Mother's Day Card from My Son

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers and mother figures out there! I am missing my mom today more than words can say. In fact, I cried all morning and it was several hours before I could even look decent enough for a Mother's Day photo with my son. As difficult as today was, it was definitely a day to be celebrated. My son made me the cutest card using products from Ellen Hutson, Simon Hurley create, Concord & 9th and Honey Bee Stamps.

My son used adorable images from Ellen Hutson's Essentials by Ellen line, including All Inside, Bear Ware 4, Bear Ware and Bear Ware 3, to create the most adorable scene. Yes, that's me with my favourite bunny and my son drinking a Starbucks. I thought he bought me a Starbucks but my husband is sure our son got it for himself. LOL

My son combined two sentiments from Simon Hurley create's Supermom! stamp set and he masked off the block-lettered 'mom' and stamped PanPan (my nickname from the We Bare Bears) using Concord & 9th's Perfectly Penned stamp set. Then he used Honey Bee Stamps' Winter Wonder Background stencils to create the background. To finish, he added gold enamel hearts.

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{Clearly Besotted} Beaver Appreciation Day

I bought Clearly Besotted's Build It Beavers when it was released and it immediately became a favourite in my house. My husband and son have used it a lot to make little notecards for each other. When my son started playing Minecraft three years ago, he assigned a beaver skin to my husband and that's how we came to love beavers, not to mention that they are an adorable Canadian icon. [📸: our Halloween costumes] Oh, and if you've never Googled "baby beavers", I highly suggest you do it!

When Beaver Appreciation Day rolled around, I decided I needed to (a) use my Prismacolor pencils and (b) blog a card using this adorable stamp set! Unfortunately, the original set is now retired but Clearly Besotted offers a mini set called Builder Beavers. If you need more beavers in your life, I've added a list of other much-loved stamp sets I own featuring beavers and you can find those below the supply list for this card.

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We Bare Bears Thank You Card

My son made this card a while back but I hadn't posted it since it was still making its way to the recipient. I printed two Pan-Pans from the We Bare Bears and my son coloured them with Prismacolor pencils, blending all the greys with a blending pencil. I love his highlights! I helped cut out the bears and set them aside. Next, my son die cut a stitched scalloped mat with My Favorite Things' Blueprints 27. I used masking paper on three sides just inside the stitched detailing and blended a background with Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.

My son placed the blended panel inside the MISTI stamping tool and stamped Thanks! from Altenew's Halftone Circles and Your Kindness Means So Much from Altenew's Build-A-Flower: Hibiscus. To finish, I die cut three red glitter hearts using a die from My Favorite Things' Blueprints 29 and adhered them and the bears to the panel using liquid glue.

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