For My Mum~ I love you!

Hello~

Did you all have a wonderful Monday? It's bank holiday here in the UK. We took the kids to Wicksteed Park, a small theme park. The weather was warm and beautiful. We had a great time!

OK, I am here today to share this card for my wonderful mum to celebrate mother's day on the 2nd Sunday of May, i.e. 10th of May. Yep! I had my mother's day card from my girls already but I also have another mother's day to celebrate in Taiwan. This card is already on its way. I hope the card is already across the pacific ocean and it does arrive in good time for my mum. Anyway, this post is photo heavy but hope you enjoy it! ^_^

This is the first time that I will be participating in Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge blog. When I saw the latest challenge #29 Butterflies + L is for Lace, I knew this would be a great combination. So here is my card:

And here is a closer look of the butterfly:

This is my new butterfly die from Xcut- my first Xcut die and my first very intricate die. It took me ages to cut this butterfly. You thought having a die would be easy and quick but WRONG!! As it is so intricate, I found it hard to cut evenly and it was definitely not easy to remove the paper die cut from the die itself. Any good tips out there on how to solve this problem?

Anyway, moving on. Now the clever part is (well, I think it is clever! Hee hee!), there is a secret message hidden under this butterfly.

This took me ages to work out the folds, the cut and the partial die cutting too. After several tests on scrap paper, I am so glad that it turned out great! ^_^

 

Now, I hear you asking... so where is the L for lace? Hmmmm..... here they are, circled below:

I know, I know, they are not the usual laces that you are expecting to see. I found this strip of flower lace in my drawer. I positioned it here and there and I just can't seem to find a good place for this pretty lace. Maybe it's because the pattern paper I chose already has a horizontal line going across the top half of the card. So I decided to cut and disconnect the lacy flowers. I also didn't like the white plain look of these flowers, thus, I tried to colour them in with my Copic Ciao markers and they worked. Ha! Interesting and prettier then ever!       

I love the look of these lacy flowers. I even continued it through the inside of my card.

Phew! I think that's the end of this post. I thank you if you have followed me all the way to this point. I do really love this card and I hope when my mum receives it she will love it too. Before I go, just tell you a little something. I received a compliment from my daughter Jasmine, she said "Mummy, I think this is the best card you ever made, ever!" Now, that just made my day!

 

Enjoy the rest of the week!       

      

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello there!

Happy Sunday and Happy Mother's Day!!

Hope you all had a great weekend. I know that Mother's Day has been and gone in the UK but I also know that some people in other countries are celebrating Mother's Day today and that includes Taiwan! So Happy Mother's Day to my lovely mum!! ^_^

Here is the card for my mum which I made and posted about a week ago. I do hope it has arrived in time. (I am terrible at getting cards sent in time and I blame the UK post service for that! Ha!)

I used this pretty decoupage image from Hunkydory- Flutterbye Wishes. Then stamped the sentiment on vellum and attached it to the bottom of the card. Here is another picture from its side.

After I attached four silver corner peel offs to the card, I felt the card was in need of something more, but simple. So I decided to draw some lines, pricked and then hand stitched them by using metallic embroidery thread. I believe this not only brings out the silver embossed details on the image, it also draws your attention towards the main image. Although it was quick to put the main image together, sewing by hand does take a while! I have to say, by pricking your cards first does save a lot of energy when sewing on card. Finally, I added faux stitching around the image to complete the card.

 

With all this stitching, I would like to join in Virginia's View Challenge #3 - Stitching (I can't believe that I missed out the first two challenges!!) I do like my sewing and hope that my mum will like this card too!

 

Thank you for stopping by! ^_^

 

 

Your're the Best, Mum!

Happy Wednesday!

I can't believe that I am here blogging again. Three days in a row. Let's hope that I can keep this up!!

Why can't the whole universe celebrate Mother's Day (and Father's Day) on the same day? Where I come from, in Taiwan, we celebrate Mother's Day on the 2nd Sunday of May. Here in the U.K, Mother's Day falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent. Then when I googled more, I noticed that there are a whole bunch of dates that people celebrate in different countries. So for being a mother of two sweet daughters, if I travel around the world, I could be forever celebrating Mother's Day which I don't think I will complain!! Hee hee! ^_^

As Mother's Day is approaching in Taiwan, I made this card for my best mum!

Due to the long distance, around 9771 kilometres or 6072 miles between Leicester and Taipei, I don't get to see my mum often but we sure do talk to each other every weekend. She loves patch work. She is so good with fabrics and she makes all sort of things from cute stuffed toys, quilts to bags. Gosh! Just got to show you her latest creation. I am a huge Hello Kitty fan. Isn't this bag cute?! My sister got hold of the bag now. But mum promised to make another one for me so I am waiting patiently.

Umm... Now back to the card. As my mum enjoys patch work, I used fabric on my card too. These are small out of date fabric samples which I received from a colleague of mine who enjoys patch work too. Here is a side shot of the card:

I added some buttons. Then I stamped a sewing machine and a floss bobbin. These images were fuzzy cut and attached on card with foam pads. I love the sentiment, as she is the best mum!! Here is a closer shot of the card where you can see the texture of the card clearer:



I am also entering this card to the below two challenge blogs.

• Crafts 4 Eternity - Recipe #122 which I used these colours:

• Just Add Ink - Just add this sketch #164 which I added the nine square sketch.
  

OK, that's it for now. Hope my card will arrive in time for Mother's Day and my mum will like the card as much as I do! Have a good day!