Thursday, April 30, 2015

May Inspiration Challenge #31 - 'Celebrate Mom'

Hello and welcome to the May Inspiration Challenge with Paper Sweeties!



This month's inspiration is all about celebrating our beloved Mom's!!!  Mother's Day is such a special day! It is so important and wonderful to celebrate and remember our beloved Mom's whether they are still with us or perhaps smiling down on us from heaven above.  And it is also a day to remember Aunt's, Grandmother's and other wonderful female's that perhaps have played a motherly role in our lives!  I know that I feel very blessed by the many women that are part of my life each day and some that are angels in my life that I miss so very much! I hope that you will join in this month's challenge along with me and the rest of the Paper Sweeties team.

I love this sweet inspiration photo and the kraft, pink and mint colors.  Here is what I came up with:

When I looked at the photo I immediately thought of a party!  And what better party to have with our sweet Mom's than a Tea Party!  So I set to work with the lovely colors and the "Tea for Two" stamps and sweet cuts dies.  I made three different items:  - a card, a teapot enclosure card or tag, and a teapot box to hold some teabags.  I embossed the teapot stamp onto each of the die cuts with some "Blush" Zing embossing powder.



 Here is a picture of the card.  The sentiment is from two different stamp sets.  The "I (heart) You" is from the "I love you" stamp set.  And the word "Mother" is from the "You are the most Wonderful" stamp set. I stamped them in some slate gray ink and then colored the heart with a pink marker.  A bit of lace, half of a kraft paper doily and a paper flower finishes this card.

My Mother loves to receive crocheted washcloths for her kitchen.  I made several for her as part of her Mother's Day gift and topped them with a sweet teapot shaped tag that opens so I can write a little note inside:

Here's a picture of it opened part way....on top of the crocheted washcloth....



 Last but not least is a sweet teapot shaped box filled with some lovely organic "green tea" from Trader Joe's.



I love the shabby feel of the Tilda paper I used combined with the "Blush" embossing powder.  It has a rustic antique feeling that I absolutely adore!  I used my Versamark embossing pen to add some extra embossing powder on the teabag box.  I am going to experiment with this some more.  I like the rustic and shabby feeling you can create by making thicker hand-drawn lines. It is especially fun to do this on shabby chic style papers.

Here is one final shot of all three of my projects:...

  Unfortunately I was hoping to have a sunny day to take pictures but it is pouring rain today and gray and cloudy!  So I set up my OTT-Lites and took these photos indoors.  I apologize that the colors are not as bright and pretty as they should be even after some serious photo editing!  I am hoping for some sun over the next two days so I can re-take them before this post goes live!  But one never knows with our Seattle weather! 

Whoo!  That was a lot of pictures! If you are still with me I am ready to send you off to my Paper Sweeties Design Team Mates:
Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
May Guest Designer:  Dawn

I want to give a special welcome to our guest designer for the May Challenge - Dawn who blogs at "Designs by Dragonfly"  We are so happy to have her joining us today! Please give her a warm welcome!

Thanks,
:) Jill







26 comments:

  1. What a beautiful, and thoughtful gift set! I love the pink embossing on the patterned paper, and that sweet teapot box is adorable! Hugs!

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  2. OMYGOODNESS!!!! These are JUST FABULOUS!!! WOW WOW and some more WOW!!!!! I loveeeeeee them!!!!!!!!!

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  3. ohmyword, what an amazing Mother's Day gift set, Jill! Jaw is hanging open here!

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  4. Hi Jill. These are gorgeous projects. Watched the video last night. TFS. ana

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  5. Wow! Your sweet projects are perfect for Mother's Day! Fabulous creativity here! I just LOVE those tea pot holders...sweet! The crocheted wash cloths are so pretty, too! Your Mom will be thrilled to receive these delights!:-)

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  6. Oh your projects are absolutely stunning! They are just so pretty and sweet :-)

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  7. Your creativity never ceases to amaze me, Jill! I adore this oh-so-sweet tea party set -- especially how you used the tea pot die to create the tea bag box - so clever! Love this sweet set - xoxo

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  8. Jill, you always amaze me with your creative ideas! These teapot boxes are so pretty! And I LOVE the tag for the washcloths! (I agree with your mom...Those crochet dish tags are the BEST!)

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  9. Hi Jill ! Your projects and teapots are darling! I love making cotton washcloths too! Yours look beautiful!
    Congrats on your win of Jeanns Kit. I called my husband at work and he picked # 13 I was pleased to see it was you.

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    1. Thanks Marybeth! I am so excited!!! If will be so fun to participate!!

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  10. WOW, Jill! These are all so amazing! LOVE the gorgeous colors and you use of this die! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

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  11. Jill, your're teapot set is over the top, gorgeous! Makes me want to have a tea party and follow your lead washcloths and all!

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  12. You are the queen of creating shabby chic prettiness!! Oh my stars, these are fabulous Jill!

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  13. Wow these are amazing. Thanks for sharing this beautiful set.
    Thanks for the special shout out. I appreciate it!
    Crafty hugs,
    Dawn
    DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot

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  14. Gorgeous!!!
    You always created the most amazing projects, Jill!

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  15. Jill, your teapots are FABULOUS!! What wonderful inspiration!!

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  16. Wow...what a lovely tea party you have going on here. I would love to come and have tea with you. So so sweet! I wanted to say congrats on your win for your 12 kits from Jeanne, so happy to be able to play along with you!

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  17. Beautiful job Jill! I love these!

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  18. So pretty and feminine. Love that little tag - makes the gift even sweeter!

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  19. Oh that teapot is SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!! Not beautiful....GORGEOUS!!! I LOVE IT!!! How do I get one of those??? And I loved the colors you used too :) Hugs...Janie

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    1. Janie: Thanks for your sweet comment! The "Tea for Two" stamps and dies are available at Papersweeties.com if you want them. It is such a fun set to create with! :) Jill

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  20. What a beautiful trio of teapots! So creative and feminine, Jill! I love the crocheted wash clothes you made. Your mother is so blessed to have you.

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  21. Beautiful cards!!! Just love the patterned papers you used! Thanks for adding me to your Google+ circle :)

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Hello Friends! Thanks so very much for visiting Greenwood Girl Cards! I enjoy reading your comments!
Crafty Hugs,
: ) Jill