A Mother's Day Card From My Darling Daughter

Well normally I would never do this, show a card my kids made, but this one was made by my 19 year old who absolutely hates scrapbooking and card making. She can barely look at the cards I make when I proudly show her each one. She bugs me about how much I spend on my hobby and retreats to do it in, LOL. But looky here!!! Who's talent is rubbing off. Brag brag. This is an old Hanglar stamped image that I'd colored and wasn't very happy with. She found it in the inspiration room and started making my card with it. Hubby said she was down there for 3 hours creating. She mentioned that she pulled out some of my old cards to see how I put them together, but I have to say, the design is all her. I think the patterned paper is Kaiser Craft, but she used the last of it that I can find. I love how she punched out the greenery and added in the purple flower rhinestones to look like floral bushes. I also got the inspiration to use this Martha Stewart punch for coral in a swimming or beach layout. (Wouldn't have gotten that idea without the bushes staring at me). Thank you Sarah!! I love how she angled the cuts on her papers, and added the 2 ribbons together. She found some gold puff letters and spelled the Mom and it's straight. She couldn't even use a ruler in school. Wow, what a card. There's talent hidden in all the stubborness. One day she will see the light. Just had to share, hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Hugs xx
Carolyn

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Mom's Challenge

This week at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge we would love to see your Mother's Day cards or projects. You really only have to create a card or project with a woman on it, but if you make it for Mom, you get a second chance at the prize.

Our fabulous sponsor this week is the amazing

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Stamping Bella. Emily has offered a $25.00 gift certificate to purchase any thing of your dreams. Stamping Bella is now carrying Mo Manning Stamps. Woo Hoo!!!

I find Mother's Day cards and projects hard to do as I lost my wonderful Mom in 93 to the horrible disease of breast cancer. My mom was extremely talented. She played guitar, painted water colors, oils, pastels, anything she could dabble in she did. So to try to take away from that I decided to make my project for me. I am a mom, a really busy one, but a mom indeed.

My older son finished hockey this spring. He's played since he was 4, so this year was hard for me knowing it was over. However I did still have one very talented hockey player left. Not so. He has informed me that he is done with hockey and doesn't want to go back. Maybe next year was the best I got. So all the money, (and believe me, with 2 boys in rep hockey, there's tons of money spent) that would have been spent on hockey has now been rerouted to my new jar, Mom's new fund. This will now be used soley for scrapbooking retreats. I figure that means at least 4 per year. Besides now I won't be at the rink every weekend, so that frees up the time for me to go. Time to celebrate!!

For my project I used Basic Grey - Wisteria paper. Coincidently I happened to use a Stamping Bella stamp, which totally was not planned. I colored her with my copics, and mounted her with my nestibilities. I then added her to a strip of co-ordinating paper and wrapped it around my jar. I added a bit of ribbon around and pulled the ends up through a purplle button. I then took some plastic skates that I had purchesed somewhere along the lines and glittered them with purple glitter dust. I tied the bow through them. I added some lace around the rim, wrote out on the lid with stickles, and finally added purple flowers around the rim.

Please enter in this week for a chance at this fabulous prize. Let's see what mother's day cards and projects you can come up with this week.

Hugs xx
Carolyn