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Graduation Time!

What a joy to celebrate little five year olds as they graduate from kindergarten, and yet how shocking to get announcements from graduating seniors who you knew when they were little!  I had both kindies and seniors this year with two grandchildren graduating from kindergarten and two graduating seniors that were in the neighborhood knitting group that I taught.

For the kindergarteners I bought a digital stamp from Whimsy with a cute little penguin and made a ‘faux shutter’ card, also called a ‘fractured card technique’.

Emmitt’s school colors are blue and yellow;

Having trouble with the lighting again?

Yes, and I didn’t check the picture before I gave Emmitt his card.  It was really yellow but now it is a bit washed out after adjusting the light with the computer.  I did check Emma’s card though.

Emma’s colors are red and black and they are the Sea Dogs-

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Recipe

  • Base:  Match the strips, Night of Navy and Real Red, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 , score at 4 1/4
  • Layer:  DSP, 5 1/4 X 4,  Note:  do not adhere until you have added the diamond and strips
    • If you are using scraps of DSP or don’t want to cut a full layer since you will cover up half of it, cut a layer in the same color as the base then attach the diamond, the strips and then the DSP
  • Diamond:  Basic White, Stitched Rectangle Die to cut, then color as desired, adhere to middle of DSP
  • Strips:  Night of Navy/Real Red:  1/4″ X 4,  Use scraps for this since some strips can be shorter
    • Start at a corner of the diamond and adhere first strip
    • Adhere each additional strip at the corner of the diamond flush to the previous strip
    • After adhering the strips, turn the DSP layer over and cut off the excess strips
    • Coordinating DSP:  Adhere this to the DSP by laying a 90 degree corner of the DSP flush to the strips, turn over the layer and cut off the excess DSP
    • Now adhere the layer to the base
  • Greetings: Night of Navy Ink and Memento Black Ink
    • Oh Happy Day – Many Messages and die
    • Clouds, Congrats and Sky Is The Limit are in the Sky is the Limit stamp set
    • Happy to Share – Many Messages and die
  • Copic Markers used on Emma’s card:
    • Red R27
    • Black C9
    • Feet & Beak YR12
    • Stem YG17
    • Cheeks E00
  • For shading of the white diploma and white on penguin, I used light Smoky Slate and then several swipes of the color lifter to soften the shadowing

What do you think about Digital Stamps? 

I love that you can size them to what you need and my hp printer will print on the white cardstock so I have quality paper and the image is perfect – no shadows!   I don’t like that it uses a whole sheet of cardstock for one or two images but I could probably use a 4 X 6 piece and adjust the printer accordingly if I would take the time to do so.

I will put the Whimsy link with little Sal in the computer down below.


For the graduating seniors I wanted to play with mulberry paper and use a ‘congratulations’ stamp that I purchased some 20 years ago!

You do love scrolly script! Can we see a close up?

Yes and yes!

 

  

Once again, I used the computer.  I printed the scripture and the greeting on regular printer paper (I didn’t have onion skin paper) and then cut it to size.  I couldn’t identify the script in the picture above so I used Edwardian Script – more scrollies.

graduation greeting printable pdf

Recipe

  • Base:  Glossy White Card Stock, 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, scored at 4 1/4, corner round edges
  • Greeting:  Glossy White Card Stock
    • Use embossing buddy to apply powder to your card stock
    • Stamp greeting in Versa Mark, apply gold embossing powder and heat
    • die cut with Deckled Rectangle Die
  • Layer:  Mulberry Paper
    • Wet the edges of the mulberry paper and then pinch the edges to get the fuzzy look
    • Let dry and then adhere to back of the rectangular greeting
    • Adhere to base
  • Inside layer:  Printer paper, 5 1/4 X 8 1/4, lightly scored at 4 1/8 then corner rounded.  I applied a thin line of tombow glue right at the score line of the base, folded the inside layer in half and placed it in place on the inside of the base and then closed the base over the layer to apply the glue
  • For a money pouch I used the Mini Pocket Envelope Die, Gold Foil paper and a bit more of the mulberry paper.  My stash had confetti for graduation so I added that to the front.  The silver says ‘Congrats Grad’.

 

That’s it for graduations this year!  Stay tuned for the make and takes from the Scrapbook Expo in Denver.

Not so fast; you have birthdays, an anniversary and a get well to do first. 

Sure enough!  Good thing it is a cloudy, rainy day and I have fun things to make!

Thanks for joining us as we bring a pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world.

SAL,  Soaring A Long

Karen

Riddle of the day:

Question:  Which vehicle is spelled the same forward and backwards?

Answer:  Racecar

 

Sharon Fincham’s May 2024 Shoebox Event

With Mother’s Day and Father’s Day right around the corner, Sharon designed cards that we could use for both.  For Father’s Day she used a Stampin’ Up! set of dies- ‘Trusty Tools’ that cut out tools!  She had pieces for a toolbox so we could slide the tools in the box and then glue it to the shiny silver embossed background!  Our part was easy in putting everything in place.  Her part would have been hard with making the little tools!  Thank you, Sharon!

 

I saved two of the tools Sharon had in our kits for the inside and used ‘Guy Greetings’ for a fun saying.  The paint brush swirl and the ‘you are extraordinary’ are in the ‘Beautiful Blizzard’ stamp set from years ago.

  Another stamp from the Bake Sale list!  You should just delete that tab.  

You’re probably right.  Or maybe I should make a card with each of the products and offer the product with a card for sale to see if that would market the stamp set.

  

For the second card, Sharon designed a fun gate fold with a piggly wiggly!!

I colored him too dark at Sharon’s house so when I got home I tried to lighten him with the blender pen but the ink ran outside the lines on the left, so then I had to find more flowers like Sharon had for the crown to hide my goof.  We have our ways of fixing mistakes!

I will send it to my daughter with the movie “Charlotte’s Web”.

The heart is from the ‘Pictogram Punches’ stamp set.   I loved how it had a heart in the heart which went so well with the greeting which is from the ‘Places In The Heart’ stamp set.

Sharon had a third card for us – peak performer that she is….. with products from Stampin’ Up!  The designer series paper is ‘Meandering Meadows’ and the die is ‘Garden Meadows’ die.

 

The Happy Mother’s Day and little rose bud are in the ‘Tea Together’ stamp set.

The jewels really sparkle!

They are Swarovski crystals I purchased at the Scrapbook Expo years ago.  I save them for very special cards like this one.  This year’s expo in Denver is Friday May 17-18th.

Thanks for stopping by!

SAL,  Smile A Little – summer is coming!

Karen

 

Riddle of the day:

Question:  I can only live where there is light but I die if the light shines on me.  What am I?

Answer:  A Shadow!

 

Card In A Box

Sometimes ‘Thinking of You’ just isn’t quite enough so then you might want a special card like a card in a box.

 

  Not again!  Those are stamps you had in the Bake Sale!

Yes, Sal.  Sigh….

The box looks cluttered in the picture but in actuality there is a double Z fold piece you add to the box to give you different sections.  Let’s look at the box from the bottom.  The blue dashes show the inserted piece.  I recommend tear and tape on the sides that attach.  I used tape runner and it isn’t as good.  I used strips of window sheet to attach the images to the sections.

 

The box still folds to fit in an A2 envelope.  The back has one long piece which is good for writing your own personal message.

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These are so fun to make!  I made a dinosaur one HERE. 

This is a printable pdf of the directions with lots of pictures:  Box Card

This picture shows the sections a little better.

 

Bye for now!

SAL,  Let’s be Salt and Light to someone today

Karen

Riddle of the day:

Question:  You go at red, but stop at green.  What am I?

Answer:  Watermelon.  You eat the red part, and you stop eating at the green part.

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