Off the Grid Wishes

 

I guess I was in the mood for some grunging and sponging when I put this one together!  It started with a piece of Epic Day This is That designer series paper and then I decided to add a layer that had some hexagons sponged into it over the top.  

 

I took a die cut made with the Hexagon Hive thinlit and used it as a template for the sponging, then I added some more sponging, Off the Grid images and some splatters from Gorgeous Grunge.

 

The sentiment is from Perfect Pennants and I added a little Gorgeous Grunge and sponging to that as well.

 

Supplies:

Perfect Pennants

Gorgeous Grunge

Off the Grid

Epic Day This and That dsp

Old Olive, Very Vanilla card stock

Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Soft Suede ink

Silver buttons

Hexagon hive thinlit

sponges

 

Blue Ribbon Birthday

I was going for a masculine and fairly simple birthday card with this one - I say fairly since I cut out the blue ribbon...  Midnight Muse will be missed when it retires, I paired it with Crumb Cake for this one and I really like the two colors together.

 



 

Supplies:

Blue Ribbon

Tape It

Off the Grid

Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake ink

Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake and Whisper White card stock

Celebrate Reading

 

A few weeks ago, I share some pictures with your from the PBS Reading Night my two youngest children had at school.  Today, I am sharing the scrapbook pages I put together with some pictures from that night.

 

 

On Maddie's, I used the stamp set Regarding Dahlias, some Gold Fancy Foil Vellum and Watercolor Wonder washi tape.  The designer series papers are from Gingham Garden and Etcetera. 

 

When I stamped the dahlia on Very Vanilla, I sponged some Pistachio Pudding ink onto it before I cut it out.

 

For Wyatt's page, I chose Retro Fresh designer series paper and Off the Grid and Peach Keen stamp sets.

 

 

A few random silver basic buttons and another page complete! 

 

 

Off the Grid

As I created the thank you cards for graduates last weekend, I made several of the styles simple instead of lots of layers and busy.  This is another sample of some of the gifts.

 



 

I used the Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge and Lots of Thanks stamp sets along with the Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches and some basic rhinestones. I think with all the cards I made, I went through 3 packages of Very Vanilla/Whisper White card stock! 

 

 

PBS Family Literacy Night

On Tuesday, my two youngest kids had a PBS Family Literacy Night and they showed off their boards that they made about a book they had read. 

 

Of course we had to use some Stampin' Up! products to create the boards so I thought I would share them today :) 

 

 

Wyatt's book was the 13th one in the Conspiracy 365 series (I wish I could find more books like this - both my boys LOVED this series and  have a tough time finding books for them they will read).

 

He used the retired Serif Essentials alphabet dies for his lettering and stamped randomly with Craft White, Metallic Gold and Metallic Silver ink using the Clockworks, Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets.

 

The cover of his book was an explosion with the main character running away so he drew a building on some chipboard and covered it with splotches of fingernail polish.  Of course it is covered with Basic Black card stock and he used Smoky Slate for the lettering and some Pumpkin Pie for behind the building.

 

And his board on display...

 

And on to Maddie's board about Charlie the Ranch Dog...

 

 

My Digital Studio played a large part in this board...the cloud background in the middle and the book information on the sides.

 

Lots of Stampin' Up! cardstock on this one as well and we also used some Early Espresso Co'ordinations card stock for the "field"!  The crops are cut using the Autumn Accents die and Little Leaves Sizzlits.

 

See those paw prints?  Yep, Undefined!  We carved a footprint to make it look like Charlie had walked around on her board :)

 

 

The teachers did a great job with the decorations and we even walked into Clifford's doghouse as we walked into the school.

 

Another little doghouse for a photo op!  I didn't get any pictures of Clifford (yep, he was there!) but they had a great time! 

 

Maddie standing proudly by her creation!

 

There were lots of activities for the kids when they were not at their boards - tattoos, stickers, balloons, coloring pages, book writing opportunities, picking a free book, etc.  At the end, they gave away 8 bikes and Wyatt happened to be a lucky winner! 

 

Speedy Birthday

I just have too many leftovers and scraps laying around and was working on making that pile a little smaller again...

 



 

I mixed some Island Indigo with Midnight Muse, Crumb Cake and Baked Brown Sugar card stock and added some Naturals Composition specialty paper and In color designer paper stacks.

 

Supplies:

Off the Grid, Need for Speed, Bring on the Cake

Pool Party, Wild Wasabi, Soft Suede, Midnight Muse ink

Midnight Muse, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Crumb Cake card stock

Naturals buttons

In color designer paper stack

Naturals composition specialty paper

Banner Greetings

 

Happy World Card Making Day!  I am going to be spending the morning with some stamping friends at my Stamp A Stack and might sneak a little more card making in later in the day as well.

 

There is the Positively Chevron background stamp again in the background of this card.  I added some Chevron border punch pieces to the bottom right corner as well.

 

Supplies:

Off the Grid

Need for Speed

Banner Greetings

Positively Chevron

Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar and Basic Black card stock

Pool Party, Soft Suede classic ink

Chevron border punch

Joyful Tidings

I put together a couple of stamps from the Christmas Messages stamp set and the Off the Grid stamp set for today's card share. 

 

I added some Winter Frost specialty paper and a Frosted Finishes Embellishment to complete the card.

 

Supplies:

Christmas Messages

Off the Grid

Pool Party, Island Indigo classic ink

Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Coastal Cabana card stock

Winter Frost specialty paper

Frosted Finishes Embellishment

 

Can't Thank you Enough!

I still have a few coffee cups that are stamped and cut out after I made some convention swaps so I continue to play with new ideas and here is another one!

 



 

Supplies:

Chalk Talk

Perfect Blend

Off the Grid

Quatrefancy specialty paper

Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Crisp Cantaloupe card stock

Crisp Cantaloupe, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Island Indigo ink

 

Wedding Shower Gift

 

One of our nieces is getting married this week and for her bridal shower, I gave her a

6 x 6 recipe scrapbook.  I thought I would share some of the pages (I forgot to take pictures and pulled her gift out of the bag at the shower before she arrived to take a couple, LOL!).

 

I used Off the Grid and Really Good Greetings for the background on this one and My Digital Studio for the recipe layer.

 

This one used a retired stamp set, texture plates and ribbon with the recipe printed from Word.

 

And the last three are all hybrid pages using My Digital Studio to print the recipe layer of the page.  The one above uses the Six Sided Sampler stamp set and below I used some I Am Me designer series paper.

 

Finally, I used some Modern Medley designer series paper and the Blue Ribbon stamp set.

Off the Grid

 

I was playing with the Off the Grid stamp on my Basic Gray background on this card and I like the look it gave although I might try a darker ink next time.



 

There is some Epic Day this and that designer series paper and more Chalk Talk images and framelits in the layout.

 

Supplies:

Chalk Talk

Off the Grid

Epic Day this and that dsp

Gumball Green and Pool Party classic ink

Very Vanilla, Basic Gray and Daffodil Delight card stock

Chalk Talk framelits

1 3/8" circle punch

1 1/4" circle punch

Very Vintage buttons

linen thread