Vintage Mother's Day Card

"If you want a kitten, start out by asking for a horse."

                                             -------Naomi

Hi, Friends.....
 
Today I am sharing a Mother's Day card for my dear Mom-in-law.  I am so blessed to have such a wonderful MIL.  She enjoys vintage items, so the logical choice for a vintage look is Graphic 45.  

I used a complementary color scheme for my card...if purple and gold counts as such!  This Dearest Mother image is from the G45 A Place in Time May pages.  I used one of the tan calendar pages as my backing and some K&Co. purple patterned paper for the background.


I used my spectacular Gwyneth Flourish from Memory Box with shimmery gold cardstock. Again, you can see how the tendrils curl and lift on their own. Love it!!

 

I stamped and heat embossed my Victorian Butterfly image in gold onto some subtly patterned cardstock.  

You can see a hint of the paper's shimmer amidst the embossing in this photo: 

For the flower cluster, I used Prima and Pink Paislee flowers.  I added some Biscotti Perfect Pearls and a bit of lavender watercolor to the largest flower. Also, I added a stick-on pearl center to one.  



The purple ribbon roses were a thrift store find.  Hooray!!  I can't remember how much the whole spray was (which includes several more blossoms) ..... something like 25 cents.  :)

  

I finished the card with some lovely May Arts shimmery metallic purple sheer ribbon.  
Pretty!!

Hope you enjoyed my vintage Mother's Day card.  I think my Mom-in-Law will love it.  

We will be out of town for most of the next week, so I will be absent from my blog.  Will you miss me?  I will miss you!!!

Have a lovely week!

<3 

Janis

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THANK YOU for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:

1.  Red Rubber Designs Inspirational Challenge #118 - Mom

2.  Artistic Inspirations Challenge #89 - Swirls, Pearls and Anything Goes

3.  Stampin Royalty Challenge #226 - Mom  

4.  Brown Sugar Challenge #92 - Patterned Paper 

5.  Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party #30 - Mother's Day  

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