A Crown for Mother's Day

I've left my favorite Mother's Day creation for last this week.  :-D  Well, you know, there's the Eiffel Tower, and pearls, and a lacy stamp, and roses, and that beautiful crown.  What's not to love?

I used My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Blush patterned papers, then stamped a lacy border across the top.

I've been getting good use out of Queen Bee by Pink Paislee this Mother's Day season. LOVE the crown.

The sentiment is from Queen Bee, too.

I wish you a most beautiful Mother's Day this weekend, my friends!

Stamps: Lace Border - Sweet Stamp Shop; Queen Bee - Pink Paislee Paper: patterns - Lost & Found Blush - My Mind's Eye; Vintage Cream - PTI Ink: Crumb Cake - SU; Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko Accessories & Tools: roses - Inspired By Stamping; pearls; rhinestone

Play Date Cafe 113 - A Windy Hello

Hi everyone!  Are you rested from the holidays yet?  I'm gettin' there.  It usually takes me until mid-January to feel normal again after the After-Christmas Crash.  :o)

This week at the Play Date Cafe, the colors are pale and frosty:

Juniper, mint and vanilla look very beautiful together, don't they?  I combed through my paper stash for just the right colors, and wound up using packaging from K & Co. for my "mint" paper.  The sketch is a fave I saved from Gretchen Barron's "Inspiration in Action", loosely interpreted:

Our sponsor this week is the fun and spunky Sweet Stamp Shop, (who, by the way, is holding a Design Team call) and each of us on the Design Team got to play with stamps received from SSS.  I have "Hello Beautiful":

See the "spray" near the hairspray stamp?  I thought it would make perfect wintry air, too!

The two punched borders are subtle;
had to get a close up to show you.

Come join us this week, and get that creative mojo going again after the holidays!  Head over to the Play Date Cafe for full details.

Thanks for joining me!

Colleen

Stamps:  Hello Beautiful - Sweet Stamp Shop
Paper:  white - PTI; patterned paper - Elegance - K & Co; packaging from stickers; Very Vanilla - SU
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko
Punches:  Arctic Snowflake - Martha Stewart; Dotted Scallop - EK Success; Scallops - SU
Other:  glitter; light green bling - Queen & Co.; vanilla ribbon scraps; silver cord; distressing tool

Play Date Cafe 109 - Girly Gift Enclosures

Smoky purple, blush and champagne - these are the new colors this week for The Play Date Cafe!  I love how soft they are.

Our sponsor, Sweet Stamp Shop, gifted each of us on the design team with a cute set.  Thank you, Nicole!!  I received  "Hello Beautiful" -

I used the nail polish bottle stamp and created some mini gift enclosures.  My 13 YO used one of them to include with a friend's birthday gift recently.  She gave her friend two Essie nail polishes, Beach Bum Blu and Power Clutch:

Here's the gift enclosure duo --

The card stock base is Blush Blossom from Stampin' Up!, the patterned paper from DCWV's Once Upon A Time.  It had just the right smoky purple swirls on there.

You can see the purple swirls better in this close shot, as well as the shiny layer on the bottles, made with Crystal Effects (SU).  And I just LOOOOVE pearls, so I threw a few on there, too!

Check out the creations made by the rest of our design team at The Play Date Cafe.  They've got lots of Sweet Stamp Shop inspiration brewing for you!

Thanks for coming by today.  :)  I always appreciate your visit!

Colleen

Stamps:  Hello Beautiful - Sweet Stamp Shop
Paper:  Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Blush Blossom - SU; Once Upon A Time patterned - DCWV
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black - Tsukineko; Dusty Concord Distress - Ranger
Other:  Classic Scalloped Ovals, Floral Doily Motif dies - Spellbinders; Copic markers; Crystal Effects - SU; pearls