Graduation card leftovers

Hey stampers!  Here is a graduation card I made from some of the leftovers from my nephew's graduation invites.  The card base is Real Red card stock.  I used the retired set "Great Grads".  I stamped the "grad" stamp in versamark and used my Red tinsel embossing powder.  I stamped on vanilla card stock.  I framed with a piece of Brilliant Blue that has the "Seeing Stars" wheel design on it in Versa mark but that is hard to see in the picture.  I also used a thin strip of the Brilliant Blue along the bottom.  I used 3 in piece of red ribbon that I had left over.  I attached it to the blue piece, lined up with the left side.  In the open small that was left I used some small stars that I had punched out.  The stars are popped up with Stampin' Dimensionals.  I will stamp "congratulations on the inside and this will be my card for my nephew.  I will be working on some different graduation cards because my sister has had some requests from the peeps at work so that will be my theme for a while.  I am working on a class using the Awash with Flowers set.  I will hopefully be posting times and prices in the next few days.  Thanks for stopping by.

Come and create something with me,

Andi

The project that has kept from posting much

Hey stampers!  I have been working very hard on my nephew's graduation invitations.  I made 100 of them and they have been taking over the stamp table for quite a while.  Well, I finished them this morning and they are boxed and ready to go to my nephew to be addressed and mailed.  I got the idea for the card style from Dawn Griffith blog.  I used Real Red, Brilliant Blue, and Whisper white card stock.  I did use two non SU items.  I used some ribbon that my sister found for me from a local independent craft store.  I used it because of the stars and the colors as my nephews high school is the North High Stars.  I also used red tinsel embossing powder for the "G".  The "G" is from the Great Grads set that is a retired Stampin' UP! set.  One detail that doesn't show up very well in the photos is the fact that I took the jumbo wheel "Seeing Stars" and used Versamark and rolled stars on the Real Red and the Brilliant Blue card stock.  It is one of the details that really adds to it.   I love how they turned out and hope that he likes them.  The smaller blue card is the insert with the ceremony and open house house times and locations on it.  I also included some photos of them in their boxes for transportation to my nephew.  This was a labor of love because they turned out to be more time consuming that I thought they would be but I am happy with them. 

Tomorrow, I will be walking in the March of Dimes-March for Babies walk.  My sister and I are walking 3 miles with several of my coworkers so I don't know if I will post tomorrow or not but I will be back on a regular schedule starting Monday the 26th.  Thanks for stopping by.

Come and create something with me,


Andi

Add-ons

If you visit my blog fairly regularly, you will notice some additions.  I have added somethings from the March of Dimes March for Babies walk which this Sunday April 25th.  I am walking 3 miles to help raise money to have healthy babies.  If you can, please consider a small donation.  Thanks and have a great evening!


Andi

Thoughts and Prayers

Hey stampers!  I had to have another sympathy card and needed it to be somewhat masculine as it is for my company's CFO who lost his mother.  The base color is a left over in color from a couple of years called River Rock.  I stamped the leaves from the tree in the Thoughts and Prayers set along the left side in Crushed Curry ink (which I will miss).  Then on a piece of Wild Wasabi (which is coming back in the 2010-2011 catalog) I stamped the whole tree in Soft Suede ink and stamped "Sharing in Your Sorrow" also in Soft Suede.  Then I trimmed that in basic black card stock.  The ribbon is the only non SU thing and I have no idea where it came from but it  mixed well with everything so I went with it.  I used a tool that my sister bought a couple of years ago from a craft store that shall not be named.  It is a Ribbon Iron.  It is exactly what you think, a special iron for your ribbon,  I have a bunch of ribbon and sometimes I don't always keep it neat and tidy because of my organization issues and my cat but that is another post so this tool is nice to smooth out the bumps in the ribbon from being stored.  I cased this from someone who cased it from someone else on Split coast.  I know it has been a while since I posted but I craft table deep in graduation invitations for my youngest nephew who graduates high school at the end of May.  When I have them done I will post some pics of what my craft table has looked for the past week or so.  Thanks for stopping by.


Come and create something with me,


Andi

Last call for alco...I mean Linda U

Last Saturday I drew for my blogaversary blog candy and Linda U was the winner.  Unfortunately,  I have not heard from her so this is what I am going to do.  Linda- you have until this Saturday the 17th at 6 pm CST to send me an email at stampcrz30@yahoo.com to claim your prize.  If I have not heard from you by that time, I will draw for the remaining people that left a post for the blog candy.  Thanks and have a great day.  Come and create something with me.


Andi

And the winner is.....

I have drawn a winner.  This is only the second time I have done blog candy and I think I am more excited then the winner, this is like the Oscars...ok not really but I have had fun.  Here is my pot.  I shook it all up and I drew a name and the winner of the blogaversary candy is......Linda U who said.
"Love this tri fold top note - can't wait for the tutorial.... and a chance to win blog candy - how sweet! Congrats on your 1 year anniversary."  If you could please email me at stampcrz30@yahoo.com with your mailing information I will get Goody Goody Gumdrops out to you in the mail. 
Thanks to everyone who left a comment.  I will hopefully have a new project for you tomorrow.  But good night for now.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Come and create something with me.


Andi

Still have a chance

You have until 10 pm CST to win this fabulous set.  Leave a comment so you get your chance to win!