Graduation Day!!

Well, after a very fun day stamping with my buddies, I came home to a disaster.  Friday we had to call Roto-Rooter because our septic was backing up (just water) into our basement.  We had water running through our storage area and into my daughter’s bedroom.  The guy started to do his thing and the machine broke.  Early this morning they came back and worked downstairs and said all was fixed.  Just as I was heading home tonight my hubby decided to run the dishwasher.  Apparently there is still a problem and water came pouring out all over our wooden kitchen floor.  Then it leaked down into the finished area of the basement, flooding our futon, the carpet, and all my daughter’s electronics.  The ceiling tiles are pretty bad, too.  Needless to say I was getting calls on the cell, but by the time I got home the worst was over.  Guess Roto-Rooter is coming back early tomorrow. 

Well, I did promise to show you something I had been working on.  I am a card maker and have only made simple scrapbook pages for a non-profit organization run by some friends.  The Sparkle N Sprinkle designers were challenged this month to created scrapbook pages so I told myself this is simply a larger card and I can do this.  Since my oldest daughter just graduated from college, I decided to start with a graduation theme.

I started with a piece of grey designer cardstock with stars and layered it on yellow and blue with an edge of "Tear-ific" Tape covered with Navy Glitter.  The border across the top and the hat are SVG’s that I cut with Make The Cut.  I layered each of the pictures on more "Tear-ific" Tape covered with Navy Glitter and yellow cardstock.  These are my daughters – aren’t they adorable?  On the main picture I extended the yellow layer so I could emboss the BeginIt sentiment with Black Detail EP. 

Then I added Graduation Day, also embossed in Black, on the Achieve Box which I embossed with Cerulean EP.  The Diplomas are embossed in black and fussy cut. 

Check out my post at the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog to see more pictures, including what is hiding behind the hat!! 

Have a great week.

E. Marie

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge 24 – Anything Goes

Stampin Sisters In Christ Challenge #142 – Elements of Heaven (Stars and Glitter)

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 78 – Sparkles Galore

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Anything Goes (MTC and Button over 6 months old)

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge PWC209 – Favorite Color Combo

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge PPMC42 - Use Bling

No Tricks, Just Treats

I had this awesome SVG that I downloaded for Make The Cut to use on my Cricut.  It is the black spider web frame.  I just had to use it so decided I really should make some type of Halloween card.  The pumpkin border and the fence at the bottom of the card are both MS border punches.  I then used a MS corner punch to create floral medallions, which I cut in half and used on the two sides. 

 

The center was cut out using a circle Nestie to show the cute pumpkin I stamped onto the yellow base.  I colored it with my Tombow markers.  I then stamped the round border and also cut it out with a circle Nestie, along with the inside.  I then pop dotted it to the front of the card.  Both the pumpkin and the border are from JustRite Stamps.

This was perfect for the JustRite Friday Challenge 040: Colors of Fall.

Crazy 4 Challenges ~ C4C59 also has a Fall/Autumn theme.