makin' cards {graduation}

making graduation cards like a mad fool here..... this one was for our oldest son who graduated from college this past saturday from SD School of Mines and Technology

#proudmomma

happy monday.

xo. kristin

'tis the season for graduation....cards! {2014}

preparing for all of the graduations that we will be attending starting this weekend. sunday is the kick-off to grad parties and go all through the month-every weekend....

trying to get the jump start by making my cards ahead of time. i love using text book paper in the back ground of the cards. i had an old chemistry book hanging out in my studio- so, those pages are now the back ground paper of my cards.

thank you's.....

final step in this graduation process....the thank you! i made thank you postcards.

with matching envelopes!

i was using blank notecards that i trimmed to fit my envelopes. i sprayed them outside on the driveway. i actually lined up 6 cards underneath the stencil at a time.

this was the stencil i used, (which i love!).

these are the spray paint colors i used- ivy leaf and primer grey. i did a light spray with the ivy green just enough to get some color onto the cards and a little heavier with the grey to fill in more and give definition to the stencil. this gave the cards a variegated look that i liked. the final step was to stamp the "thank you" onto the front.

PROM

that's right...today is prom for us!! so here is a sneak peek- more pics tomorrow. thank goodness it is our son's senior year and things have been a little calmer and less particular than last year when his girlfriend was a senior last year. she came back from college to go with him and had found her dress clear back in december. it is of course purple (god bless her, i love purple).

grandpa is even in on the act and sent a vintage pair of cuff links for him to wear tonight. this is the beginning of the end. our son only has like 8 days left of school and his high school career will be over and he will graduate. holy cow- i hope this momma can keep it together and not let all of her emotions run away.