You're The Cat's Pajamas!

If you've visited my blog this month, you've seen the Graduation Invitations my daughter, Kati, and I made for her graduation last weekend. If not, CLICK HERE. And you may have also seen the LUAU Graduation Party Invitations we made to celebrate her graduation with HONORS from College... If not, CLICK HERE.

At the end of my craft post, I'm going to post a ton of pictures from Graduation and the Luau party. You don't have to look at every single one of them, but they just make me smile so I wanted to share them with you.

Today I want to show you the card I made for her from her daddy, me, and her sister, Bonnie. I love this card!

Project # 203 of this year

• TALL CARD 9" x 8", scored & folded @ 4"
• Black & Cream papers from Recollections
• Twine is from TSQ ROYAL CASTLE SHOPPE
• Buttons from Hobby Lobby
• ELEGANT EDGES "Butterfly2" p. 51 cut Oblong @ 4 1/2"
• MEOW (Lite) "Groom1" cut @ 4" and adhered with pop dots
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS Graduation Hat p. 46 cut @ 4" and adhered with pop dots

Graphic 45 "Playtimes Past"

My Mind's Eye "Lost & Found"

TSQ ROYAL CASTLE SHOPPE 

Mary's CARDZ TV STAMPS

Mary's CARDZ TV STAMPS 

Thanks for stopping by today! I really appreciate all your comments. Have a fun, creative Tuesday.

:) Janis


P.S.  Don't forget to enter my TAG challenge for a chance to win some ACTION WOBBLES sponsored by TSQ ROYAL CASTLE SHOPPE. To enter your ZOO theme tag, CLICK HERE.

Here's a ton of pictures!!

Aaron, Keri, Tom, Me & Grandson, Kevin...

Kati with our grandson, Kevin at the Tiki Bar

Yes, our daughter, Kati, built this tiki bar herself... she's so talented!

Our girls, Kati & Keri

Kati doing LIMBO!

I think Bonnie is cheating. LOL

Hubbub, Tom, doing LIMBO!

Our BonBon.... don't get excited.. she's drinking MIST

Our son-in-law, Aaron... Homemade fun, folks!!

My sister & her husband on the left
My hubbub, Tom, in the middle
Me and then my brother

My brother and his wife

Is it wrong that our grandson, Kevin, is sitting at the Tiki bar? LOL

You can do it, Aaron!!

Kati's other half, Ryan, having some FUN!!

I could not believe it was standing room only here. WOW!!

Me, our special needs daughter, Bonnie, our graduate, Kati, our daughter, Keri, and hubbub Tom

Me, Kati, and my hubbub, Tom

Our daughters & their men

My beautiful girls!

BUG CARDS: Ch# 74 @ Paper Playtime

Welcome back! It's the first Monday of the month, so it's time for a DIE CUT CHALLENGE over at my challenge blog, Paper Playtime! 

For Ch#7 use any type of DIE CUT and/or DIE CUTTING machine 

and make a BUG CARD! 

Yeah! Bugs! Come on... you know you love cute little ladybugs and caterpillars. :)

I saw my friend, Mary @ CARDZ TV make a really cute bug card a while back. So I went to her blog and searched for it so I could make one sorta-kinda like it myself. You can see her bug card HERE.

Here is my little bug card.... (I LOVE IT!)...

Project #182 of this year

• A2 size card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2")
• Card base is Stampin Up's Soft Suede - this is also the ink I used for the edges of the bug and sentiment ticket.
• DOODLECHARMS used for BUG p. 92 cut @ 3 1/4" using scrap papers
• The bug was cut using the Blackout feature so I could stamp the face
• The face is stamped with Peachy Keen Stamps PK-754 Set A Critter Medium using the Stampin Up Soft Suede ink pad
• I used color pencils to color in his nose and mouth
• ELEGANT EDGES used for the mat. It's the Butterfly cut on p. 51 cut @ 3 3/4" and with the shadow feature
• The sentiment is stamped from Mary's CARDZ TV STAMPS "Ticket Talk 2" set. You have GOT to get this set. You can stamp the ticket and then there are lots of sayings that are sized to fit in the ticket space. Ticket to Ride is my fav, but I've already used lots in this set.
• The buttons are from Joann's.
• The brown twine is from The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Castle Shoppe.
• But wait... there's one more thing... this little buggy is on an ACTION WOBBLE!!! You can get these fun little darlings also from  The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Castle Shoppe.

Be sure and hop over to Paper Playtime and enter your own BUG CARD. 

Our sponsor for this challenge is one of our very own Design Team Members, 

LYNN of BOOTS AND BLING TIME. 

The prize is a $20 Visa Card!!  Woo-Hoo! Let's go shopping!

Good luck everyone!

:) Janis

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Cardz TV Stamps May Blog Hop

If you are looking for Paper Playtime's Anything Goes Challenge & Blog Hop, CLICK HERE!

If you are looking for the ZOO theme Tag Challenge, CLICK HERE!

Welcome to Mary's Cardz TV Stamps May Blog Hop! We are so glad you are hopping along with us. This Design Team amazes me with what they create. You are going to love everything you see!

Here is some info you need before I show you my project for this weekend...

To check out all of Mary's amazing stamp sets, check our her store @ Cardz TV Stamps.

If you arrived here by accident, please start at the beginning of our hop @ Cardz TV.

If you arrived here from GIRLIA'S CARDS, you are in the right place!

This blog hop is open today, Saturday, May 5th and tomorrow, Sunday, May 6th.  Mary will choose 1 winner from the comments who will receive 2 sets of Cardz TV Stamps of their choice & post the winner on Monday, May 7th.  FUN!!

Here is my Mother's Day card I created:

Project #180 of this year

 This is an S-Fold card. So easy, and so cool to make. :)

Butterfly cut is from LIVE SIMPLY (LITE) cart cut @ 3 1/2 using Recollection papers.

The sentiment mat is cut from ELEGANT EDGES "Leaves" p. 29 cut @ 2" with Oblong and Shadow feature.

Yellow mats are cut @ 5 1/4" x 2" (twice) and 5 1/4" x 4". (Recollection paper)

The flower papers are cut @ 5" x 1 3/4" (twice) and 5" x 3 3/4". This paper is from Me & My Big Ideas.

The Heart image stamp from Cardz TV Stamps "Ticket Talk" set.

The "a sweet HELLO!" from Cardz TV Stamps "Ticket Talk 2" set.  The sentiment was stamped using Stampology Pink Sapphire ink. This is such a pretty color pink!

Your next stop is Crafts By Amanda. Have a fun weekend! Good luck!

:) Janis

52 Tags Ch# 18 (Week 18)

All Active 52 Tag Challenges CLICK HERE
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge Blog & Design Team Inspiration CLICK HERE

52 Tags Week # 18 Challenge:

For Week #18, Create a tag with a ZOO theme!

Project # 181 of this year

Janis (that's me!) - Pause Dream Enjoy (you are here!)

• Monkey is cut @ 3 1/2" from CREATE A CRITTER and he's on an ACTION WOBBLE from The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Castle Shoppe.
• Buttons from Michael's.
• Monkey paper from Stampin' Up "soft suede" and the ink around the tickets is also Stampin Up same color.

• Twine from The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Castle Shoppe.

• Ticket stamp and "Admit One" stamp from Mary's CARDZ TV STAMPS set "Ticket Talk 2" (one of my favorite sets!)

Tag base is cut from ELEGANT EDGES "Swirl 2" on page 39 cut @ 4 1/2" using the Oblong and Shadow features.

Background paper from Recollections "All Girl" stack.

March's prize is sponsored by

The Scrpabooking Queen's Royal Castle Shoppe!

The prize is a pack of 4 Action Wobbles! Yeah! I love Action Wobbles!

Every Wednesday there is a brand new Action Wobble Challenge at Wobble Wednesday's Challenge. Wouldn't you LOVE some Action Wobbles so you can play along in these challenges? If you'd like to see some of the projects I've created  at Pause Dream Enjoy with Action Wobbles, CLICK HERE.

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LUAU Party Invitations

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Thanks for visiting my blog so often! I really enjoy all of you who follow me and leave me great comments. :)

Earlier this week I showed you the College Graduation Invitations that I created with our daughter, Kati. If you missed it, CLICK HERE, or scroll down to Tuesday, May 1st's post.

Today I want to show you the Graduation Party Invitations Kati and I created.

Kati decided she wanted a LUAU party as her Graduation Party theme. How fun is that?! They have spent the last 3 months slowly gathering party supplies and planning every detail of this LUAU, including constructing by hand a TIKI BAR for the backyard. Yes, our daughter knows how to buy wood at LOWES and use POWER TOOLS. Don't let her beauty fool you, she's well-rounded, brilliant (hence the graduating with HONORS), and knows how to build. (Okay, her daddy gave her advice every now and then, but Kati made the plans for it, built it, and only asked a couple of questions about joining. )

Projects #139-169 of this year

• LIFE IS A BEACH for Tiki Masks cut @ 3"
• Squares cut from PLANTIN SCHOOL BOOK with Shadow feature cut @ 2 1/2"
• Bamboo stalks from LIFE IS A BEACH cut @ 3 1/2"
• "Swiss Dots" Cuttlebug folder for Teal background dry embossing
• Kati chalked all of the masks using white chalk
• LUAU cut @ 1 1/2" from LIFE IS A BEACH

Easy Peasy! These took a little longer to assemble than the Graduation invitations because of the chalking, layering with shadows, and getting glue on the bamboo stalks and all the letters. Kati ended up using the 2-Way Glue Pen for the bamboo stalks, but put all of the letters through the Xyron. I love my Xyron!

Be sure and come back here tomorrow to see what this week's Tag Theme Challenge is & enter your tag!

Aloha! :) Janis

CCC #107 Mother's Day Card

If you are looking for Paper Playtime's Anything Goes Challenge & Blog Hop, CLICK HERE!

Welcome to Cricut Cardz Ch# 107 "There's No Other Like My Mother". For this challenge, Mary is asking us to make a Mother's Day card using any cartridge(s) and any colors you'd like.  I knew right away that I wanted butterflies on my card. My mother adores butterflies. She has them all over the house.

Project #174 of this year

Card Details:

• A2 size card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").
• Background papers are from scraps drawer. 
• Green cut @ 5 1/4" x 4"
• Pink cut @ 5" x 3 3/4"
• Green cut @ 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"
• All solid papers from Recollections
• Corners made with Stampin' Up 1 3/4" square punch
• Butterflies cut from KATE'S ABC's @ 4 1/2" p. 55
• Scripture stamp from Mary's CARDZ TV STAMPS "Rejoice" set

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure and enter the Cardz TV Challenge! :) Janis

Fishin' You A Happy Birthday

Project # 199 of this year

• Tall Card 9" x 8" and scored @ 4" (this will fit into a #10 Business Envelope)
• Background paper cut @ 3 3/4" x 8 3/4" (from Colorbox - Walmart)
• Buttons from Michael's
• CREATE A CRITTER Sun p. 52 cut @ 1 1/2" with shadow feature
• B IS FOR BOY (Lite) Boy cut @ 3 1/2"
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS:
• Grasses cut @ 2" and 1 1/2" p. 77 and trimmed to length
• Clouds cut @ 2" and 1 1/2" p. 77
• Fishing Pole cut @ 4 1/4"
• Peachy Keen Stamps PK-531 Simple Sallies Assortment
• Boy adhered with Action Wobble from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• Journal punch from Fiskar's
• Sentiment stamp from Mary's CARDZ TV STAMPS "It's A Guy Thing"
•  Rhinestones on Boy's shirt are from Recollections

Entered in these challenges:

1. Simply Crafts - use Create A Critter Sunshine
2. Daring Cardmakers - Masculine sportsman
3. Crafty Catz Weekly - #130 Anything Goes
4. Craft Your Days Away - #44 Just For Children

Entered in...


Have a fun, creative day! :) Janis

Koala Action Wobble Card

Hi! I saw 2 fun challenges I wanted to enter today.

Project # 198 of this year

• Yellow Card base from Michael's card pack 6 1/4" x 4 1/2".
• Background papers from Colorbok Walmart stack.
• Koala cut @ 3" from CREATE A CRITTER p. 49 and adhered with an ACTION WOBBLE from TSQ Royal Castle Shoppe. 
• Sentiment is from "King's Birthday" stamp set also from  TSQ Royal Castle Shoppe. 
• Googlie eyes!
• Ribbon from Michael's.
• Center, sparkling rhinestone in flower from Target.

Entered into these challenges:

• 365 Cards - Day 62: Something Pink, An Animal, Pattern Paper
• Cute Card Thursday - Ch# 214: Animal Magic

Have a fun, creative day! :) Janis

Easy Hand-made Graduation invitation

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Project #108-138 of this year

It's May! That means lots of Graduations this month. We are very proud of our daughter, Kati, who will be graduating from the

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA

this month

WITH HONORS

with a

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS

in 

PHOTOGRAPHY.

I was honored and a bit surprised when Kati asked if I would help her make her graduation invitations and her graduation party invitations as well. Wow. What an honor. 

As you know, Mary of Cardz TV is one of my very best friends. I just love her. I knew when Kati asked me to help exactly what kind of invitation I wanted to do if Kati liked it. It's the invitation I saw Mary create in May of 2010. Kati loved it. So we adjusted a few things to suite it to Kati's needs, and voila. Easy Peasy. 

To see Mary's invitation video with all the measurements, CLICK HERE.

We simplified our version quite a bit. We needed much more room for the wording, so we opted out of some of the smaller cuts and matting like Mary had used. I don't know what I'd do without Mary's wealth of ideas. She is so awesome! Love you, Mary!! <3

Here are the details on our project:

• Invitation base is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". This is not a card, and it does not open.
• The base was dry embossed with the Cuttlebug folder "Swiss Dots".
• Black matting 3 1/2" x 4 3/4"
• Invitation wording mat 3 1/4" x 4 1/2
• All papers are Recollections
• Long Reach Ribbon Stitch Punch was used for holes for ribbon. This was $7.00 at Hobby Lobby. It was worth every penny. I originally had thought we'd punch 2 holes with the Crop-a-dile... which would have worked... but then you'd have to be consistent having the holes lined up and even, etc. This Long Reach Ribbon Stitch Punch made it so easy - 1 punch instead of 2. GREAT results. Here's a link to Hobby Lobby's online store where you can see the punch.... CLICK HERE.

• We used Mary's "bow cheat". Perfect for this. We were able to mail these invitations using only 1 stamp instead of having to add the extra 20 something cents for bumpy or "thick" envelopes. Yeah!
• The ribbon was also purchased from Hobby Lobby.

These invitations turned out very pretty. I'm still surprised that we were able to get them embossed, cut, punched, ribboned, and assembled in just a few hours.

If you have any questions about anything, just leave me a comment with your email so I can get back with you.  Have a celebrating kind of month..... I'll be back Thursday to show you the Graduation Party Invitations we created. FUNNESS!

:) Janis