Wall Hanging Birthday Pressie for my Mum

On a roll with 4 :)

For anyone familiar with my work, or if you have a peaksie around my blog you will find that I am no stranger to ripping, tearing and distressing it up!  In fact, I find it very easy to take a gorgeous piece of paper and be able to do anything to it!  And I love my paper! In most cases paper picks me and the project it is going to be.  A lot of my inspiration comes from the paper(s) I am working with.

Well ... I finally met my match!

I started with a plan for what WAS meant to be a card and it WAS meant to have several layers all over lapping each other. But, when I cut my base layer, my first piece, I just could not cover up such a gorgeous piece of paper. I could not do it! I could not rip it, I could not even distress the edges! And as for taking a needle to it I had to force myself! Oh Dear this was not a good start!

I had brought these papers especially for my Mums birthday card and I have a lot of favorite sentiments in mind for her.  I love walking into mums house so much now days, as every card I have given her is placed somewhere around the house on display.  So I thought I would take my problem and construct it into a wall hanging and I also would get the opportunity to combine several sentiments at the one time (excellent I say as I was struggling to just pick one for her!)  :))  I kept the majority of the focus pieces of the paper uncovered and emphasized the journal like pages by also printing my sentiments on the same DP, lining up the lines I will admit did get a little tricky but the end result is just smashing! 

Want to have a peak at what I am raving about???

The sentiment says - We must be willing to let go of the Life we have planned, in order to have the Life we have waiting for us. 

I thought this was perfect for the current situation of the sudden divorce she is going through at the moment.

Close up of the Shimmer Mist added to both butterflies and the stamp on the paper.

 Sentiment says - When you think of wonderful things, Don't forget to think of yourself.

Sentiment says - Remember if you're headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns.

Sentiment Says - You are Amazing just the way you are. 

So this paper! If anyone is interested is Webster's Pages - Your Life. Beautiful  - Nature's storybook, Nature's Manuscript (US1704D) and all my sentiments are freebies from the lovely Ginger at Ginger's House.  Though for the 1st sentiment I have taken her words and made my own in Word as the original did not fit on the heart like I wanted.  

I also have had to go back and stash up on this paper (another 15 sheets of it lol) as I so did not want to part with this little creation after I made it and my sister saw this as well before I gave it to mum and had that look of "Oh I want one too", so I can see at least another two of these in the near future :)  Hope you like it as much as much as me.  Mum was wrapped with it and has proudly displayed it off her mirror (as you can see from the pics) so she sees it every morning as she gets ready for the day :)

Thank you for dropping in on me,

and I hope you like what you see!

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
Deep Ocean Challenge - Flowers (-)
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Flower Power (-)
Going Grey With Scrap Creations - Anything but a card (1/2)
Hooked on Crafts - Flowers (-)
Oh La La Creations - Summer Flowers (-)
The Shabby Tea Room - My Favorite Things - Paper, flowers, butterflies, my mum (-)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - A Word (-)
Creative Inspiration - Stitching (-)
Dream Valley Challenges - Ribbon (1/3)
Craft Your Days Away - Vintage (-)
Marks Finest Paper - Make it sparkle (-)
Sugar Creek Hollow - Tic Tac Toe - Glitter (shimmer mist), pearls and flowers (2/3)
The Stamp Man - Butterflies & dragon flies (1/1)
Crafty Purple Frog - Pearls and swirls (-)
Flutter By Wednesday - Open Challenge (-)
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes (1/3)
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