Graduation Cap

My sister, Chris (figaro) gave me this idea for 2 more graduation cards that I needed. Ian and Patrick are twin brothers graduating from high school. I thought they would get a kick out of these cute caps!  The sentiment is from SU. I just love how they came out! You can find the instructions  here.  I found the tassels at a store in Bath, Maine called Tate's.  Thanks for stopping by.

Adoption Day Cards

Again this year, I was asked by a teacher at my husband's school to do a couple of Adoption Day cards for her 2 nephrews.  One of the boys is going to be 7 and his name is Alan who happens to be blind and loves music.  This card is for him!  I found this template guitar from http://sarahsinkspot.com/blog/2009/06/u-rock-guitar-card-2.html  I used a glitter paper for the guitar so that Alan could feel it. The strings are the gold metallic string from SU which I wrapped around brads at the top and base of the guitar. The card size is 8 x 7 inches. When you open up the card I made the piano from Lynn Pratt (you can go to her blog from my blog, her button is to the left of my blog). She is so talented! I made my own dimensions from her picture to fit my card.  The white keys are 4 x 5 1/2 and I drew black lines every 1/2 inch.  I scored twice on each side at the 1/2 inch mark. The black keys are measured 5/16 of an inch by 2 1/2 inch and scored the same way only at 1/4 of an inch mark.  Then place the black keys in the middle of the black line on the white keys.  The sentiment "You rock!" is done in gold embossing powder so that Alan could feel it. There is a lot of texture in this card so I hope Alan enjoys it.

From a different angle

The second card I made was for Alan's brother, Aaron and he is 3 and loves baseball. I wasn't sure what team he liked so I did a generic Red Sox jersey.  I used a few punches for this one. The large and small tag punches for the pocket. The frame corner punch for the V neck and I cut free hand the red triangles for the shoulders.  The baseball is from nestabilities with red stitching and inked it up with Tim Holtz's Wild Honey. Check out the inside below.  Check back with me and I'll let you know how they liked their cards.  Thanks for stopping by!

Not sure why this is sideways?!

Happy Graduation Day!

Love these owls for my graduation card!  I have seen these cute owls on SC for graduation cards and couldn't resist the temptation to use them for my card.  Today was a party for Emily who is graduating tomorrow from Catherine McAuley High School.  She was only about 7 or 8 when she would come to her sister's games and my husband would coach her sister and my daughter's team.  I can't believe how time flies!!  Now is she is a beautiful 18  year old and off to college next year! 

I used the SU scallop punch for the wings and the curly label for the bottom part of the graduation hat.  I free hand the top part of the graduation hat.  I know you can use the penant punch from SU but I didn't have it. The DP is from SU and I am sorry but I can't remember the name of it.  The banner is from Spellbinders and the sentiment is SU "congrats".  Always have fun using the owl punch from SU! Thanks for looking!

Warmest Holiday Wishes

Last year I was going to try and make one Christmas card a week.  Well, I fell short of that but decided I would try and make the same commitment this year.  So here goes my first card for this year. The background Poinsetta paper is from My Mind's Eye.  The big red bow is from a box of candy that my husband and I got from a friend last Christmas.  I thought it was so pretty I couldn't throw it away so I recycled it on a card!!!  The sentiment is from SU Christmas Cardinal with nestabilities.  The punch art poinsetta is from Spellbinders Bauble Blossoms One and I used by Fanciful Flourishes from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The leaves on the poinsetta are from the SU blossoms punch.  I embossed the sentiment with gold and added a large pearl in the center of the flower. 

Now that I have started my Christmas cards, let's see if I can keep it going!  I know it is going to be hard since the weather is beautiful and summer is just around the corner!  I love summer in Maine!!!  Enjoy!

Flowers are in Bloom!

Breast awareness

My husband and I went for ice cream last week and these beautiful tulips were in bloom beside our favorite Dairy Joy called "Libs".  It was for breast cancer awareness.  They were so beautiful I had to jump out and take a picture.  Today, my sister, her husband and my mom headed to "The Garden Spot" and bought some gorgeous annuals.  My sister, Connie and her husband Russ have put a lot of work into a garden this year and they also got some vegetable seedlings to plant.  Check out the back end of the van!

Geraniums, spirea, coleus, petunias and more!

We all have a lot of planting to do in the next few days. This is the second trip to a garden shop this spring for me.  I just finished this graduated clay pots that I saw on pinterest. The plants are cascading pink petunias.  So pretty!

Love pinterest!

My mom's birthday is this Sunday and 10 or 11 of us are taking her out to lunch.  She loves flowers and since the liliacs are in bloom which is early this year (for Maine) I decided to make her a card with liliacs.
I saw cheeriolafs card on Splitcoast which happens to be the same color that Connie has in her yard all in bloom. It is hard to see but I used CB embossing folder with stems and leaves for the background of the card. Boho blossoms punch from SU for the liliac flowers with tiny little pearls. The leaves and stem were from SU bird and build a blossom punch.  The butterflies are MS punches.  Cheeriolafs suggested drawing a tear shape and then fill in with the flowers.  Happy Birthday Mom!!  Love you!

Beautiful Liliacs

Happy Birthday Mom!

Purple Flourishes

Fanciful Flourish is my favorite die that I have purchase in the past 5 or 6 months.  I use it a lot and just love it! I saw this card from saintsrule and had to try it.  I changed the colors of the flowers but essentially it is the same. To get the frame, I used 5x5 white cardstock with Martha Stewart trellis corner and border punches.  The flowers are from Joann's and nestabilities for the sentiment.  The sentiment stamp is from SU Whimsical Words.  It is hard to see but I did score for the background of the white cardstock.  It is a beautiful card. Thank you Saintsrule.  You make the most beautiful cards!!!

Happy Mother's Day

I just read that this Sizzix daisy die is retiring from Stampin up. I love this die so I thought I would use it for my Mother's day card.  It makes a lovely gerber daisy.  You can't see it very well but I used pearls for the inside of the daisy and 3 small ones on the lavendar ribbon to the right.  Martha Stewart border punch to make the strip and nestabilities for the sentiment. Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers!!!