Sweet Kind Mother

I have a shabby Mother's card for you today. It's not just for the upcoming Mother's day either. It's good for birthdays, or just to say hello to your mom! My girls saw this and asked if I made myself a card. :). Silly girls...

I used TCM's Mother and Father stamps. The frame is die cut using Spellbinders Labels 18 and highlighted with Want2Scrap nestabling. The flower on the side is also by Want2Scrap. The leaves and little doily are by Spellbinders.

I also stamped the big flower from Beautiful Spring on the background with Olive ink. The papers are some old October Afternoon and Melissa Frances.I'm entering this to Ribbon Carousel blog's challenge this week. The sketch follows Card Patterns #164.

I'm swamped with design work due to being sick. There are lots happening next week, including a NinaB Designs hop once again! And the new The Craft's Meow May release will be previewed soon! In the meantime, my girls are getting ready for a Mother's day (or Women's day here) program at school this weekend. I'm not sure what they're doing yet, but I think I'll be in for a wonderful surprise!

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Floral Frame

Hi, friends. I hope you are having a great Friday. Ours is wonderful because it's the beginning of Spring Break! We started by doing some spring cleaning. My girls weren't that thrilled, though, but this mama is happy to get some work done, so we can enjoy the rest of the week better.

Before I show you my card, I just was wondering if you've noticed the two new badges I have on my right sidebar? One of them is for the Lily Pad's 1st bday blog hop on Sunday and we're giving away tons of prizes from various companies. On Sunday, I will also be sharing my first project for the brand new bi-weekly challenge blog in town, Crafty Friends, which is headed by the super sweet Beate Johns. It's going to be fun!

I got to play with my new stamps and dies for today's card. The main image is from Penny Black's Flower Gallery set. As soon as I saw it, I knew it's something I'd use often. I made it look like a wall painting on my card below. That beautiful oval die is one of my favorites of the new Spellbinders dies. it's called Floral Ovals.

I love flowers and the sizes on this set are perfect for my (lack of) patience with Copic coloring :). It's an unusual color combo for me, but I picked the colors from the subtle background My Mind's Eye papers.The sentiment is from a retired set by Layers of Color, die cut with SB Ribbon Banner dies. I added some bling to the sides of the frame. They just seem to belong there :).

This little flower is also one of Spellbinders new dies called Bitty Blossoms. I put a small bling in the center that is hard to see on the photo. I embossed the leaves and inked the raised parts.

My sketch is inspired by Card Patterns. My card also follows the SSIC challenge this week. See you all back here on Sunday!

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Soft and Feminine Cards

I hope you had a great weekend. We are still facing a big freeze here in Europe with temperatures way below average. It's 14 deg F as I write this when it usually is around 30 and there is no relief in sight soon. It does look like winter wonderland outside, though, which my girls just love!

I have something simply and shabby for you today that uses Want2Scrap Nestabling, but I used it without a Spellbinder die cut, just to see. :) It took less than 10 minutes to make! The sentiment is by Layers of Color, papers by Melissa Frances.

I'm entering this to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, which is to create a card based on a movie. What a fun challenge! This sentiment was made famous by Barbara Streisand in her movie, Funny Girl. The sketch was inspired by this week's Card Patterns (flipped upside down), my old stomping grounds :). And the colors are inspired by The Play Date Cafe. It feels so good to play with challenges again.

Here's the Nestabling pearls up close. Don't you just love it!

My next card is one I shared last week over on the SRM blog. It uses their Fancy Stickers Baby on a card that could be for graduation, new baby or job promo...there are so many occasions when the sentiment is perfect.

The silhouette lady is part of my LOC's Sweet Silhouettes set, which now out of stock, but hopefully will soon be available through another stamp company. I will share as soon as I'm allowed. And this patterned paper is one of current faves. It's from Crate Paper's Paper Heart.

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