SHC - You're Amazing ....

.... Good morning! I've been bursting to share a secret - I am now a member of Tara's design team at Seven Hills Crafts - I'm delighted to be joining such a talented team.  Do visit the SHC blog to see my first post. I've made a card for my mum:

Stamps: Concord & 9th - Flower Patch Turnabout
Inks: Gina K - Innocent Pink, Dusty Rose, Lipstick, Cherry Red, Black Onyx
Dies: Concord & 9th - Flower Patch Dies; Die-namics - A2 Stitched Rectangles Set 1 #8, A2 Stitched Rectangles Set 2 #9
Accessories: White Card; SU! Card - Black; Vellum from stash

I'm submitting this card to The Flower Challenge - TFC#42 where it's Anything Goes.

I picked red for this card as it's my mum's favourite colour, and she's look wonderful in red. I used my MISTI to stamp the images starting with the palest and finishing with the darkest red. I used stitch edged dies to cut the mat panel and main background panel, and adhered them to the front of the card. I used the matching flower die to cut a white panel for the words - "to my beautiful" is a separate stamp and you can use other words such as sister or friend to complete the greeting. Obviously, as this is for my mum, mother was appropriate. I found some lovely vellum in my stash and cut another couple of flowers as well as some green leaves. On the inside, I cut a mat of black card and added a simple greeting. I also used some of the smaller stamps from the set to add some more red flowers.

This is not a mother's day card, although it could be. I made this for mum, just because. We have been having the back garden redesigned to make it better for mum. It is designed to be a sensory garden with colour, sound and fragrance, to help mum as her vision is not good. So I thought this would be my way of saying thank you to her. I get the benefit of the garden too.

That's all for now. See you soon.