Cutout "MOM" Card for Mother's Day

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Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - finished card standing on a shelf I made my mom this Mother's Day card. It is simple yet sweet because it's handmade. My mom isn't a fan of "real cut flowers", so I thought it would be cute to decorate this card with a flower/floral motif from a Macy's catalog that I was about to toss out anyway!

This is a fun and different way of making a greeting card. You can apply this same concept to a birthday card and cut out the recipient's name if it isn't too long, or use for Father's Day, and cut out "Dad".

Total Time: 30-45 minutes

Supplies:

paper
pen/pencil
glue stick
catalog/magazine
scissors
cardstock paper

Steps:

Fold paper in half (hamburger style).

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - sheet of white paper

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - fold paper in half

Figure out how big you want your card to be.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - measure paper to final size of card

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - lines drawn along sides and bottom

The word/name needs to be drawn from the fold. For the "o" in mom, I wanted a heart shape, so I traced a heart shape as the center piece. The I wrote the word out as a guideline.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - add heart shape in center for "o" in mom

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - add guidelines for the Ms

Shade the areas to be cut away with a pencil. Now cut out the shaded area.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - shade areas that will be cut away

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - cut away shaded areas around the heart and below the Ms

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - pattern for the word Mom

Ready to sketch your letter M and then cut out.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - sketch a small letter M on the end shaped areas

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - cut it out

To get the other M the exact same shape and size, fold the paper in half and trace.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - fold paper in half side to side to recreate the M on the other side

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - trace and shade

Repeat same process for the top of the M.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - bottom of the Ms done

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - draw a V at the top and repeat the process

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - stencil complete

Now that you have your stencil, you can trace onto cardstock paper and cut out.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - ready to trace onto cardstock

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - lay on your folded cardstock sheet

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - trace

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - cut out

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - standing card

Flip through any magazine or catalog (I used the Macy's Mother's Day catalog) and cut pictures or words of what you want on the card. I cut out floral/flower prints.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - catalog page

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - cut out floral pieces of paper

You are ready to glue down floral/flower magazine clippings all around the front of your card.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - begin gluing down pieces of floral paper

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - Ms covered on front of the card

Flip the card around and cut off excess of the magazine clippings.

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - flip over and cut off excess paper

For a finishing touch, add the heart in the center (I used a heart paper puncher). Use a glue stick to adhere the heart in place on the front of the card. Then you are ready to write your message on the inside of the card.