Mam

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.. TO.. MRS MAC. Mother Goose. 

:) Love every bit of that woman. Thought I'd share the birthday card I made for her.. on her birthday. I ain't gonna tell you how old she is today, because if she ever found out that I'd shared that information.. my life wouldn't be worth living. :)

I followed the colour challenge over at the Sugar Nellies FB Group.

Blue, Green and White. 

Some papers I received from the lovely Tammy went perfectly with this. I think they were from Prima. Pixie Glen. Gorgeous. I didn't want to cut into them, but I can't hoard something someone has kindly given me.. gotta get them used up! I also used a slice of the white seam binding she had used to tie the lovely papers together. Nothing like a bit of frugalness.

I stamped the card base with a flower stamp from SU! in Sage Shadow and Bashful Blue to help break up the white. I doodled the edges of my patterned paper, but left the distressing out.. I thought it would be a bit harsh against the pastel colours.

What else? I used a new (to me) stamp from Whimsy stampedi n Sage Shadow onto Kraft and circled the date and added the month with a brown fineliner. I then punched that out and adhered it to the card using dimensionals. I seen a little bit of left over doily lying around on my desk, so that got snaffled up and added to the card along the side of the blue patterned paper.

I don't think I ever have.. or ever will use a whole doily on a card.. they're just too big for my designs. Plus.. cutting them up makes them go a little further! :) Uhh.. what else?! A few little Wild Orchid Craft goodies here and there in the form of some ickle roses and ickle pearl brads. 

I then filled in some of the area using my white Liquid Pearls in little groups of three. My style.

You guys know who this little character is, right? It's only a Simply Sassy - My Friend Kitty. Love her. She is one of the first ever Sassys I bought. Don't you wanna chub that face?! I know I do. Love her hair too. Just love her. Thought she'd be perfect for my mams birthday card. She loves cats, and this image is so happy and smiley.

Here is a shot of the inside. I used a sentiment from PTI stamped in Blue Bayou ink and cut using the Decorative Labels punch. I then doodled the edges of the rest of the blue patterned paper and adhered it at a wonky angle. :) Job done. I plan on writing my message on a little post it and putting it inside the card so my awful handwriting won't spoil the inside. This is what I generally do when I'm sending a card. :) That way it could be reused if the recepient chooses!!

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Crafty Purple Frog - Anything Goes

× PaperPlay Challenges - Ribbon Every Which Way

× I LOVE ProMarkers - #100 Anything Goes

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papercuts - White Linen
Patterned Paper: Prima - Pixie Glen
Stamps: Simply Sassy - My Friend Kitty; Stampin Up! - Vintage Vogue; PTI - Birthday Bash Sentiments; Whimsy - Everyday Circle Postmarks

Ink: SU! - Bashful Blue, Sage Shadow, Blue Bayou; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Embellishments: WOC - pearl brads, blue aster daisy; 10mm antique blue rose; 10mm aqua rose; snowflake spacer; white doily
Tools: SU! - 1 3/8" circle punch, Decorative Label punch
Misc: brown fineliner; Jenni Bowlin alpha stickers; unknown white seam binding

Suuuuper long post. I'm offskies.