Just Celebrate Cake

I love how this card turned out. Nothing like I had planned, but sometimes that is good! It didn't scan well because of the Ballet Blue card stock. Sometimes that color and Brilliant Blue look purple on scans, so I took a picture and then had to wait for K to get home from his job shadowing to help me unload the camera. I know I'm pathetic.

He was job shadowing the high school principal's wife at the hospital in surgeries. I think it is safe to say that won't be his career. I won't go into that any further. Anyway......

I've needed lots of birthday cards this year because I'm in charge of the staff birthdays at B's school. In July and August alone there are 18 birthdays! I need to get busy, so that is how this card came along. I wanted to use something from the On Board products again, so that is where the circle came from. I stamped it with the Canvas stamp and Pumpkin Pie Craft ink. I used Crystal Effects on the frosting of the cake. This cake comes from the versatile Just Celebrate set featured in the current Occasions Mini Catalog.

Year After Year - On Board

Here is another card made with the On Board Accents. After I played with the On Board products so much ....was it last spring??....I haven't for a while. I really like them! I actually made this card about a month ago, before I even knew about May's promotion. I even used the Cutting Mat and Hobby Blade. I felt like I was having a psycho or psychic moment or something! I stamped the graduation cap and congrats with Black Craft ink and embossed with clear. It looks super shiny, but I'm not sure how it will come through on the computer.

Supplies: Stamps - Year After Year, Phrases for a Friend, Canvas; CS - Textured Blue Bayou, Very Vanilla, Soft Sky; Porcelain Prints DP; Ink - Craft Black, Blue Bayou; Accessories - On Board Accents, Cutting Mat, Hobby Blade, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Cropodile, District Ribbon, SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Aqua Painter, Bone Folder

KWerner Design Color Inspiration Challenge #7

I've been wanting to try these Color Inspiration Challenges on Kristina Werner's Blog for quite some time. This if my first attempt, since this is the first time I've had anywhere to put the card! The colors she chose this week are shown above the card: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky and Very Vanilla. I wanted to use Chipboard, since it is 25% off with a $35 purchase of Stampin' Up! products during May. You can also get a free Hobby Blade with the purchase of the Cutting Mat. These three items work together wonderfully!


Supplies: CS - Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa; Soft Sky Designer Paper; On Board Blossoms & Basics; Ink - Chocolate Chip Craft, Very Vanilla Craft; Accessories - Cropodile, Ice Rhinestones, Sticky Strip, SNAIL, Bone Folder; Ribbon: Caramel Gingham, Stitched Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip Poly-Twill