Graduation - CDD Linky Party

 

Today is my guest design post for the Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party hosted by Tara of Craftin Desert Divas.   This party theme is

 

 

Every other Monday will mark the beginning of a new semi-weekly linky party here. Tara will designate a theme and  you're invited to share projects you've made!!

 And don't forget about the prizes! Every linky party will have a sponsor and a winner, plus a top 3! The winner will be announced on a semi-weekly basis. The more times you link up, the more chances you have to win!! Sponsors will be announced at the beginning of every linky party.

This party's sponsors are...

CDD- One stamp set

 

 

Too Cute by Jessica - $25 Gift Card Regular Priced Patterns

Now here is my project I've created for this party.

For my project I used the Craftin Desert Divas stamp set titled Picture That.  It's a great little stamp set with all kinds of opportunities.  I love the font that was used in creating these stamps because it's not all block letters.

 

I also used the Graduation file I Did It! by Marjorie Ann Designs for my graduating senior.  Our youngest child graduates in less than a month so this was perfect.

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Craftin Desert Divas to see the amazing projects by the design team. Then Craft It Up & Link It UP!! I can't wait to see what you create.

Graduation Announcements

 

Graduation is upon us and this year my youngest son graduates.  As I typically do when the children don't mind I make their announcements and this year my son even chimed in on the design.  We ended up making two style of cards though because he wanted to invite more people than I had planned for.

With that I give you the 'fancier' cards we made that were sent to his aunts/uncles, grandparents and siblings.

To create this card I used the A2 4step card with cover from the Silhouette Design store - design 58161 - by Lori Whitlock.  For the 2015 numbers I used the true type font Impact.

 

To create the inside verbiage for the card I created my own version of the step layer in Cricut Design Space using basic shapes.  After I got the sizing down correctly I then added in the needed text, flattened the layers and then used the print 'n cut feature.

 

The cover of the cards were created using Word and printed through the printer then adhered to the front of the card. 

Oh Happy Day

Happy Monday everyone.  Today I have a project to share that can be used for a birthday, graduation, or even the holidays even though it does not have a specific theme to it.  And therein lies the beauty of its versatility.

 

To create my project I used the Saving Up file from Marjorie Ann Designs and the tube holder box is from SVG Cutting Files (I used only the box portion).  They have many tube holder boxes using both the round and square tubes that you can purchase from Jaded Blossom.

 

Since my project is themed around money I thought I'd fill my treat tube with money and it fits a quarter in the tube perfectly.  So who wants to guess how many dollars worth of quarters fits nicely in the holder?

 

And finally, the sentiment on my card is from the Happy Days stamp set by Cardz TV Stamps.

Graduation Announcements

So this weekend I was playing around with this step card I purchased from the Silhouette store.  My idea was to create a congratulations you graduated card but my husband loved it so much that after I had it half way done we started playing around with our son's mock up ideas for his graduation announcement.  Needless to say there will be changes such as adding in the piece for the time, location, etc.  And unfortunately our local scrapbook store has closed shop so I'm not sure I'll be able to get my hands on any more of the NHS Eagle paper.......but I heard there's another location close by to check out so we'll see.

 

In the meantime, here's where I've got.  The Eagle on the outside of the card is from the Cricut Summer Celebrations.  Instead of using it as a print 'n cut I just place it where I needed to print.  When it comes time to create the "real" card I might use the print 'n cut but I'm not sure.  The eagle on the inside is an SVG that I collected from one of the groups that I belong to.....sorry but I don't remember which one. 

The school's colors are black, gold and maroon so I've incorporated all of those in to this card.  Fortunately I have several sheets of this graduation cap paper in my stash because the ones currently on the market just don't do as much justice for this card.

 

Once I work the final kinks out with my son I'll share the final version.  But until then this is our announcement in the rough......

You Did It!

It's time for another installment in the Cricut Cardz challenge series and our team has some awesome designs to share with you this week.

Of course this challenge came just in time for me because my #4 child graduates from highschool tomorrow evening.  It's amazing how quickly the time flies, but we'll have next year off and then the two years after that our last two will graduate.....

For my card this week I used:

Autumn Celebrations for the stack of books
Create a Critter for the owl
Locker Talk for the graduation cap

My background paper was some that I had left over from the graduation announcements I made last month.  It's from Sandylion and is called graduation caps - clear foil.

And now that you've seen my creation for this week's challenge hop on over to Cardz TV and take a look at all the fun designs our team created to inspire you.  Then create  your own, link up and play along with us.

Class of 2012 Announcements

It's that time of year again, and this year my #4 blessing is graduating from high school.  So I searched around for ideas for his announcements and after talking this is the design he liked best.  His school colors are black, red and white so it was perfect that I had had this graduation cap print paper in my stash already. 

For this clean and simple card I used two cartridges:  George and Happy Graduation.

The circles measure 3 1/2, 3 1/4, and 3 inches.  The diploma was cut at 1 inch and pop dotted to the card.

Told it was simple.......now to get the production line back moving.......

Happy Graduation

I had a few leftovers from my daughter's graduation cards that I made a couple weeks ago so I decided not to waste. ......

Yep, all I changed was the you're invited to Happy Graduation using the Graduation cartridge and now it's the perfect card to give to a graduate.  Best thing about this card is that the colors are those of my local high school as well as FSU so I won't have any problems finding someone to give this one too.

The inside sentiment says - Now - go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  ~ Henry David Thoreau

College Graduation Announcements

Sorry that I've been so quiet lately.  Things have been beyond crazy over here with getting ready for an upcoming graduation and a couple of craft shows.  We just tried our first time at the Oktoberfest and were pleased with the turnout.  Needless to say we'll do that show again next year.  But now it's all about getting ready for the big one next month.

All of that said, I completed the first half of my daughter's graduation announcements for this December.  We worked together to come up with a design and she decided on the verbiage.  This is the final result.  I posted them up on FB the other day and quite a few people loved the way they turned out  my daughter included....and that is of course a good thing.  lol

For these announcements I used:

Accent Essentials for the maroon & gold mats

Hello Kitty for the diploma

Locker Talk for the graduation cap; and

Thanksgiving for the "you're invited"

Graduation Congrats Pop-up

My oldest child is graduating from college soon and called the other day asking if I would please make her graduation announcements for her.  Well that of course prompted my newly found need/desire to purchase the Happy Graduation cartridge that was released a while back.  I mean up until now I didn't really feel the need to purchase this cartridge but I'm glad I did.

For my first project using this cartridge though I decided to do a Congrats card.  Now combine Happy Graduation with one of the wonderful Sizzix pop up dies and you get a great gift giving surprise.  I'd been drooling over this die as well but finally quit talking myself out of buying it.

So what do you think?

Graduation Invitations

It really shouldn't be a surprise, but this week's Cricut Cardz Challenge was to make a graduation card using any cartridges and colors we choose.  Great timing right?  You betcha.  So if you're stumped for ideas hop on over to see the great creations our design has in store for you this week. 

Before you go though let me tell you about my easy to create invitation........My nephew decided at the last minute - last week to be exact - that he wanted to invite people to his graduation.  So what was my sister to do?  Well call me of course.  (lol)  She old me exactly what she wanted, my nephew wrote the "copy" and I put it all together for them.

For this card I used: 

Graphically Speaking for the clock face cut at 2 3/4" - positioning the hands to read the time of the ceremony

Locker Talk for the graduation cap cut at 1 1/4" - for the tassel I used embroidery thread in the school colors

Graduating Hedgehog Notebook

I was so excited when dh took me to Michael's today to see what new cartridges they had in stock.  So we got there and went straight to the Cricut display to find a few new cartridges but not the one I really, really wanted.  They had Once Upon a Princess and as we were looking at it my dh just walked away.  I had no idea where he was going or what he was doing but after realizing that I just wouldn't get much use out of the Princes cartridge I put it up and started walking to the front of the store.

All of a sudden I saw my dh coming back towards me with a cartridge in his hands.....what did he have?  Did he find the one I really wanted????  Yup - he found Create a Critter!!!!!  W00t, W00t was I excited.  So I got to the register, paid and immediately asked the cashier if I could borrow her scissors so I could open the package.  I felt like a kid in the candy store and couldn't wait to get home so I could play.

For my debut project I decided to create a notebook as part of a Graduation Survival Kit for my daughter who's graduating from high school next month.  I love the way that it turned out.  What do you think?

Graduation Announcements

I have finally completed the order I had for graduation announcements.  Fortunately it was for a family member so that allowed me a little extra time.  By the time all was said and done though I created three different style cards.

The school bus card was made using Doodlecharms for the bus cut at 4", Every day paperdolls for the heads and graduation caps cut at 2", and Mickey Font for the school's acronym welded and cut at 3/4".

The Hello kitty card was made using only Hello Kitty cut at 4". 

The time card was made using Graphically Speaking for the clock face and the word time.  I'm sorry but I don't remember the sizes I used for this one. 

Time, Graduation & Dr. Seuss - Card Challenge #15

Half way there now......

Remus79's homework assignment for me was I would like to see you use the following: Cartridge:Graphically Speaking

Cuts: Any of the TIME features - words, phrases, clocks (hopefully a graphic and a word or phrase)

Theme: manly college graduation

As I complete each card I'm posting them in a gallery and when they are all complete I'm going to have another contest and the prize will be a Cricut cartridge..... http://spotofsanity.com/forum/index.php?action=mgallery;sa=album;id=3

Hello Kitty Graduation Pop Up Card

My oldest daughter is getting ready to gradute in a couple weeks from the community college she's been attending in Brunswick, GA and has been accepted to Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah. Unfortunately I will not be able to attend the ceremony as my other daughter is in exams with her honors classes here at home. So I wanted to create a special card and set about last night on the design and cutting and finished putting it all together this morning.

For this card I used the following cuts:

Hello Kitty & cap - 4" (outfit cut to be in the school colors)

Hello Kitty in car - 3 1/2"

Tree from Camp Out - 4 3/4"

Sun from Pooh & Friends - 1 1/2"

Pennant from Locker Talk - 1 3/4" (cut to be in the school colors)

The road was created simply by cutting a stip of black paper the length of the card and then notching to fit around the pop up pieces so that it would slide in to the center of the card for placement.

Follow Your Dreams

For this card I used my Cricut for two cuts: the diploma from Locker Talk and the arrows from Graphically Speaking. This card was actually inspired by one I saw in one of my many card magazines that I purchase. Unfortunately I can't remember which one and I have so many of them tagged that it would take me forever to find it right now....sorry.

Very easy and quick to make and an ideal card for graduation, a job promotion, a new job or other occassions I'm sure.