Mother's Day card with a Window and Kitties

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the week ahead. We visited our daughter and son-in-law on Sunday. We shared a meal together and then we viewed houses. The house they are interested in is very nice. There is a lot to do before they will get there. I do hope it works out for them. Of course we will help as much as we can. Already we have taken away some bits to take to the charity shop. As for me I am spending a lot of time sorting out things for my parents. I don't seem to be getting so much time to craft.  For that reason I might not be blogging as much. Though blogging does seem to be a dying art. What are your thoughts?

Here is the Mother's Day card I have made for my Mother-in-law she always likes the cards that I make.

I made the brick background with a stencil and Distress Oxides. 

I used a Spellbinders die to make the label. 

The window box die set is from Creative Expressions. I have had it for a while. The flowers were cut in white card and coloured with Promarkers. I had fun looking through my scraps to make all the little bits for this card. The ivy die is a John Next Door die. 

The cat die came from Crafter's Companion it was in the Advent Calendar. 

Mother's Day really isn't too far away. We will be visiting our parents the day before which is good because we can deliver the cards and gifts. On the actual day we have afternoon tea booked with our daughter and son-in-law and his parents. I am so looking forward to that. 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 373 at Pixie's Snippets Playground

Challenge 39 at Crafting with Happiness Challenges (Anything Goes)

Have a great week. 

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

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Hi Bloggers

How is your week going? I am back to work after a half term break. This means fitting crafting in when I can. My Grand Calibur has made it back to Create and Craft now I have to wait and see what they are going to do about it.

I made two versions of today's card as I know two  people who are moving home soon. The two versions are slightly different to each other but I prefer this one. At least they will never be next to each other on the shelf to be compared.

To create the background I first cut the window with a Spellbinders die from some white card. I put the window to one side and then embossed the card with a mask. Once it was embossed I used some Distress ink  and inked through the mask to create the brickwork. 

I stuck some spotty paper behind the aperture and then reinserted the window I had cut earlier.

The flower pots and herb plants were cut with three sets of Spellbinders dies. 

The sentiment was cut with two  Brittania word dies, I backed it with a Spellbinders die that I cut about a bit to achieve the look I wanted. 

The cards are quite flat cards as I like to post New Home cards to people who have just moved house as I think it is good to get something nice in the post in your new home not just bills. 

That is all for now. Enjoy the rest of the week. Thank you for your visit it means a lot to me.

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie