Graduation

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It's graduation time around here and our Luke is among the high school graduates.

Here's the card I did for him.

The graduation cap embellishment was included in a gift from a former

card maker who is no longer able to craft.  Knowing this graduation was

coming up, I set it aside.  His school colors are purple and gold so that

made the color choice easy.

I used a star die and a my sunburst card front die for a base and some

alphabet and number dies to complete the design.

Our next door neighbor is graduating too.  A friend had brought her graduation

cap embossing folder when she visited a while back and I used the cap sticker

from Luke's card to make a pattern so I could add one to this card too.

It seems like yesterday that these kids were babies!

The time has sure flown!

I hope you have a great weekend!

Enjoy!

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Butterfly Trio

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I hope you're having a nice week and you're able to get some crafty time in.

Just Us Girls is have a die week and the theme is butterflies.  Ha! That's not a

problem for me.  The biggest problem is which of my sweet butterfly dies do I use!

I did a smooshed background, die cut some windows and die cut the butterflies

to go in the windows.  They are already in flight to someone who needs a lift.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls #826 - Use a butterfly die

I.D.E.A.S. - Die Cut week

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Words of Encouragement (Stamp Simply)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC)

Paper:   Watercolor (Strathmore), Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Stitching Butterflies die (SSS), Square Window Trio (HB)

Enjoy!

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Daisy Chain

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I love daisies and remember that there was a meadow full of them behind

our house when I was a child.  We would pick the daisies and try to make

a chain from them...or a crown.

When I saw Karren's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, those circles spoke daisies to me.

The daisy dies are unmarked in my collection so I don't know who to credit

them with.  I only used the two largest dies for this card.  They were cut from

Neenah Solar white and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I tried several colors for the background and settled on MFT's Natural.

(I am going to hate it when I run out of this cardstock!)

Looks like we have a ladybug infestation!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Handwritten Borders (SSS)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Natural (MFT)

Other:  Daisies (?), Copics (Y15, Y17, Y18, C00), Burlap EF (HB)

Enjoy!

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Bee Sweet

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My flowers are blooming and I'm still waiting for the bees.

But the  bees are plentiful in the studio.

I had die cut the honeycomb for an earlier bee card and decided not to use it.

I stamped over top with an old wood mount stamp and placed a piece of

yellow smoosh from my backgrounds.

Every now and then I die cut and assemble bees and butterflies to have at

the ready for embellishments. I die cut the bees from Daffodil Delight cardstock 

and color the stripes with a black Sharpie.  I love that the wings are 

separate and add extra dimension.

Hope you have a sweet weekend!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Sanded (ret SU)

Ink:   So Saffron, Whisper White, Mustard See (for sentiment(

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Hexagon Element die (SSS), Buzzing Bumblebees (MB), Black Sharpie, Sweet die (SSS)

Enjoy!

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Fun Friday Bees

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It's time for fun on Friday.  No challenges, just fun.

I am on a committee to support staff at a local elementary school.

I thought it would be fun to send them a card with a bookmark, hoping they

will have a chance to read for fun during the summer.

The image was stamped on a piece of cardstock with a punched top.

I heat embossed the stamping to get an nice shine.

A yellow Sharpie was handy so I colored the bee with that and blended

a bit of blue around him.  My ink blending is always splotchy so I stamped 

some splatters to kind of cover that up.

Without the bookmark.

A little band holds the bookmark to the front of the card which had been

embossed with a new to me (on clearance) embossing folder.  I used my favorite 

trick of patting with a white inkpad to highlight the raised design.

The message inside.

Our team supports four of the support staff that counsels, teaching remedial reading,

STEM & Speech therapy.  Each card is a bit different.

I patted the natural embossing with a pale yellow inkpad and it was too dark

and splotchy.  So I patted with the white inkpad over top and that toned it 

down perfectly.

I hope you have some crafty fun today!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Peeking Bee (Unity)

Ink:   Nocturne (VC), Whisper White, Soft Sky

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Clear EP, Yellow Sharpie, Bee-cause 3D EF (SB), Ornate Tag Topper Punch (ret SU)

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