Inspirationsbyrachel

Happy Mother's Day

This card is for my youngest daughter.  As you can see by the previous card (which I made a couple of days ago), the two girls are complete opposites.

I want to wish everyone a Happy Mother's Day and hope everyone enjoys this day.  We plan to go out for brunch to Copeland's.

I received this from my friend Jane and thought I would share it with you:

Mothers

Real mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.

Real mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox

Real mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids

Real mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets

Real mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up

Real mothers sometimes ask "why me?" and get their answer when a little voice says, "because I love you best."

Real mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade.    It is marked by the progression of mommy to mom to mother!

Card for my daughter

Today's post includes a Mother's Day card I made for my daughter Deena who lives in California.  One of the bad things about living so far apart is that I don't get to spend very many holidays with her and her family.

No stamping on this card - not even for the sentiment!  One of the things I like about computer generated sentiments is that you can personalize it as much as you want!

This gorgeous paper is from K&Company.  I found this paper at Michael's when I was in Fort Smith attending Michelle Zindorf's brayer class last month.

Recipe:

• Stamp:  None - sentiment computer generated
• Paper:  Very Vanilla, Rose Red, Brenda Walton Designer Paper by K&Company
• Ink:  None
• Accessories:  Label 3 Nestabilities, Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Rich Regal Eyelets

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Christmas Cardinal

It's Tuesday and time for another Christmas card.  This card is for the Christmas Stamping All Year Long Blog.  It's the 12th challenge so that means I'm 12 cards ahead for the Christmas season - woohoo!  Check out the fabulous cards made by the other design team members - they're awesome!

Recipe:

• Stamp Set:  Christmas Cardinal
• Paper:  Natural White, Chocolate Chip, Wassail Pattern Paper by BasicGrey
• Ink:  Black Craft Ink, Riding Hood Red
• Accessories:  Clear Embossing Powder, Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, Blender Pen, Circle Nestability, Striped Grosgrain Ribbon from the Holiday Mini Catalog (2008)

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Hoppy Easter

I'm having too much fun creating Easter Cards this year!  I keep seeing such neat ones in the different blogs I visited on a daily basis.  In fact, I think I spend too much time surfing my favorite blogs (KWIM?).  This card was inspired by one that Leslie Miller (Running with Scissors) did for Flourishes Stamps.

The color that looks like Cameo Coral is really Regal Rose.  I tried adjusting the color in Picasa and Adobe Photoshop but I couldn't get it right.  The pattern paper I've had for about a year and it's by 3 Bugs in a Rug.  The sentiment and bunny next to the sentiment are computer generated.

Recipe:

• Stamp:  None
• Paper:  Whisper White, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip
• Ink:  None
• Accessories:  Lace Border Punch, Medium Oval Punch, Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Oval Nestabilities, Wizard, Rhinestone from Wal-Mart

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Decorating Eggs

Isn't that stamp image so cute!  I just love the expressions on the rabbits and chick's faces!  It's called Decorating Eggs and is from Victoria Case Art Designs.  The image was stamped in black using Versafine Black Onyx on watercolor paper (Arches Hot Pressed 140lb).  That my favorite for watercoloring because it is so smooth. I stamped it again on scratch paper to mask the main image so that I could lightly sponge around it using Bashful Blue.  The rabbit was colored in using Going Gray reinker and a watercolor brush.  The chick was colored using Summer Sun and More Mustard.

Recipe:

• Stamp:  Decorating Eggs from Victoria Case Art Designs
• Paper:  Bashful Blue, Watercolor paper, Doodlebug design, inc Spring Garden pattern paper
• Ink:  Versafine Black Onyx,
• Accessories: Reinkers (Bashful Blue, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Pretty in Pink, Going Gray, Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace),  Soft Subltes Buttons, Light Blue Gingham Ribbon, Square and Square Scalloped Nestabilities, Wizard

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Merry Christmas

I hope you don't get tired of Christmas cards.  I will be making them throughout the year.  I belong to the Stamping Christmas All Year Long Divas and we make a card once a week (we have a hard taskmaster (LOL)!  Seriously, it's one way to stay on top of all the Christmas cards I make every season (or least try and make!).  Check out their site to see what the other divas have made - there are some very talented ladies on that team.

Recipe:

• Stamp:  By Inkadinkado
• Paper:  Natural White, Red Riding Hood, Baja Breeze, Pattern Paper by My Mind's Eye

• Ink:  Close to Cocoa Craft Ink, Red Riding Hood Classic Ink

• Accessories:  Clear Embossing Powder, Blender Pen, Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker, Red Riding Hood Taffeta Ribbon, Stickles

Christmas Rose

 

Isn't this image cute?  Kind of reminds me of the Bella Stamps which I love.  This is a digi stamp purchased from Pink Petticoat. 

The card was made for the Christmas Stamping All Year Long blog challenge No. 6.  Check out what the other divas have created here - the cards are beautiful!

Recipe:

• Stamp:  Digital stamp from Pink Petticoat
• Paper:  Watercolor paper, Garden Green, Season of Joy pattern paper by Scrapworks
• Ink:  Black Stazon
• Accessories:  Stampin' Write Markers (Garden Green, Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom, Rich Regals Eyelets, Crop-a-dile