My Sister-In-Law is a big “Mother Nature” gal. She anticipates spring all winter long and plots out her garden plans long before the frost disappears. It seems she always has an abundance of “fruits from her labors” and shares them generously with all of us. Since Mother’s Day is right around the corner, I thought she’d enjoy this little gift. It is simple enough for anyone to make and for those folks who love digging in the dirt, it’s a great little gift item.



I started out with a cute stamp set from Firecracker Designs by Pamela. This stamp set includes several children images, one of them of a little boy holding flowers. (The little boy actually looks a bit like my nephew, so I know she’ll enjoy it!) I stamped the child holding flowers, three bees and the sentiment onto white cardstock with black memories ink. Then I colored the images with caran’de ache colored pencils. (These are my favorite pencils as they flow easily onto paper and give nice results.) Then I cut the child and bee images out, trimming closely. I cut the verse into a little tag shape and punched a small hole in the top right corner.



Using glue, I mounted the child image to a scrap of yellow cardstock and cut around him, allowing a small edge to show. (This way he seems to “pop” from the background.) From there I took a seed packet and using double sided tape, taped a planting label stick to the back of the packet. The gloves had a folded tag on the top of them so using the double sided tape again, I adhered it to the back of the seed packet.

Then I took approximately 15” of sheer yellow ribbon and tied it around the glove and seed packet, creating a bow to the front, allowing the streamers to hang freely. Using a small daisy punch and a yellow scrap, I punched a small flower and colored the center with an orange pencil. Then I punched a 1/16” hole in the center of the flower and inserted a yellow brad. From there I punched another hole between the child’s hands and inserted the flower and sentiment tag with the yellow brad. I mounted the child with pop dots to the bottom center of the flower seed packet. Using glue, I attached the three bee images and allowed to dry. Later I highlighted the flowers and bee’s wings with glitter glue.

This project could be tied onto a watering can or a gift package for some added appeal. You might even want to make one to give as a shower gift to a new bride along with a box of garden tools. I’m sure you’ll come up with even more ideas for it and hope you have as much fun creating it as I did.

Supplies:
“Someone Special” Stamps #4X5038 (Firecracker Designs by Pamela)
White and yellow cardstock
Black ink
Scissors
1/16” paper punch
Caran d’ Ache Pablo Colored Pencils (Dick Blick)
Yellow Ribbon (Hobby Lobby)
Daisy Punch (Marvy)
Yellow Brad (Making Memories)
The Ultimate!Glue (Crafter’s Pick)
Stickles Crystal Glitter Glue (Ranger Industries)
Double Sided Tape: removable, double sided (Scotch)
“Pop It”Foam Dots (Ranger Industries)
Green garden gloves (Big Lots)
Burbee seed packet
6” wooden garden marker

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