Wonderful Mother

If you read my post a few of days ago, you saw the card my husband didn't choose to send to his mom.  I can't say I blame him.  I'm pretty sure she would love this one too.  She once told me that yellow roses are her favorite, so I try to include a yellow rose on her cards when I can.

This card is a combination of "old" and "new" (at least to me) products.  The layering flowers and leaves are new to me, and although the puffy diamond embossing folder isn't new, it is new-to-me.  I have to admit my embossing folders have been collecting dust for a few years now.  That is why I held off so long on getting this one, but after loving every card I saw using it, I decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and get one.  Then I "made myself" use it before putting it away with the other lonely embossing folders. Perhaps I need to start using them again more often.  I do love the texture and look they give to cards.

The ribbon, sentiment stamp and cross stitch square dies were all happy to be used again.


Stamps: The Sweet Life (PaperTreyInk) You Are Wonderful (Clearly Besotted)
Ink: Bellini, Tiara, Midnight (Catherine Pooler Designs) Blushing Bride, So Saffron, Sweet Sugarplum, Wild Wasabi, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Blushing Bride, Whisper White (SU)
Accessories: Cross Stitch Squares (My Favorite Things) Organza Ribbon, Tufted Dynamic Embossing Folder (SU)  Silver Watercolor (Kuretake)

Lawn Fawn Clear Acrylic Block, 1.75 round

My Sweet Petunia Mini MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool (6-1/8 X 7)

My Sweet Petunia Creative Corners

Ranger Multi Medium, Matte Mini, 1/2 oz.

Quilled Creations Precision Tip Glue Applicator Bottle 0.5 oz.

Silver Brush Black Velvet Watercolor Brushes, Short Round 12

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Colors, 6 Color Set

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Pearl Colors, 6 Color Set

My Favorite Things Die-namics, Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX

Lawn Cuts Dies, Small Cross-Stitched Square Stackables

WPlus9 Design Studio Clear Stamps, Rose Builder

Altenew Clear Stamps, Beautiful Day

Mom's Day

Mother's Day is just around the corner.  Unfortunately both my mom and mother in law live over 600 miles away so we won't be seeing them on Mother's Day.  I had to send out both of their cards early in hopes they will get them by Friday.   Below is the card I made for my mom.

My inspiration came from Dawn Griffith.  She made a card very similar to this, and I loved her color combo.  I didn't have the same stamp set she used and I don't have any Sahara Sand re-inker, so I improvised and came up with my own version.

The inside is stamped with the sentiments from Wonderful Mother (retiring).   The sentiment on the front is from a Verve set I won. :)   I loved this card so much that I made a second one for my friend.

Here is the inside of her card.  The clear stamps make it so easy to place your words together.   I changed "Mother" to "Friend" for her card.

Did you know that you don't just have to send a card to your own mom?  You can send it to any special woman in your life who has mothered you or is a great mom to her own kids.  For that matter you can send it to a nurturing dad.  :)  Consider giving a card to someone who has lost their mother or child, especially those who have passed away in the past year.  It means a lot to know that somebody cares about their pain.

For many of us Mother's Day can be difficult.  Those who do not have a mother or child to spend this special day with are hit the hardest.  My heart goes out to you.  I pray you have some fond memories to hold you close.   I feel blessed that even though I won't be with my mom on Mother's Day I will be able to call her and tell her "I love you".

Creative Blessings,
Heather North


Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Wonderful Mother, Love Deepens (Verve Stamp)
Paper: Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder, Very Vanilla
Re-Inkers: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder
Misc: Aqua Painter



Wonderful Mother
Retiring - WSL




Serene Silhouettes



Color Spritzer Tool
WSL - Retiring



Aqua Painter



May Day ~ Mother's Day

Yesterday was May Day.  Honestly, I don't know very much about May Day, but I do know that when I came home from the Modern Quilt Guild meeting last night there was this beautiful bouquet of flowers on the table.  Everyone was asleep, so I wasn't able to find out who gave them to us, but I have my suspicions.

Thank you my little May Day friend, these flowers brightened my day.  :)  I'm inspired to make another card.  Perhaps similar to the design team Mother's Day card I made for this weeks challenge at StampNation. 

This is my first oval card.  I used the ovals framelits to create my card.  If you would like me to show you how, just leave a comment below letting me know and I will film a video for you.  :)

The teacup planter is stamped, then fussy cut out.  The flowers were colored using ink and a sponge dauber.  The doily was sponged with Crumb Cake ink to tone it down a bit before scrunching and placing behind the smaller oval.

Most of the flowers are not from SU.  They are just flowers in my stash.  I added basic pearls to the yellow and blue flowers.  The pink flowers have a white center created with the bitty punch pack and basic rhinestones. 

I think I need to make another card like this one for my sweet neighbor thanking her for the flowers.  Or is the May Day delivery supposed to stay a secret?  

Creative Blessings,
Heather North




Wonderful Mother
WSL - Retiring



Tea Shoppe
WSL - Retiring



Oval Framelits





Serene Sunset

I love the Serene Silhouette stamp set.  Especially when it is stamped in black.  Not sure why it took me so long to buy the stamp set for myself???   When I first saw it I knew I want to sponge a sunset background and have the image be black.  Here is what I came up with.

I paired it with the Wonderful Mother stamp sets.  It's a sweet stamp set that can be used year round to let any mom know how truly wonderful she is.  It's hard to see in the photo, but I stamped the image first in Pink Pirouette ink and then stamped it a little higher in Black Staz-On ink.  This gives the sentiment a slight shadow effect.  I did the same thing for inside sentiment.

When I peeled off the post it note I was using to mask my first card it ripped the white paper.  Soooooo, I took that piece and cut it down to decorate the inside.   Love those happy accidents, don't you? 

This design would make a lovely one layer card, but I wanted to add a ribbon, then I decided to add a vintage brad.  I was going to add a black mat, but forgot.  It is still pretty.

Creative Blessings,
Heather North

Wonderful Mother

Serene Silhouette

Antique Brads

Calypso Coral