Happy Mother's Day!

Hi there - we're celebrating Mother's Day in the USA today. Still a sad day for me since my mom passed away just over a year ago - may she rest in peace!

I have a couple people left for whom I make a Mother's Day card. My mom's sister Carol (called Tia) and Queen Mum Mary (my friend & the mom to my former quartet's lead singer). I made the card below first, then made a very similar one for my second (won't share that one).

Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio pastel A2 card; various scraps, including

some ancient woodgrain papers from Target

Stencils - Taylored Expressions Set the Scene - Clouds Stencil Strips

Dies - Spellbinders Build a Spring Birdhouse &

Sweet Birds on a Branch

Stamps - Hero Arts Holiday Planner Icons &

It's Your Day (both retired)

Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, London Fog & Summer Sky

Other - Copics for shading bird and leaves; black gem

I love Vicki Papaioannou's (clips-n-cuts) style and was excited to get some of her Spellbinders dies when released. Am just using two of the sets for the first time - typical me...but I had fun with them! I used the TE cloud stencils for the first time too - no idea how long I've had them. I used a TE brush and blended some Memento inks for a dreamy sky on my pastel blue card base.

I will add my card to Darnell's May NBUS Challenge since the birdhouse and bird with branch/leaves dies and cloud stencil finally made it off my Mount NBUS.

Thanks for stopping and Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there!!