Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Congratulations Graduate!

Hello Everyone: I imagine quite a few of you have friends or loved ones who are graduating from High School, College, etc.  Jan Francis created this card just for you!


 This is one of my favorite cards - very creative!  

Jan began by creating a cute little tag with a black hole reinforcer.  She used Creative Impressions Red Thin Twine ( 870615 ) to create a bow through the tag hole.  Then she stamped the cap and diploma from M110 onto the tag and colored it in.  She stamped the cap a second time onto a piece of scrap cardstock, colored just the top of the cap in, cut it out and adhered it to the image on the tag using foam tape to give it a bit of dimension.  The tag was then set aside.

Onto a white cardstock panel, Jan adhered two different black and white patterned papers to the center of the card.  Then she wrapped more of the red thin twine around the center piece and adhered that piece to the other.

Jan black embossed "Congratulations" and "Graduate" to the top and bottom of the card panel.  She finished the panel my adding a Red Spiral Star Clip (85030) to the top right of the card.  She then added 3 Star Blings (50540) to the center of the Star Clip and before and after the word "Graduate".

To finish, the white panel was adhered to a larger white card and the tag was adhered with foam tape to the center design paper panel.

Creative Impressions stamps and embellishments really made this card, don't they?

Give this card a try!

Enjoy!

Susan

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Happy Spring!

 Hello Everyone:  I have an absolutely beautiful card by Jan Francis to share with  you today!

We love the way Jan used our tulip from our stamp set Y563!  She inked the stamp with clear ink and bits of matching colors of the design paper and then embossed the whole thing with white.  What a lovely effect! 

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Something Old, Something New...

 Hello Everyone:  Today I would like to share a wedding card with you.  We are gearing up at our house for a wedding reception for our daughter the end of April, so I have wedding cards on the brain!


This card was super easy to make.  I began by stamping the sentiment with blue ink onto a white cardstock scrap (P722).   I cut it out, blended some blue ink around the edges and adhered this piece to a blue mat.  To finish this piece, I added three pink Mini Rounds (Metallic Mini Rounds 90193) to the top left and bottom right corners of the piece.  I then set it aside.

I used a piece of pattern paper (Did you notice I tried to match my embellishments to the colors in the paper?), and adhered it to a blue mat.  I then adhered the sentiment toward the top center of the card. I  wrapped a piece of our 3/8" Double Stitch Ribbon ( 70951 Soft Blue with Cream) around the matted piece and added a bow to the center.  To finish, I created a Felt Blossom using a Medium Blossom (62103, a Small Pastel Blossom and a Medium Pastel Leaf 62101)  To attach the blossoms and leaf together I added a Dark Pink Tropical Round (90672) and adhered my newly created flower to the center of the Ribbon bow.

All that was left was to adhere everything to a white card.  Hope you like this card!

Enjoy!

Susan