Happy Try Stampin’ on Tuesday! Here is our latest two-week challenge – Optional Theme : Dots and Stripes I decided to go with a graduation card – Using the soon to retire Witty-Cisms, this is a simply sweet card using Blueberry Bushel. I love the monochromatic look. The pattern paper is retired, but is very… [Read More]
Graduation
Blogging Friends Blog Hop – Something Old
It’s May 1st! Wow! Time to get your creativity going with a couple of blog hops! This one is for – Our theme this month is something old, well something that’s retiring. I went with a stamp I just got from the mini, Witty-Cisms. It’s time to start making graduation cards! I have a couple… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Congratulations
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features any card celebrating graduation, weddings, or anything BIG! I needed a few grad cards, so I went with Graduation – The Silver Foil letters are the retiring, Large Letters Framelits. And, guess what? They are on sale!!! The Broadway Bound… [Read More]
Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop – Sale-a-bration Last Chance
Welcome to our Create with Connie and Mary Saturday blog hop! Our theme this week features a farewell to Sale-a-bration. I am sad because I had some real favorites that I’d still like to play around with. One of which is the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper. My favorite is the black and white side. It… [Read More]
Silver Elite and Team Meeting SWAPS
Good news! Good news! I was promoted to Silver Elite during the most recent Sale-a-Bration! Yay! So excited!!!! Thank you to Joan and Karen for joining my team! Welcome! At our team meeting last night, my upline, Pearl Robb, surprised me with a sweet little, unexpected, gift! I just had to take a picture because,… [Read More]
Congratulations, Graduate!
Today we have a super sketch over at Create with Connie and Mary – I was really inspired by it. As we know, graduation season will be starting next month (I know, right? You didn’t realize it, did you!?). I decided to get to work on grads ideas! I have made two recently, here is one of… [Read More]
Self-Closing Box Tutorial
Well, it’s a pictorial tutorial. I always find myself stopping and starting excruciating 10 minute long videos anyway – so a still tutorial makes more sense to me. I made this nifty little box on Wednesday. And, in order to create it, I went through several – lots – numerous videos explaining this at length…. [Read More]
Self Closing Grad Treat Box, WWC67
Ok, I’m changing my title up a bit to be catchy-er! Because, you know what I do every Wednesday. It’s the Watercooler Wednesday challenge – You’re playing along with us, right? These challenges are great! Here is this weeks challenge – B O X E S ! ! ! I have been a little preoccupied… [Read More]
Watercooler Wednesday, #65
Meanwhile, back at Watercooler Wednesday, we have a great challenge to play along with this week! It’s an anything goes challenge – These are fun because you can choose anything to submit! I decided to go opposite my design team members with a card from my recent Card Buffet – Yes. A graduation card! It’s… [Read More]
Stand Up for a Graduate
Got a last-minute graduation invitation? Need a quick card to make on your way out? I got you covered – Simple enough from the outside. You know, they only care about what’s inside anyway. Inside reveal. Money/check/gift card slot. Done. That easy. And, it stands up to be proudly displayed. I started with card stock… [Read More]
Grad, B. Y. O. P.
Ha! Ha! Ha! If you’re not familiar with this stamp set, you’re probably scratching your head about now. It is a must have if you make a lot of gift cards. I made a gift card for a card challenge over at TGIF Challenges , TGIFC03. I combined several elements here to make an adorable, sure to… [Read More]
Modern Medley Congratulations
Ah, the elegant combination of black and cream. This was another choice on my November Card Buffet this past weekend. I love the elegant simplicity of it. It was a popular card too. I started by embossing only the top inner portion of the Very Vanilla card stock. The paper was perpendicular to the folder…. [Read More]
Happy Graduation, Kirbie
Make any graduation announcements this year? Well, I did. I made announcements for my niece/god child Kirbie. I’ve been waiting to post these, because they turned out just awesome! I was SO honored, excited when I was asked if I would make them. I immediately got to work on ideas. I made several samples. But when it… [Read More]
Grab the Money Grad
Yes, another graduation card share. And, a funny title too, you think? Half the time, I don’t know what to name these posts. So, since this one had visible money in it, seemed appropriate. ‘Cause what graduate doesn’t like receiving money?? And, oh ya, run with this money, it’s a folded $1.00 bill! Looking at… [Read More]
Looking’ Fine Grad
Got a graduate? If you do, maybe this card will work for you! No challenges today. Although, there are lots that I’m watching……But, first things first. Graduations are occurring this weekend here where we live. So, this should have been posted a while ago, but, is was not. Anyway, this was one of the cards from… [Read More]
Live the Life
Live the life you’ve imagined, graduate. I just love some of the new stamps sets that have come out in the new Idea Book & Catalog for 2013-2014! I prefer greetings other than the typical, happy birthday or get well. It’s far more fun to make, and receive a card, just because! Today, the card is… [Read More]
Congratulations, Tufts 2013 Graduate
Did you miss me? I have missed posting here and sharing my miscellaneous card ramblings. But, I’ve been out-of-pocket for a good reason. A week ago today, we were in Boston to watch our daughter graduate from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts! She received a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Language and Culture. We are all so proud. And of course… [Read More]
Congrats College Grad
Congratulation, my dear niece Jessica! You are now an official COLLEGE graduate! I made this card just for you. Very simple. Very elegant. Very sophisticated. Very Jessica. It’s just a simple folded card to hold money or a check. I stamped all over the card in the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark Pad using the stamp set… [Read More]