End of the school year - "Life is Good"

My son finished school for this year on Tuesday.  In the fall, he'll start grade 12 - his final year in high school.  He'll be working this summer at a plant nursery and hopes to find some time for his favourite activities - fishing, biking and swimming.

Here's the card that I made for him:

The card base is DCWV Shimmer in brown.  The next layer was K & Company Roam in yellow.  Only two Cricut cartridges were used for this card:  Everyday Paper Dolls for the bicycle, swimmer and fishing rod and fish and Graphically Speaking for the saying.  The swimmer was cut at 3 1/2 inches and various scraps of cardstock were used for the swimming trunks, hair, and accessories.  The bicycle was done in green and black - the actual colours of his bike.  The saying "Life is Good" was cut using two different shades of green cardstock.  The corners were rounded. 
So it is officially the beginning of summer for us and "Life is Good"!

Happy Birthday to a dear niece

My niece celebrated her birthday on Sunday.  I had her card hand delivered by my brother given the possibility of a postal strike (which indeed became reality).  My niece loves purses and shopping so I thought this would suit her perfectly.

The character was cut using Everyday Paper Dolls at 3 1/2 inches.  The card frame was cut using Elegant Edges on DCWV TajMahal cardstock.  I used acetate for the cupcake frame.  I added a polka dot sparkling ribbon and a metal tag.  So Happy Birthday and hope she had a fantastic day!

Latest card creations

Wow! Nearly three weeks since my last update...that's what happens when work gets in the way of our hobbies!  My crunch time in my consulting business is often March 31st as I have a number of government contracts requiring that all work be completed by that date.  So it is always a mad, mad rush to get everything in order and then the first week of April is recovery time.  So back to my card hobby....

I'm working on a number of Easter cards which I will get to show you really soon as well as my dear son's card whose birthday is on April 12th. 

I've continued to explore the Paper Dolls cartridge and made this card for our dear friend:

The card is a trifold.  On the front of the card, I embossed and inked the first layer then added some ribbon. I then welded the "Bonne Fete Paul" and layered the wording on a frame for effect.  The letters were also outlined.  For the third fold of the card, I made a golfer with the cart, green and flag.  The top portion includes a coupon and balls and tees to finish the embellishment.  It was a very personalized card and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

The next card was again a request from my daughter, this time for a synchronized swimming friend that helped to organized the team activities for the season.

 

I was trying to capture a number of things in this card with the synchro swimmers, the bake sale and of course the main person.  I stamped the face with a Peachy Keen Princess Face and added blush with chalk.  I added glitter to the cupcakes and stamped a quick "thanks" near the water splashes.  The finished card when opened is 12 x 12 as I needed to include enough room inside the card for the 16 girls to sign.  I then made this huge envelope for the card.  All in all, this creation turned out very well too.