A card for Mum/Mother-in-law

Apologies for not posting for a while. My spare bedroom is on the way to being my craft room. You can imagine the upheaval and the "I can't find..." words.  I am trying to clean out, re-arrange, and fill some more A4 boxes with craft stash. On top of this there is a lomit to how much I can do per day. It is a slow process but I will get there in the  end.

New tables have been ordered and when they arrive I will be able to get a bit more organised.

My card was made with some of the lovely stash I won recently from Simply Create at Alreford. I was out of my comfort zone for sure but I was happy with the outcome (after a few changes of cause).

The items I used lend themselves to Vintage and this is just perfect for Mother/Mother-in- law cards.

I set out to make the card look as though it was a pin board with all things related  tosewing and fashion of the past. It was not far off what I had hoped to achieve. Lots of distressing (where is the distressing challenge when you want one?) and chalking to age the card. I used plenty of silicone glue to acheive the 3d effect.

I wanted the  items at the bottom look as though they had been put on the pin board after all the other items.
I hope you like it?

I have entered it into several challenges as usual, which are listed below.

http://diecutdreams.blogspot.com/  Mother's day
http://www.scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/  Anything goes
http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/ Chocolate
http://forfunchallenges.blogspot.com/ A bit of Green
http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ Office supply item (string )
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ Mother's day
http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/ Spots and dots
http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.com/ Mother's day
http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/ Use a little bit of Green
http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ Bows
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/ Postage stamps
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ Mother's day
http://www.papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/ Open challenge
http://ecpchallenges.blogspot.com/ For Mum
http://totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ Buttons
http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/ For Mum/ special lady
http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/ Numbers
http://sparklesforumchallenges.blogspot.com/ Mother's day