Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! I know it is a day early but I am very excited because one of my gifts this year is new garden beds for the front of my house. I have been here in this house for 35 years and have lots of wonderful gardens around the house. Right along the front of the house though we have had evergreen shrubs that had no character and just got bigger and bigger every year. My husband just didn't want to pull them out. This year when my son, who has his own landscaping company, was complaining about the mess that they were causing with the walk and the lawn (and he was tired of listening to me complaining about it)  suggested that it would make a great Mother's Day gift for me to let me have the new gardens. My husband agreed, the old bushes are gone, my son designed the new gardens and I am going to the garden center today with my son to pick new plants and tomorrow my son and husband are going to spend the day putting everything in the ground!

I made this card for the Going Grey with Scrap-Creations challenge this week. The theme this week is Mother's Day. I knew I wanted to do something different for my mom's card this year, and I know she likes classic better that over the top cards. I played around with different ideas until I came up with using my Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps and stamping around just the first letter of Mother. I printed it out multiple times on a piece of copy paper and stamped around the letter different ways, just on the beginning, on just the top or only on the bottom. I decided that I like all around it the best and this was the end result. I am happy with it and think my mom will like it too.
If you made a card for your mom tomorrow why not share it with us over at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations we would love to see what you made for your mom!

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my creation

2 Sisters Challenge #91-Make It Girlie
Anything Goes Challenge #66-Things with Wings
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge #45-May Flowers
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #62-Mother's Day
CES Challenge #85-Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge-Mother's Day/card for a mentor
Crafts and Me Challenge #83-Punches and Dies, I used both
Crafty Calendar May Challenge-Things with Wings
Crafty Creations Challenge #169-Frame It!
Crafty Sentiments Challenge-Mother's Day
Creatalicious Challenge #33-Butterflies and add some flowers
Creative Card Crew Challenge #10-Sentiment as focal point
Creative Craft Challenges-Anything Goes
Critter Sketch challenge #114-Mom
Deep Ocean Challenge #25-"What a Wonderful Woman"
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #107-Bingo! A bit of Sparkle(on the stamped flowers), Something New Ribbon, Pearls
DYSU Challenge #71-Use a Flower
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge #62-Butterflies, Ribbon and Punches
I Brake For Challenges-I brake for florals
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #118-Honoring Mothers
Lollipop Crafts Challenge #79-Mama Mia
Love To Create Challenge #14-For Mom/Special Lady
Made Especially for You Weekly Challenge-Mother's Day with Ribbon
Oozak Challenge #2-Spring Colors
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #79-I Love You Mom
Raise The Bar Challenge #104-Mother's Day
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #47-Mother's Day/Feminine with Ribbon
Ribbon Carousel Challenge #RCC52-Something with a Mother's Day Sentiment
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #185-I Love You Mum
Simply Create Too Challenge #13-Mother's Day
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday Challenge-Mother's Day
Stampin' For the Weekend Challenge-Lots of Layers
Sweet Stampin' Challenge-Flower Power
The Paper Shelter Challenge #63-Anything Goes
The Shabby Tea Room Challenge Week #113-Pretty as a Pitcher
The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #17-One For The Girls
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #76-Clean and Simple
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #97-Motherly Love

These are all fantastic challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read, it really makes my day!

Happy Creating,
Mary