Challenge #7 - Mothers

Mother, Mom, Mama, Ma, Mommy, Oma, Muti, Grandmommy, Godmommy, Mum, Mummy....you get the drift. Here's a quote to get us started!


The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
---William Goldsmith Brown




This week's theme is Mothers and we would like you to use this theme to make something artistic - it can take any form - we leave THAT up to you. Blog entry, card, ATC, photo, inchie, twinchie, mini, moo, video, song, poem, etc. These are just a few media for you to consider.

Rosemary here - here's my Mother's day card for my Mom - orange is her favorite color and it is a happy color isn't it? The quote is



Hundreds of dewdrops to meet the dawn, hundreds of bees
in the purple clover, hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, but only one mother the wide world over. -----George Cooper

Wanted to show this open to show that I did finish the inside with a hint of the front repeating itself.

Jana


I made a card this week too. I made it bright and cheery. Which is how I always think of my mother. She was down at times, but mostly she is cheery and happy. She doesn't really have a favorite color. She likes bright and happy things. So this is just her style.



My skills as a photographer are still in the works. This card is much brighter in person.


The ribbon is green and matches the cardstock, but is showing up a blue-ish color. Hmmm.


When we get to a certain age, it is hard to find things to get for your Mother. Handmade means more to them than a store bought item. My mother has everything she needs and is in a great position to get herself anything she wants. So, I made her a card. I will enclose pictures of me, Danny and the girls. I will probably add one of Rosemary's wonderful quotes to the inside.


Recap of last week's Challenge:

We loved seeing your projects for our May Day Challenge and hope you keep playing along - invite your friends - for fun, for prizes (not JUST the big blog candy giveaway), and for inspiration from everyone!

Ivolina made a gorgeous card - bright, happy, and intricate!


Our buddy Kathy (aka Craftola) made a witty and beautiful April Showers bring May Flowers card!




Fia made a lovely Happy Birthday card with color and fun embellishments!

and Chat Noir made a gorgeous card also with lots of textural interest and colors that just say SPRING is here!

If I have missed an entry, please let us know in the comments!

Also, here's what our witty greenhorn Craftola-ing Kathy made for Words of Wisdom! She's got the whole Opus-Gluei humor down pat!

Blog Booty. Blog Candy. Blog Goodies.

Here is the LOOT. One lucky winner will receive:

This is Rosemary's loot. Something for the scrapbooker, cardmaker, or stamper. There's an SEI Mimosa paper stack, mini pop dots, clear stamps (including Hero Arts), an Inkadinkadoo wooden stamp, Colorbok chipboard album, Cats Eye Queue ink pads, ribbons galore, white opaque marker, punches (including Moon and Stars EK Success border punch), bling, Prima flowers, glue stick, etc.....but that's just one of the big blog candy prizes....take it away, Jana!

AND Another lucky winner will receive this:

(dish not included)
(go here for a detailed listing of this loot)

This is the minimum in each Booty Pkg.

Odds are we will add bits to each one.

I just have no self control. (Me either said Rosemary)

PLUS: We have about 37 smaller items.

Surprises that will be mailed out at random to entrants.

No way of knowing what will make us send one out. We just will.

We're just full of surprises, aren't we!?!?!?!?! You thought there would only be one grand prize winner. And now for our next trick: The rules. You knew there had to be rules, didn't you!?!?!

To qualify to have your name entered in the drawing you have to:

1. 1 Entry per challenge you enter. Challenges #6 - #11
(Minimun of 4 out of the next 6 challenges.)



2. 1 Entry - Blog about this candy.


3. 1 Entry - Leave a comment with a link to your blog.



4. 1 Entry - Become a follower. Existing followers will get 2 entries for this.



5. 1 Entry - Tell us 2 strange/funny facts about you in your comment here.

There is the potential for you to have 10 entries into this drawing.

Many will enter, few will win. Okay, many will enter, many will win. Prizes are larger than they appear. Creativity not included. Praise included as a bonus.


Drawing to be held on May 20th via random number generator. Winners will be announced right after they are picked.


(aka my youngest daughter drawing names out of a hat)