Happy Graduation Brynn!

 Hello Ai fans!

I'm sure lots of you attended some sort of graduation or moving up ceremony or party this season.

For me, it was my youngest niece's high school graduation.

I made her a portfolio type card in her school colors.

On the front I used a die from the 5952 – Portfolio Template Die Set that I stamped IT'S YOUR DAY! onto which is from the 5735 – Birthday Sentiment Set. The border was made using the new 5972 – BJ Decorative Margin Dies. The cute bow is from 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies. I secured it shut with a 5967 – Hook & Loop Fasteners.

Next, we open it up to find HAPPY and 2025 cut from 5911 – Large Number Die Set and 5910 – Large Letter Die Set. They were all cut from a piece of paper from 6072 – Father’s Day Paper Pack. The little pocket that we put her check in and the stars are all from Portfolio set as well. The stars are covered in Wink of Stella.

Now onto the back of the card where I personalized it.

I used another birthday sentiment and a few more dies from the Portfolio to matte and frame it. I wrote my note to her underneath that.

Happy Graduation beautiful Brynn!

Happy Graduation!

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing the card that I made for my niece who will be graduating high school in less than two weeks.

The stamps are from 5277 – Graduation Set.  The animals in this set are all so adorable!

I used two die sets to frame the stamped image and verse.

5065 – Oval Double Stitched Dies
and
5132 – Tag Stitched Dies.

I also used my TT41 – TwinTone Marker – 41 Chocolate
to add some fine detail and dark areas to the owl.

Copics used:
W2, W4, W5, Y26, E35, E57

Chocolate Twin Tone

Marvy NO. 5 Yellow
Marvy NO. 89 Persimmon

Happy Birthday Down Under from Art Impressions!

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I made for a friend all the way in Australia!

I made a second card, slightly different, because Michelle deserves a one of a kind card!

I used the 5349 – Koalas Set from the Funny Farm series.

These koalas are just so darned cute and come with several fun sentiments.
I framed the main image with 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.

I also made a graduation card using the 5277 – Graduation Set.

My son's college colors were black and gold so the giraffe was perfect.

I cut the sentiment on the front of the card using the 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies.

Copics used on Koala cards:

YG07, YG17, N0, N2, T4, R01, R85, Y13, Y18, Y19, Y26

LePen 0.3

Copics used on Grad card:
E81, N0, R81, T3, E33, E87, BG000, BG01

Art Impressions Proud Nurse

 Hello Ai fans!

I have an acquaintance that recently saw some RN cards that I shared on my Facebook page.

She has a niece that's graduating from nursing school at Penn State University and asked if I would replicate one of them in Penn State's blue and white colors.

This was her favorite design, so here it is in blue and white.

The stamps are all from 4899 – Proud Nurse Set.
I also used the 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.
The RN was cut using 5072 – Block Letters Die Set.

I hope her niece enjoys the card. Nurses are so important to every last one of us.

We need to show them that they're appreciated!

Copics used:

B28, B66, B95, C0, C3, C8, T4, E02, E21,
E23, E25, E31, E39, E40, E51, E74

Happy Graduation Brittney!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I have a graduation card to share.

I used 5277 – Graduation Set from Art Impressions.

My daughter's friend just graduated as a Physical Therapist
and she asked me to make a card for her.

Happy Graduation!

Hello Ai fans!

A few weeks ago I shared another graduation card using this set.  It was also green and yellow.  I don't usually like to do that but my nephew was graduating from SUNY Oswego and their colors are gold and green.  Then my friend asked for a card for her co-worker's daughter.  She was graduating from Vestal H.S.  Their colors are gold and green.  Oh well...lol!

This time I used the giraffe on the front of my card.

This adorable image is from 5277 – Graduation Set.

I stamped my image and then cut it out using 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.  Normally graduations would be winding down by now but this family was holding out, hoping that they would be able to have a small gathering for her if they waited a few weeks.  Hopefully she'll get the party she deserves.

The above version is an alternate version I did to have on hand.

The one below is the one that my friend requested.

I added the name of her school below the giraffe on this one.

On the inside I used 3 more stamps from the set.

Copics used:

E41, G16, Y15, Y24, Y28, Y31

Congratulations & Happy Graduation, Ryan!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing the graduation card I made for my cousin Michelle's son.

His gown was royal blue so I colored the card to match.

The red, white and blue also fit with his party theme.  She decorated in those colors because he's going into the army.

  

I used two different verses on the inside.

I've used a retired set from Hanna Stamps. 
I think they're out of business now too.

Good luck Ryan!

I Brake for Graduating Ballerinas!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a slightly unorthodox graduation card with you.

My daughter's best "dance" friend graduated last week and we went to her party last night.

I used Half Sheet Ballerina.
If you act fast there are a couple of these sets on overstock so they're on sale.

Also, don't forget you can always use my code
to save 10% off your entire orderSAVE10RENEE.
The code can be used over and over and it never expires.

I thought the verse in this set was perfect for a young girl heading off to college.  She wants to be an occupational therapist.  Go Ally!

We met Ally and her mom when they transferred to Makena's dance studio.  We all became fast friends and they did several duos and trios together each year for about 6 yrs.

On the inside I used another image from the half sheet and also the phrase

Happy Graduation.

I used some Stickles on her tutu to give her lots of sparkle.

The girls duet...No the moms didn't plan our outfits along with them but it made for a fun picture!

I Brake for Gabe's Graduation!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a graduation card that I made for our neighbor's son.
We've known them for over 10 years and watched him grow from a boy into a wonderful young man.

I used Grad Owl from I Brake for Stamps on the front of the card.

The picture makes it difficult to see but the blue frame is popped up and I hand drew the branch for the wise old owl to perch on.

On the inside I used Happy Graduation.

Happy graduation season everyone!

Happy Graduation Lo and Ab!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing the graduation cards that I made for two of my daughter's friends.

They're both big athletes so I wanted to include the sneakers.  The school colors are red and royal blue but I wanted to soften the card a bit and went with a lighter blue gingham.

Lauren is blonde so this card was hers.

Abi is a brunette so her card had darker hair.

The graduates are popped up on foam tape to give the card some dimension and the 18 was cut from a Fusible Glitter Sheet I got at I Brake for Stamps.