Red, White & Blue Graduation

Another Graduation card for a young lady this time.  School colors Red, White & Blue if you hadn't guessed.  Luckily her party was a week or so after graduation so I was able to see some pictures and know they graduated in blue robes and tassels.

I did the focus image using the Kitchen Sink Stamps stamps.  This time I used Tuxedo black to do the final shade.  I mixed some manufacturers to get the background and think it works.  I love that School Years font from Stampendous, the only thing annoying is that there is only one "2" in the pack so I couldn't line up the whole sentiment and just stamp...guess that is only a problem this year!

Ingredients

Card Size - 5.25 in x 5.25 in

Card Stock - Neenah Classic Crest, Archiver's Open Stock, Bazzill

Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps 3 Step Graduation; Stampendous School Years; Hero Arts Graduation.

Ink - Memento: Danube Blue, Lady Bug

Miscellaneous - Spellbinders Nestabilities

Purple & Gold Graduation

First things first, this card is almost impossible to photograph between the purple and the gold mirri! Honestly what do I do to myself.

Secondly, if you look close you can see there is a cord to the tassel and shading etc...Is your nose up to the screen yet? I did say you would have to look close.

Thirdly, IRL my layers are right.  The mirri looks wonky for the greeting in the photo.

I think this is pretty straightforward. Love inking up my Kitchen Sink Stamp Graduation Cap.  I'm really picky about perspectives on Graduation caps, there are some stamps out there that a really off. 

This card was for my son.  He told me off for putting "Graduate" instead of "Son".  I had to laugh because I had debated on putting Son, and then decided on graduate.  I thought, it isn't as if he is going to get another card exactly like it and so far I have been right!

BTW do you like the "save" on there.  I had stamped the cap directly on the labels layer to take up the space on the card and it was just floating.  So I masked a circle and airbrushed and then (again look close) put a fine line of metallic gold around the circle just to pop/zing/ta-da or whatever exciting word I supposed to use.

Ingredients
Card Size - 8.5 in x 5.5 in

Card Stock - Neenah, Open Stock from Archivers, Mirri

Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps

Ink - Memento Sweet Plum; Versamark

Miscellaneous - Spellbinders Nestabilities; Sakura Metallic gold gel pen, Zing! Metallic Gold Embossing powder

Tiger Thanks

So it was that time of year where I had to make some very special thank you notes. These were for teachers that really went out of their way for my eldest student and helped him get into a top University.  The first one just happened to go to a teacher who was his soccer coach too.  I couldn't resist revisiting the spinner card with the soccer ball.

The second card I did with a background stamp I just bought because I liked it - I don't normally make those sort of purchases but at 50% off it just had to be done! LOL and the same tiger.  Lots of versamark and metallic purple embossing powder!

Ingredients
Card Size - 4.25 in x 5.5 in
Card Stock - Neenah Classic Crest
Stamps - High High Stamps (tiger), Stampendous (tiger stripe), GinaK (soccerball), Thank You background stamp (Inkadinkado), Thank you phrase 1st card only (Stampendous)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Color - Copics
Miscellaneous - Zing! Metallic Embossing Powder Purple

Birds of a feather

Quite simply this is the anniversary card I made for my husband this year.  He is always saying ti amo.  I bought the Stampendous set ages ago and so happy I remembered to use it!  The image is High Hopes Rubber Stamps.

Ingredients

Card Size - 8.5 in x 5.5 in

Card Stock - Neenah Classic Crest, The Paper Company

Stamps - High Hopes Stamps, Stampendous

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Color - Copics

Miscellaneous - White Embossing Powder

Flowery Mother's Day

Another Mother's Day card that could easily be translated to a flowery birthday card.  There really isn't much to say except even though I know when US Mother's Day is every year I was still scrambling around at the last minute trying to get this made!

Pretty straightforward with a bit of masking.

Ingredients

Card Size - 8.5 in x 5.5 in

Card Stock - Neenah Classic Crest

Stamps - Kitchen Sink Stamps: 3 Step Daisy, Whole Family

Ink - Memento: Canteloupe, Tangelo, Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart, Cottage Ivy

Happy Bee day!

Happy Bee day! I made this card for a special young lady in our life.  She really does excel despite life's obstacles.  She isn't a "bee" fan - more of a wolf/tiger fan but I gave her a tiger card last year (exhausting my supplies) and I don't have any wolf images...

I just love how happy this little bee is.

I repeated the background paper at the bottom of the signature side and made a little slanted pocket for money/giftcard.

Ingredients
Card Size - 4.25 in x 5.5 in
Card Stock - Neenah Classic Crest, The Paper Source
Stamps - High Hopes Stamps
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Color - Copics
Miscellaneous - Spellbinders Oval and Oval Scallops Nestabilities; Sakura Stardust Clear; "Dewdrops" Michael's.

Relax...

I'm going to be the first to admit that the Relax doesn't really pop with the white stitching, at first I panicked and then I decided to take my own advice!

I like the subtleness of it being the orange on orange.  Maybe thinking about it I should have shadowed the letters with either white or purple instead of the faux stitching. 

What IS important is that it IS still a pretty cute card!  This card went to our uncle who is a big train and cheese enthusiast - however, he does like to garden too.  The slight irony is that I envisaged a sunny day in the garden and they have probably had one of the rainiest springs to date including a tornado in England.  Oh well, just keep reading the card.

Ingredients

Card Size - 8.5 in x 5.5 in

Card/Paper Stock - Neenah Classic Crest, The Paper Company

Stamps- High Hopes Stamps

Ink - Memento

Color - Copics

Miscellaneous - Sizzix alphabet; Spellbinders Nestabilities; American Craft White Gel Pen