Graduation Card

I have a graduation card today. I don't have any graduation stamps, so I just used a PTI congratulations sentiment. I used a bunch of strips of card stock from when I was practicing with Background Basics Random Stripes.  I colored some brass dots and some clear star gems with a Copic marker to make them black. I kind of think I should have made the strips thinner, or have less of them, or maybe have pointed the ends like an arrow but was in a hurry (like always!). Grad party in an hour, better get going! Thanks for looking.

Another Envelope Wrap

I really liked the Make It Monday envelope challenge over at PTI so I decided to make another one. Today is my fifth anniversary so I made a card with envelope wrap for my husband using Love Potion. This set is so cute!

Envelope Wraps

This week the Make It Monday #163 challenge for PTI is to make a wrap for your envelope.

 

I needed to make a baby card this week for a friend and thought I would participate in the challenge. I made the card and envelope last night and already gave it to my friend. I think I turned out pretty cute! I am going to make envelope wraps again.  Easy and it really adds to the card.

I was up way past bedtime making this so I went pretty simple. By the time I was finished my desk was a mess so my pictures are not very good.  I just placed the card and envelope on a piece of paper on top of my mess! For the envelope wrap I used a Half and Half die with Melon Berry card stock, Polka Dot Parade #4 and Boutique Borders Baby. I used Chocolate ink although it looks black in the photo.

For the card, I CASE'd a card that Betsy Veldman made last year.

 

I didn't have most of the supplies she used so I had to improvise. The lampshade is made with the little dress from the Hanging Out dies and the base is the spoon from Comfort Food. The books are Building Blocks which I cut down a little bit. I used Simple Alphabet for the lettering on the spine. Baby's name is going to be June! 

I used an old embossing folder for the shelf, a striped background stamp for the bottom half and Wonderful Words Baby.

Make it Monday #155: Make Your Own Confetti!

This week at Papertrey Ink the challenge is to use your dies and create your own confetti. I really wanted to use my new Phrase Play die,  so I made some confetti from my sun and clouds Heart 2 Heart dies and made a shaker card, using the phrase,  You are my sunshine. I used my Wink of Stella pen on the clouds and suns. I was going to use a scalloped border around the edge but it wouldn't quite cover the foam tape so I just made a simple frame from Aqua Mist card stock. I'm still thinking on how else I can do that.

Make it Monday: Take Two

This is my second card this week for the Make It Monday challenge for Papertrey Ink.. I felt that my first card didn't have enough texture, which was part of the challenge, so I decided to make another card. For this one I used the woodgrain impression plate with the Doodlie-Do stamp set and dies. I inlaid the die cuts and outlined everything with my Wink Of Stella.

ETA: I forgot to mention that I used the new button stacks dies to cut the yellowcenters in the flowers . I think they fit pretty well. 

Make it Monday, One Layer Card

Fun challenge at Papertrey Ink this week. I don't remember ever making a one layer card before. This is also the first time I have used a multi-step stamp set. I really love this new anniversary set,  Bold Bouquet. I also added some Wink of Stella to the dots in the flower centers and to the sentiment.

More Watercolor

Here's my second card today for the Make It Monday challenge at Papertrey Ink. I used Scribbled Circles again, this time embossed with clear powder. Then I put some distress ink on my craft mat, spritzed it with water and smooshed my paper in it. This has a different look than my first card but I like it too.