Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Happy Mother's Day

I made a very special card! It is for Grandma GiGi - this is my Grandma (my Dad's mom), but she has a good number of Great-Grandchildren who all refer to her as Grandma GiGi.

This card may not seem exactly like a mother's day card, but I promise it is. (As soon as I finished photographing it, I put it in the envelope with Grandma's other surprises to mail it!) On the inside I wrote that we've got 'bags of love' -- she likes funny cards, but I just haven't been feeling the humor bug lately.

This card was inspired by three challenges. I hope none of them require that you don't combine challenges, but if they do, then I guess I won't be winning their prizes :(
1. Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #66 - a sketch.
2. Cute Card Thursday challenge - use something shiny.
3. Our Creative Corner 6 challenge - something for a special mom.

So, I stayed pretty close with the sketch. I used papers from the BasicGrey "eva" collection. (So darn pretty!) I left a border with the white base around the edges. Instead of circles around the top corner, I used flowers (I also flipped them). From the sketch, it looked like the piece of accent paper was cut into two pieces, but instead I broke it up with a cute ribbon and knot. I also blinged the bottom edge with a cool shiny border! Colored with copics, and I used dewdrops and a jewel for the flower centers.

ENJOY! (And if you're a mom, I've got bags of love for you too *KISS*!!!!!!)

9 comments:

Lisa T said...

Very pretty! I see you are enjoying your Anyas. :)

Cindy Haffner said...

She is darling.

Anonymous said...

What a sweet lovely card!

Lou Sims said...

Great card Diana and love the DP. You're slowly convincing me that I need those stamps !

Randee E said...

Hey there! Cute card! I left a little surprise for you on my blog :0)

Beth said...

This is fab! I love this stamp (mine have just arrived!) and the colours are gorgeous!
Beth xx

Anki said...

Stunning card! Those Miss Anya's are soo cool. Also - I am glad that you liked the folder card tutorial. Hope to see one of yours soon for our RoP Challenge. Wish you a wonderful day and a great weekend. Kram (Hug in Swedish) - Anki

bente_me said...

I really loved your card, it's so soft and tender:) Have a great weekend:)

Victoria said...

a lovely card thank you for joining us on abc this week