Friday, August 25, 2017

Reach for the Stars

This week one of my sons-in-law graduated from a long program to become a web developer/computer programmer. I've been so proud of the way he continued to work full time while he attended school. I'm also proud of the way he set a positive example for his four kids. Now I'm praying that God will lead him to the right job and help him achieve his dreams.

I made a couple of versions of this masculine card to celebrate his accomplishment and encourage his dream. I was inspired by inky chicks to add stars, which I cut with CTMH star dies:


I white embossed stars and the Big Dipper using the new CTMH Constellations stamp set. The Gray dotted paper panel is from the new Basic Fundamentals paper pack. The front sentiment is from the new CTMH A New Adventure stamp set. I had some Lagoon glittery stars left from a set of Fundamentals embellishments from a previous catalog.


I combined two sentiment stamp sets for the inside, the first part is retired and the "go where your dreams take you" is part of the Cricut Pack Your Bags bundle.


Thank you for visiting! May you also find ways to encourage people to reach their dreams.

I'm sharing these cards with the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps or More #256 -anything goes
Crafting with the Dragonflies Challenge #87 - Embossing wet or dry
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #137 - punches and/or dies
heARTful stamping challenge - anything goes + stamping
Inky Chicks #87 - stars
Paperminutes #500 -  anything goes

7 comments:

Jarka Ef said...

very nice :-) thank you for playing with us at Crafting with Dragonflies.

scraphappyAnnie said...

This is such a lovely card!! Thank you so much for joining in on the fun & our Challenge on Crafty Gals Corner.

Annie - DT Member
littlewingscreates.blogspot.com

Creative world said...

Beautiful card and design...thank you for joining us at ATSM CHALLENGE,hope to see you again
Željka DT xx

Kati said...

Oh, I love the idea of the card. beautiful Colors and words. Thanks for showing it for the 500.paperminutes-challenge.
hugs
mamapia

Wynn said...

Great card. I love both sentiments....outside and in....Thank you for joining us at Crafting with Dragonflies Wynn DT

Judy Markowitz said...

How adrable! I love all the stars! Thank you so much for joining us this week at Crafty Gals Corner!

Tanja said...

love that sentiment - thanks for sharing your project at Addicted to Stamps and More