No Peeking, Mom!

So for Mother's Day I promised my mom hand-made cards. She's been asking for years at every gift giving occasion and I finally feel like I could actually make her some that I would be pleased with. She wanted blank any-occasion appropriate cards. Now, if I ignore the fact that Mothers Day was only about 900 months ago (its an estimate), I am pleased with what I have ready to give her.

These use Perfect Day (the damasky paper) and Key to My Heart (stripe) paper packs, chocolate grosgrain and sorbet stitch ribbon and Fancy Cuts Botanicals (which I love... I need another pack!) plus a past Connections Club reward, some Window Charms and a few random embellishments. What do you think?

Salon Mommy

I completed a layout during yesterday and today's naptimes (and last night's lack of a new episode of "House"). I used the Perfect Day paper pack, which really isn't so much my favorite. I'm not a fan of the striped paper or the floral in it... I just have had a hard time pairing them the the other papers in the pack, which I generally do like quite a bit. I also used some of the coordinating stickers, which I really never used. I only have them because they came in my kit.

Anyway, here's what I came up with... layout concept comes from Cherish ("Dynamic Design", I think).

Supplies Used:

• Perfect Day Paper Pack
• Perfect Day Stickease
• Black cardstock
• Sorbet Ink
• Black Ink
• Friendship Alphabets (large and small)
• White Daisy Just Blooms
• Sorbet Ribbon Rounds
• Connections Club Metal Tokens
• Connections Club Rub-Ons

Gathering Cards

Here are a few cards that I've made with my new kit materials. The notebook papers are pretty cute, and I'm finidng that the Perfect Day pack is cuter than it looks in the idea book. I LOVE the cute "Shining Star" stamp set, as well as "Whooo Loves You". So cute. I'm thinking these will be the gathering projects I make for my first few gatherings.