first mother's day

Yay for mothers!  I can really celebrate since this is my first mother's day.  And while I'm on that topic, why did I ever think that I would have more time for craft projects if I stayed at home with the baby?  It was a rookie mistake.

But I have been spending every free minute I have (never longer than about 6 consecutive minutes) to make a beautiful card for my mom for mother's day.  And not to toot my own horn or anything, but I really like the end result.  Toot toot!

I started with a little kraft paper bag that I had gotten on my last trip to Paper Tales.  I knew that I would be able to use it for a future project and have been wanting to try making a inter-office style envelope like this.  My orange Crop-A-Dile (with the long reach) was able to set the eyelets that were layered over some cardstock circles (from Papertrey) that I had punched out.  And on one of the eyelets I also wrapped around some embroidery floss for the string before setting it with teh Crop-A-Dile.  Presto - awesome envelope!

The card all started when I got the sewing stamp set from Stampin' Up.  I had seen someone use the set on a card in the Split Coast Stampers newsletter, and had to get it.  I colored in the sewing machine and tape measure with my Copic markers.  Stamped buttons from a Hero Arts clear set and used Stickles for some shine.  Also added some faux stitching with a white gel pen on the pink circle (Papertrey cardtock for that as well as the buttons).

Since the sewing set from Stampin' Up didn't come with any sentiments I knew that I would have to get something to go along with it.  Then I found this alphabet set from Martha Stewart Crafts that can serve two purposes!  Since it is in a typewriter font I can also create sentiments for my typewriter stamp from Hero.  I love that this set has more than one of most letters so you can get a whole phrase without re-placing the letters on your clear block. 

Let's see when I can grab another 6 minutes to start something new!