Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Mother's Day

Don't you just love this gorgeous iris!?  Bearded irises are so frilly and so beautiful and come in so many fabulous colors.  My mother-in-law really likes purple (and it's the only color I thought I could safely color) so it was really a no-brainer. : )

Challenges:
Verve May Inspiration Challenge--Let it Bloom
Crafty Cardmakers #138--Make your own background (used a background stamp and covered it with a coverplate die)
Sweet Stamps #220--For Mom
Eureka Stamps #139--feminine cards
Mojo Monday #396--sketch

East Wind Challenge #30--Mother's Day; add flowers
One Stitch At A Time #236--for a special lady
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #77--no patterned paper
Jo's Scrap Shack #86--Happy Mother's Day
Pattie's Creations #110--use a flower/flowers image
Raisin Boat #31--Moms & Dads
Craft-Dee BowZ--anything goes with handmade bow
Brown Sugar Challenge #144--anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #104--anything goes
Craftin' Desert Divas--For Mom

Supplies:
Stamps: Fred She Said "Bearded Iris" digi; Flourishes "Jewish Proverbs: Motherly Love"; Our Daily Bread Designs "Crochet Background"; Hero Arts French Script (stamped on butterflies)
Dies: Verve "Flag It" and "Embossed Oval"; MFT "Mini Chicken Wire" and "Blueprints 13" tag; Martha Stewart butterfly punch

16 comments:

Samantha A. said...

So very pretty!
Thanks for playing along this month at Pattie’s Creations!
♥ Samantha
Pattie’s Creations DT Member
Designs by Sammy

Alljazzed2create said...

So very pretty. Thanks for joining us over at Eureka Stamps for this weeks challenge.

DT Pam

Rebecca said...

Very pretty love the background stamp under that die cut. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and More.

Bec

Planetsusie said...

My favourite colour too! I also love these flowers, they are an amazing shape and this image is great. Also love those little butterflies. Thank you so much for entering the OSAAT Challenge this fortnight, lots of luck to you.

Hugs Sue Pxxx D

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Such a lovely card!

Bridget said...

Such a pretty card! Your coloring is so beautiful and I love your choice of embellishments.

Thanks so much for playing at ~Jo's Scrap Shack~

Happy crafting,
Bridget

Jo Williams Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator said...

Heather this is beautiful! I love that gorgeous image and the colors you chose! Thanks for linking up to our Mother's day FFC!
Hugs,
Jo
♥ Jo's Scrap Shack ♥

Kathy Salido said...

Such a pretty card. Thanks for linking up at Craftin Desert Divas!!

Kathy
Craftin Desert Divas Design Team
http://3spoileddogs.blogspot.com/

Crafting Vicky said...

ahhhh very pretty! And yup those are really awesome flowers!

Thanks for joining our fortnightly challenge here at The East Wind. Hope you will join us next time DT Crafting Vicky.

Katy said...

WONDERFUL card...love all that pretty coloring! Thanks for linking up to Craftin Desert Divas!

Joyce Tompkins said...

How beautiful! I just might need to scrap-lift this for my mom for next year. I love everything about it. Thanks for playing along with Fun~day Friday at Jo's Scrap Shack.

karalschuknecht said...

This is beautiful. Thanks for joining us this week at Eureka Stamps. Karal DT

Donna Maligno said...

Heather I love cleanliness and the crispness of this card. Thanks for joining the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge with your art.

Vic said...

Gorgeous! Love that image - and beautifully coloured... Thankyou for entering the challenge this month, at Patties Creations - Vic, Dt x

Sally Dodger said...

A very pretty card. Your iris image is beautiful and the lacy background stamp is lovely. Thanks for joining our challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and more. Sally.x.

Helen said...

Beautiful card - very elegant.

Thanks for joining us at Pattie's Creations Challenge.

Helen x