Shine Brightly!

Happy Friday to ya!  Hope your week is going well so far!  I had to make a graduation card and didn't want to use the traditional mortarboard again - so, when I came across the Lawnscaping Challenge#60, to use dimension - I knew exactly what I wanted to create:

I thought this made a creative 'graduation' card.  I stamped the lanterns on watercolor paper and colored them with my Distress Markers.  I used my Dylusions sprays on the background and then popped the lanterns up for the 'dimension'.

I'm also entering this card in the Sentimental Sundays Challenge#159 to use sprays/mists and
the Paper Players #150 to 'bring on the bling.'

  

On a side note.......I am ONE MONTH away from my 1/2 Marathon from Napa to Sonoma!  I'm also SO CLOSE to my fundraising goal (and why not try to EXCEED my goal??).  I'm running for Running for Rescues.

If you feel inclined to donate - click HERE.  

If you want to learn more about Running for Rescues, click HERE.

Hope you have a great day!!!


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SSC70 - Yahoo!

Welcome back!!!!  I'm sure you're thinking it's quite late in the summer for a graduation card, but my hubby has to go to a graduation party next weekend, so I thought I'd get ahead of the game and get this card done!

I used the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge#70 to make this pretty CAS card:

I started off with My Mind's Eye paper and some Studio G stamps!  I came across a Verve notebook stamp and thought it would go great with this graduation card.  Plus, it's for a 'guy' so I couldn't make it too frilly!

Here's the sketch:

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Graduation Cards

First off - thank you to all you blog visitors who were just as upset as I was about the Dog Wars App and clicked on the link to report the App.  There are some reports that Google disabled the App, but at the time I'm writing this...I don't think it's been officially cancelled yet.  ( I will keep checking the headlines though)

It's the season for graduation cards - these are two quick ones I put together last week using an old Studio G stamp and a  new Studio G cling set I got a Michael's.

Clean and simple and..........simple!!!  Other than the Studio G...I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder.

I hope you have a good day and those blogging friends in the south are safe with all these terrible storms and tornados!

I have a SEWING lesson today!!!  My mom found me a sewing machine at a tag sale this winter and brought it home and got it tuned up at a machine store.  The guy who refurbished it offered me a free lesson....so.......at some point in the future....I'll be sewing on my cards! Yippee!!!

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PTI - Congrats Grad

Hello and Happy Saturday!!!  Thanks for all the sweet comments on my cards lately! So nice to see a couple of new people stopping by the blog!

I have some 'business' to take care of before I start today's post!  I hope you can take the time to read through it!!

You'll probably notice my new blog header! (If you subscribe by email or reader- you have to click the title of the post to see it) I figured if I deleted the 'winter' header...spring will REALLY come to Connecticut. I also wanted to share the link of the tutorial that I use to make my headers. Now, seasoned bloggers won't need it - but if you're still learning - I definitely recommend **THIS** link by Clover Lane.  I've used it for my last four blog headers!

Also did anyone notice I didn't have my blog address correct in my last header?  DUH!!  I finally did about two weeks ago and now - I can say with confidence - it is correct!

Lastly.......there may not be many posts thisi coming week.  A few caring individuals are holding a Fundraising Tag Sale at my house this coming Saturday and a bunch of friends have been donating items for us to sell.  My garage is packed and we're trying to tag and organize as things come in.  Why are we fundraising?  Haylee (pictured above)  'needs' to go live at a dog sanctuary.  The current cost to get a dog in there is $5,000.00 and YES...we will raise that $$ and YES she deserves her LIFE!! 

We are also hosting a Stella and Dot jewelry party with 25% of the sales going to Haylee's 'scholarship fund'. You CAN help!!!  Click on **THIS LINK**.  On the right hand side of the page, it will say "FIND YOUR HOSTESS"   Click that and type in "CINDY POTTER".  Then you can SHOP SHOP SHOP to help save a life :)  (No pressure - but every girl needs some new jewelry for spring right??)

If you don't want to shop.........you may consider mailing in a donation....please EMAIL ME and I'll give you all the details!!!  EVERY DOLLAR HELPS :)

Thank you, thank you, thank you and now on to the actual card post!!!!


Graduation season will be upon us before you know it! So, I decided to make a few graduation cards for my upcoming Spring Showcase sale.

I started with Papertrey Ink's Love Bird's cage.  I have only a few bird stamps but this one from Inkadinkado was just PERFECT for the idea I wanted of the bird breaking free from it's cage.

I struggled with the placement of the Hero Arts sentiment though.  Which one do you like better? Up top or down bottom?

For this third card - I wanted to make it REALLY apparent that this was a graduation card - so I grabbed my only graduation stamp from Studio G.  After taking the picture, I went back and added enamel accents where the grey dots are below.  I liked the look of that better.

Congratulations to you if you made it through this SUPER DUPER LONG POST!!!!!
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