Tuesday, February 24, 2009

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #26 - Mothers

The theme this week for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge is Mothers. Apparently, Mother's Day in the UK is coming up soon. Silly me - it never occurred to me that it would be different in different countries. Even though Mother's Day here in the US isn't until May, I thought I'd go ahead and do the challenge and have my card already done.

I went outside my comfort zone again on this one. It has way more hearts on it than I typically use and I rarely use pastel colors - except for baby cards. I found the DP in a really old DCWV Spring Stack that I had so I went with the pink and yellow to coordinate. The paper says Happy Mother's Day all over it, but of course by the time I got all the other stuff on the card most of it got coverd up. :) The ribbon and heart shaped brad on the lower embellishment are also items I have had forever and never seemed to find a use for. I hit the embossed paper with some ink to highlight the swirls. The sentiment is computer generated.

Supplies
Stamp: Happy Hoppers - Bunny Love (House Mouse Designs)
Paper: pink and yellow cardstock; DP - DCWV
Embellishments: D'Vine Swirls embossing folder (Cuttlebug); circle and scalloped circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); heart die cut (Sizzix); Prima flower; heart brad and ribbon (unknown)
Techniques: Prismacolor pencils blended with Gamsol; paper piercing

9 comments:

Stacy Morgan said...

THis is so sweet, great layout too!.

Patti said...

This is really pretty! I'm becoming aware of shaped layering. I love how you placed your rectangle layer under the scallop and it being off to the far left - then it looks like your ribbon is really tied to that layer. Really pretty! so many interesting shapes & textures and all without being cluttered! Amazing job! TYFS : )

Patti

Susan said...

Cute card. I can't do this one. I can't find a HM image that says "Mother's Day" to me. Also since I don't have a mom it kind of depresses me. So I'm skipping this one....like your card though.

Janice W. said...

This is such a sweet image! You did a wonderful job with the card!

Heather said...

Gorgeous - so sweet, fabulous image and that sentement is just beautiful.
hugs Heather xx

Nancy said...

Awwww...this is so cute. I just love that image! Great layout.
Very nice!

Jami said...

This is precious!! That paper is just perfect and I love your sentiment with this image!!

Carmen O. said...

Awww what a sweet card! I love how you layered the image and the sentiment is perfect. Great job.

GiftsByHeidi said...

Oh my gosh that is so stinkin' adorable!! Love the cuttlebug piece and the image is so cute!