Graduation Cards

Hello Blog friends!

Today I have a couple cards to show you.

My hubby wanted a graduation card to send

to the son of one of his artist friends, so he asked

me to make one.

Here is what I came up with.

I started with the Abstract Triangle stencil from 

Simon Says Stamp and used Distress Inks and applied them

with blending brushes, I use make up brushes and they work great.

(Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky, Blueprint Sketch)

I then cut the panel down to size and adhered it to

a white card base.

The sentiment is from my stash.

I followed the same procedure with this card, but used

a stencil from Heidi Swap, I can't find a name on it or

anywhere on her site.  Sorry.
For this one I used Stormy Sky and Blueprint Sketch

Distress Inks.

Inside I stamped this sentiment.

It's an old stamp from my stash and I have no

idea where I got it.  
I did a little stamp surgery on this one.

Originally it says something like

"If you love what you do"

above  "the whole world"

I just cut them apart and if I want

to use the whole thing I'll just piece it

back together again to stamp it.

I love this sentiment for a graduation card.

Thanks for stopping by today,

I hope you'll come again soon.

Until then:

Happy Stamping!

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I didn't necessarily purchase from these sites,

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and you may find better prices elsewhere,

I am in no way promoting any particular site.

Graduating Greats

Two of my great nieces graduated this year and are headed for 

high school.

When I saw the pictures of them on facebook, I couldn't

believe how grown up they are.

Just like everyone, I wonder where the time went. 

I still remember when their Dad's were this age and I 

couldn't believe it.

Here are Lexi and Dejah,

two wonderful, beautiful young ladies with so 

much to look forward to.

And here are the cards I made for them.

The color of the caps is actually a lot closer to the color

of their actual caps and gowns than it looks

in the picture.

The background paper is some that I made

using THIS method.

The cap and diploma were stamped onto white

card stock, colored with 

Recollections Watercolor Crayons

then fussy cut and adhered to the card base with

foam tape.

The Congratulations! sentiment was stamped

directly onto the card front with 

VersaFine onyx black ink.

Thanks for stopping by today,

come again soon.

Glad I could share my cards and a couple

of my Greats with you today.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Graduation Card for Emily

Hello all!

Today I have a graduation card to show you.

This is for a very special young lady 

who graduated from high school this year.

I have known Emily her whole life and am so proud of her.

In September she will be going away to college

that is why I made this particular card.

I started by stamping

"Ball Jar" (#23102) from 

QKR Stampede

onto an acrylic sheet with StazOn ink

and fussy cut it.

You can see in this picture how the jar looks like glass, 

since it is stamped onto acrylic.

I punched out the butterflies with a little punch from 

the studio where I work.

I glued 3 butterflies to the white card stock piece,

then used glue dots to adhere the jar over them.

I used glue dots to put butterflies directly over 

those dots adhering the jar so they wouldn't show.

I cut a small slit in the top of the jar so one butterfly is just 

coming out of the jar.

The rest of the butterflies are also adhered with glue dots.

I used a Zig Pen to make the 'flight trails'

The butterflies were all coated with a 

Wink of Stella pen, 

which gives them a shimmery/glittery look.

On the inside I used

"Congratulations" (#5507) from 

Eureka! Stamps

I didn't think to take a picture of the inside

 before I wrote a personal not and signed the card.

Part of what I wrote was

"It's your time to fly"

I'm very happy with how this card turned out

I hope it has inspired you in some way.

Thanks for stopping by today

I hope you will come again soon.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!