Graduation Favors

I know I know I post late Christmas cards and now graduation favors; what am I thinking. LOL Our family seems to do everything backwards. I've been busy getting my son graduated as well as the holidays. He decided to stay an extra semester to finish a minor while he had scholarships still paying.

They're made with CTMH's small paper pouches and a stamp I've had in my stash. You can find the bags on the while Supplies Last section of my website for only $1.50 for 20 of them.  I filled them with smarties and then sealed them up. I wanted to tie a ribbon on the top but I couldn't find my orange ribbon so they didn't get any. Oh well.

I'm so proud of him and how much he's accomplished in the last 4 years. In two weeks we'll be helping him pack up his apartment and he'll be moving to Florida to work for Disney and go for his Masters in Family & Youth counseling at University of Central Florida. I'm going to miss him so much. He truly is my sonshine each and every day.

Have a great day and come back tomorrow for a sneak peak of January's promotions and some new products coming in January.

You can see all of 

December's CTMH's Promotions 

by clicking on the link

Senior Photo Shoot

Hi everyone!   I have a great layout to share today of my sons senior pics and a video showing how to use the  Imagine when you don't have just the right paper for a project. It's really hard to video the small screen so I apologize it's a little blurry but hopefully it will help you learn a great feature of the Imagine. I can't wait to share with you how easy it is!

 Here's a close up of the banner I made with my Imagine.  It's cut from the Imagine More cartridge pg. 27 at 1.7 inches. I changed to the patterned paper found on pg. 44. Be sure to check out the video to learn how to do this. It's super simple and fabulous way to save money on patterned paper!

I used bakers twine and buttons to hang it on my page. Their school colors are burgandy, gold, and black so I chose the black and yellow twine and burgandy buttons to tie in their colors.

 The font is from the Old West cart cut at 3/4 inch. I used an extra pennant to put the year on.

 I decided upon argyle paper and the diamond border to complement the banner.
The border is cut at 2 inches from the Creative Memories Reminisce Accents cart pg. 65. This cart has some fabulous borders on it! I cut two of them and pieced together on my layout. You could also weld them on your gypsy or in the cricut craft room before cutting.

I used the negative pieces from the border to put across the middle of the page to help carry through the design. Don't be too quick to throw your trash away! You never know when it can be a great addition to your project.

I hope you enjoyed my layout and video and that it helps you try this great feature if you haven't already.

If you're reading this from sweetsassydiva be sure to come visit me at my blog for more great projects and if you're reading this at my blog be sure to visit sweetsassydiva for more great graduation projects from the rest of the design team.

Have a blessed Day
Tina Gale

Graduation Card

This is a card I made for all the graduates we know this year. I used Locker Talk to cut the cap out. The paper is some I picked up from Hobby Lobby.

I hope you enjoy and please leave me some comments on my first video. Hopefully I'll get better.

Thanks for stopping by

Tina