And they're NEW in the shop. Limited quantities this time but if you love them, I'll keep them coming! 
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I started out without really having a plan or a card sketch in mind. I just knew that I wanted to start with these frames. The chosen class colors are turquoise & silver so I dug in my embossing drawer for those colors. Oh how I love to see these frames embossed. I trimmed around them closely and rounded the corners. I also embossed the SC sentiment "best day ever" on the card front which is Papertrey Rustic White. 
Next up I planned a layout and chose some patterned papers. The chevron is from My Mind's Eye and the people paper chain is from Studio Calico. I also chose some aqua twine to coordinate.
I assembled all the cut pieces on my 4 card fronts and added pop dots to the backs of the embossed frames.
Next I printed a recent photo of the girls from their graduation dress shopping day. Teens love their photos of friends so I know the girls will appreciate these cards. I just reduced the size of a square Instagram in my printer settings and printed 2 photos on one 4 x 6 piece of photo paper. Ack, so cute!
I did a little final assembly, adding Papertrey buttons, tied twine and Studio Calico wood asterisks to the card fronts.
So many fun, colorful details and the embossing just makes everything bright and cheery. 
On the insides I used several stamps to create a collage of sentiments. A little Washi tape and some leftover paper scraps finish them off. 
And here's the final four cards. I can't wait to hand them out to the Wolf Pack on graduation night. 
Hope you enjoy!
I've done this before on cards and layouts but thought it would be fun to share here on the blog today....using scissors, I cut apart the little buttons and elements and include some of the cardboard backing. You can see on the left how I just chopped off the entire bottom of the button card. I loved that curved label look and thought it would be a nice design element on a 4 x 6 insert. On the right I cut out a square piece with a button. I re-tied the button with Papertrey button twine. That cut little tag is from Banana Fish Studio. 
Here I used another chipboard accent with a piece of chipboard left in tact. I slid the chipboard under a journaling card and tied on new button twine. 
And that's it for today's share. Hope you enjoy! I'll be back soon with a graduation card tutorial that shows you how to add small Instagram photos to your card fronts. 
Back to school from Spring Break, more outdoor activities with the warmer weather, track meets and a tornado to boot.
Lots of blues and green this week to go with the blue skies and green grass.
My 3 x 4 journaling inserts. Charlie wondered what the heck was going on once Spring Break was over. Monday stamp is from Studio Calico. Week in Review on the right with Studio Calico good time stamp, Hero Arts letters, tag and Washi tape.
Patterned paper from Crate Paper, Washi tape from Studio Calico kit, Banana Fish Studio tag, and typed on label.
Stamps from Studio Calico set + Evalicious journaling card + Studio Calico patterned paper & letter stickers + wood asterisk. I still need to add a photo of my new Ipad in there too. I also used lots of the Dear Lizzy date stampers this week. So fun! I loved the play on words with the "I have issues" cards that shows all my magazines.
More Studio Calico stamps + Washi Tape and letters from my SC kit. Crazy temps and watching the KU basketball game with the family.
Sticker letters directly on the 4 x 6 photo insert along with a grid label that I ran through my vintage typewriter.
Pretty flowers from the grocery store transformed into pretty bouquets for the house. And I had some fun uses for the My Mind's Eye button card from the SC Versailles kit. Can you spy what I did....here and few other places? I'll show you in more detail in an upcoming post.
Jordand and her guitar. Always practicing and playing a little tune. I jotted down some of her songs she's learned on a journaling card I cut from the Studio Calico Cubicle paper. Is this awesome or what? I need like 20 more sheets of this.
And here's the most creative part of this week's spread. I made a 4 x 6 flipper for this slot. We had a tornado warning while Eric was at a school board meet 15 miles away. My tornado phobia kicked into high gear and it was a scary night. I used a 6 x 12 page protector for the top flipper part. The tap on the left is the spine of the insert that has the holes. I just snipped off enough to create a pull tab.
And here's the flipper part when opened. The top part is the back side of the above photo with small Instagram photos and journaling. For the bottom I stitched on a vellum pocket and inserted 2 sheets of text messages. Eric was texting me weather updates all evening because he had tv service where he was and we didn't because of the high winds. I used another grid label to stick on some typewriter journaling onto the pocket. I used Washi to create the fold of the two pieces.
I created another vellum pocket for this insert which all slips into the page protector slot. The two small photos are adhered to the pocket front & another photo with stamped tab and a medium tag with Josey's stats are tucked into the pocket. Chipboard button is from Banana Fish Studio.
Another insert with typed grid label and washi tape.
And lastly April Fool's Day. Josey and Jordan both had a few tricks up their sleeves.
And that's it for today. I've got a list a mile long of things to do for track meets, graduations, prom night, Mother's Day, the garden, family reunions and upcoming kits for the shop. Wow, April/May are crazy months, right?I have just started hearing about Washi Tape from Marcy Penner's blog ... and can't wait to try it out.
Here is a link to a fav project using it: http://www.marcypenner.com/?p=7414
Freckled Fawn is offering a $15.00 Gift Certificate to their shop to a visitor to my blog. Here's the details of the prize drawing:
Fishing boat. My sister had her eye on this beauty for her husband's man town shed. She thought it would be cool to display her antique fishing rods. I thought the old wood seat needed a wool quilt. And check the color, what's not to love?
Cute napkin display. Old potato masher with folded napkins. When we got home I dug out an old one that I had and my sister showed me how to fold napkins into neat interlocking triangles. 
Jars, of course. You know I love the jars. How about these half pints, oh so cute and $5 bucks a pop. I had a slap your forehead moment....use the zinc lids for smaller jars too. Duh.
Crock + canning jar. I did come home with these. I'll use the crock for wildflowers on the porch. Nice and heavy so the wind won't blow it over. And an old canning jar with a handle. I might use this for iced tea in the summer. Or lemonade. Perhaps a margi. 
Cameras. Two old Kodaks. I finally caved on vintage cameras. These were priced so well that I couldn't resist. Wish the big one had a bulb in it still. My goal is to have a shelf with family photos and these cameras. We'll see when that gets done.
Painted tray + tin molds. A little something for you guys. These will be transformed into an "instant collection" item for the shop. 
Milk glass. So pretty. I scored a few that will also become "instant collections" for the shop. Unless of course I keep a few for the Craft Department. The 3 scalloped pieces were all purchased at separate places. How cool that I found three of the same style. 
Painted tray + receipt spikes. The tray is just my color and it matches a little planter I use to hold my markers. It's like they were meant to be together. I'll snap a photo of them together. 2 more receipt spikes at a good price. I saw lots more but they were $15 and up. No thanks, I have my limit people.
Drum roll please. This was the best find of the day. It's a seed packet display unit from the Reliable Seeds Company in Sioux City, Iowa. Love the branding even though it's worn. I have a plan for this brewing in my little brain. My sister wanted it too. But I saw it first. 
And those were my favorite junkin' finds from the weekend. Boy, did we have fun. Look for the "instant collection" items later this week. I'll be back with our floral finds and a new plant that you'll love! Think strawberries......
Jordan was the party hostess. She made invitations, made decorations, wore a cute dress and vintage apron, cut wild flowers from the field next to our house.....it was a strawberry porch party in the making. And it was one of the most adorable moments in my life. You can read my original post about this day right here.
The flowers were tucked into a favorite vintage tea pot. We prepared Cranberry Lime Coolers, the most refreshing drink ever. You can find the recipe in this post.
We used a silver tray, a silver cream and sugar set, vintage linens and mason jars to serve our fresh strawberries and Cranberry Lime Coolers.
And she had the sweetest, freckled face I've ever seen. With little bouncy red curls. And a hand picked flower in her hair.
She made sure every little detail was just perfect. Sweetness in a little red apron.
And we enjoyed our strawberry porch party. Just sittin' there like it was the only place we had to be. The best place to be.
We dipped strawberries in sweet sugar and drank our drinks from mason jars. Nothing fancy but it was a real treat.
And such a little lady on that day with a vintage strawberry embroidered napkin in her lap. I hope I never for the sweet memories from this day.
And the love of strawberries continues today. This month Nichole and I introduced Strawberry Patch & Sentiments at Papertrey Ink. You might notice that some other sets Nichole and I designed contain strawberries too. Vintage Picnic has a little strawberry image. And Friendship Jar Summer Fillers has some fun strawberry images along with a sweet sentiment.
This tea pot was given to me by my sweet friend Carol in 2007. I keep the note she wrote to me tucked in the tea pot. There's nothing better than a fun vintage find...unless it's given to you by a sweet friend. And look what else I found tucked inside.....the sweet little invitations that Jordan made for our strawberry porch party. I love her little handwriting....and that we were to wear red. So many fun memories. It just makes me want to stamp up strawberry cards and send them to everyone I know!
And I do have a little something special to celebrate my new stamp set. There's a fun new kit called Strawberry Love in my shop. I'll be showing a few ideas on the blog this month made with items from the kit.
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