Mothers Day

Mothers Day is the second Sunday in May in Australia. Here's a paper bag card to make for her.

"Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
~Mildred B. Vermont"

Do you make a special hand made gift for someone's Mothers Day? I am still blessed to have my mother with me so I do try to make her something special and different each year to show her how much I love her.

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I saw how to make a very sweet paper bag card on a blog and immediately thought how perfect it would be for my project. In this case, the family wanted to give our mother tickets to some special events. A paper bag card would have pockets and flaps, perfect for storing the vouchers and tickets till the time to give them to her arrived.

Here's How I Made The Card

I took an ordinary brown paper bag and folded the bottom flap inwards to form a pocket, and paper pierced then hand stitched the edges of the flap down.
Then I folded the whole bad in half and paper pierced then hand stitched down the spine of the card.
I started to decorate by covering the front, middle, flap and back of the card with sturdy cardstock and more delicate designer paper (Daffodil Delight and retired Greenhouse Gala from Stampin' Up!)
I scallop punched the flap edge with my Stampin' Up! scallop edge punch before covering the flap with some Daffodil Delight.
I made some accordion fold flowers to adorn the front and polished them off with some pretty Vintage brads from Stampin' Up!
There's still a pocket in the front section formed by the top of the paper bag. I plan to put the vouchers and tickets in that and the journaling tags in the bottom flap pocket. I made a tag for each of my siblings to write their special messages on.

I am not sure I have finished decorating the card yet. Maybe I will take a picture of all of us helping her to celebrate and add it to the card the day after Mother's Day. Maybe I will make some tags for each person at the party to write on so she will have a pocket full of cards to read over and over. Maybe I will do both.

You may also enjoy making a Mother's Day Hearts card

Of course I have plans to add ribbon and pearls and a little bling and a sentiment and some loving words in my own handwriting...

After all, you can't really do enough to celebrate a special Mothers Day now can you :)

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