Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8, this year. Mark it down! 🙂
When I began this post on April 4 here’s what I said: “As I sit here writing this I can see beautiful white blossoms on the trees (through the rain) and yet the night before last we had a dusting of snow.” Today is the 25th of April, and two nights ago we had a frost warning. Oy!
In spite of the weather, it’s not too soon to start thinking about the mothers in your life and what sort of things you might do to make their day a little special. How about a beautiful handmade card? I decided to use some Stampin’ Up! card stock in Blackberry Bliss and Pink Pirouette to put together the project below:
I didn’t have any Blackberry Bliss ribbon that I wanted to use, so I took the Tape It stamp set (it’s retired) and stamped directly onto some Whisper White cotton ¼” ribbon. Don’t forget to heat set it, or you’ll be covered in ink, as will your project (found this out the hard way)!
I had the safety pins lying around, so I tried to color them with a dark purple to make them less pink – not sure I’m happy with the result. I’m thinking I should have just left them pink.
The inside sentiment is stamped in Blackberry Bliss using a stamp from one of the retired 2015 Stampin’ Up! Sale-a-Bration sets, “Simply Wonderful.”
The sentiment used on the front of the card is from the Stampin’ Up! Delightful Dozen set that was retired last year, but any sentiment will do. I’m always sad to see the retiring stamp sets every year, but I also really look forward to what’s new in the Annual Catalog. Yes, I want it all. No, I don’t have anywhere to put it all even if I did!
I’m especially excited for Mother’s Day this year, because this is the first one for my daughter. So it’s my first one as a grandmother, too, now that I think about it.