Pre-K Grad

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 391 - No Stamping!. eeekkk. I have not touched a stamp in 7 whole days and now I still can not touch a stamp. OK so after I picked myself off the floor I went to today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 184 - Inspired by SCHOOL and redeemed myself as the ideas began to flow.
I knew I had this "GRADE SCHOOL" dp from DCWV and I thought I had an apple die big enough to meet my needs but as luck would have it "NOT" so I hand drew my school bus, cut it out and popped it up. I used buttons for the headlights.
My layout is from Saturday's SWEET STOP SKETCHES # 172.
I used a sticker from EK Success "The Grad" for my sentiment. I have a pre-k and a Kindergarden grandchild this year so one of them will be getting this at the end of this school year.
Now off to work and back to reality after a fabulous weekend at the beach.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none :(
Paper: Brocade blue, yo yo yellow, poppy parade, DCWV "The Grade School" dp
Ink: none
Accessories: stickers, dimensionals, buttons, Fiskars border punch
Techniques: no stamping

MFP May Blog Hop Day 1 - Here Comes The Grad

Welcome to the MFP May Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!


Our New Sets are: Here Comes the Grad, Big Boy Toys, Magnolia Wedding, and American Made.
For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

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All Blog Hop participants will have the chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! That’s right! ONE lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include June 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the June 2011 Blog Hop!
What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, May 14, 2011.

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TUESDAY May 10, 2011- Here Comes the Grad:

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L.

Anne

Peggysue

Connie

Emily K.

Karen H.

Patty

Roxie

Vicki

Pam

Liz

Geri

Lynn

Emily N.

Neva <= you are here

Karen K.< go here next

Silvia

Patricia

Chrissy

Guest Designer Pat

Guest Designer Crafty Math Chick

Mark’s Finest Papers

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 322 - Blushing Celery Saffrons.
My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY CHALLENGE # 190.
The blushing bride panel was embossed with Script EF in the cuttlebug after inking the positive side with blushing bride marker for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 324 - Colored Embossing.
My image and sentiment are from MARKS FINEST PAPERS brand new acrylic set called "HERE COMES THE GRAD". I stamped the sentiment in certainly celery and the cap image in so saffron over the sentiment.
I stamped the tassel in so saffron, cut it out and popped it up attaching it to the focal panel with a large pink brad.
I love how this turned out and will be giving it to a co-worker who just finished her BSN program. She will love it

RECIPE:

Stamps: Here Comes The Grad - MFP
Paper: white, blushing bride, certainly celery, so saffron
Ink: blushing bride, certainly celery, so saffron
Accessories: brad, cuttlebug, Script Embossing folder, Fiskars border punch, ribbon, dimensionals
Techniques: colored embossing, dry embossing, 3D

Congrats Grad Sneak Peek

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 267 - Basic Appealing Shadows. I almost had this card finished when I saw the color challenge, eeek they work. The colors of the school where we live are gold and black. I had a really hard time matching Sage Shadow which is why I use it the least. The line of paper piercing on the sentiment layer is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 269 - Paper Piercing. My layout is from Sunday's SWEET SUNDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 65. This image and sentiment are part of a digital set called "CONGRATS GRAD" that will be released this Wednesday from TREEHOUSE STAMPS DIGITAL LINE. My dp is some I have had for eons and can not remember the name, sorry. I cut the hat and diploma image out and popped it up on the gold circle matted on black. All images colored were colored with copics.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Congrats Grad -Treehouse Stamps
Paper: white, black, basic gray, The Matt Pack?
Accessories: circle punches, aper piercing tool, dimensionals, copics
Techniques: paper piercing, 3D