Academic Achievements Acknowledged

Greetings traveller. With May now upon us, many of the students of the various universities and institutions across the realm are graduating. Today I received a raven from one such lass, imploring the Crafters Guild's to help with a special crafty quest. She needed a dozen invites for a graduation feast she was planning for her fellow students at the Builder's University in the western hills. Quest accepted.

This card set was made for a special order from one of my workmates at the horse and carriage repair shop. She was graduating from University this year and was throwing a party for her class. I started by cutting all the grad hats using the Wrap It Up cartridge and adding some glitter to their tassels. Next I cut all the “2014” numbers using the Car Decals cartridge.

This one was embossed using my Cuttlebug and a polka dot folder. The sentiment was stamped using the CAS-Ual Friday “Exclamations” set.

This one’s sentiment was stamped using a Close to My Heart set.

This one was also stamped using the same Close to My Heart set.

This last one was embossed using the swiss dots folder and the sentiment was stamped using the Lawn Fawn “Sophie’s Sentiments” set.

The inside I printed out the words on my computer (don’t mind that black smudge, I was “erasing” the location info in iPhoto and it made a black smudge where some of the words were) and then stamped some stars using the Lawn Fawn “Critters Ever After” set.

The envelopes were all stamped with stars from the Lawn Fawn set to make ‘em all matchy-match and also earned me +888 starry XP points.

This card will graduate into the following challenges:

ABC Challenges: K is for Keep It Simple

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #131: Three Thirds (used 3 stars)

The Corrosive Challenge #198: Headgear

Jo’s Scrap Shack FFC#48: Anything Goes

My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #135: Black & White Plus One Colour

One Stitch At a Time Challenge #210: Anything Goes

Pile It On Challenge #17: Rubber Stamping

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #204: Clean and Simple

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Say Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge: Numbers

I was able to complete the crafty quest and, along with a stack of gold coins, I also earned myself some bonus XP points for swiftness, which will surely come in handy. I carefully packed the invites and sent them by owl to the lass.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~

A New Villager is Born

The other day a young villager sought an audience with the Crafters Guild as she had need of our services. Her sister had given birth and she wanted to inform the other village folk of the joyous news. Rather than just run through the streets screaming like a common crier, she opted to seek us out to create some announcements she could distribute like a civilized woman. Baby stuff isn't usually my usual bag of tricks, but who was I to refuse a peasant in a crafting crisis.

Well...not the most spectacular thing to come out of the crafting chambers, but I was a little out of my element. I did learn that you need to cut things BIG from the Car Decals cartridge, or you can't use the eyes (hence the goggly eyes). The baby looks creepy to me for some reason. I think it's the eyes (lol). I also wish I would've reversed the colours and had the light pink in the background. Alas, it will have to do. The banner is from the Lawn Fawn "Bannerific" set and the sentiment was from Lawn Fawn's "Sophie's Sentiments". This card earned me +392 fortitude exp points for powering through despite my growing dislike as the card progressed.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot Challenge # 65: Announcements & Invitations 
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #33: Bright Colours 
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge #35: Oh Baby! 
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Let's Play Bingo (Ribbon, Die Cut, Buttons)
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #77: A Sketch

The woman was pleased with my craft and bestowed the Guild with what appears to be a lifetime of pastries. Quest complete.

~ Guild Master Crystal ~
 
 

Dumpster Diving Katta

Greetings from the Guild Hall. I just witnessed the strangest thing while visiting the market square today which, oddly enough, inspired me to make a card. I had just purchased a new crafting dagger and was taking a short cut through an alleyway when I came across a Katta searching through a trash bin. These odd cat people are very rare in these parts, preferring to settle in the desert lands across the Pearlescent Sea. Upon my return to the Guild Hall, I stashed my new crafter's dagger and went straight to work creating a card based on the unusual scene I had observed.

 

I created the background rectangle using my Dylusions Spray Inks and stencil then adhered it using some pieces of Tim Holtz tissue tape. I cut the cat out using the Car Decals cartridge and stamped the sentiment from the My Little Shoebox "Home Tweet Home" stamp set. 

I also distressed the edges of the background rectangle and the little blue banner to make it look even more garbagey:

To finish it off, I stamped some blue footprints on the envelope to make it all "matchy matchy".

 

This card earned me +45 exp points in garbage assembly.

This really is the most random hodgepodge of things thrown on a card base...much like the contents of a trash bin.

This disorderly design will be entered into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #101: Distressing 

Simply Create Too Challenge #19: Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Kristina's Inspiration 

This is the inspiration photo for this challenge:

 
I did end up giving the poor Katta a few gold pieces, only to see him later entering the pub...typical. 

~ Guild Master Crystal ~