A Pretty Pink Tribute to Mom

Good morning and welcome to my Monday post for the vintage Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge blog.  This week we have an Anything Goes challenge for you so you have NO EXCUSE not to play along with us - unless you don't care for vintage, that is!  

Since I could do anything this week and it was Mother's Day, I decided to make something pretty and girly for a mom.  You can bet that with all the pinks and the flowers and fabrics that I had a wonderful time working on this piece!  For this one, I used the inside of a book cover and stamped a bunch of vintage stamps randomly in Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  The various stamps were from the Tim Holtz Curiosities and Papillon sets as well as the Tim Holtz Sequence numbers stamp and Hero Arts French Post.  The vintage woman on the Journaling Ticket is from the Artistic Outpost Paris Exposition set.  

I found the cute tin heart in some old cross stitch supplies that I discovered at the back of my closet - a lovely surprise, I must say!  I gave it a couple of coats of Claudine Helmuth Gesso and then rubbed the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink once the gesso was dry.  The crinoline and burlap flowers were cut with the Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die die as was the enameled rose.  I used a Spellbinders die to cut the flourish on the top of the tin heart, which was also painted with Snow Cap Crackle Paint and when dry, brushed with a bit of watered down pink ink and the again with watered down Vintage Photo Distress Stain.  

Full disclosure here - the Love You Forever banner, pink enameled heart and pink enameled rose were taken off a tag I made at Valentine's day.  It was hanging on my wall right in front of my nose when I was making this.  I looked up and thought how perfect they would be on this piece.  I was a tad pressed for time and didn't want to spend the extra hour to recreate them so I cannibalized them off the tag.  They were all made with several coats of Clear UTEE - very cool stuff!  I also had a scrap of the Francis Vintage Crepe Paper I used on last week's project still floating around on my desk, so that went across the top for a ruffle.  

That about covers it for this one.  Fun, fun, fun!  So why don't you join us?  Our ever generous sponsor has another $50 shopping spree in their Simon Says Stamp store.  And be sure to stop by the Simon Says Stamp and Show blog to see what my team mates were up to this week - amazing work that's sure to inspire you!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for your lovely comments.  I wish you a blessed week!

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