This is the time of year I tend to get an flurry of requests for custom cards...usually for graduations. It's fun to make a card that incorporates something about the graduate, as I did in this card: the student was a football player, so I included the school's athletic logo on the "wall of graffiti". I downloaded the logo from the school's website, converted it to grayscale, and positioned it to print where I wanted when I ran the Adventure Bound DSP through my printer. The other words come from the Bravo, @SoSocial, and Crazy for You stamp sets. They are stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed with White, Black and Silver embossing powders. Another request I recently received was from a friend who wanted a birthday card for her daughter that featured lots of glitter and rainbows to reflect an inside joke between the two of them. I made this by nesting my Oval Framelits on a piece of Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper (DDGP) and running it through my Big Shot, which gave me the Red-Blue pieces. The Purple piece was made from the inner oval left by the Framelits, cut out with the Large Oval Punch. Then I used an AquaPainter and re-inkers to color the DDGP, using very little water and a lot of re-inker to get a deep color (the color seeps through and is absorbed by the underlying paper, but is resisted by the glitter itself). Once they'd dried I nested them back together and attached them to a layer of Silver Glimmer Paper that's glued to a Whisper White card base. Finally, I cut the numbers with the Bigz Alphabet Typeset Dies (retired) in DDGP. I felt that numbers were lost without something to ground them, so I cut a second set from Smoky Slate and offset them when I attached them to the Silver Glimmer layer. My friend reported that the birthday girl loved the card and immediately got the joke. Love it! May Classes!Join me to make 5 great projects...including a sneak peek of NEW catalog items! Tuesday, May 26 9:30 - noon Nancy's Craft Room in Scottsdale RSVP by noon on Sunday, May 24 Tuesday, May 26 6:30 - 9:00 pm Ellen's House in Peoria RSVP by noon on Sunday, May 24 Wednesday, May 27 6:30 - 9:00 pm Nancy's Craft Room in Scottsdale RSVP by noon on Sunday, May 24 If you haven't tried Paper Pumpkin, now is a great time to sign up-get 50% off your first two months. With a deal like this, you'll want to invite everyone you know to give it a try too! Offer Dates: May 12 - June 10, 2015 Offer Details: Use the code SAVE50 to join Paper Pumpkin before June 10, 2015, and get 50% off the first two months! After that, keep the creativity coming for only $19.95 + tax per month (shipping included). The Fine Print:
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