Back to Creating!

Here is a graduation card I made for my cousin's daughter's 8th grade graduation:




















I wanted to do something a little different, so I used old cd's from our computers. My crop-a-dile was perfect for making the holes in the CD's for the binder ring. I used my circle cutter to make perfect circles to cover the cd's, and I used Creating Keepsakes papers. I adhered the papers to the cd's using tacky white glue, and let it dry overnight.

I used Creating Keepsakes sticker sentiments. I jazzed them up with Clear Stickles. I had some small Offray ribbons that I cut to decorate the cd's and the binder ring.

I hope you like the card!

Dog Swap - Altered Coaster & Bonus Die Cuts

Dog Swap - Altered Coaster

For a recent dog swap, I made an altered coaster. The coaster came from Red Lobster. At our last visit, I asked our server for extra coasters for my crafting, and she gave me a handful (bonus!!). The papers are cardstock from my stash (black, red, navy and brown). The background paper on the coaster is from Karen Foster Designs. The buckles on the ribbon are cut from my Sizzix red dies collection "buckles". The dog bone brad is from a dog swap I did. The "newspaper" article is printed on grey/beige cardstock using my laser printer. It was aged with chalk and distress inks. The ribbon was a gift from a friend.

The die cuts are all from cardstock and cut using my Cricut and the Paper Pups cartridge.