Happy Mother's Day!!

Today I am honoring all mothers' out there with two cards I created using WPlus9's "Coming Up Roses" stamp and die set. I personally think that mother's should have more then one day a year to be celebrated. Most of the mother's I know are the HARDEST WORKING people. I hope you all are celebrating this day with lots of pampering and hugs from your loved ones.

I chose to make this card very plain and let the vase with the roses be the focal point. The vase was covered in Glossy Accents to give it a glassy sheen. Using foam adhesive, I then layered die cut, stamped roses and a leaf over the top of it to fill up the bouquet and give it some dimension.

Around the outside I used a score board to emboss a line around the edge for a more decorative look. I really like how this came out but chose to step it up a notch on the second card.

I used an MFT Blueprints die to die cut a piece of white card stock. I then chose to stamp the bouquet on the right side for this card. I used PTI's Avocado ink for the leaves and then took a Copic colorless blending pen and "erased" some of the color to give the leaves a different look. I also used some vellum and the vase from the die set to create the vase above. I inked around it in gray and only adhered it under the layered leaf and a tiny bit on the stem to give it the glassy look. 

Before I adhered the card to the yellow card, I flung mist spray onto the top to get the drops of golden yellow all over the card. Some of you might not like this but I actually think it makes the design pop a bit more. I like this card a lot better then the first one.

I thank you for stopping by today. I hope everyone is enjoying your time. Happy Mother's Day!!

Nora

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Playing along with My Favorite Things Sketch MFTWSC175 Challenge

Long time, no see. I have been happily crafting but not blogging. How I can blog regularly AND craft is a mystery to me. I don't seem to have time to do both and I need to craft for my blog content. The summer is coming so I know it will get better but I think I am going to need to start "scheduling" it in to my day. I have been doing that with working out and it has been going great so why not try with blogging?

Enough about that!! The real reason I am blogging today is to play along with My Favorite Things and their sketch challenge. The card below is what I created.

Here is MFT's sketch:

I stuck pretty close to the sketch but eliminated the two little pink embellishments that sit on each side of the oval focal point. I tried using brads, gems and even sequins but they just didn't look right. I made the executive decision to just leave them off.

I chose to use the My Favorite Things "Sunflower Sweetheart" stamp and die set to create the stamped images in the center of an MFT oval doily. The stamps are colored in with Copic Markers and layered on top of each other using foam adhesive to give them some dimension. I am not sure if you can see from the photo below but I also used Wink of Stella on the middles of the flowers to give them a bit of sparkle.

I created a frame around the layered stamps by die cutting the middle out of the doily. I then stitched it with jute twine. I like the way it came out but I think I would layer a couple die cut doilies on top of each other before I stitched to make it a bit sturdier. I could not pull the twine as tight as I would have liked.  At the end of the stitching, I tied a bow and added a button. I wasn't sure how I was going to adhere the frame to the card as the stitching stuck out from the back. I wound up using glue dots and they are holding well.

I hope you like my card. I love how it came out and intend to make more based on this sketch at a later date.

I am also entering this card into Virginia's "Stitched" Challenge. If you haven't ever been over to her blog, run! It is fantastic!!

I LOVE this new challenge blog and I chose to use this doily just so I could stitch around the edge!

Thank you for visiting. Have a great night!!

Nora

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A Little Mama Elephant...

Happy Tuesday!! I hope you are having a great start to your week. I have to admit I am just wanting it to be over as we have vacation off from school. Even if I don't do anything, just being off from work is fabulous to me. Sleeping in, working out, time in the craft room or just time to do the cleaning I want to do-it is heaven.

Today I wanted to share a card I created using Mama Elephant's "Pandamonium" stamp set. I love these little guys!!! I chose to use the two "kissing" Pandas on the card below.

I used Paper Trey Ink's Royal Velvet card stock, polka dot paper and the ink for this card. I am not sure why I used purple, as it is one of my least favorite colors but it suited these little guys.

I created the background using a mask. I cut a die cut a circle into a piece of printer paper, layered it over the square and inked with yellow and a little blue to make the "new moon." I then put the circle over the yellow and inked the purple/blue sky.

I then inked a PTI die two different greens for the little "hill" the Pandas are standing on. I then adhered the bears to the scene. I framed them with a slide stamp and die from Paper Trey Ink. I used foam adhesive to adhere it so it "pops" a little. I also used foam on one of the hearts, as well as some glossy accents to give the hearts a little more oomph. I think it was the perfect touch!!

The XO's were stamped using the Casual Fridays "Love Notes" stamp set. I selectively inked the stamp so only one X and one O showed up. The sequins were a last minute addition to cover a mistake I made. Whoops!!

That is all for today. Thank you for stopping by!! Have a great day!!

Nora

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