Happy Mother's Day

I think like a lot of Stampin' Up! demonstrators and customers, I have way too much stamps, inks and papers, so I have been trying to think of ways to utilize my stamps, inks and papers.

I started off by making a baby boy sampler, but this lead to doing one for a baby girl and then one that was non-gender coloured, see previous posts.

As it was getting close to Mother's Day, I decided to make one for the mums.  My mum passed away in 2002, 15 years ago, she was a very independent and spirited woman who lived a hard life so that we could live a better one.

So this sampler is dedicated to my mum. Love you much!

Stamp Sets used:

Today and Everyday (1st panel)
Beautiful You and In the Meadow (3rd)
Making a Point (4th, 13th and 15th panel)
Flower Patch (5th panel)
Floral Phrases (6th panel) and "Thanks" - non-SU photopolymer stamp
Mum's Love (7th panel)
Packed for Mum ( 8th panel)
Mediterranean Moments and Beautiful You (9th and 16th panel)
Simply Said (10th panel)
happy Greetings (11th panel)
Well Scripted and Faith in Nature (12th panel)
Watercolor Words (14th panel)

Dies used
Expressions Thinlits Dies and Baker's Box Thinlits (2nd panel)
Flower Fair Framelits (5th panel)
Circle Card and Label Card Thinlits (10th panel)
Flourish Thinlits (14th panel)
Itty Bitty Accents Heart Punch and Sunshine Wishes Thinlits (11th panel)

DSP used
Painted Blooms DSP
Perfectly Artistic DSP

Cardstock Used
Blackberry Bliss
Daffodil Delight
Whisper White
Old Olive
Pool Party
Pink Pirouette

Inks Used
Blackberry Bliss
Daffodil Delight
Pool Party
Rose Red
Certainly Celery
Old Olive

Baby Sampler

On a roll, I combined some of the boy and girl stamps and used some generic ones and came up with a sampler which is non gender specific.

Baby Girl Sampler

Here's another sampler, but this time for a baby girl.

Baby Boy Sampler

After I made some baby cards for my friend, I got to thinking I probably could so a sampler or collage, after seeing all the wonderful baby inspired cards on Pinterest, so I set to work and created this sampler for a Baby Boy. This is a fantastic way to use up designer paper and card stock which I have excess of. It's also a great way to make use of those stamp sets which I have in abundance but hardly use.