For You, Mum!

Happy American Thanksgiving to my many friends south of the border.  Because we are a "dualie" family, we'll also be having an American Thanksgiving supper tonight with some friends.   So, I'm cooking today too.

One person I am especially thankful for is my Mom.  She's a tremendous woman period.  And this past week she came over for the day to help me paint my daughter's new room.  At 76 she's still amazing and was such a kind help to me.  So I made her a card with the perfect new set from Flourishes.

I don't know if it's the Canadian in us, but I've always called my Mom - Mum.  And my kids call me Mum.  I didn't even realize that was different from anyone else till I was an adult.  And to have a set that has a sentiment "For you, Mum" just makes me smile :)

I had fun with these beautiful fluffy yellow wattle flowers, coloring them up with Copics, but then adding some dimension (and realism) with some Flower Soft.  Did you know you can color your Flower Soft too?  All I had was Polar White Flower Soft, so I just used a few drops of Copic reinker in a little container and threw in a pinch of Flower Soft, mixed it around and it was the perfect color I was looking for.  Below you can see the dimension a little better.  It has more of the look of what I've seen wattle to look like.

The image from Bloomin' Aussie Florals is stamped in Memento Ink on Flourishes Classic White.  I used our brand new Flourishes dies to cut out the shape, this one is called Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames.  Isn't it gorgeous?  I've finished the bottom of the card with Edgeabilities Dies, Classic Decorative Inserts and Classic Edges Two.   The scroll design and piercing matches perfectly.  The papers are from our new 123 Create Kit - For the Record.  And then a little bit of rhinestones and  Nestabling to frame out the image and balance the big old silk bow on the other side.  

Now get yourselves ready for this tomorrow at Flourishes !!!

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For You, Mum!