Happy Memorial Day weekend.

This facebook post from Matt Ehrin, my cousin Alex’s husband is a perfect reminder of what Memorial Day means, please take a moment to read it.

For those of you who think Monday is just a day off to party…..Memorial Day is a United States (U.S) Federal Holiday that honors service members that died in service to our nation. This day of remembrance, formally known as Decoration Day, is celebrated every year on the final Monday of May. In observance of the holiday, many people visit cemeteries and memorials, volunteers often place American flags on each grave site at national cemeteries.
So as Memorial Day approaches, whether you’re making plans to kick off summer with a weekend getaway, or organizing a barbecue with friends and family don’t forget to take a moment to honor our brave servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our nation’s freedom. FLY YOUR FLAGS HIGH!, and raise a glass to our fallen heros!! Happy Memorial day!

My card for today is a thank you to all the men & women who have served, are serving and will serve in the future.

It was created with a card base from the May Paper Pumpkin, some Real Red & Night of Navy cardstock, a few flowers with clear Wink of Stella, rhinestone and sentiment.

Thank you for stopping by, have a great day – Craft On!

Today we are celebrating my cousin Sue’s sons Jon & Steve as they graduate from high school this year. It’s busy month for her,  her oldest son Jacob Aaron graduated from college last week.

The cards I made for Jon & Steve feature the new 2016-2018 In-Color Dapper Denim, retired Brushed Gold Paper and Whisper White card stock. The Dapper Denim and Brushed Gold match their school colors perfect. I used the Large Number Framelits to die cut the 2016 and adhered them with liquid glue, Celebrate & graduation are from the Celebrate Today photopolymer stamp set. The Whisper White is adhered to the Brushed Gold which is then adhered with dimensional to the Dapper Denim card base.

Here is the graduation announcement and cards.

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How is your week going, we have half way through with a three day weekend on the horizon. It’s starting to be graduation time around here, parties the next two weekend. I’ll be taking a break from Simple Saturday’s so I can feature graduation cards for the my cousins sons and daughters, we have both high school and college graduations, not to mention a new certified plumber in the ranks!

Today’s post features both old and new items to create a card that could be used for a birthday or party invitation.

The designer series paper I used is It’s my Party which is retiring May 31st  and confetti in the shaker, foam adhesive strips used to make the shaker and stamp set are from the new 2016-2017 Annual Catalog which goes live June 1st. The new punch is called “Sprinkles – # 141472 – $18, Foam Strips – #141825 for $8 and the stamp set is Confetti Celebration – Wood # 141510 for $25 or Clear #142034 for $18.

While I used a stamp on the inside of the shaker, with added candy dots for interest, I stamped the sentiment on the window sheet with Black Staz On ink.

Thank you for stopping by today, have a great day – Craft On!

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Happy 18th birthday to my favorite nephew Jake! Today’s post is all about Jake. Earlier this year he has here for a visit and I snapped this picture of him, he’s not one for having this picture taken, which explains the face. He is turning into a rather handsome young man who will be attending the University of Delaware this fall.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Jake when he was little, one in the t-shirt I brought him while I worked in St. Thomas and the other with his Uncle Dan before a Pirate game here in Pittsburgh, still one of my favorites!

Here is the card, with matching envelope, I made for him this year, features It’s my Party Designer Series Paper, Number of Years, Balloon Celebration Bundle and Timeless Textures stamp set. Sentiment is from Aged Awareness stamp set, which is retiring.

Here is a look inside the card featuring more balloons (backed with dimensionals) and the inside section was stamped with the Timeless Textures stamp set, great for backgrounds and borders.

Thank you for stopping by today, hope you liked his birthday card. Have a great day, Craft On!

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Yes, you are correct, it’s not Sunday and I’m sharing my Sunday Stampers cards. Running a little behind but wanted to make sure I shared the cool cards we made this past Sunday. The Fancy Fold card was seen by a few stampers on Pinterest and as the good demonstrator I am we made the card. We also had a new stamper, Linda who enjoyed herself and plans on joining our group, welcome!

First is the Fancy Fold Double Pocket card – a piece of designer series paper cut to 8½” x 11″, folded in half vertically and horizontally then with the paper open fully, fold back the top left and bottom right to create pockets, fold up and over and bingo, a double pocket card!   A coordinating card and belly band finish off the card. This is a fun card to make, one suggestion is to use a piece of computer paper to create a sample before you make the actual card with the designer series paper.

Here are the other two cards, you might recognize the card on the left from Simple Saturday card, the group liked it so we made one.  The card of the right features the “drapery” fold, a hot trend right now. The fold is created using a piece of 6″ x 3″ designer series paper, scored at ¾”, 1″, 1¾”, 2″, 2¾”, 3, 3¾” and 4″, then a portion of the bottom trimmed off on the diagonal from the 3¾” score line to the center of the far end and fold away!

Thank you for stopping by today, hope you liked the cards. Have a great day – Craft On!

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At the Stampin’ Up! office Shannon West decided she wanted to “bring birthday’s back” and designed a stamp “imbringingbirthdaysback” to get people back to sending birthday days instead of just wishing facebook birthdays. How many of us are guilty of not sending enough cards? Let work on changing that ! ! !

Today is Shannon’s birthday and I wanted to share with you the card I sent her at the office. From what I hear she is getting tubs of cards from all over the world, how cool is that!

My card uses Cherry on Top Washi Tape as a decorative item along with a stamp set from the new catalog, Moroccan Nights – available June 1st,  on a base of Watermelon Wonder. Sure hope Shannon likes the card.

Thank you for stopping by, hope you liked the card, have a great day – Craft On!

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Happy Anniversary to Mike & Diane my brother and sister-in-law, many more happy years to come!

Thought I would share with all of you the card I sent them for this special day using the Shine On Specialty Designer Series Paper, which happens to be retiring at month end.  This is a great paper to use for boxes and looks pretty cool on cards as well. The card was rather easy to make, a piece of the designer paper on a Bermuda Bay card base decorated with flowers made from the Botanical Builders Framelits and the Itty Bitty Accent Flower punch. Sentiment is from Crazy about You stamp set. Both the framelits and stamp set are part of bundles going away at the end of the month, if you are interested in each now is the time to make that purchase. While the items will still be available, with the new Catalog June 1st, the bundle pricing will not be.

Thank you for stopping, hope you liked the card. Have a great day – Craft On!

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So how is your week so far? Mine is going well, I’m in Stamford CT for business, learning new responsibilities for my day job as Lead Finance Manager. Being a remote employee in another state, it’s nice to see and meet people you normally only talk to on the phone.

Today’s card features the retiring Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper and the Tin of Cards stamp set. These two items are paired with Very Vanilla and Mint Macaron card stock, Very Vanilla Satin ribbon and It’S my Party enamel dots finish off the card.

To create the card I cut two pieces of designer series paper the same size, then cut both horizontal and vertical using the same measurement and mixed them together, another fun way to use your designer series paper. Once the pieces are adhered to  a card stock mat, you can either use fast fuse or dimensionals to adhere to the card base.

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Today’s card was inspired by fellow 24/7 demonstrator Valory Degree who used this design which was part of a presentation during On State this past April, it’s where a 4″ x 4″ square of designer series paper (DSP) is used for the background. The key to the design is cut the paper diagonally and adhere to a card base with space between the two pieces, you can even back the designer paper with dimensionals for depth. The card base is your basic 5½” x 4¼” size.

For a focal image on my card I matched the background by using balloons, backed with dimensionals, and a greeting from the same stamp set Balloon Celebrations. It’s a fun card to make and a great way to use that designer series paper! I hope this inspires you to give it a try.

Thank you for stopping by, have a great day – Craft On!

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