HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

I've been busy working on some Mother's Day cards for the upcoming holiday. 

The first one uses sketch #395 from 

Mojo Monday.

Next up was for Soul Scrappers 

CC40 using newsprint 

(which I hadn't realized had already closed)

Third up uses sketch #120 from Feeling Sketchy.

And last up is using CAS(E) this Sketch #121

I hope that you have enjoyed viewing these special cards for special ladies 

and that you all have an awesome 

Mother's Day!

All comments greatly appreciated.

SUNDAY NIGHT CREATIVE TIME!

After a fun Sunday evening dinner with friends I came home and managed to sneak in a bit of creative time.  A friend of mine from church lost her mother and I wanted to send a nice condolence card to her. 

I found a simple sketch over at Case This Sketch that worked out quite well for what I had planned.

Here it is:

 

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

My photos are not the greatest since without a PC I have to transfer them from a phone.  The background is a black cardstock.  It is layered with a satin embossed white paper and a black velvet embossed paper.  The flower is one of my favorite Sizzix embosslets.

 

I also have entered this card in Stacy's Card Challenge to 'use black' over at Sketches4All.

 

I then moved on to create a layout with a collage photo of flowers from a trip to Longwood Gardens in August 2013. 

 

I chose Make It Monday #29 from The Memory Nest for my sketch.

 

Here's the sketch:

 

 

I just noticed that it calls for using a mixed media element.  I hope that the rhinestones and the ink on all the edges will qualify!  I don't know how I missed that line when creating my layout...

 

Here it is!

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed this little peek at what I have been up to.  Hopefully there will be more to share tomorrow!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  All comments gratefully appreciated.