One of the photos she submitted for the final exhibition was a tribute to her son James, who died aged 16 in 2013.
It features a cupcake, which she said reminded her of a lemon-top ice cream, in front of the gates to Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium.
She took it during a visit to the Boro Brick Road near the stadium’s reception, where an inscribed brick is dedicated to her son’s memory alongside tributes to thousands of other supporters as well as former stars and managers.
“He loved the Boro and the stadium was one of his favourite places, it brings people together, and he loved lemon tops – that’s special to us,” Karen said.
Of the finished display, she said: “Looking at the wall, I think ‘we did that’, and I’m dead proud.”
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