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This is a blog I use to share my papercraft projects. I make them for friends and family, as well as selling them to fund my craft stash. You can get in touch with me at loumac03@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like to place a commissioned order.

Monday 28 March 2011

Pear Tree Designs - Challenge #42 - Mother's Day

Morning all, I have a Mother's Day card to share with you today for the new challenge over at Pear Tree Designs this week - MOTHER'S DAY. We want to see your Mother's Day creations, whether it be a card for the special lady or a project you have created especially for her on her special day! I love Mother's Day almost as much as I love my Mam! She is the most special person in my life and come the 3rd of April I will be telling her that whilst giving her this card I have made her as well as an African Plains ornament I am buying her from Collectables.

Anywho, enough of that. Thank you to everyone who joined in our 'Happy Birthday' challenge last week - there were some stunning entries! You people never fail to impress! :) I just about managed to keep up with the comments! I hope I managed to get around to you all. The winner from last week was Elke - http://elkescreativecorner.blogspot.com/, if you would get in touch with Donna, she will sort your prize out. Congratulations.

The sponsor for this week is




They will be offering our challenge winner 5 x digital images of their choice or 4 x digital images and 1 x digital paper pack!


Here is the card I came up with..


Meet Rosalie with Roses from C.C Designs. Is she not just the sweetest? The perfect image for a Mother's Day card. I have coloured her using lead pencil and ProMarkers for her bunch of Roses.

I made the music note patterned paper myself using a the Music Note standard roller wheel from SU! as well as some Soft Suede ink from SU! and some DI. I stitched around the edges and rounded the corners - this was the base for the rest of my card. I don't know if I've said before, but sometimes I really struggle to use pink, but I love the colour combo of pink and brown together - I always think it works so well!! :)

I have used Pretty in Pink from SU! for both the ribbon and the embossed cardstock. The spiral flowers are made from organza ribbon - what a faff they were to make - they just wouldn't stick. But I think the time I took trying to get them to work really paid off as they add a lot to the main panel of the card.

Being from the north east of England, I call my Mam, Mam - not Mum, and I don't know about you, but I HATE that shop cards do not have much variety at all when it comes to greeting and phrases. Que my Cosmo Cricket mini alpha stickers. Three little letters M A M and the sentiment is complete! :) I hope she likes it as much as I do!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:
× Crafts & Me Challenges - Anything Goes
× Creative Craft World - Mother's Day + Bling
× Freshly Brewed Challenge 40 - 2 or more Embellishments
× I Love ProMarkers - Challenge 58 Go Dotty
× The Paper Shelter - Challenge 6 Flower Power
× The Pixie Cottage - Sketch/Sparkle
× Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
× Simon Says Stamp - Mother's Day/Girlie
× Your Next Stamp Challenges - Make it Sparkle
× Anything Goes - Make your own Embellishments
× Papertake Weekly - Its a Mom Thing

× OLLCB - #76 Mother's Day
× Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight - Make your own Designer Paper

Why not head on over to Pear Tree Designs and see what the rest of the DT have made!! Show us your Mother's Day creations - I can't wait to see what you lot come up with this week! :)

18 comments:

  1. Hi Lou. Love your colour combo and embellies, especially your little flowers. Thanks for joining us at I ♥ Promarkers.
    Tine :)

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  2. stunning card lou,fab shading on your image ,great ida for the bp and i love those fab flowers,thanks for joining us at ooh-la-la and good luck hun
    tracey x

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  3. Such a cuuute card.
    Thankyou for sharing with us at Creative Craft World for our Mothers Day/ Bling challenge
    Choccy x

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  4. Gorgeous colours and such a pretty image. Thanks for joining us at The Paper Shelter this week. luv gina xx

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  5. It's so cute! What a lovely colours you have used…………… Thanks for joining us at TPS.....

    Hugs
    Judith

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  6. I'm sure your Mam will love it, the coour combo is great and I love your background paper, thanks for joinig us at The Paper Shelter this week.
    Hugs

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  7. So sweet ! Love that image and super pastel colours. Thanks for joining us on I ♥ Promarkers this week.
    hugs
    wynneth
    x

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  8. This is beautiful! Stunning card and such a fabulous image. Thankyou so much for joining us on PTW this week
    -x-

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  9. Wonderful card, love how you have coloured your image
    Thank you for joining us at Anything goes
    Hugs
    TAmara

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  10. Oh this is so cute, gorgeous card and pretty colours.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamps Challenge this week.
    luv
    Debby

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  11. Sweet card. Thanks for joining us at the Paper Shelter this week.
    Best wishes, Sharon

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  12. Gorgeous card, love the predominantly grey image,thank you for joining us at I♥Promarkers this week,
    Ruth x

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  13. absolutely stunning! i love the papers and stitching. the image is colored so sweetly. I love the gray!


    Thank you for playing along at Freshly Brewed Challenges 2 or more embellishments.

    Have a blessed day

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  14. Wow HUn
    that's stunning!!!! I like all the details... and the contrast between the black and white coloring and the paper is great!!!!
    thanks for joining us at the pixie cottage
    hugs
    sadia

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  15. lovely card thanks for joining us at anything goes x sue x

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  16. Hi'a Lou!
    Ok so Im popping over from the TPS FB Group to stock you over here too. Lol!! Became a friend here :)I want to give my stamping loving gals some bloogy support. Maybe you can pop over to mine as well and be a friend too.
    Jess M :)
    http://www.myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com
    Ps. Super cure card!!!
    Im digging the brown with pink and the b/w image

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  17. Awwww so cute! Thanks for playing along with us at OLL. Hugs x

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  18. oooohh i do love this card. So sweet. i really adore the layout and your great use of nesties.
    sorry i haven't been blog hopping lately.
    I'm currently taking a break from editing photos for the bag tut.. i might give up for the night!
    have aloofly weekend
    hugs rozzy xx

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I would love to hear what you think. Thanks for taking the time to look. xo Lou.

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