How to Make a Cutout "MOM" Card

Cut Out "MOM" Card for Mother's Day - side view of the standing card

This standing MOM card is the perfect way to wish your mother a Happy Mother's Day. She will treasure it even more because you made it. Gather some magazine pages, or other decorative paper, and get to work. This card concept can of course be used for many occasions.

Craft: Cutout "MOM" Card for Mother's Day

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May 8, 2019

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.