Celebrate

Here's another graduation card to share.  Just giving you a heads up that it's not my last grad card for the year yet.  Hee hee.  I enjoy making these type of cards anyway, and I'm glad I get to make a bunch of them every year.

Did I tell you that I just score an 8.5 x 11 cardstock at 4 and 8 inches (landscape)?  After folding, the shortest flap will serve as the pocket for a small gift, like a monetary bill or gift card.  And then you can cut the top flap with any edge punch.

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  @theoffice, The Paper Company, ColorBok, leftovers

image/sentiment:  Studio G, Unity

ink:  Stampin' Up, Tsukineko, Spica

tools:  Spellbinders, EK Success

embellishments: Robin's Nest, brads

adhesive:  Scotch, mounting tape

'Til next blog!

Success Is What You Make It

Happy Sunday, dear reader!  This is going to be short and sweet.  Today's project is another graduation card, intended for a male high school grad.  He's one of the nice kids in school, who never hesitate to offer help.  Let's just say that none of my wrinkles didn't come from him during the past three years that I've been working in our high school.  I'm sure he will do good in college and after that.

Materials used:

cardstock/dp:  @theoffice, ColorBok, leftovers

stamp:  K&Co, Verve

ink:  Tsukineko, Ranger

tools:  Spellbinders, Fiskars edge punch, heat gun

embellishments:  brads

misc.:  Ranger embossing powder

adhesive:  Scotch, mounting tape

'Til next blog!

Planet's New Addition

Hello crafty friends!  I guess I can say my summer vacation officially starts today.  During the past few days, everybody at school was cleaning their respective work areas/classrooms.  One of the teachers gave me an organizer that has been in her room but she hasn't really used.  I think it's a shoe organizer, but I know I can definitely use it in my craft room.  When my co-worker saw this organizer, she looked at me and said there's no more room in my craft room for it.  I kinda believed her, but there's no harm in trying, right?  I told her if I don't find room for it, I'll pass it on to her, since she's a crafter as well.

As soon as I got home yesterday, I started looking around in my craft room and tried to re-analyze my craft supplies.  Same questions as before:  Which ones do I use often?  What space can I sacrifice?  What changes can be made to accomodate this new organizer?  What  can go in this new organizer?

After about 3 hours, I found a place for my new organizer.  But before that, I'd like to show you how the space I found looked like before:

A lot of craft supplies and materials in this cabinet are stuff I don't really use so often like scrapbook kits, reinkers, album page refills, craft knives, etc.

This is what it looks now:

It's now a place for tools and supplies that were out in the open but I rarely used.  Some are craft materials that I haven't used for a while because they have been hidden, and I would like to use them more often.  The plastic cases are actually shoe boxes I bought from CostCo in Japan, and they are perfect for that space on the right.

I'm looking to organizing other areas after this new change, and I will definitely share them with you when I'm done.

Have a great weekend!

Someone So Special

There are some things in this life that I'm still having a hard time comprehending.  They say everything happens for a reason.  However, some particular reasons don't surface right away, making things harder to understand, and sometimes accept.

A week or so ago, we saw some military veterans by the entrance of Sam's Club for their annual veterans' aid campaign.  With DH being a veteran himself, he donated some money and he got a "poppy" made of paper, which he hung on our rear view mirror.  I asked him why a poppy of all flowers.  He explained that poppies would grow over graves of soldiers who died during the war.  Since then, poppies have been used in commemorating fallen soldiers, especially in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.  Poppies have several interpretations, depending on the country, culture, and what is being celebrated.  They can symbolize eternal sleep in Greek and Roman mythology, while in Classical mythology they signify a promise of resurrection after death. 

I figured poppies would be appropriate to use in a card I made for a friend whose grandmother just recently passed.

Materials used:

cardstock:  Bazzil, Wausau, leftovers

image/sentiment:  Hero Arts, Cloud 9 Designs, Verve

ink:  Tsukineko, Copics, Stampin' Up

tools:  Martha Stewart, SU ticket corner punch, Cuttlebug, Spellbinders

embellishments: brads

adhesive:  Scotch, Zots, mounting tape

'Til next  blog!

Simply Sent Part 2

The school year is officially over... woot!  Time to clean up the bulletin boards and start planning designs for the next year.  Decorating the boards is one of the perks of my job as I have a bigger "canvass" to work on.  And that's when I get to maximize my Cricut tools.  You can see some of my bulletin boards by clicking here.

A couple of months ago, I blogged about a Simply Sent card kit I bought from my SU demonstrator.  Well, I was finally able to finish the rest of the cards.  This time, I used a different Spellbinders die and edge punch. 

Materials used:

cardstock:  Stampin' Up

image/sentiment:  Stampin' Up

ink:  Stampin' Up, Spica

tools:  Spellbinders, Fiskars

adhesive:  Scotch, mounting tape

'Til next blog!