Jun 4, 2010 | Big Shot, Cards, family, Graduation |
I don’t think I ever shared the Mother’s Day card that I made for my mom and Greg’s mom. I thought I would take a break from my Artisan entries and do that today.
This is not my idea. I don’t know who originally created the pansy idea but I followed the directions from Dawn.
I used the Shimmery White card stock. Punch out with the Butterfly Punch – who would have thought it was the butterfly punch! You need two butterfly punch outs for each flower.
Spritz with water and then use an AquaPainter and the classic ink refills to add the color. I used Rich Razzleberry on the outsides and Summer Sun in the centers. I curled them with a skewer, added lines with a marker and put the silver brads in the center.
I wondered if I should have turned them over and added color to the back of the flowers too since you can see the back side when it curls – but I didn’t think about it at the time – only now that I’m looking at the pictures.
The Rich Razzleberry layer is embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder and the Big Shot. The leaves are the Little Leaves sizzlit die for the Big Shot. I think the layout from this card also came from somewhere else but it has been a while since I first made it so I don’t remember exactly.
I thought I would also share a quick proud mom moment – these are pictures from Graduation last weekend.
We sat up in the balcony at the church – which is huge – so I wasn’t expecting to get a good picture of him on the stage – but this one as he is coming down the steps turned out pretty well. The other one is outside afterwards – it was about 10 at night when they finished and raining outside – luckily they have a large covered area at the church where everyone gathered. The kids tried to throw their caps but they really couldn’t do that under the cover. Oh well…
Have a great day – I have Stamper’s Club tonight – I’m looking forward to seeing my stampers again!
May 10, 2010 | Cards, Graduation, Summer Mini 2010 |
Two weekends ago I went to a stamping retreat at my upline’s house – she calls it Weekend at Wendy’s and I think this is our 3 or 4 year to do this. It is such a fun weekend of stamping and sharing with a group of women that have the same passion that I do. There were 10 of us this year from Georgia and Texas. Our weekend included a shoebox swap, a group meeting with a card swap and we made fabric purses. So for the next little while I’ll be sharing projects from our weekend.
I’m going to start with a graduation card that we made as part of one of the shoebox swap projects – we created a card holder using one of the Thoroughly Modern file folders and a couple of cards to go inside. My son, Kyle, is graduating in just a few weeks so I have Graduation on my mind.
This card was designed by Nancy Hewitt and uses the new Go, Graduation stamp set and the Happy Grad stamp that is sold individually in the back of the Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini catalog.
The card opens and has a pocket to hold cash or a check to give to a Graduate. The stamp with all the feet works perfectly for this card. I love it and plan to make some more in our school colors for friends that we need to give gifts to.
Have a great day!
Apr 17, 2010 | family, Graduation, Summer Mini 2010 |
My oldest son, Kyle, happens to be graduating this year from High School. We are very proud of him and his accomplishments. So when I saw the new Stampin’ Up! Summer Mini Catalog and that it had a graduation stamp set I knew I would have to get it. It came in my order a few days ago.
And earlier this week I saw the sketch challenge on the Pals Paper Arts blog and all I could think of was the line of graduates would be perfect for piece 2 on this sketch. So yesterday afternoon I pulled out my new stamp set and started to play with it and this sketch.
Here is what I ended up with. I actually turned the card for the sketch because I wanted to see more of the graduates on that strip.
This is the new stamp set Go, Graduate that you will be able to order beginning May 1st. I really wish it was available now since our graduation is in May. I ended up actually ordering the graduation announcements through the school so I’ll use the stamp set to make invitations for a party and cards for friends and other graduates.
Our high school colors are blue and yellow – for my card I used Brilliant Blue and Summer Sun – which unfortunately are retiring colors. I guess I need to stock up on some card stock since I have 2 more that will graduate from the same school. I could probably use Pacific Point for the blue instead – I’ll have to get out the colors to compare.
The background is Basic Black – stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with Clear Embossing powder. I really like doing this with black card stock just to give it a little character. I also added a panel on the inside since you can’t really see if you write on black card stock.
I’m not actually sure if the caps are yellow or not – we pick those up the first week of May – since I haven’t been to a graduation at the school I don’t really know what color the caps and gowns are. So on my card the caps are yellow.
I wanted to share a little bit more about Kyle – he is a senior this year but rather than taking his classes at the high school he participated in a Joint Enrollment program at Kennesaw State University and took all his classes there. He was awarded the Outstanding Student Award for this year and we went to an Awards ceremony right before Easter where they honored the top graduating senior and grad student in every major at the school – it was a big deal.
It was the Kennesaw State University – University Scholars 2010 Awards Ceremony. Kyle was the second award to be given during the ceremony so he is right in the front of the program.
I actually mentioned this in a post earlier but not everyone saw it so here it is again.
Kyle was accepted into Ga Tech in the College of Computing.
Last week he received an invitation to go to campus so he will do that this weekend – drop off on Sunday afternoon and then pickup on Monday afternoon. He’ll get the chance to sit in on some classes, eat lunch with the faculty, stay on campus with a student. I hope he is excited. I’m excited for him. If you knew Kyle you would know he is very quiet and doesn’t say a lot or get excited over much – I guess it is all inside.
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May 26, 2009 | Big Shot, Graduation, Occasions Mini 2009 |
I came up with a new idea over the weekend – probably someone else already thought of this too but I have not seen this anywhere yet. What I did have was a tiny graduation cap that someone made to hold a very small piece of candy – like one small mint would fit inside and it was designed like a small jewelry box where you lift off the lid.
Well I thought what if I took the new Matchbox Die and used that to create a graduation cap – but the Matchbox is a rectangle but I cut the top to be a square. 
You need a 12″ x 12″ piece of Basic Black card stock to cut your matchbox die and the a 3″ x 3″ piece of Basic Black card stock for the top. You will need some sticky strip and a black brad from the Vintage set. Then a tassel for the top. Slide a check or some cash inside the drawer part. Add a tag. This was super quick.
UPDATE: Several people have asked about the tassel – this one I already had. I found them online at www.craftsetc.com (this is the Hobby Lobby online craft store) but they are currently out of stock (at least the black ones are other colors may not be). They are Tiny Tassels and are 1-1/4″. I also have black crochet thread to make my own in the meantime.
And there is a trick to cutting the 12×12 cardstock so that you can get two sets of pieces for the Matchbox die from one sheet. This idea was shared with me by a friend at the retreat and she found it on the internet on another demonstrators website. I don’t know who originally came up with the idea but it is a brilliant one. UPDATE: The person that came up with the cutting template is Lisa Freeman.
Use a piece of the cardboard backer from a package of Designer Series Paper – it is 12″ x 12″. Create a template by measuring 5-1/2″ from each side and drawing a line to the center. Once you have all four sides marked you end up with a small square in the middle – cut this out and throw it away. Now on your card stock lay down your template and trace out the small square – this will help you cut your card stock. Line up each side a 5-1/2″ and cut down to the square. Turn and repeat for all four sides – you end up with four pieces that are 5-1/2″ x 6-1/2″. Use two of these pieces on your Matchbox die to cut the base of the box and the cover plus the three tags. Here is a picture of the template:
The Matchbox Die is longer than 12″ so if you just cut a 6″ x 12″ piece to cover the whole thing – it won’t fit!
It is raining – again – it has rained almost every day for a long time – so much that we are no longer in our drought – that has lasted for several years. Lake Lanier where my parents live was at an all time low last year and I can’t remember exactly but something like 14 feet low with boat ramps and docks out of the water and on dry land – it was bad. And now – as of this weekend it was only 5 feet below full summer pool! And with all the rain we had the last couple of days it is probably less than that now. If you live on the lake that is big.
Anyway have a great week – it is FINALS week, the LAST week of school for us.
This is not my idea. I don’t know who originally created the pansy idea but I followed the directions from Dawn.
Spritz with water and then use an AquaPainter and the classic ink refills to add the color. I used Rich Razzleberry on the outsides and Summer Sun in the centers. I curled them with a skewer, added lines with a marker and put the silver brads in the center.
