Graduation Stack!

Whew... it's that time again ~ Graduation and we have a TON this year. 

It seems that the closer we get to having a senior,
the more graduation announcements we get in the mail!

Here's a stack I made for our Concord grads!

here's one of the stacks I made.

Die Cut numbers - Paper Smooches
Label & Sentiment - Taylored Expressions
Concord Paper - available locally at The Scrap Yard (Shipshewana, IN)

Thanks for buzzing by today!

Marching Band: Freshman Year Pages

I finally found some time to get a few more pages finished on my daughter's Marching Band scrapbook.  She is finishing up her Junior year... so it's time to get busy so it's done for graduation next year.

I showed the first several layouts about a month ago (click here to view), but haven't had a chance to share any others until today.   Other than the formal portraits and miscellaneous full-page layouts, the majority of the album(s) will be pocket pages like I'm showing here today.  I enjoy scrapbooking this way because it is usually a bit quicker and I can use more of my photos.  Some pages may not have anything other than photos and some may have a bunch of pockets of journaling, patterns, stamping, memorabilia or ... whatever I want.

So here we start at the beginning of freshman year... SUMMER BAND CAMP (July 2011).  Two weeks of intense training, playing, marching and FUN!  It's also a great way to meet 200+ friends before your very first day of high school! 

I used lots of different styles of page protectors throughout the book.
I love stamping and adding texture with embossing folders.
Those are both things I will do throughout all of her marching band pages.

A few stamps, inks, embossing folders, die cuts and embellishments = Easy Peasy Pages!

I LOVE WORD STAMPS!!!

Technique Tuesday and Paper Smooches have some fun ones out.

Project Life Amusement Park set has some fun cards.
I jsut added some stamps, stickers and some journaling to the cards.

Our local scrapbook store had some Concord High School pattern paper in a few different designs! Perfect for marching band, sports, graduation or other school activities.

The competitions begin...

I had some schedules to add to the book so I trimmed them down and added them to an 8 1/2" x 11 piece of cardstock and then put the inside a regular page protector.  That's the nice part about having a 3-ring binder ~ you can mix and match page sizes.

I had digital copies of her locker signs from each season so I printed them off on my photo printer and added them to her book.

So those are my pages for today!  I'll be back with more... lots more to do!

just a note to say hi...

Just a quick "hi" for a Saturday morning...

This is for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge this week!

Supplies:
Stamps: Paper Smooches (Simply Said, Sentiment Sampler)
Word Bubble Dies: Paper Smooches
Ink: Memento (Rich Cocoa, Morocco)
Pattern Paper: My Minds Eye (Noteable)

Time for a little COLOR {throwdown}...

Good Wednesday Morning!  Are you ready for a THROWDOWN???  A Color Throwdown that is...

I'm totally loving the color palette this week and decided to pull out some pretty Paper Smooches sets for my card ~ Bold Blooms & matching Big Bloom dies.   For the leaves, I used the Reflections stamp set with the matching Reflections Leaves Dies.  The sentiment is from the Sentiment Sampler set.  The pattern paper is an old collection from My Mind's Eye called Happy Go Lucky.  I couldn't resist pulling it out for this challenge because the color are PERFECT!

Here's the pretty color palette...

Take a peek and see what lovely creations everyone on the team came up with...

Barbara AndersBroni Holcombe 
Joan Ervin 
Lori Tecler 
Lynn Put
Melody Rupple 
Tammy Hershberger 
Vickie Zimmer  
Wanda Cullen 
Kendra Wietstock – August Guest Designer (that's me!)

More Graduation Cards...

After I posted the graduation cards I made last week, I had orders for 10 more cards.  One of the orders is from my neighbor & she is going to give them to a few of the same people I am...therefore, I needed to change up my cards just a bit.  So here are a few more versions using the Paper Smooches Digits Dies and Stamps.  Oh...and the "Class of" sentiment is printed off my computer.

And the final design...

The cool notebook paper and chevron embossing folders are from Crafter's Companion ~ I just LOVE the added texture of embossing folders!

i love you...24/7

Lots of special occasions are coming up around us ...graduations, birthdays, Father's Day and anniversaries. I made this particular card for my sweetie.  Yes, I can't seem to put down this fun Digits stamp set & dies by Paper Smooches ~ but they are just too much fun!  The pattern paper is from Teresa Collins ~ He Said She Said.

See you tomorrow...

PS Sparks Color Challenge goes Nautical

Yup...still on the Paper Smooches kick!  I decided to play along on the SPARKS Color Challenge this week with my Word Salad and Digits stamp sets and Digits dies.  The color challenge has a nautical theme this time ~ kraft, red, navy and teal.    Here's my super simple CAS card!

Have a great day!

{PS} ...i love you

I've been on a Paper Smooches kick lately so I decided to title my blog post {PS}...i love you for Paper Smooches ... haha, get it?

For today's card I used the Reflections & Word Salad stamp sets along with the matching flower and leaf dies that match the floral set.   For the embossed background, I used the new Wire Fence Embossing folder from Crafter's Companion.  For the ink colors, I used my Memento Dew Drops (Rich Cocoa, Angel Pink, Rose Bud and Pear Tart).   For the finishing touches, the ribbon is from May Arts and the gems are from Kaiser.

Class of 2013...

Graduation season is once again here & I'm finding that as my daughter gets older, she has been invited to more and more graduation parties.  This year we have several for Concord (our school), but also have a few friends and family members at other schools so I made these cards based on each graduate's school colors using the new Digits stamp set & dies by Paper Smooches.   The "Good Luck" sentiment is also from Paper Smooches in the Word Salad stamp set.  I also added some texture for the background using the Embossing Folder from Crafter's Companion called Notebook.

But this one is my favorite because it's for Concord ~ Go BIG Green!

The cards in mass production.

Another Teen Boy Card...

For today's card, I made another teen boy birthday card using the new Paper Smooches dies and set called Digits.  I totally LOVE this set!  I also played along on the Paper Smooches SPARK challenge.

Supplies:
Stamps ~ Paper Smooches (Digits)
Dies ~ Paper Smooches (Digits); Spellbinders (Circle & Pinking Edge Circle)
Ink ~ Memento
Embossing Folders ~ Cuttlebug (numbers); Crafter's Companion (Chevron)
Pattern Paper ~ Pebbles Inc
Cardstock ~ Bazzill

Teen Boy + Paper Smooches = The Perfect Birthday Card!

I know a lot of people struggle to make cards for teenage boys... I am no exception!  This week I had some fun with new Paper Smooches stamps and dies that arrived in my mailbox & I easily figured out what I wanted to use for my nephew's birthday card.  I really LOVE this card!

Supplies:
Stamps ~ Paper Smooches (Digits)
# Dies ~ Paper Smooches (Digits Dies)
Ink ~ Memento (Morocco, Pear Tart, Rich Cocoa)
Pattern Paper ~ Studio Calico (Here & There)

Silly Little Snowman

I have to say, the little snowdudes in this Paper Smoochies set called Swanky Snowdudes totally crack me up!  When I saw the little mustache in the stamp set & the mustache paper in the Echo Park Time & Seasons Collection ~ I knew I had to make a card using both!  Just too funny!

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Paper Smoochies (Swanky Snowdudes)
Pattern Paper ~ Echo Park (Times & Seasons)
Ink ~ Palette
Copic Markers ~ W7, E30, 31, 33, YG18
Spica Glitter Pen ~ Sand
Sparkly Fluff ~ Sugar (Our Craft Lounge)
Trim ~ May Arts Black Lace, Maya Roads Trim
Nestabilites
Twine ~ May Arts
Gems ~ Kaiser

Swanky Snowdudes...

Hi Peeps ~ I was just having some fun with a new Paper Smooches set yesterday called Swanky Snowdudes.  Such a cute little set and very fun to paper piece!

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Paper Smooches (Swanky Snowdudes)
Pattern Paper ~ LilyBee Designs (Jingle)
Copic Markers ~ YR09, W7, R27, YG95
Ink ~ Palette (Burnt Umber)
Crochet Trim ~ May Arts

A bit more fun with Happy Days...

Yesterday I pulled out my Echo Park Happy Days paper back and my Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss stamp set.  These two products couldn't be more perfect together!  I used the journaling blocks that were part of the paper pack.  Then I stamped the images in Palette ink and colored them with my Copic Markers.

In addition, I used some of my Quickuts embossing folders on the 5x4 black card bases. Then as a final touch, I added Glossy Accents to accent some of the images.

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps: Paper Smooches Perpetual Bliss
Pattern Paper: Echo Park Happy Days
Ink: Palette
Copic Markers: C1, C3, C5, R24, R27, BG10, BG72
Quickuts embossing folders
Glossy Accents

Hope...Fight Like a Girl

Hey Peeps ~

Today is another Hope You Can Cling to Challenge on SCS. This time Deb Felts is hosting & she asked me if I'd like to help her out and make a sample for the challenge ~ of course, I said YES!   The challenge today is in honor of our year SQUEEZING!  So we are going to do some dry embossing using one of my favorite tools ~ embossing folders (or plates).

For my card today, I used the new Hope set by Paper Smooches along with the Polka-Dot embossing folder by Quickuts.

Play along and see what you come up with ~ don't forget to upload your creation for this challenge (or any of the others) on the SCS Hope You Can Cling To Challenge threads.

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Hope (Paper Smooches)
Pattern Paper ~ Echo Park
Ink ~ Palette (Claret, Noir)
Copic ~ R85
Divine Twine

You ROCK!

Happy Monday Peeps! 

WHAT A WEEKEND!  My daughter's marching band went to Regionals this weekend and they are in the top ten and will move on to Semi-State next weekend in Indianapolis ~ then the following weekend will be the STATE FINALS!!!  They've been working so hard since mid-July and they were THRILLED to move on to the next step.   Their show is called Rach, Paper, Scissors (in the show title "Rock" is spelled RACH for the Russian composer Rachmaninoff).   Here's a link if you'd like to see the 208 member Marching Minutemen from Concord High School in Elkhart, Indiana ~ this was earlier in the season before the show was complete.  I can't wait to post a link to the full show ~ AMAZING!

Anyway, as I was deciding what to make for my blog post today, I saw this cute juke box and the premade tag that said YOU ROCK ~ {I was tempted to change the ROCK to RACH, but I left it alone}.  I used this fun premade tag and paper from Echo Park (Happy Days) and the stamp set from Paper Smoochies called Perpetual Bliss.

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Paper Smoochies (Perpetual Bliss)
Pattern Paper & Premade Tag ~ Echo Park (Happy Days)
Ink ~ Palette
Copic Markers ~ 100, W5, W7, R27, BG09, BG11
Nestabilities
Glossy Accents ~ Ranger

Hope you can cling to...

Since it's October, Splitcoast Stampers is running their month long promotion called Hope You Can Cling To with new challenges each day of this month. I was glancing through the challenges posted so far and found this fun one called Hang In There (HYCCT1108).   You have to have something hanging on your card or 3D item ~ so I decorated my pretty gift bag with a pink ribbon stamp and have the cute little Boxing Gloves hanging from the sentiment.  All of the images are from the Paper Smoochies set called Hope.

Here's a list of the challenges posted so far for the month! Play along...

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Paper Smoochies (Hope)
Ink ~ Palette
Nestabilities