Red, White and Mom

Morning all,

Well I'm finally back with another card - this one is for Mom's Birthday next Sunday. I decided to try a new style of card for her and came across this fantastic tutorial at Stampartic. Well all I can say is nothing seemed to go to plan with this card. The first one I tried I messed up the punched edges so badly there was no way of rescuing it. This one, the folds are quite rough and look distressed - far from intentional - so in the end I've highlighted them with a chalk ink to make it look more like part of the design and then I had a total mind blank on how to decorate the front.... I think the papers I chose hadn't really helped me but finally! here is the finished article:-

The papers are from a Dovecraft Oriental 12x12 selection pack i've had for a couple of years. The chalk in I used for the edges was colorbox - Blush Rose. The ribbon and gems are from stash. This was the first card I used the Marianne D rose dies on and having finally sorted out the most effective method of rolling them I'm really happy with how they turned out. The butterflies are a MS punch and (as usual) glitterd up with stickles. Finally, 'MOM' was created using Sizzix transfers and there we have it.

I'd like to enter this challenge into Allsorts - Anything goes.

Thanks for dropping by and happy crafting!