GRADUATION DAY!

Tomorrow I am going to a graduation party with my boyfriend and wanted to make a card.  I have been having fun with pocket cards and had a bunch of inspiring stamps that I thought would make good messages for a young grad.  The pocket is embossed which is one of the challenge topics at Card-a-Day blog so I will enter this card to their August challenge.

Here is the card:

and here are the tag inserts:

Since they are so tiny in the photo I thought I would share the sentiments:

Red - In a world where you can be anything, Be Yourself.

Yellow - Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you've imagined.

Blue - Imagine what you could do...If you could do what you imagine!

Green - Imagine with all your mind.  Believe with all your heart.  Achieve with all your might.

Thanks for stopping by!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAMIE!

Today is Jamie's birthday and we are celebrating with a special hop to celebrate.

If you have arrived here from the Joyful Stamper  you are in the right place!  If you have just stopped by to see me and came upon this post you may want to start back at Jamie's blog to be sure not to miss out on anything!

Since this is a birthday hop I decided to create a birthday card.  I opted to use this week's Mojo Monday sketch # 254 to start and a package of Birthday Bliss paper and buttons!  Here is the sketch:

and here is my interpretation of it:

Your next stop on this hop is Lissa Marie at So Many Crafts!

There is some wonderful blog candy being offered to one randomly chosen entrant who leaves a comment on all the blogs in the hop and stops by Scraptastical Kreations Facebook page to say hi!  The candy is a $15 gift certificate from Scraptastical Kreations for some fabulous paper piecings.


In case you get lost anywhere along the way here is the full line-up!

Jamie - http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com

Ellen - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Jill ~ http://craftwithanangel.blogspot.com/

Maria - http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com

Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/

LissaMarie - www.somanycrafts.com

Jessi http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/

Tahi http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com

Sandy http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com/

Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Thanks for hopping along with us! Hope you have enjoyed my stop!

A SPECIAL DAY

Today at church 3 teenagers were Baptized as well as my son and I being accepted into membership.  I made them each one of these cards:

I also made them each a cross for their bedroom using the theme or colors of their rooms.  Here they are:

The technique this week over at Card-a-Day blogspot was embossing so I entered that card as I used a wet embossing technique on the Dove and Cross for the theme With Faith.