Happy Mother's Day

I want to wish all of my friends and readers a very Happy Mother's Day. Whether you have given birth or not, I feel that all women have been a mother figure to someone at some point in their lives. I have been enjoying my day and hope you have also.
Today's share is a card I sent to my daughter for Mother's Day. I made and mailed it last Wednesday but could not share it with you all because she is a subscriber and would have seen it before I wanted her to. The card base is by Recollections which I bought in a set at Michael's. It has a glittery effect without the glitter if you can understand that. The paper I used is kind of wild which I thought my daughter would like. I would have used Vintage paper but decided to use this because of the colors. I distressed and curled up the edges of the paper. I added one of the lollypop flowers I made and an envelope using the Stampin Up! envelope sizzix die. I cut it out using the same paper that the card was made from. I took a piece of white trim and sprayed it with Walnut Gold Glimmer Mist and attached some pearls above it. I tied some cream and gold twine around the top of the little envelope to keep it closed. I used Tim Holtz' Alcohol Ink in gold to change the color of a silver heart I also attached to the envelope. Inside of the envelope (which I didn't take a picture of) I have a little card that says "Happy Mother's Day". When I told my daughter that she could untie the twine and open the envelope to take the card out she asked me what it said and I told her only Happy Mother's Day. She then said that she wanted to leave the card like it was and would not open the envelope to make sure it stayed like I sent it. I wonder if she would have opened it if I told her that there was a $100 bill in it? :) On the inside of the card I wrote a message to her. Please enjoy the rest of your day. I sure am.

Hugs,

Painted Canvas Project

Hi everyone,

Today I want to share a project I made which was part of a UStream class I took Friday night. The class was given by one of my YouTube friends called "YolieBean". She live on the West Coast so there was a 2 hr difference in time. The class for me started at 9:00 PM Friday night. I ended up getting into the class 35 minutes late because I was trying to get some of the things we needed to do for the class done ahead of time so I could keep up. I took a nap earlier on Friday evening so I would be fresh and ready to create. Well I lost track of time and by the time I got in she had already started and I was 35 minutes late. Thank God the class was recorded because I was able to go back and see what I missed. So instead of making the project with her, I didn't start until Saturday.

This is a canvas plaque I hopefully someday will be able to put on the wall in my craft room. Two of the flowers (the lollypop in the lower left and the one on the upper right side were made by me. The other two were Primas. This was the first time I have ever painted on canvas and I really enjoyed it. I might try another project using canvas later. What ever I do I have to get it done before my new grand baby arrive this summer. Have a nice week and take care.

Hugs,