Congrats Grad

 Hello & Happy Wednesday, Friends!

The week is buzzing right along! Today is looking to be a very nice day with warm temps and low humidity. I am hoping to take advantage of this beautiful day with a good walk this evening! So today I am sharing a graduation card that I made recently for a friend. I pulled out all retired Stampin Up! products because that is all I own when it comes to this occasion. The school colors were black & gold.

Card Details:

Stamps: Sketch An Event (retired graduation cap), Great Grad (retired words on front), Northwoods Rubber Stamps (inside sentiment)

Ink: Basic Black Archival (retired), Crushed Curry, Versamark

Cardstock: Basic Black, Crushed Curry, Basic White

Accessories: Tasteful Textile 3D EF (retired), Tailor Made Tags Dies (retired), Basic Black & Crushed Curry Twine (retired), Black Sparkle Gems, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This turned out perfect for the occasion!

I don't make very many graduation cards because of the school colors and year they graduate. I usually wait until someone orders a card before I pull out my drawer of graduation stamps so nothing goes to waste. 

I enjoy making this one! Thanks, Shannon!!

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My thoughts today...

So very true!

Thanks for stopping by & have an amazing day!
~Wendy

Graduation for Millersville University

 Good Morning & Happy Thursday!

It looks like today we may be in for sunshine...atleast I am hoping so!

If it's not too windy out i'd like to get the bikes out for a quick ride on the Rail Trail this evening but we'll see what happens there!

Today I have a graduation card to share that was part of Audrey's card order. This is for someone that attends Millersville University in Lancaster, PA. She wasn't sure of the colors so I did have to look that up. Black & Gold are their school colors so I made this for her.

Card Details:

Stamps: Blue Ribbon (retired)

Ink: Basic Black Archival (retired)

Cardstock: Basic Black, Gold Foil Paper, Basic White, Silver & Gold DSP (retired-SAB 22)

Accessories: Nested Essentials Dies, Gold Sequins, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

This came together pretty easy with the help of the right supplies!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Great Grad

 Good Morning & Happy Monday!

I hope your weekend was good!

Mother's Day sure was a nice day! 

Couldn't ask for a more beautiful day with lots of sunshine & blue skies! 

Today I have a graduation card to share that I made as part of Audrey's order last week. Her friend's granddaughter is graduating from Lancaster Bible College in Lancaster, PA.

The school's colors are red, white, black & silver.

I took strips of cardstock and silver foil paper and made the stripped layer attaching them to a small piece of Basic White cardstock that I covered with a small piece of Adhesive Sheet. My strips are not quite a 1/2 inch. I also used the retired Stitched Rectangle Framelits on this because they worked perfectly for my saying panels! 

Card Details:

Stamps: Great Grad (retired), Sketch An Event (retired graduation cap on cardbase)

Ink: Real Red, Basic Black Archival (retired)

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic Black, Basic White, Silver Foil Paper

Accessories: Stitched Rectangle Framelits (retired), Festive Pearls, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I found the Great Grad stamp set at my local Goodwill a few months ago for $4.99. It was like new so I snagged it figuring graduation season was coming up. My card rack is really lacking graduation cards right now and sometimes it is hard to make them ahead of time because customers usually want them made in school colors.

Audrey was pleased with this one! 

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Congratulations Grad!

 Hello & Happy Saturday!

The weekend is starting to warm back up!

I think I will hibernate today and maybe do some stamping.

Went for a bike ride yesterday afternoon which absolutely tuckered me out and at that point it was already starting to get hot & muggy.

This evening we are planning on another bike ride as long as it does not storm and my back isn't bothering me.

Do you have anything fun planned this weekend?

Today I am sharing a Graduation card that I made for my card lady's recent order.

I don't make many Graduation cards anymore so I was happy to create this one for her...

Blue & Gold are the school colors so I used Misty Moonlight & Bumble Bee cardstocks & DSP.

Card Details:

Stamps: Blue Ribbon (retired)

Ink: Misty Moonlight

Cardstock: Misty Moonlight, Bumble Bee, Basic White, Misty Moonlight & Bumble Bee DSP (retired)

Accessories: Tasteful Textile 3D EF, Rectangle Postage Stamp Punch, Circle Layering Framelits, Misty Moonlight Enamel Dots, Dimensionals, Tombow Multi Purpose Liquid Glue

Always fun to pull out those older stamps and make something new with it!

Sometimes I think I get more joy out of using the older stuff than I do the newer things!

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My thoughts today...

That bike looks just like mine! 

Pink and it has a basket on it! 

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day no matter what you do!

~Wendy

Graduation 2020

Hello & Happy Friday!

The weekend has arrived!

Anyone have anything fun planned?

I know some places are still under stay at home orders.

Here in York County we are in the green and everything has reopened.

It's still not back to normal as we use to know it but atleast we're moving in the right direction.

I have been working on a card order since last week and wrapped it up on Wednesday.

My customer asked for a graduation card for her local high school.

Eastern York is where my entire family attended school and the colors are blue & gold.

I pulled out a retired stamp set called Witty Cisms and got to work.
Witty Cisms is a million dollar achiever stamp set that was designed by Lisa Fast.

This card turned out exactly like I imagined in my head and that hardly ever happens! LOL

I took 5- 1 x 4 1/4 inch strips of cardstock in Blueberry Bushel and Daffodil Delight and layered them on my Thick Whisper White cardbase leaving about 1/8 of an inch in between each piece.

Trimmed the ends if I had any hanging over the edge.

Then stamped my image from the retired Witty Cisms stamp set on a diecut circle and layered onto a piece of Blueberry Bushel scallop layer and added a rhinestone for sparkle.

I popped that up with a dimensional and it was finished!

Card Details:

Stamps: Witty Cisms (retired)

Ink: Blueberry Bushel (retired)

Cardstock: Thick Whisper White, Blueberry Bushel (retired), Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Accessories: Circle Layering Framelits, Rhinestone, Dimensional, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Very happy with this one!

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!

~Wendy

2019 Graduation Card

Hello & Happy Tuesday!

Today will be a busy day for me as my house needs some attention!

It's been upside down & inside out with Shawn being home and us doing things around the house the last few weeks. My floors are filthy so i'll just leave it at that!

2 weeks ago my customer needed a graduation card.

Since we've been busy I just reached for some easy things and whipped up a card for her.

The colors needed to be blue & gold but I used Daffodil Delight for the gold.

Card Details;

Stamps: Blue Ribbon (retired)

Ink: Blueberry Bushel

Cardstock: Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight DSP

Accessories: Large Number Framelits (retired), Stitched Shapes Framelits, Circle Layering Framelits, Daffodil Delight 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon (retired), Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I was pretty happy with it especially since my stamping mojo has left the building!

I hope this week I can find my way back now that hubby has gone back to work!

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My thoughts today....

That's all for now!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Graduation 2017

Hello & Happy Friday!

Busy day ahead with the hubs since he is on vacation!

Today we are going to power wash both the front & back porches and possibly get some flowers planted, I think or should I say- I hope we are safe from any frost or freeze warnings!

Today I have a quick card to share that I made for any upcoming graduations.

It's that time of year where colleges & high schools are having their graduations so I whipped these up today using lots of Dapper Denim!

I don't know why I decided to make these in Dapper Denim but I love this color!

Congrats Grad Cards:

Stamps: Blue Ribbon (retired)

Ink: Dapper Denim

Cardstock: Dapper Denim, Whisper White, 2016-2017 In Color DSP Stack

Accessories: Large Number Framelits, Circle & Scallop Circle Nestibilities, Lucky Stars EF, Dapper Denim Ruched Ribbon, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Well, guess i'd better get off of here and help Shawn with taking stuff off the porches!

Going to be another hot one....blah!

Some days I sure wish I still had a swimming pool! 

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My thoughts today....

AMEN!!

Thanks for stopping by & have yourself a great day!

~Wendy

Graduation Cards

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Turned out today the sun is shining here in PA, atleast in my neck of the woods! We are in the midst of another run of dreary, rainy weather and today was suppose to be another one of those days but nope....the sun is shining, atleast right now!

I did up an order recently for my dear customer who is just the sweetest lady! Sometimes she gives me easy requests and other times she really challenges me but who doesn't like a challenge!

She requested some graduation cards for some young men & women that will be graduating shortly from 3 local schools.

This is what I made...

Columbia High School colors are red & gold

Lancaster Catholic High School colors are purple & gold

Eastern York High School colors are blue & gold

These cards are just easy, simple cards that I threw together with different layouts & designs.

Graduation Cards:

Stamps: Stampin Up sentiment, BYOP, Stampendous

Ink: Real Red, Lovely Lilac, Pacific Point

Cardstock: Summer Sun, Real Red, Lovely Lilac, Pacific Point, Neenah White

Accessories: Circle & Scallop Circle Nestibilities, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Polka Dots EF, SU Circle & Scallop Circle Punches, Rhinestones, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

She was really happy with them and that makes me happy!

That's all I have for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day!

~Wendy

Cupcake Cards for Graduation

Hello & Happy Thursday!

Last evening my Mom called me asking if I could whip up a card order for my customer, Audrey. Here is another set of cards for her. :)

 This pack is for a couple 8th grade students who are graduating and heading off to 9th grade next Fall. Not sure why she wanted cupcakes for graduation but I got it done and actually like the colors! This card could be for a boy or a girl. The Pacific Point icing is punched out and popped up for interest. Afterall, it's "time to celebrate"!

Cupcake Graduation Card Set:

Stamps:Cupcake Party, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Pacific Point

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White

Accessories: Cupcake Builder Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Daffodil Delight 1.8 Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestones, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, 2 Sided Tape

That's all for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy

Freshly Made Sketches #34

Hello & Happy Friday!

Took a few minutes this afternoon to sit down and stamp a quick card for the Freshly Made Sketches blog.

I decided to do something since graduations are quickly approaching! I went with the blue & gold color, the colors of my kids & my high school. Below is the sketch for this week & my sample....

Freshly Made Sketches #34 Card:

Stamps: Happy Grad, Sketch An Event (cap)

Ink: Brilliant Blue

Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Summer Sun, Neenah White

Accessories: Swiss Dots EF, Square Lattice EF, Circle Nestibilities, Ric Rak, Basic White Pearls, Dimensionals, Scor Tape

Well, that is all for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!

~Wendy

Sketch Challenge 340

Hello again!

Today is Sketch Challenge day at SCS. The layout & my sample is below.
Take a look...

I made this card for Kelsey whom we just found out graduated high school from the University of Missouri! It's been a rough year for her so I wanted to make sure I got a card made in honor of a big milestone in her life.
She started high school back home at Eastern York High School. Completed 2 1/2 months before we signed her out to move to Joplin. We gave her a choice of either attending Joplin High School for the remainder of the year or do an online high school program. After much consideration she chose the online program at the University of Missouri.
It was tough at times getting things done because now she was teaching herself instead of a teacher doing it but she had alot of help thru her online teachers and completed the credits she needed to finish high school.
While we were back home in PA it was tough for her to see her friends nearing graduation and preparing for what was down the road for them. A tough pill for any parent to have to watch their child not being their for their high school graduation with classmates he or she have known since preschool. It makes me cry to think about it. She had many invites to attend graduation parties of friends but as it turned out we would soon be heading back to MO.
She weathered the storm and got back to MO to finish up what she needed to do to get her diploma and now see what life throws at her. We know she wants to attend Penn State York but hasn't really figured out a major yet. We also thought maybe come the fall she could enroll in spring classes because hopefully by then we would be back living in PA. As of now that dream of hers will be on hold until Shawn finishes what he needs to do here in MO so we can return back home. I'm still hoping that our return is sooner rather than later! In the meantime we are encouraging her to try to pick up a job so that helps with the time passing by. We are very proud of her and her accomplishments. This year has been filled with lots of unknowns and upside downs and she seems to keep pushing ahead, smiling at that!

Way to go, Kelsey! We are so very proud of you & your accomplishments!
The world is yours to conquer!


Sketch Challenge 340 Card:

Stamps: Happy Grad (set #81), Sketch an Event (set #82)
Ink: Brilliant Blue
Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Summer Sun, PTI White
Accessories: Corner Rounder, Brilliant Blue Grosgrain, Summer Sun Corduroy Button, SU Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scor Tape


Oh I also used the colors of Eastern High School for her card.

Thanks for stopping by again!
Have a great day!
~Wendy