Think Pink for Mother's Day

I hope the moms out there are feeling like queens today! My only "child" is Molly the Maltese, and she is really testing my patience today. Woof.

I made two cards for Mother's Day--one for my fabulous mom and one for my awesome mother in law. I'm so blessed to have both of these ladies in my life!

I used Teresa Collins paper from the Bebe Chic Girl collection for both cards. For my mom's card, I came up with the theme of Queen for the Day since the paper has these fabulous crowns on it. While my mom was here helping me scrapbook, she was trying to put a tiara dimensional sticker on every page so it seemed even more fitting to put it on her card.  :)

I used the Damask Decor cartridge, but instead of putting the pattern on the cover I switched it up and put it on the inside. Boom, I just blew your mind. The letters are from the Blackletter cartridge. The tiara (resting on the "q") is from Jolee's Boutique I believe.

Card for "Mom Penny"

For my mother in law's card, I used one of the card kits from Teresa Collins, which is adorned with a damask print and chandeliers. <3 Man, that thing made it SO EASY, I feel like a bit of a Mom Day Cheater!

The cover sentiment -- The Best Things In Life Aren't Things -- is totally my mother in law. She'd much rather have a latte with you for a couple hours at Starbucks over an elaborate gift. I cut the sentiment out of one of the Teresa Collins papers, and then backed it with DCWV glitter paper cut with my Mostly Memories circle (and oval) cutter. I like how the glitter is a bit of a paradox to the sentiment.

I stamped the inside with my new Inkadinkado chandelier stamp. The mom sentiments are a clear stamp set from Studio G. I got it from a local craft outlet store.

We celebrated "Mom Penny" yesterday by attempting to take her on a boat ride that wasn't running yet this season (oops), followed by the back of plan of a bus ride that took all too long (double oops) and eventually made it to our destination of a nice lunch (linner?) of shrimp tacos on the beach. We ran into our Starbucks barista while waiting for the bus, and he was kind enough to leave us two free "Mother's Day" drinks so we treated Mom Penny and her husband, David, to an afternoon iced latte. Yay!

Hope everyone enjoyed their Mother's Day weekend! This month brings many birthdays so check back for some new cards, going up soon!

cheers,
-marcia

<This is being entered in the My Pink Stamper National Scrapbook Day Celebration challenge #4). woohoo!>

Swinging from the Chandeliers?

I have been obsessed with chandeliers recently as I think they would make some nice images for my upcoming wedding scrabook as well as cards. They are both classy and dark/goth at the same time. I would love to have a giant, over-the-top, crystal chandelier in our otherwise modern dining room and another one in a kitschy bathroom/powder room. So cute.

There actually aren't a ton of chandelier craftiness out there, but I managed to find a Sizzix Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, which comes with a Chandelier and a Thank You emboss, so both pretty handy. This was around $9 on Overstock.com. I hope these work as well as the Cricut brand folders in my Cuttlebug.



I also found this great set by Inkadinkado (also on Overstock.com) that has a few different chandeliers. I am just getting into stamping so we'll see what I end up doing with these.



And finally, I was able to purchase the Home Decor Cricut cartridge on eBay for less than $12 with shipping. Yah! love those kind of finds. I mainly wanted it for the chandelier image (since I don't have the Cricut Circle exclusive French Manor cart, and never will based on the $100 eBay price tag!). But it also has some other neutral images that would be great for cards and backgrounds.



My mom is coming on Friday and staying for a whole week, so we are hoping to launch into my wedding scrapbook. Our wedding hall had gorgeous chandeliers, so hopefully I can incorporate these fun new finds!

Cheers!
-marcia