SHOPPING OUR STASH #356 - Pomp and Circumstance

Hello friends and welcome!

It's time for our next challenge at

SHOPPING OUR STASH!

Since it's that time of year for students graduating, we want to

see your Graduation cards. But, if you don't need one, as an alternative you

can just create a Congrats card. Options! Yay!

Here's what I came up with: 

 and the inside:

This was pretty simple to make. Using just two card stock colors, an embossing folder

and some ancient stickers from my stash, I created this simple yet

elegant graduation card. The stamped sentiment on the inside finishes it off.

I hope that you'll find some time this week to play along at our challenge

at Shopping Our Stash! We'd love to see what you create. Looking for more

ideas? Simply visit the blogs of my teammates to see what fabulous designs they made!

Thanks for stopping in. Have a fantastic day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Slang Gang

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Momenta and Sticko - stickers; GC; Sizzix - Dots EF; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares

JUST US GIRLS #342 - Word Week

Hi all and welcome! This week, Sharyn is your hostess for Word Week at JUST US GIRLS! She's picked the word BUTTERFLY for you to play along with. (I don't know about you Sharyn, but I think we may have a lot of entries this week! LOL!) Here is the card I made for this challenge:

 and here is the inside:

OMGee! I just about made a one layer card! (a very hard thing for me to do - I LOVE my layers!!) My itty bitty butterfly was die cut, stamped, colored and given a coating of Crystal Stickles for some sparkle. The sentiment on the front is computer generated, but stamped on the inside. I used silver ink for the swirl and added rhinestones for more sparkle. (Can never have enough sparkle!) Then I doodled around the edges to complete the card. 

I hope you get a chance to play along in our Word Week challenge! We'd love to see your butterfly creations in the gallery at Just Us Girls! We have a new Guest Designer starting today - Aileen Ryan! Welcome Aileen!  Ya'll need to see the card she made for this challenge - it's jaw-in-your-lap gorgeous! For even more inspiration, why not check out what my teammates have created for your viewing pleasure. You won't be disappointed! 

Remember that if you are picked as Chic of the Week for any of our May challenges, you'll be in the running to be our Guest Designer for the month of July! Good luck and happy crafting!

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Flap Happy, Smarty Pants, Chart Toppers

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Brilliance - Starlite Silver

CS: Darice; Strathmore water color paper

Accessories: GC; Paper Smooches - Butterflies 3 die; Marvy Uchida markers; Kuretake - water brush; Nicole - rhinestones; Ranger - Crystal Stickles; sentiment computer generated

Adhesives: SA by 3L - 3D foam squares