Graduation Gift Packets

Still making cards for the card packets that will be graduation gifts to a few high school seniors, I needed a few Mother's Day cards. So, used an adorable digi image from Little Scraps of Heaven named "Love Bots" to make this fun card. (You can find the image here, in a set with several others, and now on sale for just $1.20! littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com) I fussy-cut the sweet little bot from brushed metallic silver cardstock. And used a new Darice die set to make the gears. And the "chest plate" (my husband called it "a Robot 6 pack") is made with a scrap of metallic metal ribbon that I found in the clearance bin at JoAnne's for 25¢ per yard. The background paper is printed on regular copy paper using the free digi that I found here- www.papercraftinspirationsmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pin81.free_papers3.pdf  The sentiment is an old rubber stamp from Printworks. I'm entering this card into several challenges including LSOH "All for Mom", Di's Digi's "Load on the Embellies", and Simon Says "More Than One Stamp" (In truth, I used one stamp and one digi image. Hope that counts since I now use digis over half of the time because I like to be able  to adjust the size of the image and ease of storage.)

 
Entered into: 

Little Scraps of Heaven  All for Mom                                              (lshdesigns.blogspot.com)

Di’s Digi Stamps- Load on the Embellies                                       (disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.co.uk)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- More Than One Stamp      (simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #334-335 Anything Goes      (wordartwednesday.blogspot.com)

Another card for the grad gift packets was made with a cute digi from Whimsy Stamps named "Basket of Bunnies." Colored it with Spectrum Nior markers and mounted on strips of pastel background papers, the card just shouts of springtime. The sentiment is a freebie from desert diva (desertdiva-hannelie.blogspot.com/) I'm entering this card into several challenges including Whimsy "Anything Goes" and Simon Says "Inspired by a Song" (after waiting so very long for Spring to arrive this year, that song is "Here Comes the Sun” by the Beatles.)

Entered into: 

Whimsy Inspirations- #106 Anything Goes                  (whimsyinspires.blogspot.com)

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Inspired by a Song   (simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge)

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge               (craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com)

For this whimsical card I used a Tiddly Ink digi ("Dandylion Pixie") and sentiment (from Tiddly Ink set "Willow the Greeting Fairy"). I sponged chalk clouds onto a white A2 card and colored the Pixie with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I added depth and texture to the dandelion with Polar White Flowersoft. Added a little clear glitter to the Flowersoft to provide a little sparkle for this cutie... and I think she likes it! (I also hope that little Pixies doesn't  mind that the sentiment refers to fairies. I actually googled to see if there is a difference between fairies and pixies. And… guess what? There IS! There's a lot of info on the web about the differences between these two mythical creatures. It appears that they are not on friendly terms and are actually territorial enemies. So funny! But I won't laugh since I am a lover of make-believe and also a die-hard Trekkie that prefers Captain Janeway over Captain Picard and even- gasp- Captain Kirk!)  

 

Entered into: 

Tiddly Inks- Florals & Plants                                    (tiddlyinkschallenge.blogspot.com)

The Paper Shelter- #340 Digital Image                  (thepapershelter.blogspot.com.ar)

Penny's Challenge- #381 Anything Goes                (pennyschallenges.blogspot.com.au)

Had some time to make a handful of cards for the 2018 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop this weekend. Here is the first of those. I used a Bugaboo digi image "Coffee Words Cup" (this great digi is available for $1 because of the misspelling of Mocchiato in the design.  I was able to cover two of them up with a stripe or digi image and trimmed one from the bottom of the mug. Easy peasy! The heartbeat coffee sentiment (that is stretched across the middle of the mug) and the inside sentiment are freebies from lovesvg.com.  (They have a ton of great coffee related sentiments. So fun!) I made the steam by die cutting a few border swirls on cardstock. Then I traced a few of the swirls- simplified- onto vellum and fussy-cut them to add a fun extra to the card. Am entering this card into the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop plus Power Poppy's B&W with a pop of color challenge and Bugaboos Photo Inspiration Challenge (the black and bright red tent drew my eye in the photo. I used a specialty cardstock that looks a bit like the shiny tent fabric.)

Entered into: 

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop  (Coffeelovingcardmakers.Com/2018/05/2018-Spring-Summer-Coffee-Lovers-Blog-Hop)
Power Poppy- B&W with a pop of color   (powerpoppy.blogspot.com/2018/05/a-spark-with-bit-of-drama.html)

Bugaboo Stamps-Photo                               (catchthebugblog.blogspot.com)