Our Daily Bread Designs {Challenge 8}

**First, Mom, please close this post. You are not allowed to read today. Sorry. :) I love you!**

Okay, now that Mom has gone, I can share our challenge and my creation with you! :) This week we turned our calendars to the month of April, and April 1st always brings "April Fools.” So for our challenge this week, we want to see a creation with either stitching or faux stitching. How fun is that?

For my stitched card, I decided to use the new set from Our Daily Bread Designs called "Happy Mother's Day." Now you can see why I didn't want Mom to see her card. :) For her card, I stamped both the floral border and verse in VersaMark ink. I embossed the border with white embossing powder and the verse in clear embossing powder. Then I added pearls and jewels to the image. The three green jewels represent Mom's three children, and the eight pearls represent her eight grandchildren. Do you think she will like it? I also stitched leaves around the floral paper and a straight stitch around the green cardstock. I also used the new Basic Grey Kioshi papers that are available here in the ODBD store. :) Papers: Paper Trey Ink cs, Basic Grey Kioshi
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs Happy Mother's Day
Stamp Ink: VersaMark, Ranger clear ep, Ranger seafoam white ep
Embellishments: Ribbon Retreat satin ribbon, sewing machine, My Mind's Eye Backyard green gems, KaiserCraft pearls

Now be sure to see what other "stitching" creations the Challenge Team has made.

America Kuhn
Chris Olsen
Christine Okken
Francie Gumprecht
Natalie Dever
Sabrina Jackson

I hope you will join us in today's challenge. To see all of the details and prizes for this week's challenge, see the ODBD blog post here. Also don't forget to upload your creations to Mister Linky in the same post by April 8th at 8 p.m. EST! And remember to use Keyword ODBDSLC8 when posting to online galleries. I hope to see your creations this week! Have fun, and have a blessed Easter weekend,