Happy Mothers Day - Hiding In My Craftroom

Hello friends!  Well it's that time of year again, time to honor the Mothers in our lives!  This year things are a little different around our home, I get an extra kid in the form of a foreign exchange student named Luca.  Being a host parent has been a very rewarding and enriching experience, being made really special for me because of the "son" I have gained.  Luca is a very intelligent, polite and caring young man with a great future ahead of him.  He is from Italy, and his rich culture has brought a lot of joy to our home.   Since he would be be away from his Mama this year I offered to make a card for him.  

This week at Hiding in My Craft Room our challenge is to create a Mothers Day card and here is mine for Anna Maria, Luca's mother:

Here are some more photos

The digi image is from A Day for Daisy's, and it's called AngelsResting , you can find it here;  http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps/angels-resting-p-4.html

Here is the image uncolored,    I show you this to point out a few small changes I made:  in the image the child angel is a girl, not a boy,  so...I used some white paint to hide the top tail and since she is wearing a sleeveless gown like her mother angel, I add a line on the arm for a shirt sleeve and with the magic of Copics,  and Distress embossing powder and voila, she is now a he in a angel's gown!  

  

The interior holds the sentiment translated into Italian.  It reads "Thank you Mom for all your love, and letting me sprout my own wings". I found the Sentiment in a book called Inspiration Station by Betsy Flot.

I used papers from Colorbok and My Minds Eye.  The image was copied onto watercolor paper and I used Distress Markers and Distress Stains to color.  The white flower is Tim Holtz Tattered Flowers cut from pale blue organza and cheese cloth.  It is fastened together with a vintage pearl button and has a Prima pearl cluster surrounding it. Other pearls are Martha Stewart and Recollections.  The die cut flower from the interior is Spellbinders.

I will be entering this into the following challenges:

http://adayfordaisies.blogspot.com/ - add newsprint (part of the interior)

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ - May flowers

http://qkrstampede.blogspot.co.uk/ - my favorite things (water colored images)

http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/wordplaysaturday - weather(cloudy)

http://brokenboxstock.blogspot.co.uk/ - mothers day

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/ - 3 design papers

http://blog.docerelashop.com/ - flowers

http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/ - bling it up

http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ - ribbons and pearls

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com/ - heat or dry embossing

http://pumpkinspiceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - nature

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/ - anything but a square

http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/2013/04/challenge-49-great-outdoors.html- the great outdoors. 

http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ - Rainbow colors- my colors:  blue, purple, green

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.se/ - fancy folds 

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/- fav color combo (blues)

 http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/ - girlie - old stash (design papers)

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/- Gods creation - mothers

 http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/ - bargain bin - letter stickers on clearance 

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/ - use 3 of any item

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ - anything goes

http://twistoffaithcards.blogspot.com.au/- must use an inspirational sentiment or scripture 

http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.be/2013/04/rrr-challenge-70-mothers-day-ribbon.html - Mother's Day

http://www.thescrapbookingqueen-challenge.blogspot.be/2013/04/the-royal-digi-challenge-19.html 

- Mother's Day

http://bastel-traum.blogspot.be/2013/04/mutter-vatertag-duell.html- Mothers Day 

http://365cards.blogspot.com/ - Day #114 - Word Wednesday "Soft"

 http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/ - #54 - Flowers for Mom/ used papers I've been hoarding!

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/- use a digi 

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/ - so sentimental

http://emeraldfaeries.blogspot.co.uk/ - one image, two DP, 3 embellies

http://citycrafter.blogspot.com - color challenge 

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Thank you for taking the time to stop by and make comments, I really do appreciate them!  Be sure to drop by Hiding In My Craft Room to enter your Mothers Day creations into the challenge  http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/