For My Dear Mom

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for my Mom.  It's not for any Design Team assignment, but just for love of creating (with her in mind).  It's simply a card that I made for fun, and that I plan to give to my Mom to let her know I'm thinking of her.  I get to go see my Mom next month and spend a week or so with her.  I'm looking forward to those special moments in the early morning, sipping our coffee and chatting around the kitchen table; or the late nights eating ice cream and talking - just spending time together watching our favorite shows.  I can't wait!

I created this card using lots of great October Afternoon supplies.  I started with a Bazzill base (deep gold) and attached some October Afternoon patterned papers that I machine stitched together.  I added a Maya Road kraft envelope to which I machine stitching some litters letters to spell mom.  I even stamped an October Afternoon floral stamp onto it in red.  There's a bit of vintage lace at the bottom.  I die-cut several flowers from October Afternoon patterned paper using a Papertrey Ink floral die set.  I tied several lengths of Natural Burlap String around my buttons and underneath my flowers.  The buttons are also from October Afternoon.  I feel SO blessed to get to attend their annual warehouse sale, and I have more of it than I will ever use; but that's ok.  I'm not complaining at all. It's still one of most favorite companies of all time.  The inspiration for this card came from the October Afternoon Blog, and I totally lifted someone else's original idea on this one.

 

Even though this card was just for fun, I will still enter it in this fun challenge:

 

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Challenge Blog - Welcome to Almost Spring Challenge - Card Layout - I don't get to play along here very often (although I'd like to do so much more).  I created this card so that I could play along.  While I definitely "flipped" the sketch, I did use it to inspire me.