Happy Mother's Day!

 Hello Everybody!

This is a little early but it doesn't matter--Happy Mother's Day to all of the mamas out there :) I hope you all have a great day!

This card is for my mama. :) I hope she likes it-I know I certainly do LOL.

So for my husband bought me salvaged patina distress and oxide ink pads. I couldn't believe it.  He also got me the wreaths you see here. So I used patina, flamingo, and twisted green on the background. I used a Tim Holtz stencil and a wet paper towel to lift up some areas. On the wreath is the twisted citron and wilderness. The little flowers are from another Tim Holtz die set and so are the letters spelling out mom. The big bird in the middle is from an old Tim die with a bird cage. It's colored with Mermaid Lagoon. And the sentiment is from the metallic sticker book. The only thing no Tim's is the gems in the middle of the flowers and those are Katia Studio. 

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Watercolor Wednesday: WWC315 Marsha's Challenge: All thing feminine 

Simon Says Stamp: Feminine  

Cut It Up: Mother's Day #225

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Happy Mother's Day Card

Hello Friends!

Happy Mother's Day!  I made this card for my mom:

I used Prima Paper for the background.  I used Prima paper for the distress panel too and some walnut ink distress oxide.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up.  I foiled those flowers with my minc machine.  I had left over paper and used a punch to make the flowers. The 3 sisters are from Tim Holtz paperdolls. And the dots are from a set of stamps called Rubber Stamp Tapestry. 

I just love how this card came out!  I hope my mom does too :)

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Use Your Stuff #397 flowers or butterflies -2 foiled flowers 

Retro Rubber Challenge: #134 Spring Flowers:  sentiment from Stampin Up 2002 (18 yrs old) and the dots are from Rubber Stamp Tapestry Pen and Ink 2012. I have had these at least 5 years.

Crafter's Castle: Anything Goes #29

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes with a feminine twist #270

The Library Challenge: #59 The Naughty Little Sister-This card is for my mom and there are 3 of us-so those are sisters on the card.  And 2 out of 3 are naughty.  I'm the good one ;) LOL

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope all of you mom's out there have a great day! :)

Mom's Day Card

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If you saw the title and thought wow it's way passed Mother's Day-I wouldn't deny it!  I was way later than I usually am (usually a day or two-thankfully my mom is awesome and understands me) :)

But I really wanted to make her a card.  So I made this card using my silhouette and the design is from the design store.  I used star dust stickles to fill in the circles-and it really makes this card pretty.  (I think anyways!) lol.

It's a 5x5 square card.  So I put extra postage on it and I'm crossing my fingers that it makes it ok. :)

I am submitting this to the challenge at {PIN}spirational-#238.  There's still a few days to play so if you haven't posted your mom's day card-do it! :)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends--I'm gonna try to work on the dad's day card---tomorrow! ;)

Mother's Day Shaker Card

Hello!

I have been busy over the last few days.  I went to the Scrapbook Expo yesterday-and was totally inspired by the examples and products.  There was so much to see!  It's nice to see the Expo getting bigger.  In years past it has been smaller, but it's definitely growing now. :)

One of my favorite booths is Queen and Company.  They are always so bright and cheerful.  Everything is organized by color-so it's hard not to want 1 of everything.

For my mom this Mother's Day, I made this shaker card.  The flower paper came from a magazine gift.  Everything else is Queen and Co.  I mad the 2 little flowers at the top with a paper punch.  All of the fun sequins inside the shaker are Queen and Co as well.  The sentiment is a stamp from Stampin Up (I think).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Just us Girls: 392 Mother

Creative with Stamps: 14 Flowers

Brown Sugar: 249 Mothers Day

Thank you for stopping by today!  And early Happy Mother's Day to all of you moms out there.  

A Card for Mom

Hello Everybody!

I just put the finishing touches on a card from my mom for Mother's Day.  If I had just started a couple of days earlier I would be totally awesome.  But since I'm not-and I have to mail my card-I just decided I would embrace by tardiness.  It's possible my mom knows I'm going to be late anyway-LOL.  :)

So here's my card:

The background is from when I was making gelli prints.  If you want to check out that post go here.  Then I used a stencil (I don't know from who) and Wendy Vecchi's crackled texture paste.  

Once that dried I used glossy accents to glue on the flower (prima) and the center which is from Jolee's boutique (it's old lol).  The I stamped a few swirls-the small ones on both side are Heidi Grace and the one in the corner is way old from Stephanie Barnard.  The I glued some Tim Holtz hearts and mom stickers from Making Memories.

I'm really excited about it.  So time to get it ready for the mail.  But before I do, I need to submit this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Stencil It

Brown Sugar: #197 Mother's Day

{Pin}spirational :photo

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time Happy Mother's Day! :)

Mother's Day Card

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***This card earned a Top 3 Spot at the challenge at Great Impressions.  Thank you! :)

I made a Mother's Day card today.  I have at least one more to do.  And you know how it is-if I get a third one made it's bonus! :)

This card was inspired by 2 challenges.

The first is Great Impressions.  May's challenge is to use a tutorial.  Let me tell you there are many great tutorials on their website!  So deciding what I was going to do was a big difficult but I finally chose the Water Color Emboss Resist Technique.  Mynn does the video and if you have seen her videos you know she does a wonderful job explaining the techniques. 

The second inspiration for this card was the sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #166 Mother's Day.  Here's the sketch:

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder that I have had forever.  And the shape of the sentiment is from a Brenda Walton Sizzix Gift Tag die cut set.  

For the watercolor I used Distress Ink by Ranger/Tim Holtz.  The colors Peacock Feathers (center out) and Salty Ocean (around edges).  I just put some ink on my craft mat and used a water paintbrush just like Mynn's.  Oh-I also used Watercolor Cardstock by Tim Holtz.  That made a huge difference!  I tried this with my normal cardstock.  I wasn't happy.  Then I used Tim's water color cardstock-and it turned out so much better.  The embossing and ink with water looked way better.

The pins and ribbon are from Making Memories.  Yellow flowers are from Recollections.  Tiny rhinestones are from the Scrapbook Expo this past weekend.  (Yay for new stuff!)  Also, I pop dotted the Mother's Day sentiment so the pins would fit neatly behind there.  The actual stamp I used for the stamp-I don't know the manufacturer for it.  I bought it 2nd hand.  

Thank you so much for stopping by!!  There is plenty of time for these challenges so link up!

Until next time my friends....Happy Card Making :)

Side Step Card-CASED

Hello Everybody!

I wanted to show you the card I made today for Technique Time Tuesday!  It's a side step card that I CASED from the entries so far.

The card I CASED is from Heather G:

Isn't it just beautiful with those blossoms!  I like the way she did the sentiments and her color scheme.  And she used Doodle Pantry stamps.  I was so inspired that I pulled out my Doodle Pantry stamps (they used to be Clearly Dollar Stamps).  

I am linking this to the Doodle Pantry Challenge: Any Digi Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next my friends...what's inspiring you? :)

First Place Card

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I wanted to share a card with you that I made for Mom's Day.  I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for this week's sketch-Challenge #85 (though it ends today so you may want to go check it out now!)

Here's my card.  I liked this sketch because it looks like a ribbon that you would win in a race or science fair.  Thanks for the great sketch because it inspired this card.  I cut the pennants out myself.  The circle was a punch and the scalloped circle was from Spellbinders.  The glittery ribbon was some ribbon I bought at Michael's after they slashed prices to get rid of Christmas stuff-so that's Christmas ribbon!  :)  Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a great day! :)