Have you seen the June 2011 issue of Craft stamper magazine?  As always there are some great ideas and projects but the cross-stitch sampler by Gail Milburn caught my eye and I thought Harry’s mum would love something like that and it is her birthday quite soon.  I have used a lot of Gail’s ideas but added a few of my own too.  We couldn’t find a photo of his mum as a young girl to use so I used the same image as Gail had from Vintage images Art-E-Zine.
The greeting and two small hearts are printer generated using a font ‘Home Sweet Home’ by Larabie (who also does a similar one called ‘Heart Sweet Heart’).

Inks:  Distress inks Antique Linen and Spun sugar, Versafine Vintage sepia, Big and juicy Waterfall (Teal area). Memento Rhubarb stalk
Card:  white card
Stamps:  Marianne design Eline’s Huis Cross-stitch,
Other:  Sepia pen, calico frayed and edged in spun sugar, Teal nailheads, Aqua stickles, red wire for antenae, buttons, pink lace darkened with spun sugar, ribbon