Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graduation. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2014

pretty pink posh blog hop


I'm excited to participate in Pretty Pink Posh's sequin shaker blog hop.  Paulina at PPP makes shaker cards look so easy, but I seriously struggled to get everything just right.



This card is for a proud mother to give to her son who is graduating from college.  She ordered a money lei from me so that her son could wear it in his graduation ceremony.  I threw in this card with her order to send my best wishes.



With graduation and wedding season coming up, I'm thinking I'll be making quite a few of these.  Good thing I enjoy it:)

Thank you for stopping by.

Supplies:
Stamps: Mama Elephant Sunny Skies; Studio Calico Bluegrass Farm
Inks: Hero Arts (cup o joe, mint julep); Versafine (onyx black)
Dies: Kelly Purkey Twentyfourteen; Lawn Fawn Say Cheese
Other: various sequins

Monday, July 22, 2013

so many reasons to celebrate

This past weekend goes into the record books as one of the most crazy-fun weekends ever.  There were so many things to celebrate: the peaches in the backyard being ripe and ready for picking, participating in a full-day workshop with my favorite blogger/crafter, Amber, from Damask Love, family from all over being in town for the festivities, and much much more!

I made this fun little shaker card for my friend's birthday, using the technique presented in Summer Card Camp 2.  My friend and I have known each other since our college days in Berkeley, and we both ended up moving to Brooklyn, living just a 5 minute walk from each other.  Gotta keep your loved ones close!  Full disclosure -- I really made the shaker card for my friend's (almost) 2-year old daughter.  I think she'll have more fun with it:)


My family is huge!  So huge we held a 2-day party because we had so much to celebrate and had to break up the fun between 2 days.  For real.  Graduation celebration (2 nephews graduated from high school and my niece graduated from college) on Saturday and two birthdays on Sunday.  I prepared mini cupcakes, cookies, and mini trifles for the dessert table.

It's amazing to see the next generation growing up, finding their passions, and going out into the world.  A huge thank you and congratulations to all the parents, families, mentors and teachers who supported them along the way.




And, lastly I got the good news on Friday from my friend on the arrival of her baby girl, Anika.  Mama and Anika are healthy and happy.  I made this card to send the proud parents and baby all my love.


Supplies for Cards:

Shaker Bunny
Stamps: Mama Elephant Up and Away
Inks: Memento (tuxedo black); Derwent Inktense pencils
Other: patterned paper, foam sheet, circle dies, transparency sheet, glossy accents, assorted beads, sequins, and glitter

Welcome Little One
Stamps: Mama Elephant Nursery Deco
Inks: Memento (tuxedo black); Derwent Inktense pencils
Other: patterned paper, glossy accents