I Love my Mom!

Now that I've given my  mom her Mother's Day card, I can share it here!  I just couldn't ruin the surprise by showing it because I know she reads my blog!!!

The card I made for her is actually one of the projects my stamp clubs did in April.  It's a super pretty tri-fold card that will fit into a quarter fold envelope.

Obviously I used the dress framelits for this card.  I just had to...with all boys I don't get to do girly stuff very often!!!!!

I'm happy to say she loved it and I'm sure it will be displayed on their tv stand until a new card comes along to take it's place!  Does it ever get old to have your parents display your work?!?!?!?!

Have an inspired day!

Best of...Mother's Day Roses

Happy Monday!  Today I have a nice watercolor Mother's Day card to brighten your day.  This card is from my Best of Flowers class a while back and uses colors that are retiring this year.

One of my favorite parts of this card is the double embossing!  First I embossed with the Honeycomb folder and then embossed with the Oval Frame folder.  A bit of the honeycomb flattens a little, but you don't notice it too much on the card.  And, the image was stamped on Watercolor Paper and punched out with the Wide Oval punch (which fits perfectly in the oval frame....love that!).

I love using some ribbon scraps and a fancy brad to embellish cards!

Head on over to my online store with the shopping list to get what you need to re-create this card.  Since I typed up and scheduled this post some of our products have been retired and may have sold out.

Shopping List

• Stamps (Best of Flowers, Teeny Tiny Wishes)
• Ink (Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, Old Olive, StazOn Black)
• Cardstock (Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard)
• Watercolor Paper
• Ribbon (Crochet Trim, 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon-Old Olive)
• Big Shot
• Embossing Folders (Honeycomb, Designer Frames)
• Punches (Word Window, Modern Label, Extra Large Oval)
• Aqua Painters
• Antique Brads
• Stampin' Dimensionals
• Snail

Have an inspired day!

Butterflies for Mom

Hello, hello, hello!  I'm going to switch things up a bit this weekend and do my simple card today and the scrapbook layout tomorrow!  And, at the end of this post, I will be announcing the winner of the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Giveaway from my 100th post.

So, here's my simple card for Simple Card Sunday on a Saturday!

The base of this card os Bordering Blue (one of the colors that will be retiring at the end of June), and the main layer is Naturals Ivory.  Did you notice the polka dots on the Naturals Ivory layer?  That was done with the SU Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder.  Did you notice that there's an oval shape int he middle of the card that has no polka dots?  That was done by replacing one of the cutting pads in the "sandwich" with a thin wood frame purchased at my local craft store.

The butterflies were cut with the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.  I cut them out of the Bella Bleu DSP.  The sentiment is from the Well Scripted set in the Occasions Mini (time is running out to order from the Occasions Mini...order your favorite products by April 30 before they're gone!), stamped with Not Quite Navy classic ink.

Now, what you've all been waiting for!  All you had to do to enter the contest was to leave a comment telling me what your favorite part of my blog is.  There was 7 comments left, so I asked Carter to choose a number between 1 & 7.  He chose 5, becuase he's 5!  The fifth comment was left by Melanie.  CONGRATULATIONS Melanie!  You've won the Beautiful Wings Embosslit, and I will give it to you at Stamp Club this week!

That's all for today.  Have an inspired day!