{graduation} srm

I'm up on the SRM blog today (with Aimee) with some graduation projects!  I found some pre-made sparkly graduation cap shapes at my local party supply store. I mounted the invite sticker to a piece of cardstock and adhered it to the cap for a simple party invitation.

I cut off the "tassel" that was on it, traced it onto some gold glitter paper, fringed the ends, added the stickers and placed it on the cap.

I dressed up a gift bag with a pretty bow decked out with graduation sentiment stickers.  SO easy to do and I just love how it looks!  I covered the party horn in glitter paper and added stickers to it for a table top decoration.

You could use this technique on bows for weddings, baby and birthday gifts!

 



My final project was a chalk board painted message board for friends and family to write notes to the graduate.  For this project I did a mini one.  It was actually a large  unfinished picture frame I picked up at Michaels.

I used a tube to hold the chalk. I adhered it to the board with velcro.

I have one more year before I get to put these projects to good use, *sniff sniff*. 

I hope you have found some graduation inspiration with these projects! Be sure to check Aimee's projects for even more inspiration! 

Happy Tuesday, friends and thanks for stopping by!

{pun-ny love}

I love puns.  I think they are, for the most part, clever and witty.  :)  If I can make a card and include a pun, I'm a happy girl.  I made this card for Paper Crafts Gallery Idol.  Today is the last day to enter a card and the 20 who will compete will be announced Friday.  With over 1500 cards (and counting!) it will be tough to get noticed.  I love seeing all the different styles of cards in the gallery, there is a lot of inspiration to be found!  Anyway. This sentiment popped into my head and I knew right away I could make a card with it.

Be Outstanding in Your Field



I absolutely {adore} those Studio Calico Potty People!  They make me grin. :) I'm pretty sure I used MME paper from 4 different collections on this card.

Here are a couple close-ups:

I used my favorite "grass" technique again.  :) Adds a little dimension to the 'field".

I layered a couple different patterns for the clouds and added that happy polka dot brad for the center of the sun. 

Wishing all of my friends good luck in the Gallery Idol competition!

Happy Memorial day, it is good to remember those who have served and are serving our wonderful country!

{OWH} sketch blog hop

Operation Write Home is having a Sketch Blog Hop today! They have a fabulous, and might I say extensive, sketch collection!  SRM is happily taking part for this worthy cause!  If you have never heard of OWH check them out here. 

I used this sketch:



to make this card:

and this sketch:



for this card:

There is a lot of inspiration from the designers over on the SRM blog and 3 lucky commenters will receive this awesome prize!

Happy Saturday.  While you go about your day, send a happy thought to a soldier you may or may not know who is serving our county, or better yet, make a card and send it to OWH so a soldier can send a happy thought to his loved ones.  :)

(cards) happy birthday

Just thought I'd share a couple of the birthday cards I made for a swap I'm doing with my MSW friends!  Went with what was on my desk, lots of MME and SRM!



I didn't have a piece of ribbon wide enough so I used 2 pieces of a smaller width to create the background for the sentiment.  To get a good clean cut on grosgrain ribbon I always use Strano Designs Ribbon Stiff before I cut it.

Another simple card, I love the colors.

I layered a couple flowers together for some pretty texture.

Happy Friday!  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

{trendy} woodgrain

Playing along with the 3 cool chicks of Let's Get Trendy has been a lot of fun!  Amy, Julie and Yvonne gave us 5 days of trendy scrappy goodness.  Day 5's trend was wood grain.  I made a simple birthday card for a card swap I'm in.  Lucky for me, My Mind's Eye has tons of wood grain papers to pick from!  :) 

Happy Birthday



All I did was fussy cut (what?!) around that ticket shape to make it look like I added it to the card.  :)  So simple!

Only one more challenge for me to complete; confetti.  :)

Happy Wednesday, friends!  I hope happy finds you today!

(the studio} favorites

It is all about favorites this week at The Studio Challenges!  The challenge is for you to use your favorite product(s) and technique(s) on your layout! 

SRM Stickers and My Mind's Eye papers and embellies have been my favorite products to use for well over a year.  I don't see that changing any time soon.  I cant help myself!  :)  With that said, I have to admit this layout got away from me a bit.  I'm happy with the results though, because it fits Brenden's (my oldest and said 17 year old!) personality - colorful and loud.  :) 

Birthday Boy

My favorite technique is to sew on my cards and layouts, either by hand or with my machine. This time I used my machine to sew down the pennants.

We have a wonderful sponsor this month, Crafty Templates is offering up this Quirky Kit. Upload your projects for both of the May challenges for a chance to win.

  Be sure to check out the blog to see the team's favorites!

While at my desk, I used some scraps from previous projects to make a quick Father's Day tag using twine (Let's Get Trendy) and flags (MSW - Lisa's Flag Card challenge).

#1 Dad

I just adore this tiny twine from May Arts!

These little flags were so easy to make, all you need is a toothpick, a glue dot and some scrap paper!

Happy Sunday, friends! The heat has arrived in the Midwest in a big way. Air conditioning is my friend.  :)





{invite-july4th} srm

It is my turn on the SRM Sticker blog today!  I got to play with the You're Invited Blank Invite.  Let me tell you - the possibilities with this invite are endless! 

I had this little flag left over from a previous July 4th celebration and I had just picked up a spray of glittered red, white and blue stars from Michael's.  And as Gru from the movie, Despicable Me would say, "light bulb".   :) 

I cut the invite apart and laid each strip carefully on the white stripe of the flag. (you would want to fill out the invite prior to adhering to the flag)

I measured a piece of patterned paper and placed it in the tube and decorated the outside with some red 4th of July Stickers.  I drilled 2 small holes in the top of the tube and stuck the flag and spray inside.  I added some patriotic ribbon to the outside of the top to finish it.

My neighbors will be surprised when they find this invite on their porch this year!

Thanks for stopping by today, friends! I hope happy finds you in the best way today!