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DIY Mother’s Day Cards

By Holly

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DIY Mother’s Day Cards

DIY Mother’s Day Cards are my favourite to receive on the day. I cherish the handmade little cards that my kids have come up with, and I try to send cards to the grandmothers and all the wonderful women in my life. Being a mom is no small feat, so we need to take these little celebrations where we can!

 

How To Make DIY Mother’s Day Cards with Cricut Explore Air 2

Recently, our friends at Cricut sent me a Cricut Explore Air to add to my creative sparkle to. It’s been a long time since I’ve played with Cricut. I used to visit a local scrapbooking store to use a machine many years ago to cut out alphabet letters. At the time, you could only cut with dies that you already owned or alphabet shapes. Although there were some sweet designs, I couldn’t always make them work for my projects. Things have come a long way since then, baby! You can cut over 60+ kinds of medium, upload your own images, or get inspired by the Cricut Design Space.

Although I can’t wait to try some more advanced projects (go big or go home), I started with simple cards to cut out for mother’s day. Since I already have an intense amount of cardstock (thanks scrapbooking), I had most of the items on hand that I needed!

Andrea (the Inspired Cricut expert) gave me tips on how to get started, and we chatted away happily as we both made a few of the designs.

DIY Mother’s Day Card: Tulips

This beautiful bi-fold card is perfect for any woman in your life this Mother’s Day. It’s the perfect base for adding your own bit of flair with these spring-like tulips. Not pictured is the matching envelope included with the file.

Items Needed

    • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
    • Cricut Design Space™ software
    • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
    • Cricut Scoring Stylus
    • Cardstock in your base card color (I chose lilac)
    • Green cardstock (stems)
    • Cardstock for your tulips & envelope (I chose a bright purple for both)
    • Coordinating patterned paper for behind the tulips
    • Adhesive
    • Decorative stickers, glitter, anything to spruce up the card (optional)

Visit the Cricut Design Space for the instructions on how to put this together!

 

DIY Mother’s Day Card: Mama Bear

Mama bears protect their cubs fiercely. Show your mama bear some love this Mother’s Day with this mama bear pop-up card!

Items Needed

    • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
    • Cricut Design Space™ software
    • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Matt
    • Cricut® Moccasin Pen
    • Cricut Scoring Stylus
    • Cream cardstock
    • Light blue cardstock
    • Red cardstock
    • Patterned paper
    • Adhesive
    • Brads (optional)

Visit the Cricut Design Space for the instructions on how to put this together!

DIY Mother’s Day Card: To The World’s Best Grandma

A simple and customizable card perfect for all the grandma’s!

Items Needed

    • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
    • Cricut Design Space™ software
    • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
    • Cricut Scoring Stylus
    • Patterned Yellow Cardstock 
    • Pink cardstock for inside to make your letters pop
    • Adhesive

 

How To Make This DIY Mother’s Day Card

This is a super-quick project that will take you almost no time at all!

    1. Pop the scoring stylus into your machine.
    2.  Using your LightGrip mat, lay on your cardstock for your card base. Cut away!
    3. Gently remove the card and the scraps left behind.
    4. Add the bright cardstock for the inside. Cut!
    5. Use a basic glue stick to adhere the bright piece to the inside cover of the card.
    6. Voila!

Free with Cricut Access in the Simple Holiday Cards Cartridge

DIY Mother’s Day Card: Super Mom

Show your mom she is SUPER with a Mother’s Day card. The finished card measures 4.25 x 5″.

Items Needed

    • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
    • Cricut Design Space™ software
    • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
    • White Cardstock
    • Yellow Cardstock
    • Glue

Visit the Cricut Design Space on instruction on how to put this together.

 

For more great crafts, homemade gifts and meal ideas for Mother’s day, visit here.

DIY Mother’s Day Cards

DIY Mother’s Day Cards are my favourite to receive on the day. I cherish the handmade little cards that my kids have come up with, and I try to send cards to the grandmothers and all the wonderful women in my life. Being a mom is no small feat, so we need to take these little celebrations where we can!

How To Make DIY Mother’s Day Cards with Cricut Explore Air 2

Recently, our friends at Cricut sent me a Cricut Explore Air to add to my creative sparkle to. It’s been a long time since I’ve played with Cricut. I used to visit a local scrapbooking store to use a machine many years ago to cut out alphabet letters. At the time, you could only cut with dies that you already owned or alphabet shapes. Although there were some sweet designs, I couldn’t always make them work for my projects. Things have come a long way since then, baby! You can cut over 60+ kinds of medium, upload your own images, or get inspired by the Cricut Design Space.

Although I can’t wait to try some more advanced projects (go big or go home), I started with simple cards to cut out for mother’s day. Since I already have an intense amount of cardstock (thanks scrapbooking), I had most of the items on hand that I needed!

Andrea (the Inspired Cricut expert) gave me tips on how to get started, and we chatted away happily as we both made a few of the designs.

DIY Mother’s Day Card: Tulips

This beautiful bi-fold card is perfect for any woman in your life this Mother’s Day. It’s the perfect base for adding your own bit of flair with these spring-like tulips. Not pictured is the matching envelope included with the file.

Items Needed

  • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
  • Cricut Design Space™ software
  • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
  • Cricut Scoring Stylus
  • Cardstock in your base card color (I chose lilac)
  • Green cardstock (stems)
  • Cardstock for your tulips & envelope (I chose a bright purple for both)
  • Coordinating patterned paper for behind the tulips
  • Adhesive
  • Decorative stickers, glitter, anything to spruce up the card (optional)

Visit the Cricut Design Space for the instructions on how to put this together!

DIY Mother’s Day Card: Mama Bear

Mama bears protect their cubs fiercely. Show your mama bear some love this Mother’s Day with this mama bear pop-up card!

Items Needed

  • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
  • Cricut Design Space™ software
  • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Matt
  • Cricut® Moccasin Pen
  • Cricut Scoring Stylus
  • Cream cardstock
  • Light blue cardstock
  • Red cardstock
  • Patterned paper
  • Adhesive
  • Brads (optional)

Visit the Cricut Design Space for the instructions on how to put this together!

DIY Mother’s Day Card: To The World’s Best Grandma

A simple and customizable card perfect for all the grandma’s!

Items Needed

  • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
  • Cricut Design Space™ software
  • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
  • Cricut Scoring Stylus
  • Cardstock in your base card colour (I chose a patterned yellow but you can stick with solids if you like)
  • Bright cardstock for inside (I chose pink) to make your letters pop
  • Adhesive

How To Make This DIY Mother’s Day Card

This is a super-quick project that will take you almost no time at all!

  1. Pop the scoring stylus into your machine.
  2. Using your LightGrip mat, lay on your cardstock for your card base. Cut away!
  3. Gently remove the card and the scraps left behind.
  4. Add the bright cardstock for the inside. Cut!
  5. Use your chosen adhesive (I used a basic glue stick) to adhere the bright piece to the inside cover of the card.
  6. Voila!

Free with Cricut Access in the Simple Holiday Cards Cartridge

DIY Mother’s Day Card: Super Mom

Show your mom she is SUPER with a Mother’s Day card. The finished card measures 4.25 x 5″.

Items Needed

  • Cricut Explore Air™ 2 machine
  • Cricut Design Space™ software
  • Cricut® 12″ x 12″ LightGrip Adhesive Cutting Mat
  • White Cardstock
  • Yellow Cardstock
  • Glue

Visit the Cricut Design Space on instruction on how to put this together.

For more great crafts, homemade gifts and meal ideas for Mother’s day, visit here.

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

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Holly

a passionate recreation coordinator by day, crazy farm mama of two by night. i live outdoors: growing my own food, camping and hiking with my border collie with two active kids in tow. when I’m not writing, I’m experimenting with recipes, and crafts – or anything else that might keep the monkeys entertained.

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