Christmas in July Challenge w/Just A Scrappin~

Hello my friends! Happy Thursday! Are you anxiously excited that tomorrow is Friday and the weekend will be here! I know I am! I have so much to do this weekend and with my daughter's birthday less then 4 weeks away, I need to get in my craft room and get a jump start on her party favors and birthday banner. I live for my weekends =) Today is Thursday and we know what that means! It's another challenge over at Just A Scrappin and this week's challenge is Christmas in July! The colors to use this week are WHITE, BLACK, PINK and any other color that you would like to incorporate. So I chose blue as my additional color and I decided go with more of a wintery feel and this is what I came up with....

I went with a different size card today and made this a 4x4 card. My solid cardstock is from Bazzill and patterned papers are from DCWV. I stamped this adorable Fiona and her friend Penguin stamp by Your Next Stamp in momento tuxedo blank ink and colored it in using my copics: B52,BV00,RV02,RV63,V15,E000,E00,YR01,Y19,W5 and 100. The image was cut out using my spellbinder's classic cirlcles and is up on one thickness of foam tape. The sentiment "So Cool" is from Paper Trey Ink's Handwritten Notes stamp set. I just LOVE this stamp set. I reach for it a lot because of the versatility of it. I went with the "So Cool" sentiment because well, it's cool outside during the winter! The sentiment is up on two thicknesses of foam tape and I cut it into a banner. Well that is all I have for you but please stop by Just A Scrappin's blog to see what my other DT sisters have created for this challenge. I hope you get creative and play along with us this week! Thanks for stopping by!

Mother's Day

Hi blog friends, happy Thursday! I want to apologize for being MIA the past week, it's been hectic. We all know how life gets in the way right? I have been under the weather as well and it has not been fun to say the least. So anyways, my neighbor came to me on Tuesday and asked me if I could make a Mother's day card for her soon to be daughter-in-law because she forgot to purchase a card at the store and loves my work *giggle*...so of course I said I would make her a card and here it is.

The card is an A2 card using DCVW blue cardstock as the base and the pretty patterned paper is also from DCVW's Linen Closet collection. I just LOVE this paper! It has some glitter going through it and sparkles but you can't see that in the picture.

I printed out the sentiment on some Bazzill white cardstock that I cut out using my Spellbinder's Fleur de Lis dies and then inked up the edges using some Tim Holtz antique linen distress ink. The flowers are from a mother's day stamp set by Ditto. I colored them using copics BG05, BG10 and BG15 and then added some glossy accents. I used gold platinum liquid pearls for the flower centers and around the sentiment frame. I used some Martha Stewart ribbon that I had in my stash to make a cute quick bow to dress up the side. I also cut a frame for the inside of the card using the spellbinder's  fleur de lis die and added more liquid pearls to continue the theme of the card. The saying on the inside is my own and says: "It takes a real special person to be a Mother. Someone who nurtures and loves unconditionally; someone who's work is never done. You fill these shoes flawlessly. Happy Mother's Day".

I am not sure why my picture is on it's side, I apologize for that. Well that is my card for today, I hope you liked it and hope it inspires you to make your Mom a handmade card for Mother's day!