Then, add a quote to the bottom half of the card.
Look in the scrapbook section of the craft store for quotes on vellum paper or use clear quote stickers.
7. Glue the paper heart on to the top half of the card (photo Step 7). Use glue to attach a white ribbon as an accent on the heart.

*Label the lollipop mold as "crafts" as it should no longer be used for food after you have used it for crafting.

Tags: Homemade Card, Save On Greeting Cards, Diy, Creative Card, Heart

Glam Card for Mom

Make mom feel special with a homemade mother's day card that is as glamorous as she is.

For reference, see the how-to craft videos for these cards and make her Mother's Day with a handmade memento!

Preparation

Materials:
- 2 sheets decorative paper
- Scissors or paper cutter
- 1 card
- Double-stick tape
- 1 metal frame & vellum tag
- 1 tack
- 2 colorful mini brads
- Zots 3-D glue dots
- 2 small round jewels
- Crystal letter stickers
Craft Instructions:

1. Cut 1 sheet of decorative paper into a rectangle that is
½-inch smaller in length and width to the card’s measurement. Use
double-stick tape to put the rectangle on the front of the card.

2. Cut the other sheet of decorative paper into a
rectangle that is 1-inch smaller in length and width to the card’s
measurement. Use double-stick tape to put the rectangle on top of the
first one on the front of the card (photo Step 2).
Step 2

3. Place the metal frame vellum paper tag on the front of the
card. Use a tack to poke 2 holes through the vellum, paper layers, and
card at the points where you will insert the mini brads.
4. Insert the mini brads and bend back the prongs to secure.

5. Pull off a small piece of a glue dot and use it to attach a round jewel on the brad (photo Step 5).
Step 5

6. Spell “Mom” on the tag using crystal letter stickers.

Visit our Mother’s Day page for more ideas.