For Mother's Day this year, I decided to make use of some great seed paper that I scored from Pick Your Plum. It's basically paper that has flower seeds woven into its soft fibers. Soak the paper in water overnight and the seeds are ready to plant! Cool, huh? I also had some muslin bags from a Pick Your Plum grab box I scored a few weeks ago, so I thought it would be fun to incorporate one in my project, also.
The Card:
Since I was using seed paper, I wanted to stick with a flower theme for my card. After hours of browsing, I settled on a really fun Lori Whitlock cut file for my Silhouette Cameo that was available in the Silhouette online store. It's called Card Kit Flower Pot - Design ID 8696. My plan was to use regular cardstock for the flower pot envelope and the seed paper for the flower insert portion. A test cut on the Cameo confirmed my suspicions that the seed paper would not play nicely with a paper cutter. (The paper ended up pulled and shredded, similar to tearing a paper towel.) To work around that, I cut one set of the flower insert pieces out of scrap cardstock. I used the cardstock pieces as a template, tracing the shapes onto the seed paper and then cutting by hand. I was afraid the process would be tedious, but it wasn't too bad. I also feared that glue might negatively affect the seed paper, so I secured the flower to the green leaf base with brads. I finished off the card by embossing "Happy Mother's Day" on the pot.
The Bag:
For the bag, I thought it would be fun to decorate it like an old-fashioned seed pouch to once again play off the flower theme. The nearest image I could find in the Silhouette online store was Card Spring Seed Packet - Design ID 9825. It wasn't quite what I was looking for, but it gave me some ideas and I did end up including the price element in my design. For the text, I scoured the internet looking for something that would seem appropriate, and after quite a bit of digging I settled on Penshurst from DaFont.com. I assembled my text using the Silhouette Studio software, added the price element and a flower image, and then cut my design onto adhesive vinyl. I applied the vinyl to my muslin bag and used it as a stencil, painting the various details using fabric paint. As soon as my paint was applied, I peeled away the vinyl and allowed it to dry.
Once all of my pieces were complete, I wrote a message on my seed paper card, slid it into the bag and was ready for Mother's Day to arrive.
