Well it is that time of year… school is ending and the Graduates are celebrating and planning their next direction in life.

My niece Graduated this past week. Seriously… I can’t believe it, it was just a couple of years ago a toddler in my living room being told not to pull the cats tail.. while learning to walk around the coffee table.  But now she is graduating High School and planning  her College career!

Well I had to come up with a graduation card and wanted it to pop! So I started with my New Sizzix Big Shot Pro 6×6 envelope die. I don’t use it as an envelope though.. well sort of I do cuz I don’t put the card in and envelope.. but I really make it the card and present all in one. A yellow card stock was used, and then I pulled out a bunch of Sentiments… all that work together for a Graduation Card for a teen. I stamped all over the card stock in all different directions to create my own pattern paper of sorts. I used my dark red Copic and colored in some of the shapes. A Black Dotted ribbon is run through the back of the card out to the front to use as a tie to keep the scalloped front closed.

As you untie and open you get this… an almost presentation of your inside image and pattern papers. I found a piece of graduation paper in my stash and matted it with a deep red card stock. then I also found a piece of paper that looks like notebook paper… like how that fits the theme :0)

I used my favorite Graduate stamp… I just love Stampavie’s Leere Aldrich Graduation Girl image – too cute if you ask me – stylish Grad with a cute purse, puppy and boots! I colored with my Copics with a yellow coloring behind her – wanted a sort of glow about her.. a TA DA spot light I guess. I cut her and a mat with my long scallops Nesties.

I made a hidden pocket behind the “notebook” paper for her present.. :0)  I think she liked it.. he he.

Hope you liked it too! ;0)

Comment tu t’appeles? Or “what’s your name” in French.

In our Stampavie Creations newsletter last week you’ll have read that Leerè Aldrich’s first name was chosen by her parents after seeing a Disney movie in the early 60’s.  Leerè has never been able to find out the name of the film. Until now!

Thanks to one of our readers, Jean Fitch from Jackonville Oregon, this 45 year old mystery has been solved.  How cool is that?! Well done Jean!

Read about here on Leerè’s blog : What’s in a name?

You ready to win a great prize? A REALLY great prize? Not one, not two, but a whole big bunch of really fresh new stamps?

This blog candy is for ALL TEN IMAGES FROM THE STAMPAVIE LEERE ALDRICH COLLECTION!! Wow!

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On May 1st, just before our first edition goes out, one random name will be drawn from the subscribers to be our candy winner and this lucky winner will be announced in the newsletter!  That is our only qualification, but if you would like to share our Candy news on your blog that will be very appreciated.

Stampavie Creations will be full of fresh project ideas, tutorials, interviews, prize winners, competitions, and even recipes! If you would like to see some of the Leere Images – check out these cool projects that our DT members came up with:

Claudia (http://rosaswelt.blogspot.com/)

Diane (http://papercookies.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/)

Jay Jay (http://stempelelfejayjay.blogspot.com/)

Jessica (http://thewhimsicalbutterfly.blogspot.com/)

Michelle (http://www.donkeysmiles.blogspot.com/)

Here’s my project, a Shopping bag/book using the Leerè Aldrich collection.

I had great fun creating this one. The stamps are just so fun, easy and quick to color!

Before I got started I asked myself what does EVERY woman need?

A handbag, right It should be a handy size and fancy looking.

We also need a credit card to go with it, and what does every crafting woman need? You all know this…stamps, papers, die cuts, embellishments…the list is always pretty endless LOL as we always NEED something to add to our crafting stash.

Now what if the credit card says NO for this month and we need to be patient, but we’ve seen so many of those MUST HAVES…..then we need a notepad to write everything down so that as soon as the credit card says GO again, we don’t waste any time searching for all of those items again.

So I thought why not combine it all? and VOILA…may I present you my shopping bag/book.

Made out of 1/8″ thick card board and covered with We R Memorykeepers Tiffany papers, lots of bling, the unlimited credit card (I wish I had one) and of course the Leerè Shopping Girl!

Inside I’ve got the ring binder mounted and 3 different colours of note cards. If you really want to have your wish list organized, then you could add tabbed dividers and separate categories like “papers” then “stamps” etc.

DH stated that this purse was a cheaper solution than all those designer hand bags out there. (*grin*) if only he knew about all of the secrets the bag is going to hold inside

This week at the Magnolia Vs. Stampvie Challenge there is a color challenge – Black, White and Red! A dramatic color combo I think – and perfect for a Congrats card for a Graduate don’t you think?

I started with the the <a href=”http://www.stampavie.com/leere-aldrich-c-27.html”>Stampavie Leere Aldrich image Graduation Girl</a> isn’t she just so smart looking! And I love that she has her little poodle under her arm! As per the challenge I used my Copics and dressed her all in black and Red. To high light her I used Sakura Glaze pens… really pops on the black dress. I cut with my Nestibilities oval, matted with a larger red oval and doodled the edges with the glaze pen.

The base of the card is Bazzil Black card stock, with DCWV pattern paper, white card stock punched with a Martha Steward Double Dot Scallop punch backed with red card stock. It is all stitched down with the glaze pen. I then added a layer of gingham black and white ribbon, and a white Prima flower, and red Micheals bridal flower. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and is punched with a Stampin Up Word Window punch.

I have so much fun with all of these Leere Aldrich images! They just have so much personality to them… why not check out all of the images and while there check out the new Stampavie Web Site!!! And keep checking back because there is lots more fun stuff coming really soon!

HUGS

MichelleO

www.donkeysmiles.blogspot.com

Hello and happy Monday. I was busy this past weekend and had not much stamping time so i wanted to make a “no fuss” card. I love the LeLo Desing stamps there are some most adorable images in this collection. So, when i saw a while back this a card idea over on SCS, i knew i would one day case the card using my “Natural Boy” stamp. This card took no longer than 1 hour – note no sewing on my card lol.

Stamps: LeLo Design Natural Boy by Stampavie  Sentiment is by Regina’s Cutting Cafe 1″ circle

Paper: Imaginice and Stampin up

Embellishments: Stampin up and Prima Marketing

Take care

Claudia Rosa www.rosasweltblogspot.com

There is so much talent from the DT and we are all so excited to share our cards that I figured I would take my turn today and just show two cards in one post… hope you like them both.

First is one of my all time favorite Sarah Kay’s… I wanted to share this card to remember we don’t always have to have pattern paper… and with the help of this large 5×7 stamp with a wonderful sentiment I think this card might just be where Sarah Kay images live…

“One hundred years together – Would surely be too few – For every day , all over again … I fell in Love with you. D Morgan.” To give the card a bit more shape and stand out, the card itself is cut to be just the size of the rectangle, with the tree line popping off the card (still fitting in a 5×7 size) The image is pop dotted off the card to give her more deminsion.

My second card is one of the fun Leere Aldrich images -

For the base I used a cream colored Bazzil card stock – it is one of those bling card stock so it has a shine to it. The pattern papers.. how gorgeous are they? They are new to me, I got a new K&Company stack by Brenda Walton – these papers are so pretty. They remind me of my Grandma.

I sewed down each layer with a zig zag stitch, then very slowly sewed down the lace with a straight stitch. The lace is a really gorgeous color in person – was lucky enough to buy a few different colors of this more expensive lace at a 50% sale at JoAnn’s a while back. So when on sale don’t forget those by the yard fancy ribbons and lace!

Of course my image is colored with my Copics, and then the bubbles are stickled. I just love this Stampavie Leere Alrich image… she is just too much fun to color – and you have to love all them bubbles with the puppy popping out! A few pearl buttons with sheer ribbon to tie them up and this card just has a vintage feel that I do believe my Grandma would have loved.. she would have loved the puppy in the tub too… LOL

Hope you enjoy – and if you have a chance I have some blog candy on my personal blog.. with some fun images I think we all love.. wink wink!

HUGS -

MichelleO

www.donkeysmiles.blogspot.com

Whootin Hi

How flippin adorable is that?!

I used a sketch posted on my blog, I altered the sketch a bit by adding the ribbon, and sentiment circle. (sentiment is fromPTI Wise Owl set)

I LOVE the owls in non-traditional colors. Inspired by MORE SU! paper! LOL!

I have had these owls Hoo-Hoo There from Stampavie’s Rachelle Anne Miller line-for MONTHS! They were the first image I bought from them, and FINALLY got to use it. I LOVE owls.

These are the CUTEST owls ever.

I cut their eyes/beaks to make them POP!

As you can tell lately Im all about POP!! Nothing is better than 3D!! A simple quick way to make a WOW!

I colored them with Copic markers, sponged some ink, and added some glitter.

Done.

I hope you like them. I think everyone needs this image

I love all of the Leere Aldrich images but this one is one of my favorites “Going Places”- I think it is just simply the car – reminds me of Hubby’s MGA convertible we dated and married in. Vroom Vroom!

The image is colored with my Copics, but then I added a thick layer of Dimensional Glaze – for that shiny wax look. Wish my truck looked that clean and shiny!

And don’t forget to add accessories – mine for this card is HUBCAPS! I found two adhesive dots that just happen to be the perfect size.

All of the papers are My Minds Eye Laundry Line and all have a glitter shine to them as well.

For more details please visit my blog – www.donkeysmiles.blogspot.com

and make sure to check out all of the Leere Aldrich images - they are all super cute, fun and perfect for so many occasions.

HUGS

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I just love this Leere Aldrich stamp “Bathing Beauty”. I am having so much fun with her and the sheer relaxation on her face as she soaks in these luxurious bubbles!  I have to admit that when I first saw this stamp, I didn’t even notice the cute little dog peeking out from within the bubbles.  So when I actually got the stamp and inked it up, this cracked me up!  I think he’s so cute!

I used my Copic BG10 Cool Shadow to outline just the edges of the suds, and painted them with Angel Wings Shimmerz.   I also took a close-up of the tub because unfortunately, it has been overcast here the last few days and I couldn’t get the best shot of the soapsuds and how they glimmer.  You can see the close up shot on THIS post on my personal blog.

I hope you are all having as relaxing of a day as this Bathing Beauty…wait, aren’t you?