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I used the title only of #CD00285 GRADUATION DAY from visualdesignsbychris.com. Perfect! Smaller flowers and brads are from Hobby Lobby. Larger flowers are Prima, I think. Black bling swirls are Prima. A bit of clock patterned paper cut using a Tim Holtz die. I will add a few clock charms when I find them. *smile* I had a little help from my friends on this layout. The parenthesis were from a prize package that Jeanne/PAWS sent in. I think they were part of an overlay but I cut them out. The center of the large flower was a bobby pin that Sue/PAWS gave me. Thanks ladies! I love the photo of my youngest daughter kissing my older daughter. She is good at those last minute surprise shots. *smile* And also the one of my crazy bro choking Sierra. So typical of their relationship. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
I inked the edges of the suns with an orange ink. Then I used black ink on the edges of the patterned paper. Instant Thank you Cards!
Nothing like waiting till the last minute. *smile* Today, Jeff and I celebrate 28 years of marriage. He still make my heart pitter pat. I am SO blessed! He is working today so I was able to play in my studio (with Zoey's help LOL) and make him an anniversary card. I used two Visual Designs by Chris files: #CD00807 Tending my Garden for the heart flowers and #CD00550 Love title for the word "love". The other letter is Katie Mini from Quickutz. I cut the flowers out in white and colored them with my Copics. Added a sheer yellow ribbon to bring in the color of the lettering. The inside says "grows & grows" cut with the Katie mini. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
| My baby girl turned 16! *sigh* And she definitely fits the SWEET! She is a tomboy so I went for the denim look for her card. I used a Judikins stamp. Stamped it twice using faded jeans Ranger Distress Ink. (The detail of this stamp required that I brayer the ink onto the stamp rather than dabbing - not sure why that makes a difference but it makes a HUGE difference in the image.) I cut out the pocket on one image and pop dotted the sides and bottom to the card base that had the same image stamped. Added a little distressing with Old Paper Distress ink and a sponge to the pop dotted pocket and the few areas of the edge of the card. I used just the birthday sentiment from Visual Designs by Chris file #CD00731. I used mini brads for the dot of the i and the point of the exclamation. Added a few stitch marks with black thread. Cut the 16 from Sizzix Fun Serif dies. The "sweet" was from a K & Co. package from years ago. Added a green brad to pull the color of the dots from the patterned paper of the 16. Topped with a green button that was pre-threaded. I drive myself crazy sometimes with the little details. *wink* ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
| A card for my niece, Spencer, who graduated yesterday. What is it about Pomp and Circumstance that makes you bawl like a baby? LOL My girls were making fun of me because Spencer came out before the ceremony in her cap and gown. I was looking at her thinking of when she was a baby and of moments as she was growing up... then the thought crossed my mind that I was going to hear Pomp and Circumstance soon and I couldn't stop the tears. *sigh* The wedding march has the same effect on me. LOL I used part of the Visual Designs by Chris file #CD00832 called Senioritis '11. It pretty much made the card. Added a few dotted circle stamped images, some bling and a ribbon. Enhanced the 11 with a little white pen stitching using a chalk writer from Zig. Used my corner chomper on two corners. Of course, red and black were her school colors. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
Here are two graduation cards I made with Chris's Graduation borders. These are two of the borders she included in May's Grab Bag. You can find the Grab Bag here. I sized each page border down and layered it on top of a graduation themed piece of paper, matted on black. I also cut a small graduation 
cap out of black and placed it on each corner.
de it in my book. And I knew Chris had the perfect chicken I could use to accent it. You can find Henny Hen here. Thanks, Chris!
A pretty easy layout but I want to really focus on the opposite page which will be just Sierra. I used just the diploma page from the mini book file. It is dated 2009 but I can still use pieces of it for other things. The diploma page made a perfect tag to add the year. She graduated with a class of 254 so I used a little yellow bling jewel to mark her. She is in the very center of the layout. Added a little bling on the diploma tassel and up on the right side of the border to follow the theory of threes. Used a Fiskars border punch. I wanted to cover a large portion of the top of the photo that was the gym ceiling and metal gagetry hanging down. A bit of sheer ribbon since it was a bit plain. Also used Sizzix alpha and Khaki mini from Quickutz. This Senior album seems to be never ending, but getting closer to being done. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |
A pretty easy layout but I want to really focus on the opposite page which will be just Sierra. I used just the diploma page from the mini book file. It is dated 2009 but I can still use pieces of it for other things. The diploma page made a perfect tag to add the year. She graduated with a class of 254 so I used a little yellow bling jewel to mark her. She is in the very center of the layout. Added a little bling on the diploma tassel and up on the right side of the border to follow the theory of threes. Used a Fiskars border punch. I wanted to cover a large portion of the top of the photo that was the gym ceiling and metal gagetry hanging down. A bit of sheer ribbon since it was a bit plain. Also used Sizzix alpha and Khaki mini from Quickutz. This Senior album seems to be never ending, but getting closer to being done. ~Angie~ (Missouri) ~I am blessed!!~ Visual Designs by Chris Creative Team Member http://visualdesignsbychris.com (cutters: Blue Wishblade and Cricut Expression) |