Dot & Whimsy : For Mom

For Mom

Friday, May 10, 2013 May 10, 2013

I love it when an idea comes together!

I had this next project in my mind for a "Mother's Day" theme at

LITTLE YELLOW BICYCLE

My Mom loves collages and anything to do with her grandkids (of course) so I had

envisioned placing small, round photos of each child in the centers of the Naturals Canvas Flowers.

I had the back chipboard page leftover from a water-fall album that I made recently,

so I used it as the base. To give it a finished look, I covered both sides with the same

patterned paper from LYB's Just Because Collection.

Next, I cut a mat of heart paper and machine stitched around the edge.

Just placing the flowers onto the heart mat looked a little 'flat' so I decided to use

my square 1" dies and create a quilted look. I machine stitched around the red squares.

Before adhering the other squares, I backed them with the same-size chipboard and then

mounted n place. To add some texture, I simply stitched a large X across those squares.

The Naturals Flowers come with a wooden button in the center; I removed them and

set them aside to stitch on later. After punching each photo out I also backed it with the

same size chipboard before adding to the flower centers (I used Glue Dots for this).

I secured the bottom of the Wooden Clothespin with some Quick Dry Glue before

clipping it onto the side of the flower.

For the "My Joy" banners, I cut apart one of the Naturals Burlap Banners and

then added the Blue Canvas Alphas.

Using Fabri-Tac I hid the edges of the chipboard with Red Jute.

The large bow at the top was made with some really cool wired-edge ribbon

by May Arts...I left just enough at the top for hanging.

LYB Products:

NA-TC20 Tiny Clothespins - Words

Check-out the other Mother's Day projects at the LYB Blog!

Have a wonderful Friday!

Dot & Whimsy