CTC #75 - Mother's Day

Welcome to another CASE-ing the Catty Challenge, this week we are looking at both the Annual and Occasions Catalogues to inspire the creation of a Mother's Day project.  I know Mother's Day falls at different times of the year across the globe, but here in Australia it is the second Sunday in May. 

I chose the card at the top right of the image above which comes from page 10 of the Occasions Catalogue.  I think the Number of Years gets thought of as a birthday set, but it is really quite versatile.

I struggle with totally white cards, I don't know why but I decided to add a little colour by adding Rich Razzleberry as the base of my card.  I chose some softer colours for the flowers also.  The sentiment from Crazy About You fits perfectly in the banner from the Number of Years set.  

I have a little confession to make, I really struggle with adding the twine behind a layer on a card, so I don't often do it.  My problem comes with the need for it to look random while at the same time being not very random at all.  Well, great news, while making this card I came up with a way to make this work for me and I thought I would share in case anyone else has that problem too.

Step 1 - Take the piece of card stock that you want to put the twine behind and lay it on your Paper Piercing Mat.  Measure the width of the card stock and 1/2" from each side put a pin into the mat.

Step 2 - Remove the card stock, and wrap the twine around the two pins leaving a little bit of a tail on each side.  Tie the pieces together with some spare twine, or with some washi tape, and remove the pins.

Step 3 - Line the twine bundle up where you want it and adhere with washi tape. I find washi tape allows me to pull the twine around a little and unlike sticky tape doesn't interfere with adhering the layer onto the card.  

This would work with any sort of twine or thread so you can expect to see a lot more of it on my project from now on.  This technique also works with any shape, and you can play around with how much twine you want to show really easily.

  

If mine, or any of the Design Team's projects, have inspired you to join in, link your creation to the main page. 

Now it is time to hop on over to Elizabeth's blog and check out her creation.

                               

Product List

Number Of Years Photopolymer Stamp Set [140653] $47.00	Old Olive Baker's Twine [134579] $5.25	Brights Sequin Assortment [138389] $8.75	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $12.00	Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock [119981] $12.25
Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $15.00	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $11.50	Wild Wasabi Classic Stampin' Pad [126959] $11.50	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [131172] $11.50	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944] $11.50

Happy Stamping
Monique

Late Mother's Day

Something many of you who follow my blog won't know about me is that I am terrible at posting letters.  Think of really bad, and times that by 100!  This year for example I made a lovely Easter card for my parents, but only sent it a couple of weeks ago, well after Mother's Day.  In my logic I couldn't make my mum a card for Mother's Day until I had posted Easter, so today I finally sat down to do just that (yes Mother's Day was second week in May, so I am running about 4 weeks behind).

The Stampin Royalty challenge "Anything but a card" took my interest and I decided to think outside the box for mum's card.  

I decided to use the Stampin' Up! Mini Treatbag Framelit and use the gorgeous Timeless Elegance DSP - that is one paper pack that is a must have from this year's catalogue.  I have all sorts of new goodies on this little bag, Birthday Blossoms stamp set for the flower and leaves (and if you look really closely at the Blushing Bride tag I stamped the small flowers from this set and embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder), Circle of Spring for the sentiment. and the new Tags and Labels Framelits.  I coloured some Whisper White cotton ribbon with my marker and also added some Blushing Bride highlights to the flower buds on the DSP - it comes with no colour which is really cool and makes it easy to tie in with any project colour scheme!

There is a little card inside also stamped in Blushing Bride with the small flowers from Birthday Blossoms where I have written the message to my mum, you can see a little tag, made with a piece of the Sahara Sand Lace Trim, peeping out of the top of the bag.

Happy Stamping
Monique