Happy Mother’s Day

In normal times, which this is not, we’d be celebrating Mother’s Day with Tracy’s family at brunch. Last year I think there were 11 of us. This year we’ll be delivering gifts and cards to his mom and Betsy. Sarah’s went in the mail early last week, as did cards to my two sister-in-laws. I thought I’d share them here and enter some of them in some challenges.

First off, cards for Sarah and Betsy. As soon as I saw this die and stamp set by Concord and 9th, I ordered it. I knew I’d find lots of ways to use it, although Mother’s Day didn’t occur to me until later. Fortunately, after I ordered it, Kristina Werner posted a video using the die which saved me a lot of time since her directions for assembling it are so clear and explicit. The moms may wonder at first why there’s a camera on their Mother’s Day card—neither of them are photographers—but once they pull down the tab, I think they’ll understand.

I posted my mother-in-law’s card quite some time ago, and put it aside. The cards for my two sisters-in law were watercolored early last week for the coloring projects, and turned into cards quickly. I drove them out to the main post office Wednesday so I’m pretty sure they arrived on time.

Both cards are very similar and use a floral image from my newest stamp set, “Bouquet Builder 1” by Waffle Flower. I watercolored a background, let it dry and then stamped the floral image and watercolored it. The first one was embossed in white, and the second with Altenew’s Obsidian Black Ink which stamps sharply in one go even on watercolor paper.

I actually cut apart a sentiment stamp from Clearly Besotted to use on these cards. The attached sentiment was meant to be given to your mother, and my mother passed away over 50 years ago, so I knew I’d never have a reason to use it. It was a tedious process using a craft knife, but was worth it in the end. I tried it on vellum, but didn’t care for it, so used an old banner die from Papertrey Ink.

If you’re celebrating Mother’s Day today, I hope you have a lovely day. Despite our social separation, I’m looking forward to FaceTime and Zoom calls later today.

I’m entering the pink floral card in CAS on Friday Challenge: favorite floral. This new set is definitely a favorite. I have lots of ideas for coloring the images for the 100 Day Project. I’m also entering it in The Card Concept Challenge–Mother’s Day! The pink flowers in the photograph and the theme make it a very appropriate choice. It fits their category: Clean and Simple. 

And finally, I’m tossing one of the camera cards in the ring at  Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Use a Die Cut or a Punch.