~The Cutting Cafe Inspiration...For That Wonderful Mom & 2011 Calendar Set~

I hope everyone had a wonderful President's Day for those that had it off. Back to work but at least it'll be a short week for most! Today I have some inspiration for you from The Cutting Cafe! Why?? Because they're our monthly sponsor over at Craft Us Crazy for the month of February and I just love all of Regina's stamp sets and files, probably why I'm on her DT as well. It's easy to promote a company when you love their products!! 

My moms birthday is coming up on March 5th, and with not being close to home, I wanted to make her something special that she could use at work. So as soon as Regina showed me this sweet set, For That Wonderful Mom, I knew I wanted to use it for her birthday. Don't get me wrong, there's so many wonderful verses, that I'll be using it for Mother's Day also. But I knew I wanted to use these sweet words to tell my mom how special she is on her birthday. I used the 2011 Calender Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe as well. I immediately knew which image I wanted to use with these sweet words. It's Dress Up Time from Kelley Kid's. I thought she was just adorable and would look perfect on the gift I wanted to make my mom. Soooo...with that said..this is what I came up with...

 I made her a post it note and calendar frame that she could use on her desk at work. It's made with an 8 x 10 acrylic from that I picked up from Michael's the last time I was in Tucson. I've always wanted to alter an acrylic frame, but have always been intimidated by them. I have to say though I had fun with this one! 
I know I won't be able to wait until March 5th, so this will be shipped out this week I'm sure lol I'm bad at keeping things until the right dates. But anyways, I hope you like it, and I really hope my mom likes it when she gets it!  Below are a few more pictures of the back and again of the front so you can see the glossy accents on the shoes and bow, and the liquid pearls on her necklace. The image is up under the frame, so it's not easily seen. 
Thanks for looking and I hope you'll check out The Cutting Cafe and Kelley Kid's for more inspiration!! And we hope you'll join us over at Craft Us Crazy for our current challenge!!

 ~Back~

~Supplies Used~

The Cutting Cafe - For That Wonderful Mom

2011 Calendar Printable Stamp Set

Kelley Kid's - Dress Up Time

 Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

The Angel Company - Angelee Designer Paper Pack

Solid Purple Cardstock from Stash

Stampin' Up Classic Ink - Pale Plum & Lavender Lace

Liquid Pearls - Lavender Lace

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

thePaperStudio -Spare Parts-Mini Round Brads - Metallic

We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile

We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper

Close To My Heart - Organdy Ribbon - Summer Carnival

Green Ribbon - Stash

Prima Flowers - Lavender Flower

Terrifically Tacky Tape

Michaels - Studio Decor Basics Acrylic Photo Frame - 8 x 10

Basics by Kaisercraft - Pearls - Snow but colored with Copics BV11, BV13

Post It Pad 2.75" - From Stash

Copics - BV0000, BV000, BV11, BV13

C1

E0000, E000, E00, E33, E34, E51 

R20
I'm also entering this project in the following challenges:
 (Tuesday) Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
(Tuesday) Sweet Stamps - Flowers
 (Monday) Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers
(Monday) Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Plastic
(Monday) Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog - Break Tradition (Altered Acrylic Frame - 1st time trying it)
(Monday) Lexi's Creations - Flowers
(Monday) Stamps R Us - For The Girls
(Sunday) Catered Crop - Recipe (I chose to use..Patterned Paper, Colors, Color Mediums, Embellishments, Misc. Supplies, Tools, Shapes)
(Sunday) I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
(Sunday) One Stitch At A Time - No Square Cards (I used a Rectangle Frame)
(Sunday) Stamptacular Sunday - For Someone Special (made for my mom)
(Friday) Guylou's Inimitability - Anything Goes
(Friday) Totally Papercrafts - Use a Digi
(Sunday) Pile it On - Childhood Dreams
 (Thursday) Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
(Thursday) Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes
(Thursday) Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
(Friday) Delicious Doodles - Glitz/Glam/Shimmerz and Bling
(Thursday) PaperPlay Challenges - Add Shine
(Saturday) My Sheri Crafts - All About Girls
(Sunday) WhoopsiDaisy - Someone Special
(Friday) Res-Q Challenge - Something that makes you Happy (my mom)
(Wednesday) The Creative Cottage - Fabulous Florals (Bg paper & Prima Flower)
(Friday) A Gem of a Challenge - Buttons, Brads, Beads, Bows (I chose Backward Brads, Bow)
(Wednesday) Forgotten Scraps - Spring or Flowers (I chose Flowers)
(Thursday) C.R.A.F.T - Not a Card
 (Thursday) StampInsanity - Anything But a Card