Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday

Happy Mother's Day!

I was thinking about Mothering 

Sunday - its origins and customs,

when it dawned on me that I

haven't seen a Simnel Cake for a

long while.  Do any of you bake

them for Mothering Sunday? 

Can they even still be bought?

 Craftyfield has popped in with

 a lovely bright card to share

with you:

"Gelatos are great for adding colour quickly

 to a project. Here I used them dry as this

 is my favourite technique with them.

I simply scribbled the colours over

 the stencil, held in place with masking 

tape and rubbed a dry baby wipe over. 

A brush will work equally well for this.

If you want clean colours, use a clean 

piece of wipe everytime you change

 colours, especially when working with 

complementary colours which together 

make greys... (Blue/Orange; Yellow/Violet, 

Red/Green).

For a quicker background, you can

 create a stripe with masking tape,

 instead of doing the whole card 

front as I did. 

Or stencil just 2 corners, or inside a 

heart stencil... the possibilities are endless.

If you are doing the whole card front 

with a small stencil like I did, be 

mindful of the pattern repeat. 

The one I used for instance had a 

vertical repeat, but I couldn't find 

a way to join the design horizontally! 

No matter... the joint will be mostly

 hidden by the focal image.

Over to you, have a play 

with these sticks, they are great fun!"

You'll find Gelatos here:

Or you could use Distress Crayons

They are fun to use too and

come in the Distress colours so

can be matched to your project.

They can be found here:

Thank you Craftyfield - love that

background

I know that in other countries, 

Mother's Day falls at different times

of the year.  Also, there are other

customs - do please share what

you do in your country

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx