Sunday 14 March 2010

'Photo' Mother's Day Cards for Grandma's

Hi folks! Here's the photo card that I made for Mum & MIL. It was so lovely to see their faces light up when they saw them.

I used a piece of Co-ordinations blue cardstock, added the swirl texture with a Fiskars Texture plate and lightly sanded all over. My Crop-a-dile shaped corner chomper (phew that's a mouthful) chomped the corners of my photo and I added some self adhesive pearls once I had layered the photo onto some white card which I had edged with blue ink. I used scraps of ribbon on the side if the card. I adhered the photo panel with foam tape to add dimension.


I cut the sweet little dragonflies from some scraps of patterned paper that I found lurking in my stash. I added some glamour dust to the body and wings and some curled wire for the antennae. I shaped the dragonflies with my fingers before sticking in place with dimensional glue gel.

I cut the letters from white funky foam with my Go-Kreate 'Lingfield' alphabet die plate. The 'Grandma' card was for Adrian's Mum and 'Abuela' (which also means Grandma) for my Mum.
Thanks so much for looking and for your lovely comments.
Ciao for now!
Sandra x

11 comments:

Sheila - Ginger said...

Wonderful cards Sandra no wonder your Mum and MIL's faces lit up especially with the beautiful photo of the children on them. Well done!

Love Sheila xx

Doreen said...

What lovely cards Sandra, wonderful thought.xxx

Fiona said...

What special cards for the grandma's, so beautiful.

Fiona x

Janetcraft said...

lovely pictures you have...with the lovely cards

Janetcraft said...

lovely pictures you have...with the lovely cards

Darlene said...

Fantastic! Being a grandmother myself, I know how heart warming these types of creations are! Great job!! (and such cute kids!!)
Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving such kind words!! Hope to see you again soon!

Unknown said...

These photo card are a great idea I would love one of these very yummy just what a Grand ma wants photos of the Grand Children sweet.

thanx for stoppin by too I am glad you did as I got to see yr work too!

Love Dawn xx

lisa said...

Hi Sandra.

Thank you for your lovely comments. I'm glad you enjoyed your day yesterday. Your Mum and MIL must have been thrilled with both that beautiful card, what a gorgeous image and these lovely photo cards. What a great idea. Grandmas xan never have enough photos of their Grandchildren can they.
Have a good week.

Lisax

Alex said...

Beautiful photo of your children, I bet your Mum and MIL loved their Mother's Day card!

Alex x

Anneke said...

very beautiful cards here on your blog

CraftinGranny said...

I love this Sandra. How special it would be to receive one of these cards. My grandbabies are all grown now and have babies of their own, so I'll just dream of the days that were and wait for the ggbabies to get big enough to craft. Your Mum and FMIL will love these as would any gma.
Thanks for sharing! "Hugs" Granny