Vintage Grad

Happy, Happy Friday! Happy Mother's Day weekend to me and to all you ladies out there! I started my "weekend" celebrating already! My hubby came home from work early and we went to lunch and a movie before the kids even got home from school! Then he let me take a nap when we got home! Talk about spoiled!! We saw Iron Man 2....so good! :)
These are graduation announcements that I made for a very sweet girl. I made 50 of them. They took some time...but it was sooo worth it! They turned out darling and I think totally reflect who Alleigh is! The main card has the graduation announcement and info. The small pullout has info for the party after that she is having.I found a really cute stamp set at Archivers with different vintage chandeliers. The little swirl things in pink are from the same set. (I have no idea what it's called or the company) I embossed the image in black & added some pink blink to it to make it even cuter!I used my Silhouette to cut out the 2010 on the front! I {heart} my Silhouette! It does so much!
Have a WONDERFUL weekend!!! Thanks for stopping in!
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Mothers Day and Graduation

These are some cards I am offering in a Mother's Day Card Class I am doing next week! I totally cased all these cards! I just didn't have enough time to muster up the brain power to come up with my own ideas!! ;)Alright this one comes from the fabulous Nancy Riley at IStamp! She always has the best cards! Love her work!! I think I found all of these through her blog actually! Thanks for making my life so easy Nancy!! She always posts her IPicks on Sunday night and she finds the cutest ideas out there in bloggerland!!!
what's in it?...
stamps...Well Scripted
ink...tempting turquoise, rose red
paper...so saffron, tempting turquoise, rose red, old olive, whisper white, Island Oasis DSP
accessories...turquoise button, rose red ribbon, pumpkin flower die cut, silver brads
other...big shot, dies, bird punch, sponge, dimensionals, white gel pen
This one I found through Nancy's IPicks but the one who I cased is Silke Ledlow. I loved the 2 cards she made...so I used both as inspiration for this! Isn't it so pretty and girlie! I love the colors on this one!
what's in it?...
stamps...Well Scripted, Embrace Life
ink...rich razzleberry, melon mambo, bermuda bay, black staz-on
paper...whisper white, old olive, Razzleberry Lemonade DSP
accessories...razzleberry ribbon, colored rhinestone brads
other...dimensionals, big shot, leaf die, blender pens, paper piercer and mat pack
I love this rose stamp! I like the layered look of the flower. The card I cased can be found here from Stampin' Garden. I haven't used my rose in forever and a Mother's Day card seemed like to perfect time to dust off this set.
what's in it?...
stamps...Fifth Avenue Floral, Well Scripted
ink...perfect plum, pretty in pink
paper...pretty in pink, perfect plum, whisper white, old olive, versamark
accessories...olive ribbon, clear embossing powder
other...big shot, top note die, leaf die, dimensionals, heat tool, spongeThis card I made using my high school colors...purple and white with some yellow accents! It's been a few years but I do still remember my graduation! ;) Go Lake Washington Kangs!! (kangaroos) Also...I thought this one up all by myself!!
what's in it?...
stamps...Go, Graduate
ink...black, elegant eggplant
paper...elegant eggplant, crushed curry, whisper white
accessories, curry ribbon, large white brad
other...dimensionals, blender pens, Stampin" Write Markers
Totally cased this one too! I love this little owl in this set, which is why I bought it! This cute card idea came from Krystal's Cards. I just decided to go blue with this card...i dunno why? I guess it will make a good boy grad card.
what's in it?...
stamps...Go, Graduate, Extreme Elements
ink...black, night of navy, brocade blue, versamark
paper...night of navy, brocade blue, so saffron, whisper white
accessories...saffron brads, saffron ribbon, clear ep
other...dimensionals, Cuttlebug, embossing folder, sponge, circle punches, heat tool
***Chat at ya later!!!

grad. card

This card was part of an order I did for my aunt. She needed a few grad cards so this is one of the ones I made. I decided to stamp the hat a few times and put them in the squares just to do something a little different with it than I had in the past. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to get the hats on in just the right place. I colored them in with my Stampin' Up! markers. I didn't have a stamp that would fit into the square for the sentiment...so I printed this off on my computer. Not too many details with this card that you can't already see. I gotta run...Kailee & Austin have their first swim meet this evening! Should be lotsa fun!
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what's in it?...
stamps...Event Full
paper...brilliant blue, pumpkin pie, bashful blue, white, Jersey Shore dsp
ink...black, markers; pumpkin pie, brilliant blue
accessories...pumpkin striped ribbon, pumpkin brads
other...stamp-a-ma-jig, 1 1/4 square punch

grad card $$ holders

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all those wonderful mothers and wives out there!!! I have had THE best day so far...actually yesterday morning I proclaimed this weekend was Mother's Day weekend! I thought I have put in alot of years as mother and wife and I should really just get 2 days! ...right!!? So yesterday was part one and today is part two. I will share more tomorrow on my family blog if you are interested. I will just say that I have THE sweetest kids and they have made these last 2 days extremely fun and special and I am lucky to be their mom!! Ok...on to the card details!! A friend of mine asked if I could make some $$ holders for lots of graduates she needed cards for. I told her no problem....as soon as she asked an idea popped into my head. I took the same idea for a gift certificate I made back in March and just changed it up a bit to make them graduation friendly. She said it would be fun to have them all different and that was great with me cuz it was a great way to use up some paper that's been laying around.
This was a fun and fairly quick project. I made them to fit into envelopes that are 6 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. In the picture above where you see the piece of striped paper is the pocket to put the $$ in. The band just slides off and on. Thanks for stoppin' in....I hope that you have had a fantabulous weekend!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU for always leaving such nice comments....you gals are awesome!!!!!
{{luv ya...mean it....Tara}}
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what's in it?...
stamps...Event Full, Hugs and Wishes
paper...cardstock and lots of designer papers...a little of this and a little of that
ink...lots of colors...inks and markers
accessories...brads, silver pen
other...blender pens, giga rectangle scallop punch, stamp-a-ma-jig, sticky strip

grad announcements

So I thought I would share one of the things I have been working on. I am making graduation announcements for a couple of girls. Both girls decided they didn't want the traditional announcements offered by the high school so they asked if I could come up with something. I told them absolutely!! So here is one of the ones I am doing. This young lady liked the criss cross card so we went with that. I found some cute patterned paper that she liked to match the school colors (red & white) Then came up with some ways to jazz it up, to be that cute announcement she was looking for. I went to my friend Penny and she was super sweet and she helped me cut out the "2008" on her cricut! I found the grad. caps at Archivers to use for the tab...instead of using the regular pull tab. I used lots of silver stickles to glitter it up and added a few brads for interest. I snagged the saying from the Live your Dreams set. I covered up all the personal info so that's why it looks a little funny!
Thanks for coming by! AND THANKS for being patient with me while I have been sooooo extremely busy.
{{luv ya...mean it.....Tara}}
what's in it?...
stamps...Event Full
paper...black, white, red & black polka dots (can't remember the company)
ink...black, real red marker
accessories...silver brads, silver stickles, grad. caps
other...computer, sticky strip, cricut, paint brush, stamp-a-ma-jig