Brunswick Grad

 

It's that time of year again with the students graduating! I have used the sentiment piece before in a different card, but changed the background of the card to make it more special for the person receiving it. Brunswick High School's colors are blue/white... so tried to make sure that was the color scheme.

The focal piece was all designed within My Memories Suite digital software and then printed on Basic White cardstock.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Digital Software

Embellishments - ConGRADulations -diploma (SU), Beat the Blahs - flower (MyMem); DSI -Flower (SU); Nature Hike - flower (COD); Brads (SU); Ribbon Flowers - flower (AWS)

Stamp Brush Set - Grad Party- Cap (SU)

Font - Bradley Hand ITC

Paper - Basic White, Basic Black, Blueberry Bushel

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layered Florals Embossing Folder, Blueberry Bushel ribbon

Grad Wish

For my nephew that has graduated from Cleveland State University. Congratulations! We are so proud of you!

I used My Memories Suite digital software to create a graduation cap background. Instead of printing layers - one for the background and one for the sentiment. I made a layer in My Memories Suite and printed it out all on one piece of cardstock.

For the ribbon detail, I cut a slit on the line on top and fed the ribbon through the back and adhered it with double-sided sticky tape.

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Supplies Used:
My Memories Suite digital software
Embellishments - Grad Party (cap-SU)
Punch - Square (filled w/white)
Font - Christmas Wish Calligraphy and Bernhart (black)

Samantha Graduation

My brother asked me to create graduation invites for his daughter, our niece. He didn't want her photo on the invite, so this is what I created.

I used my digital software, My Memories Suite to create the invites. Then, I printed 2 on an 8.5x11 piece of white cardstock. The invite measures 5x7. I printed 70 invitations.

The fonts used on the card are Chelsey (year), At Last Greeting (class of and name), GeoSlab703 (everything else).

The background is an overlay from Natural Compositions Overlays(SU) and the graduation cap is from Grad Party (SU).

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Supplies Used:
My Memories Suite digital software
fonts: Chelsey, At Last Greeting
Stamp Brush Set - Grad Party (cap - SU); Natural Compositions Overlays (background - SU)
Shape - Square (filled with white)
Paper - Whisper White

Oregon Aquarium

 

I found this cute layout on Pinterest, and wanted to use it on my 2-page spread here.  Unfortunately, I cannot give credit to the designer who created her 2page spread, as the website is no longer active. BUT... you can see it here:

Thank you for your inspiration!

These pages may look familiar to some, as I did create a calendar 12x12 page of a few of these photos.  I did change some papers and embellishments (and, of course, the layout), but I really liked the effect with the huge helm in the background of the paper.

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Supplies Used:

Background - Sail Away At Sea DSP

Punch - Square (filled w/ Nautical Expedition DSP); Grad Banner (White and Blue)

Stamp Brush Sets - Anchors Away (shark - blue; helm - blue at 20% opacity)

Embellishments - Seaside (starfish); Summer Vacation (starfish blue); Basic Pearls (colored blue)

Font - Steamer (Blue); Bow (White and Blue)

2015 Grad

 

I saw this cute graduation card (the one on the right) on Pinterest... it's from Pamela Ho.  I wanted to use the colors of my nephew's school -- which are blue/white/black... but I see the photo doesn't really distinguish too well what's black and what's blue.

I designed most of this in My Digital Studio and printed it off on Whisper White cardstock. The caps are from the digital download 'Grad Party' and I cut them out with scissors and added a dimensional to the back to make every other one 'pop' off the card.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Brush Set - Grad Party (caps - Night of Navy and Basic Black)
Font - AtlastGreeting (Night of Navy)
Punch - Square (filled w/ Basic Black for the lines through the date)
Paper - Night of Navy, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories - scissors, dimensionals

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Sammamish River

I believe this is the first time I didn't create a double-page spread that had coordinating pages! (This page will be next to my previous post.  I hope they won't look too different next to each other when printed.  I only had this one photo taken in July, and wanted to include it in our 2014 photobook.

I was inspired by a layout on the Sweet Shoppe blog, but I believe I changed it way too much to be considered actually using it.  I'll show it here anyway, and you can determine if I did or not. LOL!

If you can imagine it.... I sort of used the bottom layout! =)

Thanks for taking a peek!

Supplies Used:

Background - Very Vanilla Textured Cardstock

Embellishments - Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (Cherry Cobbler cropped); Glimmer Kit (frame, scallop trim, dot trim, heart)

Stamp Brush Sets - Vintage Overlays #8 (Basic Black)

Punches - Square (filled w/Cherry Cobbler, Grad Party #7, Blueberry Crisp #1)

Font - Lavanderia and Informal (Very Vanilla)

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Independence Day

We only had one photo (from Mike's phone) from our July 4th outing.  We walked 4 miles along the Sammamish River Trail in our neighborhood.  We love it here in the Pacific Northwest.....with so much natural beauty for us to explore.

My page definitely goes along with the Digi-Scrap Challenge on Splitcoaststampers -- Patriotism DGSC119.  You may view the challenge, along with all the pages created with it here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/dgsc119-patriotism-t589565.html
You'll see many pages that I have completed for this challenge! LOL! I love being patriotic! =)

Thanks for looking!

Supplies Used:
Background - Grad Party DSP #2
Punch - Square (filled w/Cherry Cobbler, Cherry Cobbler DSP and Grad Party DSP#2); Flag (filled w/Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler); Star (filled w/Whisper White)
Font - Bazooka (Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White)

Sammamish

This is a page I created for the February Progressive Digi-Scrap Challenge for the month of February. You may view the start of the challenge here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/digital-scrapbooking-tuesdays-f253/february-progressive-challenge-21-task1-02-04-14-a-t583970.html

These photos were taken in May 2012.  We love to take walks in our neighborhood.... this one is around Sammamish Lake. So calm and peaceful.

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Supplies Used:

Background Paper - Urban Garden DSP #6
Embellishments - Staples and Stitching (Very Vanilla); Hodgepodge Hardware (Jumbo Brad); Dahlias (Not Quite Navy)
Punch- Square (filled w/Urban Garden DSP #7, Baja Breeze Textured Cardstock and Not Quite Navy Textured Cardstock); Circle (filled w/Textured Cardstock Baja Breeze and Urban Garden DSP #7); Tag (filled w/ Textured Cardstock Not Quite Navy)
Stamp Brush Set - Fabulous Florets (flower - Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy); Grad Party (string - Kiwi Kiss); Paradise Found (leaves - Kiwi Kiss); Inspired by Nature (grass - Kiwi Kiss)
Font - Dragon (Not Quite Navy)

Five Mile Point - SBSC276

 

The last scrapbook pages of our Connecticut trip in November 2009. We explored the lighthouses on the coast and just enjoyed being with each other.

I incorporated the Splitcoaststampers sketch (SBSC276) in this two page layout.  You can view all the pages made with this sketch here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?si=sbsc276&cat=&x=0&y=0

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Papers - Textured (Cherry Cobbler), Grad Party #2 & #7

Photo mats - Early Espresso

Text - Magestic (Early Espresso & Crumb Cake behind and slightly offset), Cordial (Early Espresso)

Embellishments - Striped Grosgrain Ribbon & Knot (Early Espresso)

Punches - Square (filled with Grad Party), Hexagon (filled with Grad Party)

Stamp Brush Sets - Decorative Overlays (Crumb Cake at 40% opacity)