Welcome to the Families First Pals Blog Hop for April 2017. We are thankful you stopped by. Today we are featuring projects that are all about our families. This is a great time of year to think about projects for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or upcoming graduations. And, family vacations are just around the corner… how do you want to remember those special family moments? We hope to provide you with lots of ideas and that you enjoy our creations.
You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from the previous link from the Line-up on the Pals Blog Hop listing shown below. The full lineup will help you move along from blog to blog so you may see all the projects.
WOW MOM, YOU’RE INCREDIBLE!
All Moms are pretty cool, but MY Mom is absolutely incredible! I haven’t shared this online before today, buy my Mom was in ICU last month with a kidney stone, followed my a kidney infection. While that created worry in the family (I went straight to Charleston to be with her in the hospital), it all got very serious when that infection turned into sepsis, a life-threatening condition. Mom’s can-do attitude – and some great care by the doctors and nurses – pulled her out of a really bad situation.
For today’s project, I made a simple card with a fun idea to say “you’re incredible” to Mom. She’s a strong lady – she made it through raising me, right? Here’s my card:
Tips, Tricks and Reminders
- Everyday Hero. This simple card features a three-letter word from Everyday Hero, a retiring stamp set from Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Occasions Catalog. While this set [obviously] features my likeness (he has a pronounced jaw and beautifully coiffed hair), the female superhero looks nothing like Mom. I decided the three-letter word would be fun to use, so I started playing with it. The set is photopolymer (it’s a clear, see-through material), so it was easy to line up these words. Such fun!
Everyday Hero, Stampin’ Up!
- Too Big, Too Small, Just Right. The “wow” panel that makes its way to “Mom” started with a 4″ x 5-1/4″ panel of Whisper White and lots and lots of “wows.” I decided to crop down the panel with the sentiments with a Layering Squares Framelit, choosing to showcase the sentiment as opposed to it being the complete focus. I shaved that down a little from the top and bottom, too, to achieve the balance I wanted. I added two banners to balance everything out on this card. The repetition of the layering, too, helped to bring focus to the fun sentiment-filled panel.
- Bright Color Combination. Watermelon Wonder is also retiring at the end of this catalog cycle (unless it sells out sooner). I think it looks great with Tempting Turquoise – both are so bright and cheery. If you like this combination, too, please save this:
Stamp Sets: Everyday Hero Papers: Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper, Tempting Turquoise, Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Watermelon Wonder Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals
Thanks for visiting. To continue with the hop, please refer to the Blog Hop Line-up below. We hope to see you on next month’s Pals Blog Hop!
Brian
Here’s the full line-up of the hop:
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Lynn Tague at Beyond Beaches & Blessings
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
- Amy Hoptay at Craft Carnivore
- Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven’s Retreat
- Brian King at Stamp with Brian <——– YOU ARE HERE
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
- Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
- Karen Zaring Browning at Stamp With Me KZB
- Susan Itell at simplestampin.com
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stampin’ Habit!
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
- Lisa Pretto at InkBig Academy Stamps
- Julie DiMatteo at The Paper Pixie
- Becky Retzer at Just in Thyme by Becky Retzer
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Jennifer Spiller at Westside Paper Creations
- Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
- Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Shawn de Oliveira at ShawnStamps.com
- Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Sara Hicks Stuart at Sentiments by Sara
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
- Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
Here are the products I used for today’s project:
You are a genius! Very clever!
WOW, Brian….your play on words here is great! So sorry to hear about your Mom’s health issues. Hoping she is on the road to continued good health now.
This is so great! I love how you turned the word! Just WOW!
Ok so this is a 10 on the cleverness scale – brilliant! And I LOVE the color combo – gonna miss Watermelon Wonder☹️ So sorry your sweet mom had such a scary ordeal! Hope she’s home getting her strength back?
Such a clever use of WOW from Everyday Hero! You’re a genius! It reminds me of my middle school days where we’d make Ws, Ms, and Cs with our fingers and use our open mouth for the O and say “WOW, MOM! Don’t have a COW!” LOL! Everyone used to do that right? No? Ok, just me. 🙂
Never heard of that until now. Now, I’m in my office at work, makings letters with my fingers and my open mouth. Thanks for the inspiration, Julie! <3
Love it!
Brilliant WOW idea! Love the simple design, too, and fresh colors. I’m going to miss Watermelon Wonder!
Great card. I am so glad that your mom is doing well. She’s a treasure!
I’m glad to hear your mom is out of the woods! I hope her recovery continues and she is back to her normal self soon.
SO sorry your Mom suffered through sepsis. Very scary and often ends sadly. Thank goodness for your family that she is recovering now. Kidney stones run in families so drink water, water, water!
I love your sweet Mom, Brian!
Perfect in every way!!! so clever and just adorable ❤
Fab colors and oh so clever sentiment! Hugs to Mom….she is incredible!
Only you Brian would turn the WOW stamp into a MOM stamp. I just love your ability to see beyond the original use of stamps to come up with these artistic interpretations. You are nothing short of brilliant. So glad to hear that Mary is doing well. She is such a special lady.
So glad your mom made out okay Brian…prayers for no reoccurences. Cute card and I’m sitting here holding up fingers with an open mouth to the computer!
I love these colors together! Such a bright and cheerful card! So glad to hear your sweet mom is doing better…such a scary situation. My prayers for her continued recovery and health!
So sorry to hear about your mom. Hope all is well now..
Oh my goodness. How to do you keep coming up with these cards! They are so unique and full of imagination. You are the KING my man!
Nancy in Colorado
Clever you!
WOW Brian!
I’m so sorry to hear of your mother’s recent health scare and very glad to hear she is on the mend (I love your mom)! Fabulous card to remind her how special she is. So creative to mirror Wow into Mom!
Love love love it my lovely friend , thank you for all your lovely BEAR HUGS , MY friend , your such a lovel friend, thank you ,
Hugs and more hugs ,
Frenchie,
And thank you for MsMary hug also, I keep forgetting to tell her , on my way though, lol❤❤
WOW ! Look at what you did ! So clever ! Love it !
So glad to hear that your mom is doing better ! Poor thing ….kidney stones are mean!!
Wow, the worry you had to endure, so happy she is better and the doctors made the right calls to get her on the road to recovery. Big hug for her.
Perfect card, I’m sure it put a smile on her face.
A great card for a great lady. So glad she’s OK Brian. Thank you for sharing.
So glad to hear your Mom is doing well. I really enjoy watching her guest star roles on your YouTube. Such a lovely lady!
So, when I looked at this card, Brian, I said Ohhhh! So sorry to hear about Mom, but glad she is on the road to recovery. Actually, she did do an okay job raising you… missed you all in Savannah, but hope to see you in November. Love your card and Mom will, too.
Oh Brian – so sorry to hear your Mom was not well but thrilled to hear that she is better!
Once again you are the King of all things AWESOME!!!
So very sorry to hear about your Mom… Happy to hear she is doing better… Never underestimate a persons strong will and can do attitude!! Loved how you thought to turn WOW into MOM…my mind seems not to work like that…it is better at caring for sepsis patients…