Mother's Day Gift

I made this project as a Mother's Day gift for my mother-in-law. The idea for this project came from this blog post from DCWV Diary (DCWV are my very favorite paper stacks!)

For this project I used paper from the Green stack and the Neutral Cardstock stack. I hadn't though about the colors at the time, but the colors of the flowers perfectly coordinates with the cushions on her dining chairs. Hopefully she'll enjoy displaying this in their new home.

In the close-up, you can see I had the kids write their names on their hands. You can also see I inked the edges of their hand prints. I only did this because I was using a dark background paper and wanted them to stand out a little.

Mother's Day Cards

Here are the cards I'm sending off in the mail today to our mothers and grandmothers. I didn't have any appropriate stamps to use for the inside sentiments, so I just handwrote a note to each of them.

For my grandmother:

 For my husband's grandmother:



For my mother-in-law:



For my mom:

I love how they all turned out, but something about this last one I just really love, I think it's my favorite! Inside I hand wrote a poem I found on the web:

Mothers are like flowers

Blooming in the fields

Rare beauties that withstand

All that life and nature yields.

They smile in a rainstorm

Create comfort in their home

Their love, like perfume follows us

Wherever we may roam.



I have one more Mother's Day project to finish up, hopefully tonight so I can post it tomorrow.

Cards

Last Saturday afternoon I decided to re-locate my crafting materials (temporarily) to the dining/living room. My husband was out of town attending an MLS game for the afternoon/evening, the kids were playing in their room, and I had recorded the royal wedding coverage and had not yet watched it. It sounded like the perfect opportunity to get started on the many cards I need to make for the busy months of May & June.

I happily knocked several cards off my to-do list, and admittedly still have all my gear spread out on the dining table. Oops! But, I have been working on more just about every night since, so I don't feel too bad.

The first of many cards was gifted to my dear friend from work, who's birthday is today. The pictures aren't great, as I took them from my iPhone just before writing it out and giving it to her. As soon as I take pictures of the other cards, I'll get them posted as well.

This card featured paper by DCWV from the Nana's Kitchen stack, as well as a generic orange cardstock. (The orange isn't quite as outrageous as it appears in the photos!) The 3 piece diecut is from the Twinkle Toes Cricut cartridge, and the font is from the Plantin Schoolbook cart. The diecut pieces are pop dotted for some dimension.

A little finishing touch on the inside to tie it all together.