***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!

mothers day card

i rarely have my photo taken so this is a very very old picture, mid 80's -

mmm. . . nice white shoes!!!!

apparently i've used this photo in a card before - oh dear. I must let people take my photo more often! Unfortunately i ALWAYS look horrendus and GRUMPY.

oh and i got her this sweet little doll.