Happy Mother's Day

Well folks! I think this Mothering Sunday will go down in history as being one of the most bizzare in our life time! In case you are reading this in the future, everyone will remember it for when the Corona virus affected us all....globally! As we are going through it at the moment, we have no idea of how long it will last but we just have to remain hopeful that it devastates as few lives as possible.

On to a happier topic now. As I knew I wouldn't be able to spend time with my own mum today, I spent the time yesterday making a card for her. I have to admit in getting inspiration from a fellow Stampin' Up! demonstrator, Cheryl Miller for the design.
When I make special cards I always like to make them a little bigger than the usual A6 size. This one measured about 7.5" square. I used a stamp set from Stampin' Up! called 'Beautiful Friendship'. I stamped many parts of it separately onto Whisper White card stock and fussy cut them out. I raised some parts using dimensionals to create some lift and texture. I finished the card off with a polka dot bow.

I didn't hang around to see my Mum open the card for the obvious reason. We had a very brief chat with her on the doorstep and me several metres away. My mum is a very resilient lady at nearly eighty years old but as she's a widow she's already struggling with the imposed self isolation. So many people are ringing her and checking up on her daily, which is heart warming. I have told her that we will all have a huge celebration when we can next get together safely.

Maybe we will all appreciate and value people far more than we do after this awful episode in life. If this doesn't stop and make people value what really is important in life, then sadly I don't think anything ever will. I'm ever hopeful that the world will actually be a better place when we're free of the virus. We just need to learn some valuable lessons and act upon them in the future.

Happy Crafting
Love Sarah. xx

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