Graduation 2022

 

Our grandson graduated this year from USB, (University of Santa Barbara). So happy to have

The Greetery's Year In, Year Out bundle!

Followed Betsy example with background color blocking.

I used all Polished Foil cardstock from Memory Box.

I used the colors of the University, Blue and Gold.

We're so proud of Carson! It's on to a Masters for this young man. 

Plans are to be a Cell and Developmental Biologist. 

Love him! 

Birthday Notecard Set

 

Hi Friends. Thought I'd share a project I've been working on.

My daughter asked for one of my 'extra' birthday cards for a friend, and

I decided to make her a few. That turned into a boxed set of 6! 

These are strange and stressful times right now. Feeling helpless I turn to prayer.

And crafting... it helps focus energy towards something besides anger and sadness.

This was not a quick set. Planning started with The Greetery's Notecard Dies, and

because they were smaller than the A2 Notecard box, I cut down the box by 

adjusting the sizes of the dies to fit the notecard. 

Positioning the dies in your machine will get you the desired size. And it takes a bit of

math and measurement. If you'd like my size notes I'd be glad to share them with you.

Pictured above is the notecard box plus the handmade envelope made for the card.

6 cards, 2 of each color, and 6 envelopes, completes the set. They fit nice and snug inside

the little box.

The paper is Peony from PTI, stripe and it's coordinating solid cardstock.

And the macaroons are The Greetery's new Sweet Tooth. Sweet die also from

The Greetery, and cut twice.

The sweet pastel colors just seemed right with the macaroons, and I added a bit 

of 'sugar' to the tops of each cookie, and one heart from Betsy's cookie confetti.

The green heart is copic colored, on a white heart.

Completed project, something I hope my daughter will like. As I said, not the 

quickest to do but satisfying to have completed! 

Blessings, my friends. 

Trio of Christmas Cathedral Cards

The most wonderful time of the year is quickly upon us, and I'm fully into all

things Christmas. (I started Christmas decorating the day after Halloween!)

The craftroom is glittered and glowing with new stamps and dies, and I try

to spend a few hours each day enjoying the new orders.

Cathedral die from the Greetery was one of the newbies. It has a set of stencils that

allow you to play with color. 

The first card I made was on a Soft Stone background with the Greetery's Brick Layer die.

I made a stencil with the die and vellum, allowing a brick shadow effect.

Pine Wisp die and Opposites Attract Holiday and Holiday Script.

With those items I did a trio of Christmas cards.

The second card is on a cream bg, with brighter windows, and a copper embossed sentiment.

All 3 cards are sprayed with a glitter spray, and all have chunky glitter added to the pine.

And the 3rd, on a nighttime background.

Such a fun set, and so easy to whip up a striking card!

How are you holiday cards coming? Hope I gave you some inspiration today.

Enjoy the season, friends. 

1Pe. 1:2

 

Christmas Shaker Trio

 

Christmas Card Greetings my friends! 

Don't you love lazy days when nothing's scheduled, and your order from the 

Greetery was just waiting to be played with? Honestly, Betsy outdid herself

with her Holiday Release. Among the goodies were all the Hourglass sets. I 

set up an assembly line and played all day!

The sweet little cabin in the woods, complete with smoke billowing up was first. 

A few tips I'll share with you: I doubled the frame. Found it held up better. And if you're

doing a shaker, 4 cuts of the hourglass allows for movement with die cuts.

A closeup of my sweet little cabin. Hard to see, but every piece is shaded, and there's a 

glow (yellow card stock in the windows!

Christmas in the city... oh my, the details! An amazing skyline, a long majestic

tree reaching the entire length of the hourglass, stars and snowflakes... a feast for

the eyes! I went pastel with this one.

The 'Christmas Time embossed vellum is heat resistant. I think I found it online.

This photo shows it's edges, but nearly transparent IRL.

Also used my Poppystamps' Fairy Dust on rooftops and tree limbs.

And finally the manger scene. I kept it simple. Just so special. The sweet little manger

and banner sentiment conveys the true meaning of the joy of the season!

A bit of sparkly added to the elements here too.

The gold embossed banner. And you can see, the gold rubbed frame details. 

Honestly, Betsy makes us all look good!

My trio of shakers, and a day of fun in the craft room... is there anything better?

Lots of frames left over! Think I'll spend the day making more...

12 Kits of Occasions July '19 Summer Fun

The end of July and time for 12 Kits of Occasions. This month our hostess is Marybeth

Lopez, from Marybeth's Time for Paper. And she sent us a kit full of summer's best!

Let's get right to it!

Lots of fun colorful papers from Echo Park. I fussy cut the word 'COOL' and used

my new frame dies from the Greetery. You'll see a lot more of them throughout my

post.

Nothing says summer like big bright blooms. These are Concord & 9th.

Marybeth sent a pale ink stamped image from Altenew, just perfect for 

the soft look of watercolor pencils.

We got 2 'hello' die cuts from Poppystamps. I popped up this green one onto a weave of the

 pretty EchoPark papers. The black dotty paper is actually Altenew's Washi tape on a piece

 of PTI's Berry Sorbet cardstock.

This one started out with the best intentions. I thought it would be fun to dress up the 

top popsicle to look like it was melting. Glossy Accents would do the trick... 

didn't exactly work the way I'd hoped. Oh well...

This final card is a thank you to Marybeth for a kit full of summer fun!

Enjoy all the posts from the 12 Kits' friends, and enjoy your summer!

Hope it's full of crafty goodness!

The Best Summer Ever