Trophy Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card was created with my 3rd son in mind. He is graduating high school tomorrow. 2024 has been a good year for him with all the blessings he received this year. Congratulations, Yrwin! 

Also, I created this to join in the Lawnfawnatics challenge Inspired By. I love to stitch so I am so excited when Lawn Fawn created a line of products with stitching opportunities. I am very thankful to their designer. Chari Moss, for creating and sharing embroidery patterns. Her card using the Embroidery Hoop Star Add-on inspired me to use this die to create this project since I have not used this die yet. Although I did not do the same stitching as hers on my star, I want to show another way of using this star embroidery die. 

I am using the following Lawn Fawn Products for today's project:

• Embroidery Hoop
• Emroidery Hoop Star Add-on
• Circle Stackables
• Lucky Star
• Platform Pop-up
• #Awesome 
• Flippin' Awesome

I used a string art design on the star, stitching back and forth, sideways, diagonally, making sure that the cardstock panel is covered with stitching. Although I did a back stitch on the star prior to doing the string art, I did another back stitch of the star using a gold metallic floss.

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Would you believe that the circle frame I used for the this trophy card is the embroidery hoop die cut? I used the prongs of the embroidery hoop to anchor the frame to the platform. 

This trophy card is mailable and great for display. Please enjoy the short video below showcasing the interactive feature of this card.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

Lawn Fawn Challenge Blog

 

Graduation Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. My 2nd son is graduating high school this Sunday. So excited for him on this milestone.

The background panel involves a lot of die cutting. I die cut the plaid cover panel on an ink blended background. I pieced in some of the square negative cuts to provide contrast to the white sentiment die cuts. The words and numbers are die cut in multiples and adhered on top of each other for some dimension.

I enjoyed creating this project a lot since it is a mash up of cardmaking (based on the supplies used and the size), and scrapbooking. I think this is something doable for me compared to the large scale scrapbook layout. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase any of these products. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. They have a new release, too!  

 

Sketch Inspired Shaker Graduation Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I created this card for the latest Newton's Nook Challenge. I colored the cat with Cali, one of my sister's cats, as the inspiration. I don't have a graduate this year but in the next two years, I will. Might as well start early, right?

I stamped the image on white cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The image is from Newton Nook's Netwon's Graduation stamp set. I colored the image with Copic markers, adding black Wink of Stella to the graduation hat. I also added some white gel pen accents. For the rolled diploma, I added some Ranger Glossy Accents to the band. I die cut this into a circle using a die from the My Favorite Things Circle Stax dies. To mute the bright white, I blended some Tim Holtz Antique Linen. I die cut a gold cardstock using a die from the Paper Smooches Pinked Circles die set to matte the stamped circle die cut.

For the panel, I created a shaker film strip using a film strip punch. I punched several black cardstocks. The punch I am using creates the punch on an edge of the paper. Using a paper trimmer, I trimmed it off to create it into a strip. I adhered small pieces of acetate to one of the punched film strips. I built some dimension by adhering the film strip over the other. Lining up the holes is kind of tricky. I poured some gold confetti on the wells, and sealed it shut with a patterned paper from the Doodlebug The Graduates 6x6 patterned paper. There were three shaker wells created on the film strip but two of it got covered by the pinked circle die cut. 

To complete the sketch, I adhered various patterned papers to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" scrap piece of cardstock. I adhered the shaker film strip, then adhered the pinked circle adding foam so that it won't sag since the film strip has some dimension.

For the sentiment, I die cut a black cardstock using a die from the Lawn Fawn Fancy Folded Banner die set. I heat embossed the sentiment, which is from the same stamp set, using white embossing powder. I adhered this to the left bottom edge of the panel. 

For the string, I created a tassel using a DMC Diamant Metallic Thread in Metallic Gold & Black. I wrapped the same thread several times on the top edge of the panel. I secured this with tape on the back. I tied the tassel to the left. I squired a dot of glue to secure the knot of the tassel and keep it steady on that upper left part of the panel.

I added several metallic black pearls from Studio Katia for additional accents. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Newton's Nook Blog Challenge #12

Ellen Hutson Blog May Essentials Composition Challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog~Anything Goes

Graduation Cap Money Card

Hello! I am late in creating and sending this card to my son's friend, who had a graduation party two weeks ago. I got the inspiration from Notefolds. I changed his design to customize it to my own. I used the colors red, black and white, the colors of my son's high school. I created a pocket on the back to tuck in a note card for my son to write on. I rolled the money to make it into a diploma and tied it with a black ribbon. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches. I die cut a white cardstock several times and adhered it on top of each other for a raised look.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Anything Goes Challenge Week of May 28, 2019

Challenge for June #6 ~ 2019