Graduation Party! ~ HSS264, AYSI149

Hello there stampers and welcome to another Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge!  We've got a yummy color trio to inspire you this time!  They seem so summery, don't they?

I'm smack in the middle of graduation card making, so that's where my mind went.  I also used the sketch challenge from As You See It to help me along.  I figured these colors lent themselves well for party balloons and what's graduation without balloons?  Boring, I say!

We hope you'll join us for our two week color challenge!  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

CONgratUlaTIONS! ~ CCMC407

Happy Thursday everyone!  It's Create with Connie and Mary time again! 

I'm on a roll with graduation cards and figured the "Congratulations" from {Bravo} could be a perfect match-up for my grad card needs and this week's sketch!  

I was also inspired by Libby's card from our sketch challenge two weeks ago.  I loved the black and gray with the pop of pink.  This silver sparkle and shine make it go girly glam, I think.  I love it!

Instead of putting a greeting under the horizontal stripes I added a little dangling star.   

I hope you'll find time to play along with us at CCMC this week!  Hop on over to the blog and check out the creations from the other amazing designers!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

Gold and Watermelon Graduation ~ HSS236

Hello stampers!  It's time again for another Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge!  We've got a cool sketch for you to try this time.  Be sure to hop over the HSS blog and check out all the other designers samples....they've really outdone themselves!

To me the circles in the sketch resembled balloons, so that's the direction I went.  Graduation is quickly approaching and I'm gonna need several cards, so I figured I just as well get a jump on it!  

Also, what could be more festive than a shaker card?  Not much, I say!  In hindsight I wish I had added more glitter and stars.  The balloon feels a bit stark to me.  It's such a gamble though.....there have been many times I added to much stuff to a shaker and the stuff inside wouldn't shake.  This time there's not enough....jeesh! 

I hope you'll join us for the challenge....remember, you've got two weeks to participate!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!

Jenny

 

You Did It Grad! ~ CCMC357

Good Thursday Morning!  It's Create With Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge time!  This week we've got a neat sketch for you!

I needed yet another graduation card, so that's were I went with the sketch.  I made the main square a shaker and filled it with red glimmer paper confetti stars, clear seed beads and silver sequins.  The graduation cap is just a 1 1/4" square punch and punched hexagon.  The tassel is from the balloon framelits.....isn't it perfect?!?!  I also added a red glimmer paper banner cut from the balloon framelits as well.  

The black striped paper is from the new Neutrals paper stack....it's got such wonderful patterns and neutral colors.....including gold and silver!

The sentiment is from {Bravo}. 

The card also measures 5"x 5", so I made an envelope to go with it.  I love the coordinating envelope and they are so easy to make with the envelope punch board.  I also added a coordinating insert for the envelope that I cut with the envelope insert die. 

Make sure you hop on over to Create With Connie and Mary and check out the other awesome designers!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Pomp and Circumstance for SSSC270

I'm stopping in for a quickie here....today I've got a very simple grad card to share.  I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 270.

I needed a quick card for and figured this sketch would be perfect.  I used bits and scraps on this one too....love it when I can do that!  

The only thing I don't like about it is the gold brad....darn if I couldn't find my silver ones!!!!  I know I had a whole container full of them but my eye couldn't spot them.  I bet if I went into my scrap space right now and looked I'd find them....isn't that usually the way it works? :)

Oh well. 

I colored the grad cap with my blendabilites, even though they are no longer available.  I still like to use them when I can.

This is definitely not my favorite card, but it will do it's job!  

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

You Did It Star ~ CMCC68 & SSSC265

Good Wednesday morning!  It's Colour Me time once again!  This week is a bright and cheerful color combination.  Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Lost Lagoon.  I cannot wait to see the idea that everyone comes up with!  

I also used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch 265. 

I used a couple different techniques to achieve my card.  First, for the acrylic block watercolor, I stamped some of the challenge inks directly onto my clear block.  I then held it at arms length and lightly misted it with a spray bottle filled with water.  I stamped the block directly onto Whisper White cardstock.  The look is a nice watercolored effect.  I used that piece to cut out the star. 

 The other technique I used was the Bouncing Brayer (the Crushed Curry layer).  I had recently seen this technique used on this card by Claire Broadwater.  I thought it was kinda cool and something I'd never tried before.  

Like I said at the beginning of the blog post....I'm so excited to see what everyone creates!  

Make sure you check out the DT blogs to gain inspiration!  

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke (me)

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Bravo, Celebrate Today

Ink: Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Lost Lagoon

Paper: Night Of Navy, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon

Accessories: Scallop Border punch, Star die, Lucky Stars EF, Dazzling Details

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny 

Congratulations Grad ~ CTC24

Hey everyone!  Today I'm playing with CASE-ing the Catty #24.  This is my first time playing along with the challenge.  I love the idea of this challenge site, though!  I encourage you to check it out and play along too!

The challenge this time was to CASE anything from the Easter section of the Occasions Catalogue (page 34 and 35).

• You can directly CASE a project (Copy and Share Everything) or use a sketch/layout, colour combo, embellishment, just to name a few examples, as a springboard for your own creations. 
• Or simply use some new Stampin' Up! Easter supplies from the Occasions Catalogue.

I used the card on page 34 on the bottom left side of the page as my inspiration.  I drew inspiration from the striped background, bold center panel, and the circle cutout with ribbon/string down the middle.

I decided to get a jump on graduation cards.  I used the Congratulations from {Bravo} and inked it up ombre style with Pistachio Pudding and Coastal Cabana.  I added stars in a sprinkle fashion after punching them out of Silver Glimmer paper with my Star Confetti punch.  Lastly I added a fussy cut graduation cap (which I colored a bit with a blender pen and Coastal Cabana ink) popped up on a dimensional.  Fun stuff!

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Bravo, Pure Gumption

Ink: Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Memento Black

Paper: Best Year Ever DSP, Coastal Cabana, Black, White

Accessories: Confetti Stars punch, 1/4" black ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Change the World Grad ~ CTD293

 

This is another graduation card that I made for Color Throwdown 293, which uses Tangerine Tango, Pear Pizzaz, and Soft Sky.

 

This is not generally a color scheme that I would gravitate towards, but I thought it'd be nice for a guy graduation.

 

I used a pretty basic layout, but jazzed it up with a few embellishments.

 

 

Here's a list of my supplies....

 

Stamps: Something to Say, World Map

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Silver Fancy Foil Vellum, Soft Sky, Sweater Weather DSP, White

Ink: Pear Pizzaz, Tangerine Tango

Accessories: Pear Pizzaz bakers twine, Itty Bitty Accents punch pack, Rhinestones, Windows Framelits die, Hardware Clips

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Dots, Stripes, and Stars ~ MOJO346

This was another case of scraps on my desk.  The Smokey Slate circle and Going Gray flower, as well as the Strawberry Slush star were all laying around my desk, discarded from previous projects.  I put them all together, along with some

Silver Fancy Foil vellum and NEW Hello Honey DSP, to create this card for Mojo Monday 346.

These colors are pretty fun together and the gold sparkle brad, which are retiring, matches the Hello Honey perfectly!

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Pomp and Circumstance (stamped on the inside)

Ink: Hello Honey, Strawberry Slush, Smokey Slate

Paper: Moonlight paper stack, Silver Fancy Foil, Smokey Slate, Going Gray, Strawberry Slush

Accessories: Gold glimmer brad, ruffle stretch trim, Floral Frames die, Circle die

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

The Big G ~ FMS136

This post is for Freshly Made Sketches 136.  

My oldest son graduated from High School this past weekend and living in a small community we know lots and lots of other kids graduating too.  I needed 20 something graduation cards....

I thought this sketch worked perfect for the old set Great Grad.  

It came together quickly.  I'm also trying to use up all the SAB designer paper.  

Here's a list of my supplies:

Stamps: Great Grad

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Black, Silver glimmer, Calypso Coral & Sweet Sorbet DSP, White, Crisp Cantalope

Accessories: Black EP, Alphabet Press EF, 1/8" silver ribbon, Hung Up cute clips, Starburst Die, Circles die

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Sassy Grad ~ DD52 & FM109

 

Dynamic Duos is celebrating!  To commerate their one year anniversary, we get to pick any past DD color combo.  I did a six month stint as a designer at DD, so I have a special affection for these challenges!  I chose to go with color combo #7...Melon Mambo and Basic Black.

 

Graduation is still the name of the game for me lately.  I am almost done, however....whew!  My grand total is up to 19 graduation cards! We live in a small, rural community and I have teenagers, so we have recieved several graduation announcements.  I also have a middle school grad this year, so that means gifts for his fellow classmates. 

For this card I used the sketch from The Friday Mashup....I missed the deadline by just a couple of hours though!  Shoot!    

 

I've had this fun black and white paper that I bought at Hobby Lobby for quite a while now.  I've mainly only used it in the spring for graduation cards, and here it is again!  I thought the leopard print was really fun and goes well with the bright Melon Mambo.  I was trying to come up with some different combos of stamps for my grad cards also.  I'm the kind of girl who likes to make one and be done.  I hardly ever make mulitples of the same card.  This fun little phrase from Pure Gumption fit just perfectly into the modern label punch, which fit perfectly into the medallion from the valentine stamp set Affection Collection.  The little No. 1 banner is also from Affection Collection.  I think the two sets fit nicely together! 

 

Here's a list of all my supplies.....

Stamps: Pure Gumption, Affection Collection

Paper: Melon Mambo, Floral District & Recollections DP, Black, White

Ink: Black, Melon Mambo

Accessories: 1/4" black ribbon, rhinestones, circle cutter, modern label punch

 

Happy Anniversary Dynamic Duos! 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Great Pure Gumption ~ FMS85 & SR175

 

Here's another graduation card....'tis the season!  I have 16 to make and give, plus I've had a couple orders too.  This one combines Freshly Made Sketches 85 and Stampin' Royalty 175.

 

Stampin Royalty was a photo inspiration, and I mainly just used the color scheme. 

I used a sentiment from Pure Gumption and stamped it onto a die cut from the Apothecary Art die set.  I used my paper pierce pack to pierce the white piece.  For the banners, I used a stamp from Great Grads, stamped it in Pool Party and Early Espresso and cut out the banner shapes.  I mounted the coordinating color behind them.  A scrap from the Sent With Love DSP was the perfect backdrop for the main medallion and I added on some dazzling diamonds glitter, rhinestone brads, and Pool Party ribbon to finish the card off. 

 

 

Here's a list of supplies....

Stamps: Pure Gumption, Great Grads

Paper: Sent With Love DSP, Pool Party, Early Espresso, White

Ink: Pool Party, Early Espresso

Accessories: Rhinestone brads, Pool Party satin ribbon, Apothecary Art die, paper pierce pack, Dazzling Diamonds glitter

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Go Confidently Grad ~ Mojo291, PPA158, & FM108

Good morning stampers! I made this card for Mojo Monday 291, Pals Paper Arts 158 & The Friday Mashup 108.

 

 

Mojo Monday was one of the other sketch challenges I wanted to participate in this week.  I guess I love a sketch with banners.  When I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to make an accordian rosette (that's what I'm calling it, because I don't know the technical term right now and am too lazy to look it up!) for the main circle part.  I need lots and lots of graduation cards right now, so The Friday Mashup was a perfect fit.  The color palette at PPA was right up my alley too.  I seem to be gravitating toward those at the moment.  Summer Starfruit was a color that, when it first came out, I thought was yucky and ugly.  It's funny how things grow on you.  I actually really enjoy playing with it now and have used it a lot! 

 

 

This is going to be one of those cards that goes in a gift bag....it has a lot of height to it with that rosette!

 

Here's a list of all my supplies.....

Stamps: Word Play, The Open Sea

Paper: Lucky Limeade textured, White, Sent With Love DP, In-Color DP

Accessories: Lucky Limeade bakers twine, Score Tool, Scallop Circle die, Circle Cutter, Chevron EF

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

One Layer Butterflies ~ PP142

 

This card is for The Paper Players clean and simple one layer card.

 

 

Eeeek!   1: clean and simple is not my thing.   2: one layer is not my thing.  I really wanted to participate in this challenge to push myself!  I played off of a scrap page from Bobbie Trost that I thought was amazing.  She used punched butterflies on her page, but I couldn't so I chose one of the butterflies from the Best of Butterflies set I just purchased.  Now, this is by far NOT my favorite butterfly in the bunch, but it's the smallest and best for the look I wanted to achieve.  I went through many-a-white pieces trying to get the flow of the butterflies just right.  This is probably the fifth or sixth incarnation of this card.  After I got the butterflies to the point where I was satisfied (notice I didn't say happy) with them, I added the sentiment.  I figured this one went along with the butterfly theme, and I could also use it for a graduation card if I have to.  (You know, spread your wings and take flight, you've got your whole life ahead of you, type of feeling.....that fits into graduation, right???)  Here's the kicker.  After I stamped the sentiment, I SMEARED IT!  Ahhhhhhh!  I was so upset, but it was too late to go back now.  Under normal circumstances I would re-stamp it onto scrap paper, punch it out and adhere it over the original image....not this time.  Not in a one layer challenge.  Oh well, I guess it's not too noticable.  To finish this baby off I ran it throught the tulip border EF and added some lines above and below the sentiment with my score tool.  Lastly, I dotted a few of the butterflies with bling.  Whew, now that was a challenge for me!  Give me layers any day!!!!

 

 

Here's a list of my supplies....

Stamps: Word Play, Best of Butterflies

Paper: White

Ink: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry, Black

Accessories: Tulip Border EF, Score Tool, Rhinestones

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

  

Black and Gray Grad ~ DD49

 

Welcome to another Dynamic Duos Saturday!  Our colors of the week are Basic Black and Basic Gray with a masculine dessert option. 

 

 

Whew!  What a whirlwind week I've had....actually it's been about a week and a half.  I've had something major going on almost everyday, which has involved alot of running around.....I'm tired people!  My post is a little late today, too.  That's because I didn't have time to do it last night and I slept in this morning.  It felt so good!

Anyway, enough about that.  Let's get onto stamping!!!!

Graduation season is coming up fast here in our little community and I have a several cards to make for it.  This was a good color combo for a grad card, I thought.  I had recently purchased the Pure Gumption set, as well as the Measuring Stick Stampin' Around Wheel, so I put them together.  The card is fairly simple with litlle embelishment, but for a manly card that what you want I guess.  I was trying to think of some other creative things I could do with it....maybe something different with the graduation cap, but my brain was fried this week!  I guess I was sticking with the theme of "basic"!

 

 

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Pure Gumption, Measuring Stick

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Scarringbone & Howlingstooth DSP

Ink: Black

Accessories: Big Dot EF, circle punch, Black grossgrain ribbon, Silver brad

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny