Mother's Day

Today I'm sharing the Mother's Day card I made for my mother-in-law.  I didn't put any sentiment on the outside because I really didn't want to take away from this stunning butterfly!  But I will show the Mother's Day sentiment on the inside at the end of this post.

For the bast couple of weeks I've been working on using up this patterned paper pack.  I'm down to a lot of small scraps, so I have been getting creative with how to stretch those scraps.  Probably many of you already know this, but I just wanted to share a quick little behind the scenes view of how I do it.  This works best if you use a sketch (or layout0 that has a lot of layers--layers that you can hide things behind.  In the photo below, you can see that each panel has been pieced together.  Most of the time, the patterned paper doesn't come close to covering the mat layer.

Once those layers are placed together on the card base, you see how most of the bare spots are hidden behind other layers.

And once I add the focal circle, no one will ever know that these are not full sized patterned paper panels!

I added a large die cut butterfly and finished it off with a bunch of pearls lining the body.  Here is the sentiment on the inside:

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Tucked In: Mother"

Dies: unbranded butterfly; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #279--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #229--anything goes

Cards Galore #123--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #86--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--feminine

Crafty Gals Corner #256--anything goes with the optional twist: use lace or pearls

{Pin}spirational Challenge #313--patterned paper

Triple B--anything goes with the optional mood board

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Penny's Challenge #571--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--use die cuts