Graduation Card for a Girl

It's the time for graduations, and here's one that I made for a girl.   

supplies: red and white cardstock, Simon Says Stamp Extra Large Congrats die, Reverse Graduation Sentiment Strip, Picnic Floral embossing folder, Spellbinders Mini Blooms & Sprigs flowers

I used the colors of the university she will attend, and made it girly with the embossed floral background and the little flowers.

How goes it with you?  I think spring has finally arrived here, though the temperatures are all over the place.  Still waiting for 2 of our 3 peonies to open their blooms.

Have a great week, and thanks for stopping by today!

Yay for Doodlebug!

Hi Crafters!  Today's card couldn't be easier.  I've long been a huge fan of Doodlebug goodies, in particular their patterned papers and lately their doodle pops.  This one combines them.

supplies: white cardstock, Doodlebug Designs My Happy Place 6" paper pad, Fall Bunch doodle pop, a Simon Says Stamp reverse sentiment strip, adhesive foam to lift central panel

I've used this sketch before; it's a great way to mix several of the patterned papers in these collection pads.  They usually contain a page or 2 of small stripes which you can cut apart and use to separate the larger panels.  The Doodle Pops are 3 or 4 layers deep and make an easy focal point, and then I just pull papers that work with the colors in the Pop.

It's May!  We took a trip to our Amish Country yesterday to visit several greenhouses, and got just about all we need for our plantings for this summer: tomatoes, herbs, some Gerberas and zinnias!  Can't plant them yet until our frost date has passed, but that time will be here before we know it.  

Amazingly, the prompt for this week's Wednesday challenge at Simon Says Stamp is Make It Colorful, and they're using Doodlebug, too, so of course I need to enter this over there!

What are you up to these days?

Some Birthday Cards

Our son and oldest grandson have birthdays pretty close together at this time of year.  Here are the cards I made for them this year.

This first one is a CASE of one by my Hero Arts and Simon teammate, Sarah Moerman.  I took the easy way and used a patterned paper for my background instead of her beautifully pieced one.

supplies: black and white cardstock, patterned paper from Doodlebug Cute & Crafty 6" paper pad, Simon Says Stamp Birthday Circle and You dies, a stamped and white-embossed "to", Doodlebug heart sprinkle

supplies: white and black cardstock, striped pattern paper from Doodlebug Hello Again 6" paper pad, Simon/CZ Design Happy Birthday dies, Doodlebug heart sprinkles

I wanted to emboss the surround of the big heart on this one, but refrained, figuring that, for a guy, simple is best.  And, I was glad to be able to use a bit of my large collection of patterned papers on both these cards. 

How's it going for you?  Thanks so much for stopping by.