Thursday, December 8, 2016

A Day to Remember

   Hello Crafty friends, I wanted to share a Card with you all that I made my Mom for her Birthday.

But before I do I would like to tell you the about where I got the Inspiration for the Card. 

As some of you all know I lost my brother a few months ago. It Is still very hard for me to deal with. 

After he passed away my siblings and I only had ten days to get everything out of his apartment. It was a big job,but some how we got It done. 

He had a lot of antiques, so we had an Antique dealer come In. He was a good friend of my brothers. He bought a truck load of stuff. Was very thankful he bought so much. Because we didn't have long to get everything out. 
 But there was still several things that we thought might make more money If we sold them rather than having the dealer buy them. Any money that we were making was going to use for funeral expenses,  bills and for a tombstone.

So we packed it all up in totes and a lot of it my sister and I brought to my house. While we were starting to take totes out of her car, a Black and purple Butterfly kept going from the trunk, to inside the car and to my porch sitting on the totes. It kept doing it over and over. We felt as though It was our brother letting us know he was o.k. 

So later that night I was talking to my Mom on the phone and was telling her about the butterfly. She loved hearing the story. 

So the next day she called me and told me that she had went out side and a Black and Purple Butterfly wouldn't leave her alone. So we think It was him visiting her to.

So I wanted my Mom's Birthday Card to remind her of that special day and I also wanted it to be more than just a card. So I decided to make an Easel Card.



































I added a piece of light purple vellum so that she can see the butterfly even in the dark.

A lot of Love went Into making this card for my Mom. I wanted It to be extra special for her. I even made the card in my brothers favorite colors Orange and Purple.






Supplies that I used-

Stamp Sets-

Stampin Up- Wild about Flowers

 A Day to Remember- My Creative Time- Cherish this Moment

Stampin Up- Wood Grain Background Stamp

Cardstock-
Blackberry Bliss
Pumpkin Pie
Very Vanilla

Inks-
Pumpkin Pie,Old Olive, Mossy Meadow and Going Grey

The Butterfly Is from Stampin Up and was sent to me from a super sweet lady from Splitcoaststampers. 
Thank you so much Aracelli

I also added some purple Seam Binding.



I do want to apologize for such a long post and to many pictures. Thanks for taking the time to stop by.




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4 comments:

  1. Gorgeous easel card. Lovely stamps used.
    Thanks for joining us at Sunny Day Crafting! ~DT Janice

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  2. Love this gorgeous card and enjoyed the story that went with it.Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Craft Your Passion Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)

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  3. Beautiful card! The butterfly is gorgeous and love the flowers in the background. I am sure your Mother loved it~
    What a lovely story..your brother would be proud of you. It's hard to lose a loved one...please know I am thinking of you and sending you a big hug my friend~
    Sherrie K

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  4. WOW, such a gorgeous card! Thank you for joining us at Sunny Day Crafting!
    ~DT Sherry x

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