Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Congratulations Grad–MCT Release Week Day 2

Hey there! Welcome to day 2 of the May release week festivities. So, after yesterday’s card went so well, I decided that I would try to continue my clean & simple thing because it truly is a challenge for me.

We’re all showcasing, Here’s Lookin’ at You!, and I must say that if you need to add a set with a great simple and masculine font, then this is for you. Emma covered pretty much any word we use to refer to males.

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Since we’re smack in the middle of May and June is around the corner, I decided to make a graduation themed card. I started with a  Kraft A2 card base. And, I wavered between using brown or black ink for my sentiments. Generally speaking, I don’t use a lot of black ink for sentiments. My go to is usually Stampin’ Up’s Early Espresso, but I feel like black ink makes a much bolder statement on a CAS card.

I used my grid mat and a ruler to draw a straight line to use a starting point for my sentiments. I used three different sentiment stamps on my card. I have found that preplanning is paramount when making clean cards. After drawing my line in pencil, I stamped, “congratulations,” from Gift Card Sentiments. I then stamped, “grad,” and, “you’re simply the BEST!,” from Here’s Lookin’ at You!

Now, here’s the deal, I had absolutely no trouble stamping the sentiments. But, I messed up on stamping the cap FOUR times! After I finally got it right, I took the card back to my score board and scored lines a fourth of an inch in on each side.

This wouldn't be a party w/o GIVEAWAYS!

With all of our SAMPLES/ SNEAKS this week, Emma likes to do some FUN giveaways!

All you have to do is leave comments on our blogs! You do NOT have to comment on every blog, BUT if you do, you will just have more chances to win!

SPREAD THE WORD TO THE WORLD ON FACEBOOK about this release & whatever connections you may have! Let us know on "My Creative Time's" FB page here http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/My-Creative-Time/364568506334 that you did so! OR you can just tag me in your post!

Emma will randomly pick & announce all winners on Friday, May 18th during the blog hop  @ 12:01am PST in her video! GOOD LUCK!

Log onto to your Facebook now & lets start spreading word!;)

 

Thanks for stopping by! As always, have a blessed day!

32 comments :

  1. Great graduation card, Trell.

    Tina
    aurathentic@gmail.com

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  2. Love the simplicity of the look.
    Kristi
    kidshomelove at yahoo dot com

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  3. Love your CAS Card it looks great.

    Hugs,
    Kate

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  4. Absolute perfection! Love it, Trell!!!

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  5. Great job again on the clean and simple look! It's great!

    housesbuiltofcards@gmail.com
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  6. I LOVE how you combined the different stamps to make the absolute most PERFECT sentiment (center focus). WOW. And the scoring looks awesome. Another perfect CAS card. Hugs- Glora

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  7. What a beautiful card!! The CAS look is awesome with the great border scores!
    TFS
    Jessica
    eschfamily@yahoo.com
    chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

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  8. First, I have to say your photos are AWESOME! these are such great shots of your work. I'm gonna have to work on my photos lol.
    Second, love your card...simply elegant! TFS --C

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  9. Love this simple clean look...but I know stamping sentiments perfectly is anything but simple. Lee-Ann :)

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  10. This is just perfect!! Love the clean and simple look to your card. Really just shows the fabulous sentiment to perfection! Great job Trell!

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  11. Great card Trell I LOVE!!!! how simple it is!!!

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  12. Love how simple the card is!
    Kristan
    sierrababy08 at hotmail dot com

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  13. I love simple cards sometimes. Your card is really nice and I love that you scored the edges - great idea. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. What a great clean sleek card.

    Sew Sweet N Crafty
    SewSweetNCrafty.blogspot.com
    SewSweetNCrafty@gmail.com

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  15. I like how you embossed the lines on the sides for interest. I like quick, simple cards. TFS!

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  16. Simple and so elegant. Love the framed embossing \.

    marg 0006 at verizon dot net

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  17. Simple,Clean,and so Perfect!TFS
    http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com
    mrodriguez860@hotmail.com

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  18. Beautiful, yet simple card. I love the detail with the embossed border and your use of different MCT stamps. Bravo!

    Thanks for sharing!
    misshoanggg (at) gmail.com

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  19. Like this, very classy!! Hugs, Cathryn :)

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  20. FANTASTIC job with your great graduation card!Have a nice evening Trell!:)

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  21. Love this simple and elegant looking card!!

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  22. Clean and classy!

    missstamper (at) yahoo.com

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  23. Very classy--I like the scored lines.

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  24. I think your card turned out great. All of the stamps go together so well and I like how you mixed them. Thanks for using the score lines as an added embellishment...so easy to forget that one.
    quilt 4 fun 2 at hot mail dot com

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  25. I find out that CAS cards are the hardest for me, I love yours it came out so neat!!! I agree planning is paramount...I do apprecciate you sharing the perils of stamping the cap, with us, it gives me a boost of confidence to learn that even Pros like you sometimes have stamping fights :) - I am no pro and stamping has been more of a challenge for me,even with clear stamps LOL! - Thank you for sharing, have a great day Trell,
    Liz

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  26. Trell ~ way to challenge yourself! CAS is just way to fun to do! I like them because yo can mass produce them and this is just PERFECT! The lines, the placement of the stamps and FABULOUS! Awesome job!

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  27. Simple and cute!

    Cindylop@rocketmail.com

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  28. Love the Simplicity of this Card. Would be very easy to mass produce since I need 6 Grad Cards. TFS, Smooches... Felicia - frankleecrafts [at] gmail [dot] com

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  29. Classy grad card. Love the use of the sentiment stamps. Love the clean lines. It's hard to step outside our comfort zone, but you succeeded beautifully.
    Ogdendoll@gmail.com

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  30. I like that you went with the black ink....So sharp and such a nice contrast!

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