Momma's Birthday Card and Family Thoughts

Today my family has been on my mind.  My bro's wife is back to work as of today (so hard! Such a tough transition from mat leave!) and he is now at home with their fab daughter.  Lots of thoughts of them today.

My sister is in AB with her family and she is always on my mind.  We are two peas that way...

My younger bro is elsewhere in BC, enjoying his bachelorhood, I think.  Thinking of my mom and dad as mom's card is on it's way back home. 

And here is the finished card for my mom.  I love the ribbon on this card- so pretty!  Seemed the perfect detail for the flower stamp too.  I wrapped the ribbon around the inside of the card as it didn't seem to shine enough just on the top (very difficult to make a bow with this ribbon too!).  Stamped the flower image twice; once on the white card stock, and again on the patterned paper.  The petals were then cut out one by one and glued to the flower only about 2/3 of the way up so that the tips of the flowers could be gently furled up.  Pretty effect.

I hope you like it, Mom!

Card Recipe:

Paper: Chatterbox (my fave!) for the petals, Cornish Heritage Farms Ultra Smooth White, Bazill for all others

Stamps: Stampendous, MSE sentiments.

Ink: Brilliance (Graphite Black, Mediterranean Blue)

Ribbon: May Arts (I think!)

Embellishments: Quickie Glue pen (picked one up for my sister and thought I would try it out- love it!!), Cuttlebug flower folder for the white paper, Copic markers for flower underneath the patterned petals, Making Memories brads, Yellow Stickles and Liquid Pearls (Lemon Yellow and Baby Blue), Foam squares and a little paper piercing to finish it off!