A sketch card challenge

Christmas cards already! Reminder: Last week to buy retiring Stampin Up....

Before I forget, I wanted to post a reminder about Stampin Up's Last Chance lists - these are items that will be retiring, and June 30th is the last day they can be ordered...gee, that's tomorrow! 

So if you haven't checked our the Last Chance products,

you can take a quick peek here.

2 hybrid cat cards

I just made 2 "hybrid" cards for a cat themed swap - Hybrid means a combo of a digital software program and non-digital items. I used Stampin Up's My Digital Studio for the card base, and then embellished the rest of the card with Stampin Up products, such as an embossing folder, baker's twine, butterfly diecuts, and so saffron cardstock. 

A cute thank you card from Marti!

I received this cute thank you card from another fellow Stampin Up demonstrator, who had won the blog candy (beveled frame pin) I offered during the Sudsol blog tour.  I love the colors in it, and especially love lighter shades of blue and polka dots!  Thanks Marti!! 

Here is her blog where you can see a picture of her cat, Tea:  http://stampinwithteanme.blogspot.com/

I am finishing up decorating the graduation photobook for my son - here is the front of it, with a chocolate chip striped grosgrain ribbon. The book is crumb cake linen fabric, very elegant, with brown for the inside front and back cover.  I have been posting some pages of it this week.

Here's a closeup of the embellishments I attached to the grosgrain ribbon - Stampin Up's new early expresso striped baker's twine and a vintage trinket that is a key with a lobster claw. Hope he doesn't think it's too feminine - guess I will find out this weekend...

 I also made a hybrid card for his graduation, which is a combo of My Digital Studio and non-digital cardmaking items.  I embossed the front with the square lattice embossing folder, glued it onto designer paper, and added a strip of trimmed down grosgrain ribbon at the bottom.  That is a filligree brad with a glimmer brad at the bottom, and marina mist taffeta ribbon at the top. 

                                   

I even made a "matching" card for my son's girlfriend!  Her card has the rich razzleberry ribbon at the bottom, a white brad, and the scallops are in razzleberry too.  I hope they don't think I am too old-fashioned and corny for being sentimental....!!  Gee, you only get to graduate from high school once!!

Two more digital scrapbooking pages

Here are a couple more pages from my son's graduation scrapbook - My Digital Studio was used - my first big project...took me about a month from start to finish.  But I got to organize all my photos! 

This page features my son's "pets."  The little brown dog is our furbaby when we first got her 3 years ago.  I think every child should have the fun opportunity to have a dog...

My son is a natural athlete and once he has done an activity/sport several times, he does so well incorporating all the details of it to get the total picture.  That is his learning style....think he must take after me lol!  We had some fun times with the snowboarding weekends at Snowshoe Mountain. 

I am wondering if I should put in a few handwritten comments so my son will have that when I am gone....

My Digital Studio photobook for graduation 3 more pages

Here are 3 more pages of the My Digital Studio photobook I have been working on for the past month...sorting and organizing 18 years' worth of pictures in boxes and on my computer.  The photobook is for my son's graduation this weekend.

This page features photos of him and his older brother.

This page has some of the creative designs my son has done over the past 18 years - he really likes making things, and taking them apart to make them even better!  He calls it "modding."

My son also likes to play golf - you can see he started it at a very young age.  We usually find a mini-golf course to try out where ever we go!! 

I learned a lot doing this project, as it was my first really big project with My Digital Studio.  More pages coming....