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It's Graduation Time - Show Them How Proud You Are!

The end of the school year is quickly approaching, and at my house it has been non stop prom and grad preparations for a couple weeks. Grad is a truly special event, and what better way to express how proud you are of a graduate than with a hand made card.

As I was working on a card for my son, a local gift shop that sells my cards called looking specifically for grad cards. Shazam! into production mode I went and whipped off a handful more in various colours. I also decided to step this design up a notch and make a fancy-fold party invitation in the form of a pull-tab easel card. The card comes out of the envelope flat, but you pull the tab and it pops up into a standing easel card.

I will provide a FREE tutorial for the basic cards, and a paid tutorial for the more elaborate stand up cards in my tutorials section because there are a number of specific measurements and instructions to follow - too many for this blog post.

You can of course use school colours to make these more personal, and the mortar board tassels don't have to be gold - that just happened to be what I had on hand. Make your's unique and special.

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Cleaning out the cupboard - Daisy Punch & Gingham Gala fun!

Back during Sale-A-Bration I was so busy setting up Paper Pumpkin Clubs, designing cards for classes and becoming top SAB seller for my team, that I forgot I had ordered Gignham Gala paper and the daisy punch with intention of doing some summer cards.

Today was office cleaning day, and lo, I discover a whole unopened pack of designer paper in the back corner of the cupboard. I had put it there for the proverbial "safe keeping" when I would "find time" to use it. So I found time today.

Out came the daisy punch, some whisper white thick card stock, some velum paper, and some sequins. I did make cards in all five glorious colours of the Gingham paper, and I did remember after the photos that I also had the FREE SAB coordinating ribbon pack stogged away in a drawer for "that special time when I would make those special cards...." but I thought I'd focus on two cards close up, rather than a desktop full of them at a distance.

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Launching the NEW Stampin' Up! Annual Catalogue In Style

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"Hugs from Shelli" May Paper Pumpkin

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The May Paper Pumpkin kit did not disappoint! The blend of earthy and pastel colours is just gorgeous, and coordinates so well with the new Bird Ballad designer series paper, and many others as well. The colour palate works fantastic with old olive, petal pink, pool party, soft suede, early espresso, and very vanilla.

The stamp set has some really nice sentiments that fit many non specific occasions, like; "Huggs", "Thank You" and "Hello Dear Friend" in a mixed set of beautiful script and plain non-serif fonts. Add in some beautiful flowers, and birds and you have a set that can be used over and over with many other kits and products.

Like always I took some elements from the kit, including the envelopes, and took them apart, cut them up and used them to make alternate designs. In my Paper Pumpkin Clubs I present my attendees with six additional alternate designs they can make. The picture above is what I came up with in under an hour, just playing around, and below are the 22 final cards I got from this kit.