Big News Grad

My son graduated from college, with honors, over the weekend. So proud of him! This is the card I made for him...

I used the new set Big News along with Blue Ribbon and embossed with White Embossing Powder onto the Basic Black Card Stock. Then I sponged some White Craft Ink around the edges to look like chalk residue. The wood frame was easily created using the Hardwood stamp inked in Crumb Cake and stamped onto Crumb Cake Card Stock.

To add a little detail, I matted the grad circle onto a circle of Silver Glimmer Paper and made a stick of chalk by tightly rolling a piece of Whisper White Card Stock.

Happy Birthday Candles

The Birthday Candles Jumbo Wheel makes it really easy to create a quick & fun birthday card! This one was created for my son, so I used masculine colors and went with Black Chevron Ribbon and a layered label as opposed to softer ribbon tied in a bow.

The label was created using two different stamp sets: Blue Ribbon and Four Frames. I layered punched shapes as shown below...

and finished off the label with a couple of Pear Pizzazz Candy Dots.

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Wicked Wednesday - Bite Me Treat Bags

One more day left before the Trick-or-Treaters come looking for goodies! We live out in the boonies so we never get any kids that come to our house. Instead, I delivered some homemade treats yesterday.

 
I used the Blue Ribbon, Bite Me & Toil & Trouble stamp sets along with Witches' Brew papers to top off these cute chevron printed Tag a Bag Gift Bags.

I was able to fit a ziplock filled with 5 medium sized homemade peanut butter cookies into each bag.

The cookies are thick & chewy, so if you have a flatter cookie I think you could actually fit more of them inside the bag. Here's a closer look...

Another cute idea for the Bite Me set is to make cupcake picks...

You could also use the skull and crossbones from the Toil & Trouble set to do the same idea.

To purchase the Bite Me stamp set or any of the other products used here, please visit my online store.

Have a wicked sweet day!

An Epic Blue Ribbon Grad (and birthday too!)

Today I have a couple cards to share using the exact same products...one for a graduation and one for a birthday. I love how versatile the Blue Ribbon stamp set is!

The Epic Day DSP has a lot of fun designs...so it was easy to make the cute little pennants. I was also able to personalize them really easily by adding the year using the Designer Type Photopolymer Stamp Set. Here's the birthday version...

I decided to wait to personalize the little banner when I know who the card is going to.

Have an epic day!

Floral District Butterfly Birthday

A couple of the must have items on my first new catalog order were definitely the Papillon Potpourri set and the coordinating Elegant Butterfly Punch! Here is the first card I created with them.

I picked up my color scheme from the super cute Floral District DSP...Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry, Tangerine Tango & Rose Red. I used my favorite new tool here as well...the Essentials Paper Piercing Template. It sure makes piercing around shapes a breeze! It adds nice detail to the Apothecary Accent Framelit and the scalloped edge created with the Large Scallop Edgelit. Speaking of nice detail...don't you just love the pretty detail of the Delicate Designs Embossing Folder? That's another one of my favorites for sure! The birthday sentiment is from the Blue Ribbon stamp set...quickly becoming yet another new favorite!

We will be using all of these supplies and more at my New Catalog Kick Off Party going on in my home next week - Wednesday, June 27th. If you are local, I would love for you to come! Just contact me via email (on my sidebar) and I'll give you more details.

Have a beautiful day! It's a HOT one here...the pool is looking awful tempting!

Blue Ribbon Dad

Happy Father's Day! Here is the card I made for my hubby using the new Blue Ribbon stamp set.

I'm not sure why my Not Quite Navy ink photographed so much different from the card stock? In real life it's a way closer match.

Anyways...I love the little congrats ribbon image that comes with this set, so I thought why not make my own ribbons by using My Digital Studio? All I did was use different fonts in different sizes using Not Quite Navy ink. Then I printed out the "ribbon" strip and cut them into the banner shapes using my Square Punch for the ends. ( I don't have the Bitty Banner Framelits yet) I sponged the edges of each banner with...you guessed it...Not Quite Navy ink!

I also used the new Chevron Embossing Folder and some Silver Glimmer Paper for some sparkle.

Hope you get to enjoy the day with those special Dad's in your life!