Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Apple for the Best Mom Ever

I love the images from Heather Ellis, both the Pure Innocence and The Boy and The Dog. I used to be a Reading Recovery teacher (before retirement) and really enjoyed teaching the more innocent kids in first and second grade. I think her images portray a lot of the kids I had. Here's one of her images where the boy is holding an apple, in this card, for his mom. I paired it with the colourQ Challenge 135 and the sketch from My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club #69. My Favorite Things offers so many of her great designs in acrylic stamps, including some that were just introduced yesterday.



5" x 5" Mother's Day Card Recipe:
Paper - October Afternoon (plaid), Close To My Heart "Grace," White Daisy and Cranberry cardstock
Stamps - My Favorite Things (Clearly Sentimental About Mothers), Heather Ellis digital image
Ink - CTMH Cocoa
Other - CTMH buttons, waxy flax; Copic markers, white twill, Cuttlebug embossing folder (Bloom dots, I think)

5 comments:

Patrice said...

Beautiful use of the colors - I'd love for you to link up with me at 52 Card Pickup this week!

http://www.oldbackporch.com/2012/04/52-card-pickup-week-17.html

Sylvia said...

Precious card, Vickie, this would melt any mom's heart, love the way you used the colors! Thanks for joining us this week for the ColourQ challenge and sharing your card!

Lisa Elton said...

This is ADORABLE! Love this cutie pie little fella and your pretty dry embossing. Great knotted ribbon too!!

Jen Mitchell said...

This is SO sweet! Perfect for Mother's Day! Thanks for joining us at colourQ!

kasia c. said...

Oh my! This is so darn cute! Love all of the textures and your wonderful colouring. :)
Thanks for playing along with us at ColourQ!