Bunny Runs with Scissors: Endless Borders Stamp Set.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Teacher Appreciation and Graduation!

Teacher Appreciation day is coming May 8th ~ be ready with A Jillian Vance Design's new Teacher Treats stamps!

They have a variety of darling and usable sayings to make the perfect Treat for your teacher!

There are 6 that fit perfectly the AJVD {die}verse Tag die and 3 for the AJVD {die}signer Pocket die.

For this card used the Thank you for teaching me how to get my groove on for the Dance Teacher and the {die}verse Tag die and the {die}signer Pocket die. The stamps fit perfectly to leave room for a ribbon thru the hole of the tag.

Mrs. Gottke is one of Jillian's favorite teachers so for her this was perfect to use the Endless Borders stamp set and then Type Star Font to put her name in the circles ~ this was how Jillian designed those stamps to work together. All ink used is the Martha Stewart Silver pigment ink.

Then the Because you Totally Rock fits on the {die}signer Pocket die, I included an iTunes card.

Well with College and High School Graduations, we needed a new set for those occasions!!! So next up is Con{GRAD}ulations stamp set! yes Jillian named it that and I love it!!!

It is a 4 x 8 stamp set and we still had more we could have added!

Can I just say I love this card!!!

The base is a Canvas Corp Black and White Dot Skinny Card ~ Love this card!!! So many possibilities and so much space!

So I used the {die}verse Tag die for the Sentiment in the corner. The {die}licious Flag Die Set was perfect for this card! I used the Everyday Flag Stamp Set to create the circles on the flags and then Type Star Font for the letters ~ which I discovered fit perfectly in the circles on the stamp to stamp all at once!

Then for the diploma background I used the Emerald Cut {Die}mond Nested Die set.

Did you check out the cut little white clothespins? Those are Canvas Corp too!

Black Rinkle Ribbon and Licorice Divine Twine was also used!

The graduation hat was cut from Wild Card Cricut Cartridge at 5 1/2 then used the 1 1/2 circle punch for the round sentiment and our {die}namic Duo Die set for the Sentiment layer which I used the die and Spiced Marmalade to stencil it. We have two schools in our area one is Orange and Black and the other is Red and Grey!

So for the other card I used the large diploma on the set and hand cut it out, AJVD Quatrefoil Background stamp and Martha Stewart Silver pigment ink ~yes on a roll with that the day I made these cards! lol!

the two stars are from the set along with the sentiment Create your own Journey.

Check out all the Design Team Blogs for this weeks inspiration creations using Teacher Treats and Con{GRAD}ulations!

Ruby ~ Handcrafted Simply By Us

Nadia ~ Nadia's Beautiful Mess

Jennifer ~ Scrapping Under the Influence

Jillian ~ Princess and the Paper

Con{GRAD}ulations Stamp Set

Teacher Treats Stamp Set

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Thursday, March 22, 2012

Soaring by . . .

After Jillian was featured in Paper Creations Spring issue, we received a request for hot air balloons.

This sweet lady sent us some of her sketches and doodles for what she was looking for. I went into Illustrator and created this stamp set with her in mind. We didn't use her actual artwork but used her ideas and vision for what she wanted us to create! We loved that this customer had a request ~ you are welcome to email your requests to us too! That was so fun!

Jillian had no problem coming up with sentiments for this set and actually we ran out of room for all of what she came up with! ~ so we have second set!

Here is my tag for today's feature of the Whimsical Journey Stamp Set

This is a Ranger manila tag, I stamped the Balloon, sentiments and border from Endless Borders Stamp set ~ another new AJVD set! in Black Archival Ink.

Endless Borders Stamp set was designed to use on a card or a page, they can be extended to any size, either by repeating the stamp or using the extra icons to extend them.

We just got the Tim Holtz Distress Markers in so thought this we perfect to try them out! So beware, this is my first color job! {and it ins't that perfect!}

I used numerous of my favorite colors like Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick, Broken China, Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo for the balloon. Then I went and inked the tag with Broken China, Faded Jeans and Worn Lipstick. Over sprayed with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls Mist ~ wanted the Turquoise PP Mist but sprayer wasn't working!

The charm is from our NEW {die}lightfully Charming Circle die and stamp set is Occasionally Charming! Cut out of a manila file folder, stamped sentiment in Black Archival and inked with Worn Lipstick and Dusty Concord. Sprayed with Heirloom Perfect Pearls Mist and Pin it on with a AJVD Pear Pin. Hand dyed Rinkle Ribbon for the bow.

Soar to New Heights!

Graduation Card

I love how this card turned out. I used SVG Attic's Tent Card Collection, includes a stand for the bottom of the card so it stands on its own!

The one stamp on the Mini Whimsical Balloons set lets you build your own balloon!!! I used 2 inch circles for that and adhered them back to back to make it 3D. I then had an extra layer for the front of the card so I cut it the same color and stamped it in Whisper White Craft ink from Stampin Up using our Endless Borders stamp set.
Then used Divine Twine to make the ropes for my balloon and topped it off with a {die}lightfully Charming Circle with the Congratulations Stamp and Graduation Hat icon in the center from Charming Occasions stamp set! and pinned it on with a AJVD Silver Pear Pin