Saturday, April 7, 2012

Mother's Day project

This is my second post for today.  For my TSG and SFYTT post see here.

I was busy today!  I did my spinning, had a visit with my mom and then I went to play in my craft room for a bit.  Hubby and my oldest are out of town this weekend and my youngest slept in then went off with her friends so I had most of the day to myself.

I played along with a lot of challenges so this is a photo heavy post!  First of all the challenge at Mark's Finest Papers is Mother's Day and I made a notecard set for my mom.  This month the Glue Dots® designers were asked to make Mother's Day projects so this was a perfect time to get to work on it! 

For my project I used the new Curio Papers and Stickers from Carina Gardner, which are available at Jessica Sprague.  



I printed out 4 different papers and some of the stickers and went to work.  I made 4 cards and unfortunately at this time in her life my mom is needing more sympathy cards than before so I included  a couple of them.  The Vintage Seam Binding is available at Ribbon Carousel.  All the stamps are from Unity.  



Here are the four cards all together.  For all the cards I used a few Glue Dots® to hold the papers in place before sewing.  Each card also has an item popped up on Pop Up Glue Dots® for some dimension.  Finally, to hold the bits of floss and twine in place I have used some Mini Glue Dots®.


For this first card I used a sketch from The Sweet Stop:


The sentiment on this one is from the March 2012 KOTM (from head to soul)


I used the sketch from Sketchbook Saturday:

The stamp is from the Life Becoming set:


Next I used the JUGS challenge:

The sentiment is from the Jan 2011 KOTM to the moon and back.

Finally, I used the Unity KOTM sketch challenge:

The sentiment is from the May KOTM Think Happy Thoughts.  This one is also for the 365 Cards challenge - So Sorry.



I wrote this blog  post while participating on the Glue Dots design team

26 comments:

Karen B. said...

You were productive today! What amazing projects, all of them!

Pat said...

All your cards are lovely. Thanks for joining Speedy Fox and Friends.

Rose said...

they are all so pretty.
you are one busy girl :)

hope you have a wonderful Easter!!!

Shannon White said...

Wow! What an Absolutely Lovely card set for your Mom! She's going to Love them!8-) Love the pretty digi dp's and images you used! Such Pretty colors too, I love Carina Gardners designs! 8-) Super take on the Sweet Stop Sketch you chose as well! Thanks so much for playing along with us at the Sweet Stop! 8-)

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

These are GORGEOUS!! I loveeeeeeee the colors!

Sherry Eckblad said...

Laurel, all your cards are ansolutely beautiful. I am sure your mother is going to love them.

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

WOW! This is an amazing set!!! You were BUSY but still created more and accomplished more than me:) LOVE LOVE LOVE the soft colors of this set! BEAUTIFULLY done:) Happy EASTER!

Handmade Creations by Stephanie said...

These are all so gorgeous your mom
Will love them

AdoraBella said...

WOW, what an amazing projects! Love the beautiful pale blue/white/yellow colors and the pretty decorations. I'm sure your Mom will love them, too!
hugs
- Maria

michib said...

Beautiful cards - love all the butterflies

Kathy Martin said...

Wowza! Lovely group of cards! Love all the flowers and butterflies! :)

~amy~ said...

Such an amazing set of cards!!!!!

Unknown said...

What a sweet, beautiful gift!

Lisa Arana said...

wow, what a great set of cards. each one so beautiful.

Brenda said...

What a fabulous gift! The paper colors you chose are just lovely!! You have been so productive today, and I thoroughly enjoyed looking at each part of this post!

yyam said...

Wow! These are just lovely Laurel!

Lynn said...

You were busy! And I love how you showed us how to use similar papers in such different ways! Your take on the sketch is gorgeous. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Just Us Girls!

Audrey Pettit said...

Wow! SO stunning!

scrapsnsuch@gmail.com said...

These are all so pretty!

Andrea M said...

WOW Laurel! These are all STUNNING! Lovely take on the sketch! Thanks for playing along with Just Us Girls!

1CardCreator said...

Wow, so much beauty all in one spot! Your Mom will love her gifts!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Lovely set of cards Laure. The soft blue and saffron look great together. Sorry they have to be sympathy cards. The ribbon and hemp look great! Thank you for playing with us at The Sweet Stop this week!

Designing with Debbie said...

Pretty card. Love the soft colors. Thanks for playing along with us here at Speedy Fox and Friends challenge, we hope to see you again next week. Make sure to check out our challenge with Friends of SpeedyTV for more fun and more chances to win with Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co.

Shelby Goolsby said...

All I can say is " Wow"!! What gorgeous cards. Thanks so much for joining is at The Sweet Stop.

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) said...

How lovely, Laurel... the colours are so fabby and so are the stamps!

Annette_Marlow said...

So many beautiful cards! The colors are just so soft and sweet.

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