Mother's Day... How to design your own card ?

Mothers Day is celebrated in several country across the globe,but it varies .Most countries celebrate Mothers Day on second Sunday in the Month of May.In Egypt they celebrate it on March 21 n many countries the way Mothers Day is celebrated varies and is quite different from the manner in which Mothers Day is celebrated in US. But what is more important than the date and fashion of celebration is the feeling behind the festival. The idea of celebrating Mother's Day the world over is to pay tribute to mothers for all their love and support and to make them feel special.n many countries the way Mothers Day is celebrated varies and is quite different from the manner in which Mothers Day is celebrated in US. But what is more important than the date and fashion of celebration is the feeling behind the festival. The idea of celebrating Mother's Day the world over is to pay tribute to mothers for all their love and support and to make them feel special.

Dates around the world
 The date was changed to fit already existing celebrations in every country .

• African countries

Many African countries adopted the idea of one Mother's Day from the British tradition.

• Arab World 

Mother's Day in most of Arab countries is celebrated on March 21. It was introduced in Egypt by Mostafa Amin in his daily column Fikrah ("idea"). The first celebration was held in Egypt in 1956, and it has since been copied by the other Arab countries.

• Australia
  
  In Australia, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May. It is not a public holiday
   

• Brazil
  
  In Brazil, Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
  

• India
  
  Mother's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
  

•  United Kingdom and Ireland

 In the United Kingdom and Ireland, there was a celebration called Mothering Sunday, which fell on the fourth Sunday of Lent (3 April in 2011), exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday. 

• United States

 The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. 

Mother's Day Gifts 

Mother's Day is an occasion to pamper the mothers anywhere .All the people are giving gifts to their mothers in that day to express their love for their mothers ,and to say thanks to Mothers for all  what they are doing for them .Your gift must clearly reflect your inner feelings for your mother ,even simple gift just to show her your love .

It depends upon you and your choice you can choose expensive gifts like jewelry or simple gifts like flowers ,or perfumes .Whatever your gift is, you should put a card with your gift with a some nice words from your heart .

During the pharaohs time even the queens were taking care of their kids you can see that in their drawings on the walls of the temples . Here we have a picture of Queen Nefertiti carrying ,and pampering her daughter.I found the photo is nice for the mother's day .

The original picture 

The picture after manipulation 

Now we have two designs the card and the picture .

Please continue reading to see how to design it.

You will find another card in Art Work

The card.

I designed it with illustrator together with photo-shop.

• Open new document in illustrator .
• Draw a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool .
• Go to the Graphic Style Panel select the style you like and just click it .
• Save your work as PDF .
• Open the document on photo-shop as a back for your card and put the design you like.

For the picture 

• Open new document and fill it with the color you like 
• Convert it to smart object [ right click the layer on the layer panel-convert to smart object ]
• Increase the image size [ Image menu - image size]
• Add canvas [ image -canvas] you can visit canvas to read more 
• Add frame if you like.
•  Save your work.