Home décor for mom {fancy pants}

Hello! Mother's Day is this Sunday, and the team at Fancy Pants is celebrating moms all week. For this week's home decor post on the Fancy Pants blog, I shared this mom print I made, the decorated frame and a little altered jar filled with vintage threads.  

I made this “God made mothers…” print and you can download the PNG file HERE. The pink colors match the As You Wish collection very well. If you didn’t want to frame it, it could be resized and print as a card for your pocket page layouts.

I framed the print in a rustic wood frame and added chipboard, tag and die cut pieces from As You Wish to decorate the outside edges of the frame.

I also had a jar of pink and orange vintage threads that I’ve been meaning to do a little bit more with. I hot-glued twine around the center of the jar and then decorated it with a heart I fussy cut from one of the brag cards. I then finished it off with faux white stitched lines and a chipboard button. 

If you were interested in using the Mother’s Day print as a cut on your Silhouette, you can also download the studio file.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mommies out there!

Supplies: Fancy Pants (As You Wish)

Challenge #6 | Mother's Day {avery elle}

Thanks for stopping by here today to see the sixth challenge for the AEI♥U Challenge blog from Avery Elle. For this challenge, we want to see your Mother's Day cards. 

For many of us, our moms aren't nearby and we may not get to see them on Mother's Day. With that thought in mind, this is the card I made for the challenge.

My mom is in Michigan and I am in New York, so Mother's Day is one more reason to let her know I'm thinking about her (which I actually am pretty often). The inside of the card says, "Happy Mother's Day."

I used a few different Avery Elle stamps and dies to create this scene. You can find the sets at the Avery Elle shop.

Supplies: Storybook ELLE-ments dies, Storybook clear stamps, Thanks a Bunch clear stamps  

If you get a chance to play along with us for this challenge, below are some rules. Head on over to the AEI♥U Challenge blog to see what the other gals made and to participate.

Avery Elle stamps or their free digital stamps must be used in each entry. You may enter as many times as you wish, but they must be posted to the InLinkz tool separately. Please enter a new, not previously posted project that fits the challenge theme.  Your project must fit the theme to be eligible to win. The winner will not be chosen randomly.  We will be looking for entries that include great use of color, design & creativity. You have until 12:01 AM (PT) on Sunday, May 11th to enter.  The winner will be announced on Thursday, May 15th at 6:00 AM (Pacific Time) on the Avery Elle Challenge Blog.

Mother's Day gifts {imaginisce}

Imaginisce is celebrating Moms in honor of Mother's Day. I made this gift set using Imaginisce and you can see more about it on their blog today. 

No matter how old the kids get, I'm sure handmade gifts are always welcomed by Mom! 

The card details, gift box and tulips were all cut using Silhouette files and the Cameo. I've had my Cameo for quite a while now and I can't see myself getting bored of it anytime soon. It really is an amazing machine. 

Inside the gift box is a fabric-on-silver pendant that I made using Imaginisce Magni-top jewelry and the magnet daddies with the i-top.

Thanks for stopping to see my Mother's Day gift idea. Stop by their blog all week for more Mother's Day cards and crafts.

Baseball Mom {lily bee}

Lily Bee is featuring layouts, cards and projects focused on "Mom" this week. I used the Pinwheel collection here on my layout.

I wanted to do an nontraditional "mom" layout and focus on how I feel as a mom when I watch my son. Right now I could not be more proud of him. Looking through my lens way out into the field, I can see his expressions as he plays baseball: joy, apprehension, excitement, intensity...

I know he's doing well because we've raised him to be passionate about what he loves — and he sees that in my husband and me as we are passionate about what we love.

If you find yourself making "Mom" projects this week, take a different angle on the photo or topic and see where it may lead the journaling on your page.

For this layout, I used nearly every kind of product that Pinwheel offers. There are label and word stickers as well as alphas and chipboard…even twine! Lots of goodies going in in that collection.

Thanks for stopping to see my layout today. Check out the Lily Bee blog to see what else we're up to this week. It's sure to put Mom front and center for her special day!

May monthly challenge {imaginisce}

It's the first of the month, so it's time for another sketch from Imaginisce — with a twist. We want you to use the sketch as well as:

1. The theme: Mother

2. The color yellow

3. Add some chevrons

The sketch is at the end of this post as well as on the Imaginisce blog. Stop by and see what the rest of the DT did with the monthly challenge.

The picture of my mom in this layout was taken by my stepdad. I was so glad he thought to send it to us kids. It is such a cute picture of my mom!

And by now, I think my family has figured out that they shouldn't send me pictures they wouldn't want scrapbooked because I am most likely going to use those photos at some point.

You can see where on the layout I interpreted use of the chevron and moved the title over a bit, but my page is pretty much just like the sketch.

I hope you have a chance to play along with us the month at Imaginisce! Thanks for stopping to see my layout today.

moms love handmade frames!

Today I want to share with you an altered frame I made for a Mother's Day gift idea. It was quick to make and is a great way to showcase any of the small photos of the kids for mom or grandma.


Supplies: Prima & Making Memories flowers. Basic Grey Phoebe collection paper. K&Co. self-adhesive gems for the bubbles in the center of the flowers.

Not too much time to write today, but I wanted to make sure I shared this frame idea. Mother's Day is almost here! Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and grandmas out there!

A quick reminder to pebblesjns: E-mail me your address at dianadesigns@rochester.rr.com by end of the day May 9 to claim your NSD giveaway prize.

thanks vintage plum!

Earlier in the week I shared a Mother's Day card that I made.

Well, I had made that card for the NSD challenge at Vintage Plum. And... I won that challenge! The prize is some really cute handmade tags.

Thanks Vintage Plum! You all are a great community with fun, new and fresh challenges. Just wanted to share my joy and VP love!

To add to my good day yesterday, I won the random drawing for the Video Warehouse Walk at 2Peas. Not much involved there except that I realized I should have played the lottery on Tuesday!

mother's day gift bucket

For the mom who has everything and appreciates the sentiment!



This cute little metal bucket is decorated with white rub-ons from Making Memories and American Crafts. Yummy chocolates fill the bottom and make a great base to hold the felt and button flowers. (The tutorial on how to make these cutie, forever flowers can be found here.)

To make your own version of this, look at your stash and see what household items you have lying around that would make a great vase, bucket, glass, etc. It's a quick, fun gift for mom.

mother's day butterfly card idea

Happy Mother's Day week! Moms love homemade gifts, and they have since you smashed your tiny little fist in plaster and called it art.


This week I am going to share with you some cards and gift ideas for Mother's Day gift ideas. We'll start with a cute card. I used Hero Arts stamp sets (Birds and Branches and Anytime Messages), black ink and watercolor pencils. Double-sided foam tape keep the butterflies and birdhouse up popped up off the paper.

Get crafty this week and surprise mom with a cute card! Check back all week for more cute cards and homemade gifts.