Hi everyone! A Happy Mother’s Day weekend to all of you! Today’s card is my Mother’s Day card for this year – I’m so happy with how it turned out. This is the first time I’ve used the Lattice die and I just love it. It looks beautiful with a DSP backdrop, don’t you think! To glam it up, I added a few pearls :). This card is inspired by this week’s Paper Players theme – Birds, Bees, Flowers and Trees!
The flower probably looks familiar – one of my favorite techniques of spritzing with Stampin’ Mist and scrunching up the flowers while they’re still wet – then letting dry. They look great and smell even better! The flower pieces are held together using hemp twine and a Big Designer Button :). I assembled my cards while watching American Idol and had some help from one of my cats, Tucker. He was particularly enamored with the hemp twine – haha!
I just want to wish all of my followers a very happy Mother’s Day! It’s a bittersweet day for me having lost my mom over 13 years ago. I’ll leave you with a wonderful photo of my mom that I came across today. Enjoy!
| Stamp Sets | Something to Celebrate (Hostess – retired) |
| Ink | Early Espresso |
| Paper | Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Rose Red, Springtime Vintage DSP (retired) |
| Accessories | Lattice Die, Basic Pearls Jewels, Pear Pizzazz 1/2″ Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Fun Flowers Die, Hemp Twine, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Stampin’ Dimensionals |
Dear Julie, what a beautiful card. I am so sad for and with you, that you can't send this card to your mom. You must miss her so much. I love the picture of her.. What a beautiful woman. Just like her daugther 🙂
Inky hugs, Pauline
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Julie, this is lovely! The lattice looks wonderful on the DSP and your flower is gorgeous! What a fantastic pic of your Mom too. My thoughts go out to you on Mother's Day–I have the same feelings about Father's Day. ((big hugs))
Very pretty, Julie! I love the white lattice against the Vintage Springtime DSP. The "pop" of color created by the flower is perfect! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!
Very pretty! I love the flower and that lattice is perfect against the designer paper. Thanks for playing along with the Paper Players this week. 🙂