4/7 Stampin' Up! Pomp & Circumstance feat. Retro Fresh Designer Paper, Graduation Card

Good Evening Friends,

Here's a sweet card that I made for my hubby's cousin Sammy, who just graduated from college... So, we got the most beautiful invitation, and I fully intended to attend, and SPACED IT!!!  It was awesome to see the pictures on FB of the party we missed!  Gheesh!!  I'm in direct sales!!  I know that people don't respond/dont show/space out but, I get so mad at myself when I do it, ya know?

So, here's the card for Samantha!  It's so pretty!!  I got the layout from the cool sketch site, Mojo Monday!  Julie is truly a mojo master and I love playing along with her sketches.  So, check it out! 

1.  I started with the retro fresh arrow design, and cut the DSP to 3x4".  I cut layer below that out of baked brown sugar cardstock to 4 1/4" x 3 1/4" and stuck them together with snail adhesive. 

2.  Next I tied a bow from the 7/16" natural trim ribbon. (which happens to be a weekly deal this week and is on sale through tonight, Monday night. 

3.  I punched a 1 3/4" circle of the flip side of the arrows (the tangerine colored circle) then punched another circle to follow the sketch out of a coordinating pattern. 

4.  The pomp and circumstance sentiment is stamped on a 1 1/4", then I cut a banner in the end.  Added the CELEBRATE in tangerine tango, and sponged the whole thing in baked brown sugar.

5.  I stamped the graduation cap on some Coastal Cabana card stock and cut it out with my paper snips.

I attached this to the bottom 3 layers.  The base is 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", and is scored at 4 1/4". Layer 2 is baked brown sugar 5 1/8" x 3 7/8".  The third layer, which was embossed with the chevron embossing folder, and measures 5 x 3 3/4". 

So, I'll have to put a nice little gift inside this one, yes?  What a space cadet!  Thanks so much for stopping by today! 


Love,


Selene Kempton
Stampin' Up! Creative Coach
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4/1 The Open Sea and Pure Gumption with Fan Fair Paper and cool double bow Split Coast Stampers Creative Crew CCREW0413CF

Good Morning Friends!

I hope you all had a blessed holiday surrounded by the people you love.

Today's share is a card I am putting in the mail for a good friend who got a promotion at work.  The amount of time and dedication that this person put into their promotion is amazing and I'm so happy for my friend.  (I don't want to say who the card is for until they get it).

To make the gorgeous double bow, I used my friend Lee Conrey's magic bow maker.  I added two pieces of the Riding Hood Red 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon to the mix of this double bow, and used a few glue dots underneath the bow to hold the folded back pieces in place.  Woot woot!  The pretty Banner across my card front was stamped on Very Vanilla card stock that was about 3/4" thick.  Then I scored it on either side of the sentiment twice.  Once right beside where the words end, and 1/4" over.  Then I just cut the paper to make the banner end and it pops up quite nicely.  I added a single glue dot under the center to get it to arch outward from the middle.  

I also made this card for the design team, the creative crew, over on Split Coast Stampers.  Here are the challenge details:  CCREW0413CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM--Creative Focus: This month, let's show off our new paper piercing tools! Located on P181 of the main catalog and on P 27 & 36 of the spring catalog, these can add a great accent to any project! Challenge yourself to add piercing to your card in a new way. If you don't have the paper piercing tool, use a pushpin!

I thought it would be fun to use my paper piercing on the scallop of the 2 3/4" scalloped circle punch.  I layered that layer with a 2 1/2" Espresso Colored Circle underneath.  I also added another layer of paper piercing all around the outside my Fan Fair Designer Series Paper and Sponged the layer heavily with Early Espresso ink. 

I love the Open Sea Stamp Set for achievement cards because in my opinion, life is a journey not a race.  Accomplishments along the way should be celebrated.  For me, accomplishments take prayer, dedication, hard work and determination.  The ship is symbolic for the journey for me.  There may be storms along the way, and things may pull you off track, but it's important to keep moving forward.  The sentiment comes from Pure Gumption, which is a set to celebrate Graduations.  I love that it can be used for other things too!

If you have time today, please check out the Creative Crew Gallery for April over on Split Coast to see what my team mates have made!  I love their artwork and promise you will not be disappointed!  Thanks for visiting today.

Love,
Selene Kempton
Stampin' Up! Creative Coach
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Bad Blogger ~ Graduation

Well, it's officially Summer here in the Kempton household. The apple of my eye (Alexis, in brown) has graduated from preschool this week. She's pictured here with one of her BFF's after the ceremony.

(I'm back to full time mommy)

Aren't they adorable? They were in different classes this year, but when they return for Kindergarten in the fall, they'll be in the same class. :)

So here's the card I made for her. I really didn't have a lot of time. So I used a packet that was leftover from my stamp club this month and made her this card.

It's been a busy summer already. Alexis has been helping me with my goal of earning Alaska. I'm about 1/4 of the way there, I've collected 40 of the 160 $50 orders that I need to earn the trip.

Thanks to all those who have wished us well with this! (and for those who have placed orders). I rarely ask anyone to place an order ~ so it's WAY out of my comfort zone. I'm workin on it! :)

If you'd like to take a look at my online store to see if you can help, click here, then click "shop now in the upper left hand corner.

I mean, in my humble opinion, we have some of the best crafting products on the planet for sure! :)