***hApPy m0TheR's DaY***

hope all you mothers have a lovely day tomorrow!!!
i'm praying for Thornton's chocolate truffles & handmade mother's day cards

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here is the card i made for my Mum
i cut an illustration out of a thrifted copy of
"Alice in Wonderland"
then watercolour tinted selected parts
glued it onto some mountboard and then decoupaged
a layer of vintage dressmaking pattern paper on top
wrapping around the edges as i went
next i cut out happy mother's day from old books and lightly inked them
then added them to the decoupaged piece and 3D glazed them.

once it was all dry i used a pattern marker to make the holes for my stitches
then went over them all with a needle and sewed a border.

then i cut a card blank and attached the piece with large foam pads.

it makes me happy to spend a few hours making my lovely Mum a card for Mother's day.

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now is it mothers day or mother's day or mothers' day???
no doubt my Mum will have the answer!

"anniversary"

We have been together for NINE YEARS today - wow, that went really fast but they do say time flies when you're having fun!
He always remembers our anniversary , i usually forget and really it's not an easy date to forget.



i made the card this morning {yep i forgot, not the anniversary but the card making - oops} while my son was at pre-school and DP was helping his Dad clear out his attic* and i ran out of time really. It looks slightly wrong to me, it's the space either side the numeral if it had been two figures it would've been well balanced - nevermind!


here's the "7th" anni card

*while clearing out the attic they threw a load of vintage board games in the skip - "aaarrgghh" i said "i could've used them" oh and they also tossed out an old printing set of the very set i've been lusting after on eBay - blardy good job it was a "special day" i would've been cross else as it is i just feel sad!!
Actually it's a good job i didn't go i can barely move in my spare room as it is.