Graduation Owl Backpack

Just a very quick post since aside from the fact that I'm busy like a bee creating invitation cards for my son's 9th birthday, I'm sick with hard cough and stuffy nose :(  It's all my fault so no one to blame - I should have stayed at home yesterday to rest as suggested by hubby BUT I just had to work due to the trade fair going on in front of one of our shops.  Haist!  Yeah, I did buy few things but at the end I just had to give up coz I felt weak after 2 hours of going around the trade fair.

Anyway, since I'm like a snail when it comes to posting projects I have made, here is one of the projects that I've never posted hahahahahahahahaha.  Found it in my pending files to be posted =)  I made this mini backpack for a teenager who graduated from high-school last June.  Inside the backpack we hid money as graduation gift.  This is not my first time to make a backpack but the first one which I did few Christmases ago was literally made from scratch BUT this one I used the Sesame Street Seasons Cartridge cut into 11" then the owl itself was cut at 3 1/2" using Straight from the Nest Cartridge.

Other materials used were XL Tree Puncher, MS Picket Fence border punch, Stickles, 3D eyes, Congratulations sticker, and a Swedish graduation toothpick =)

left-side view

right-side view

Thanks for viewing =)

Confirmation Card + Envie

What is Confirmation?

con·fir·ma·tion/ˌkänfərˈmāSHən/ - which means (in the Christian Church) the rite at which a baptized person affirms Christian belief and is admitted as a full member of the church.


When a client asked me to make a confirmation card for a 15 year old boy, I was totally excited and at the same time nervous simply because it would be my first time to make a confirmation card.  Normally I'm asked to make Christmas, Birthday, Anniversary, love, invitations of all sorts.

Do you remember the day you had your confirmation?  I do!  In fact, I have few pictures and I believe I was not 15 but 10 years old and it happened during my elementary days at Holy Spirit School of Quezon City in the Philippines.  It's a beautiful memory .... I felt that we were all angels dressed in white and oh so prim and proper hahahahahahahahaha.

Anyway, enough of my blabberings, here's the confirmation card I made and it's a huge one ... not the usual size of cards in the market =)

First Play with Word Collage Cartridge

My son was terribly sick and still sick as of this day but I'm relieved that he does not vomit anymore and actually eating normally.  He just slept the whole day away on the first inset of flu and only took water all the time.  Fever went down but still coughing like a seal ..... and yesterday he started sneezing and sneezing :(

As a mother, I'm restless when my only child is sick .... always checking on him and that's the main reason why I was not able to post my project on-time.  I had plans of posting it as soon as my son falls asleep at night but I, too, falls asleep (all the time) beside hime and we both would wake up the sun is already shining high and bright.

Anyway, 2 days ago I played with my Word Collage Cricut Cartridge.  Like any of my carts, I also love this one .... so many possibilities, right?  I've seen some projects using vinyl with this cart and that I have to try someday with courage =)

 

For my first play with this cart, I covered an old 12 x 12 canvas board =)

The sides were accentuated with lavender Stickles as well as the antenna of the word Cricut.  I also adhered a vintage lace from my stash.  Hhhmmmm, I have not decided yet as to whether hang it or just let it stand.  I wonder when will I get to play with this cart again =)

until then......