Con “GRAD” ulations Poster

My daughter recently graduated from high school. I couldn’t be more proud of the fine young lady she has grown into. It was a low key celebration as we don’t have too much family in the area, so I made this poster and wanted to share it with everyone.

Here’s a look at the entire poster. I used a piece of foam board that was already colored blue. I started with blue as I thought I would do things in blue and silver which her school colors. After consulting her, she didn't want the blue and silver theme so I ended up adding some “color” to it….lol The overall size is 20” x 30” a standard piece of foam board.  One of the nice things about the pazzles software is that you can design according to your finished size. You simply create a new file with the sizes you want. I do this a lot when I am working on a two page layout. I adjust my size to 24 x12 and then go from there. Doing this allowed me to layout the letters and then copy them over to a 12 x 12 size for cutting and I knew exactly how it was going to layout.

Here is a closer look at some of the yummy goodness I created.  To make this bottom image, I created it all in my Pazzles software. Once I had the final size, I exported it to a jpg. Then I took that jpg image and opened it up in my Microsoft Publisher software. I did this because this software has a feature for “poster printing” It allows you to layout out your larger print and then it will automatically “slice” up your image to print on however many sheets of letter size paper. The great thing about this feature is that it prints a little “overlap” where it knows you will have a seam. This allows you to cut one side of the image to where it printed up to and then you can lay it on top of the “overlap: and create an almost seamless look very easily! This print out too three sheets of letter size paper so it had two seams. In the above photo you see where I added some shading to the cake slice using my copic markers as well as some of my Pebbles dry decorator chalks. I also used some stickles, white dimensional paint and some distress stickles for the cake, Bundt cake and pie tops.

Here’s a closer look at the cake slice. You can see for parts of the cake, I used some of the Bazzil textures that come in the Pazzles software. This printed out nicely giving the cake some texture. I again used some white dimensional paint for the frosting.

Here is a closer look at the lettering. I used some Stickles midnight blue to go over the lettering to give it just a little extra shine.

Here’s a closer look at the cute little cupcakes, cookies cake and whisk. Again, I used my markers, chalks and stickles to add to the printed images.

Here is a closer look at the letters. I used some of the DCWV Glitter paper in black for the letters and the animal print paper is from the Neon Chic stack…Love my stacks!!!

Here is one last look at my completed poster. She really liked it and put it in her room

Products Used For This Project

	DCWV Glitzy Glitter Stack	DCWV Neon Chic Stack
Brushed Corduroy Distress Stickles	Stardust stickles	White dimensional paint
tape runner	foam tape	Pebbles Dry Decorator chalks
Silver Stickles	Dark Blue Stickles

Additional Supplies

Various Copic Sketch Markers

Well that about covers it for today crafty friends! I hope you are inspired to think bigger, faster and easier when it comes to those larger projects! As always, thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your crafty time with me. Be sure to come back tomorrow as I share another fun and hopefully inspiring project!  Until then,

You Da Man Card

Hello crafty friends,

Hope your Tuesday is shaping up to be a terrific one! Today I am sharing a card I created for Father’s Day. I used some of the paper from last month’s Close To My Heart Promotion along with some cuts from the Cricut Artbooking Cartridge and matching stamps.

Here’s a look at my card. The Red arrow, this week and blue label arrow stamps are all from the My Life Artbooking Bundle stamp set. The You Da Man letters are from the Hopscotch Alphabet stamp set. I stamped the letters with my Olive Stamp Pad. The red arrow was stamped with my Cranberry Ink Pad. The Blue Arrow label was stamped with my Crystal Blue Stamp pad and the the this week was stamped with my olive ink pad as well.

This shows how I used some foam tape to give some of the elements a little lift. The frame is one of the chipboard elements in the Artbooking bundle. Love these elements, they have matching cuts on the cartridge which makes covering them with patterned paper a snap.

Here is a closer look at the “metal” embellishments I used. I must admit, when I saw these in the catalog, I wasn’t impressed, but when I got some to use, I was pleasantly surprised at how well I really liked them. I finished off the card by using a sharpie marker to do some faux stitching around the white mat.

Products Used For This Project

Cricut Expression	Cricut Artbooking Bundle	Free To Be Me Paper Pack
Hopscotch Alphabet	Cranberry Ink Pad	Juniper Ink Pad
Olive Ink Pad	Triangle Studs	Glue Dots
Tape Runner	Foam Tape	Basic Cardstock Pack
White Cardstock	Sharpie Caribbean Edition	EK Mini Corner Punch

Don’t forget about the great promotion CTMH is running this month

Any of these collections are a great value! Be sure to get them early as they are while supplies last!

That about covers it for today! Be sure to stop back by tomorrow as I will be sharing another fun and hopefully inspiring project! Until then,

Bunches of Love, Love Your Smile and Classic Page Kits

New Page Kits

Happy Monday crafty friends,

I am back in the saddle. It has been a crazy last month with so many things going on. But now that most of that is behind me, I am back to crafting and sharing! I hope those of you that read along with me for the counting of the Omer were able to enjoy a wonderful Shavuot – Pentecost. What an amazing time we live in. To see all that is happening and know that God has called us to stand for Him during this time….May you be truly blessed!

So today I wanted to share three layouts I created recently for page-kits.com.

Bunches of Love

Shot of the completed layout. All the die cuts were created and cut with my Pazzles Inspiration and software. This layout was created with cute papers from Imaginisce, Recollections and the Paper Studio as well as some premium Bazzill cardstock.

Closer look at the cute little monkey topper.

Closer look at the cute little monkey sitting and holding his little bananas.

Closer look at the title.  The branch border is a Martha Stewart Punch. Kit includes all elements pre-cut. All you need to do is chalk, ink and assemble the die cuts….the fun stuff!

Love Your Smile Layout.

Photo of the completed layout. All die cuts were created with my Pazzles Inspiration and software. I used some cute papers from the Uptown Girl Paper Studio Stack and some pretty Bazzil cardstock.

Closer look at the cute little bear topper.

Closer look at the cute little bear holding flowers.

Closer look at the title. All elements for this kit are pre-cut. All you need to do is chalk, ink and assemble…the fun stuff!

Classic Layout

Here’s a view of the entire layout.

Here’s a closer look at the banner. I created the banners in my Pazzles Inspiration software.

Here is a closer look at some of the pretty vintage card embellishments.

If you are interested in any of these page kits, simply head over to page-kits.com and snap them up. I also have some premade pages on there and there is a link to my current EBay auctions as well!

Well, that about covers it for today. Be sure to stop back by tomorrow as I share a fun card for Father’s day! Until then,