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| Handmade card for Mum in her favourite colours |
With Mother's Day coming up next Sunday, I decided to make my Mum a card. She loves mauve and pansies. I made a puff with a pansy button and it detaches from the card as a fridge magnet, so she can appreciate it all year long!
Materials I used:
Purple card stock
Pink card stock
Printed scrapbooking paper (feathers)
Star shaped brads
Glitter Letters
Suffolk puff in yellow
Pansy button
magnet
glue
Inside I used a little verse from the rub-offs range.
Thought for the day: The bible talks about a lot of different mothers. I especially like the story of Naomi and Ruth. Not all of us have a mother or if you do, through circumstances may be estranged from her. However, a mother does not necessarily have to be 'Blood'. Sometimes there might be a substitute mother figure in our lives. Naomi must have been a wonderful woman. The bond formed between her and her once daughter in law, Ruth, must have been so strong because even though Ruth had a mother, she chose to stay with Naomi. I am not saying to turn your back on your own mother, but if you don't have a mum or the best relationship - sometimes there will be another woman who might be able to fill the gap. In my parent's church, they honour all women on Mother's Day by giving each woman a small gift. Many times we have attended the service on this day and I loved seeing the joy on the face of a particular elderly woman who never married or had children. However, when I was young she would encourage me and other children to visit her, which was always a happy time. She would spend time with us and make us lovely morning or afternoon teas. Sometimes she would have older children / adults stay so that they could go to work or university. She loved children, and tried to mother them with her kindness. I am sure she meant a lot to many children that were not hers. Read Ruth's (Chapter 1-4) story.
