Graduation Time!

This household is all about graduation these days.  Not only my second child, but my husband recently earned his masters degree as well!  While he wasn’t too sure about formal announcements, you have to do one for high school.

Graduation Time!

My oldest just let me do what I wanted, and they were stellar.  All manly and stuff with a football theme.  I actually took the award decals off his football helmet and incorporated them into the design.  As you can tell, I wasn’t given that kind of creative liberty.  My Denali was all about simple photography.  She did make a last minute request to include a prom photo with someplace to write a note to the recipient.  A little creative fun there.

Graduation Time!

All about growing up and making your own choices.  It just makes me smile, all of it.  Now it is her turn to write her messages and get them addressed.  Too fun!

Have a creative day!

Moana

Blooming With Kindness Trio

This set started with an experiment, had some problems, then turned the corner and gave me something beautiful.  Pretty fun experiment there.

Blooming With Kindness

I started out wanting to use pink pirouette, saraha sand and very vanilla.  The papers looked lovely together, however, the way they looked on the very vanilla compared to whisper white made all the difference.

The pink looked so different on the vanilla that it made it look like my card stock was the wrong color.  That was odd for sure.  But I loved the paper I had created using the huge flower from the blooming with kindness set, so I had to get creative.

Blooming With Kindness

I made other cards using the front and inside bits I had stamped on the very vanilla.  Then I made another background piece on whisper white and the pinks were much more friendly.  And I ended up loving the secondary cards more than my original.  How about that?

Blooming With Kindness

Even though my results went a bit off, I do love the look I made.  I stamped the flower with versamark ink onto the card stock and quickly sprinkled iridescent ice powder on the wet ink.  I heat set it and while it was still tacky I hit it again with the powder and heat set it again.  You can kind of see how shiny and sparkly it is.

Blooming With Kindness

Each card got a different sentiment, and they are all so beautiful.  My daughter is the one that said we had to have the set.  She was so right, my creative buddy.

Remember, there are no mistakes in art, only opportunities.

Have a creative day!

Moana