Tuesday, June 1, 2010

It's Grad Season....


Today's first card is for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge........I've used one of the pieces from the Vintage Grad set from Sugar Creek Hollow (there is also a greeting from that set on the inside of the card) The set is shown below - and you should be able to click on it to go directly to the Shoppe.

The black and white colour motif fits into the challenge over at Our Creative Corner - black and white and lots of texture....I've used grosgrain ribbon, metal slides and black and silver rhinestones.










This second card is one of the challenges from Splitcoasts VSN this past weekend. The theme was Dreaming of May - moving from winter to spring. Each creation was suppose to have a change of colour, image and texture from left to right. I had fun making this.

We had some snow this weekend - Big fat huge stuff at times. Didn't last long though.

I hope you're spring season is holding fast and your able to enjoy any celebrations that it holds. Thanks for stopping by!
Joan

15 comments:

Beate said...

Joan, both cards look amazing and are perfect for each challenge! LOVE the elegance of the first card and all the details of the second.
Have a great week!
Hugs and smiles

Kathy Jones said...

WOW Joan - that Grad card is absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! So elegant!!! The second is just so beautiful!!!

pam124 said...

Joan, your graduation card is wonderful. I find them hard to make, but you nailed it. LOVE the b/w, dp, your image and those wonderful metal sliders. You did a fantastic job on the Midnight Madness challenge this week. Hope to see you again next week!

chris said...

Hi joan
love them so much, but I love the idea of the tree one its brill it really is
hugs chris xx

Marlene said...

LOVE the black and white card...elegant! The tree with the snow, however, is FANTASTIC!!! LOVING the creativity you've demonstrated in this one! WOW!!!

Cindy Haffner said...

BEAUTIFUL, I love your tree!!

Deb Neerman said...

Absolutely fabulous, Joan!

Carol Hurlock said...

Wow-superb job on your cards. I really like how elegant and graceful your Midnight Madness card looks. Just wonderful. Thanks for playing along with the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.

Bear Hugs,
Carol :O}
Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge

Stef H said...

fabulous grad card, but super fabulous tree card. i love the 2 seasons of it. great job!!! wow!

HappyCrafter said...

Fabulous cards, joan, so professional looking!

ellepaulette said...

Super cute!!! Love it!! :)

Brenda said...

I absolutely love the black and white on this card!! Those colors, to me, look very elegant together. Beautiful job on the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week!!
Brenda

Tracy Vinson said...

FABULOUS take on the sketch and great image. Love the color pallette you chose. Great take on the sketch and thanks for joining us this week. Tracy, MMDT

Priscilla said...

Loving Traceys image. Sorry I am late this week with my comments, but just wanted to say wonderful card entry. Great take on the sketch too. Thank you so much for playing the Midnight Madness sketch challenges.
Priscilla
MMSC Hostess

Julie Leblanc said...

Great take on the challenge at OCC... thanks for joining us:-)