Congrats Colman 2015 Graduate

How convenient for me that I just made a graduation card yesterday and the CASology cue card today is graduation! 

ETA: What a nice surprise to receive an Honorable mention for my card at CASology!

This idea has been around for a while in various forms, bills rolled up as candles for a birthday age, etc.  I did see a graduation card recently with the bills rolled up to make the year 2015 but I don't remember who's it was or where I saw it sorry.  It is kind of unique because you can only do this for certain years.

I made this for my son's best friend, Colman, who graduates from grade 12 this year.  He is a fantastic kid and my son is lucky enough to be going along with him on his graduation trip to San Fransisco at the beginning of July.  I had a bit of U.S. money (we are in Canada) hanging around (unfortunately no $10 so the bills could be all level and I never thought to go to the bank) so he gets 2 twenties, a single and a five... which is about $300 Canadian with the current exchange rate!  Just kidding, it's bad but not that bad.

I just rolled the bills up and paper clipped them to stay, then I cut slits in the card to slide the paperclips into.  I probably just could have just used glue dots to keep them rolled together and attach them to the card - but I didn't. I did stamp 2015 underneath where the bills are so when he removes them, the year will still be on the card.
I boxed the graduate sentiment around the bills. 

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Karen

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop Card Two

This is my second card for the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop.  It's awesome to see all the different styles card makers have.  This is a color combination I do often, which is funny since I'm not a big fan of orange!


 

I embossed the SSS sentiment in white, then smooshed on some distress inks, adding extra water after to move the colors around a bit.  I absolutely love how it comes out different everytime you do it!  After it dried, I used an embossing folder with little hearts to add some extra interest and texture down the side.

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Karen

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop

I used a PTI stamp, embossed in Silver SSS embossing powder then watercolored between the lines with distress inks.  The sentiment is one of my fav's from Clearly Besotted.  The silver sequins give it the perfect extra bling.

I'm really enjoying seeing everyone's creations for the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop!

ETA: throwing this one in to Work it Wednesday over on the Simon Says Stamp blog where rainbow is the challenge for the month.

Okay...I just noticed my card and the Blog Hop graphic are virtually the same!  That's a weird surprise!

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Karen

3D Foggy Spectacles

 

When I saw this weeks Freshly Made Sketches I knew I wanted to do some partial die cutting for the challenge.  Since I splurged on some new stuff from Paper Smooches a little while ago I thought I should use it.  I did the partial die cutting with the glasses die, colored the frames black then clear embossed them.  The sentiment and lips (PS - incognito) and the black cardstock are clear embossed as well to make all the colored elements shine!  

Of course it's perfect for Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge!  and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

 

The glasses are backed with a piece of 3D vinyl I've had for about 20 years.  They have a really cool effect when the card is tilted.  You can see it on Instagram @stampedgoods or the video below.

                                                                 

 Shiny everything!

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Karen

Girlie For the Graduate.

Yippee! I finally  have some time to make some cards!  So many ideas popped into my head when I saw this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch!  

I silver embossed the a solid stripe from PTI's new Plaid Builders set then stamped out one of the circles from Sketched Shapes.  The silver embossed sentiment is from PTI's  keep is simple Graduate set.  The silver embossed dots are from W&W's Big Bang Confetti.  I think it makes a super easy CAS girlie graduation card!

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Karen

Sweet!

This week's CASology Cue Card is Sweet.  I went to see my neighbor's new baby girl last night and had "sweet baby" on the brain.  Today, I remembered I had an impression of my oldest son's handprint from when he was about a week old and decided to make a sweet baby card with it.  It was done with a Clearsnap Magic Stamp Moldable Foam Stamp which Ellen Hutson carries. These are blue foam blocks that you heat up then press a stamp (gives reverse image) or other things with texture into it.  I used it for Josh's hand when he was less than a week old.  Please be very careful to check the temperature of the foam before you press baby's hand in so you don't burn baby - you know how hot your heat tool gets!  I remember I did a few trial runs on my own hand before I did his.  Here is something surprising - Josh just turned 17 in March so this impression is 17 years old!  You can reuse these -  if you heat them up again they will smooth out.  I didn't have the heart to - I'm keeping it forever!  (I think the white circle is a spot where I overheated the foam - you can see it is dark blue on the picture of the block below- and the white creases are from it being crushed in the drawer at some point.)

I think I'll throw this in with the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge and Addicted to CAS (I think this would be a great baby shower card) this week as well!

           

       

                                                                        

I inked up the foam with HA soft stone ink and stamped it on white cardstock, die cut the stamped image with Lawn Fawn's stitched borders, and stamped on the name with Lawn Fawn's Clark's ABC's.  It's very difficult to see, but I spritzed shimmer spray over the panel, making it very shimmery and all the more sweet!  Then, I mounted it on a plain white panel.

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Karen

Be your own kind of beautiful

This is a card based on this weeks CAS(E) this Sketch! #117.  Stamps are from PTI's  Oopsie Daisy set and the sentiment is from PTI's Life is Beautiful.  Glossy Accents coat the great colors and a strip of shiny, patterned vellum edges the side.

It's such a great sketch this week but it took me forever to make this card!  I started with a completely different idea but it evolved into this and I'm really happy with it!

I'll also throw it in to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where the theme is Happy Birthday.  Even though the sentiment isn't an obvious birthday one, I think this is a great birthday card!

Thanks so much for Looking!
Karen