Tuesday, 19 March 2019

Best Mom

First day of Spring tomorrow and International Happiness Day 2019, it also happens to be my forty+ (quite a few) birthday.  I always think there is something nice about being born on the Vernal Equinox... you can be either a Winter baby or a Spring baby because those two days only ever fall on the 20th March.  Ironically I'm a Pisces and I'm terrified of open water so not sure how that works.  Anyway...


I thought I'd get a head start on making my Mother's Day cards.  I've used a CAS-ual Fridays stamp from their Mon Ami set, the stylised flower is so pretty and wanted that to be the main focus of the card.

I've done a no line colouring as I didn't want the harshness of the black lines and coloured using Prismas in shades of yellow through to red near the core of the flower.


The sentiment is from an Altenew set which sums up how we all feel about our moms and that we are also the best moms too.  To finish off the card I added a few gold splatters and just a small amount of glitter to the flower.

Right that's me done for a couple of weeks as I swap watercolours for emulsion, I'm such a lucky ducky - sigh!

Challenge Links...

AAA Cards - One Image + Spring (Mother's Day is in Spring 2019)
The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes 
HLS CAS - Special Day
Alphabet Challenge - Zesty Colours




18 comments:

  1. Love your colouring of that pretty flower and yes a lovely sentiment that applies to all us mums (we hope). Enjoy your decorating ! xx

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  2. Fabulous CAS design, Claire. Good luck with the decorating. xx

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  3. Wow, this card is just wonderful! Love the colors you chose for your flower. Great CAS card. Thank you for playing with us at the Alphabet Challenge and hope you can join us again soon.

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  4. Very striking image and neat sentiment. Thank you for playing at AAA Cards

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  5. This is a real beauty with a wonderful CAS look! Great sentiment to go with that pretty flower and your coloring is spot on! Congrats on getting a head start on mother's day cards!

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    1. Silly me, I completely forgot to wish you a happy birthday! I hope it was a fun one with lots of fanfare and great cards :)

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  6. Wonderful CAS design. Stunning card. Thank you for playing along with us at AAAcards challenge. It was lovely to see your card in our gallery. Do join us in future. Happy crafting. Hugs -bharati

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  7. Thanks for joining in at the Alphabet Challenge with this fabulous card love the graduated colour in the stamp

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  8. Oh this is an absolute stunner Claire! Love the colours you've chosen, so vibrant and how you've allowed the beautiful floral speak for itself as the focal point of your card. Thanks so much for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you joining in with future challenges too.

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  9. I do hope you had a lovely Birthday Claire...sorry I missed it!! This is a lovely card, beautiful no lines colouring xx

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  10. What beautiful, ombre-effect colouring! Happy forty-something birthday!

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  11. Very pretty card, great coloring!

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  12. I saw your card over at the Flower Challenge and just had to pop over and tell you how beautiful it is!

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  13. Beautiful card and I love the coloring of you flower! Thanks for joining us at The Flower Challenge!

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  14. So pretty! I love the stamp sets you used! Thanks for linking up at HLS!

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  15. Lovely card with such vibrant colours. The glitter and gold splatters really complete the card.

    x Stefanie

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  16. A stunning CAS card. Thanks for playing along at Alphabet Challenges. Caz. DT.

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