Stamping Bella - Grace the Graduate

Happy Saturday!

It is graduation party season and that is what I'm doing today.  This is the card I made for the graduate, using Stamping Bella - Grace the Graduate.  

It's a stamp set I had in my stash and I used it 7 years ago for one of nieces who was graduating from college.  This is the first card I made with a colored gown rather than black...Love the royal blue!  Erica had a golden yellow sash and cords.  I thought about using cross stitch floss to create the cord, but in the end I just used some ribbon to represent them both.

The image is colored with Copic markers.

Copic Colors: B12, B14, B16, B18; G12, G14, G09; Y32, Y35, Y38

E00, E11, E21, E30, E31, E33, BG000; YR21, YR23, YR24

Since my sewing machine is functional again I matted the image on golden yellow Bazzill cardstock and stitch around the border, switching from a straight single stitch to a zig-zag on 3 of the sides.

This is actually the second card I made.  The first was in purple, which I don't know where that came from.  I had a picture of Erica from graduation in blue and gold and pulled out the purple Copic markers.

Copic Markers: V09, V12, V15, V17; YG63, YG67

Patterned papers are TAC Maggie

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings to you

Deb

 

Unity - Love Story Anniversary

 Happy Saturday!

Today I have an anniversary card to share and a craftroom organization idea.  First the card, I used Unity - Love Story background and several dies. The happy die cut is from Hero Arts Happy Stamp and cut set.  The hearts and corner accents are from a Die-namics die set Blueprint 32.

Cardstock - PaperTrey Ink White, Pure Poppy and True Black

I stamped the background script on a white panel, then cut the heart out.  The front panel is popped with a piece of red cardstock behind the cut out.  Added the Happy die cut and a fish tail flag with anniversary stamped on it (part of the Hero Arts die and stamp set).  Finished the card off with some corner details and red hearts from Blueprint 32.

I've found so many great dies I had stashed away.  In January, I attempted to better organize my craftroom. One awesome idea I saw last year was from an online card making summit.  They had stampers from all over present card techniques.  Many of them did their card presentation from their craftroom.  I love seeing other people's craft area! I saw this idea in the background and thankfully others in the online class asked about her boards in the background.  She purchased DIY magnetic car decal material from amazon and framed it, then had her dies hanging on the wall right above her die machine - Ingenious!  Here is what mine looks like...

Having my favorite dies readily available really is nice and makes it so easy to use and "put away".  I find I'm using them much more! Die-namics Blueprint 32 is on the board on the right in the upper right hand corner.  My boards are hung with Velcro command strips, so I can take the whole board off if the murphy bed needs to be used.  I purchased a 2 pack of 18x24 magnetic sheet and 18x24" poster frames, which worked perfectly.  The magnetic sheet came rolled up so I let them lay on the floor for a week or so to flatten out while I looked for frames.  I had thought of fitting the sheets in the details of the door but decided not to.  I also cleared off permanent spaces from my die cutting machine and my sewing machine.  Fingers crossed they stay clear, so I can continue to use them easily! 
      

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Blessings,

Deb