So I’m always brainstorming craft ideas for my art-loving daughter (okay yes, and for myself), and this time it was for card making! Mother’s Day is coming up so I was trying to think of a unique card she could make that would be simple, fun, and also lovely. When thinking of Mother’s Day, flowers just seem to go… so I was thinking of something florally but also what I already had around the house and I realized we have lots of magazines that need to be recycled. Thus…the idea for floral-inspired magazine collage cards! We tried two styles- a wreath and a garden theme.

Simple steps

• Gather Materials: Magazines, Scissors, Glue Stick, 2 pieces of Card Stock (may want to choose your colors after seeing what flowers you can find in your magazine), Marker/Sharpie

• Scan through the magazines to find flowers/leaves/stems, preferably similar in size but you can always trim them up too.
• Cut out your flowers, leaves, and stems! If you don’t see any leaves or stems, find something green in the magazine and make your own. They add a nice touch!

• Play around with an arrangement then use a glue stick to glue your cut outs to a piece of cardstock in the size you like. I glued the flowers first then added the leaves. FYI Liquid glue will likely make the magazine wrinkle as it dries.

• Choose a color for the second piece of cardstock that compliments your design. Cut it to the right size and glue the two pieces of cardstock together, making a lovely little frame around your design- ta da!
• Tip: to help the card stick together better and for all to be nice and flat- stick it in a book for a hour to dry.

• Lastly just add what you like for the messaging. In our case, it’s for Mother’s Day, but maybe yours is a Thinking of You, Happy Birthday, Hello, etc.
• Write in pencil first to get it like you like or use a stamp
• Hope they turn out lovely!!