Mermaid in a bowl-A Day For Daisies

 

 

Hello friends. I was unable to share the card I was making for challenge #64 at Tammy's Scrapin' Corner, because of unforeseen circumstances. Last week's  theme was Vintage.

I used a digi stamp from A Day For Daisies called Mermaid in a bowl.

The wonderful paper is from the UK called Pion Design.

I'm loving the Fran' tage embossing enamel and sprinkled some on the corners and over the flowers and awesome chipboard embellishments.

I was working on this card just before my Mother passed away last Monday, May 27th. 

Her name was Gail, and she would have been 91 this month.

She had recently fallen and broke her hip. She was a week in the hospital until her body started to shut down. I'm thankful that she didn't suffer but passed away peacefully with family around her.

She told us she had a long, good life and that she was ready and wanting to go home to the Lord.

I'm the baby of the family and as I watched her age over the years I realized that getting old is not for the feeble. Her strength shone through her heart every day.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers...now that my mom has been called home to be with the Lord. Her pain and suffering are over...We are spiritual beings having a human experience, and she is in her element now. I am feeling her love, presence,and strength all around me, and I am comforted with that but feelings of sorrow and loss engulf me like a wave at times. I refuse to let death steal my Joy, so I choose to focus on all the special moments we had with her.
My mom had 10 children, 48 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren on the way. She would have been 91 on June 21st. She taught me how to be loving, nurturing, kind, and strong, as that's how she was. She lived a life of service and sacrifice...always thinking of her ever growing family, and others, before herself. I hope to be more like her everyday. Her last words were,"Thank you".

I would have loved to have given this vintage mermaid card to her for her 91st birthday.

Here's a picture of me and my mom, and my three daughters at her 90th Birthday party last year.

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make it Monday Anything goes

Crafts And Me Challenges #135 Shabby Chic

A and T Emerald Fairies Die cut/punches

Natalie and Amy #10 Fantasy 

Challenges 4 Everybody #21 Anything goes 

Glitter N Sparkle #35 B for bow 

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #162 Use a digi 

The Outlawz Challenge Friday Copic maker 

Chocolate, coffee, and Cards #40 Fantasy/fairies 

Crafts For Eternity 3 of the same letter(digi,dragonfly,dewdrop crystals) 

Simon Says Stamps Simon says: Anything goes

Recipe:

Skin:E000,E00,E21,E11,R20,BG0000

Tail: V000,RV91,RV93,RV95,BG000,C00,C1,C3

Hair:E40,E42,E43,E44(I didn't like this color so I covered the hair with diamond,and stardust stickles.) Looks better like this anyway.

Sand:E40,E41,E50,E43,E47,E49

Bowl: BG0000,RV91,0

Shadow:C00,C2,C3,C5

Smocch Glitz Frost was used over tail.

Stickles: Stardust, Diamond

Spica pen: Clear and Gold 

ETA: