Teacher Appreciation

This year I was crazy enough to sign up to be the room mother in one of my kids' classes. Since its teacher appreciation week, at our school we decorate each teacher's door with a poster for the week. This teacher's hobby is cake decorating so I played with that! Of course I used my stamping supplies, lol!

Actually I used quite a bit of retired DP and three of my punches. *grin. I used the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, the Pennant Punch and the Bird Builder Punch. Oh, and a few brads. And the sticks are actually a bamboo skewer cut in half. Its kinda simple, but I am pleased with it.

and here's a closeup for detail...

Baby Boy

Some friends of ours are getting their first baby boy very soon! I got to pick out a few cute things to give them, and the little bath towel set I chose had an adorable monkey face on it. Everything was brown and blue, so that's how I made the card!

Supplies:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Sock Monkey (retired!), Scouts at Play (retired!)
Ink: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake
Paper: Bashful Blue, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla card stocks, Bashful Blue retired DP

Distressed Spring Leaves

This is the last of my distressed cards class. I went with this set since its so easy to distress, and its a hostess set that's going to be on its way out in May!! gasp! annnd this is the last time a class will get to use this pretty Everyday Elegance DP for Sale-A-Bration. We used sponges to color in the leaves and scuffed the edges of the vanilla rectangles in Early Espresso ink. So purty!

Supplies:
Stamps: Faith in Nature
Ink: Early Espresso, Certainly Celery
Paper: Pear Pizazz & Very Vanilla card stock, Everyday Elegance DP
Accessories: Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, Stamping Sponge

A sunset!

This card is not so much distressed, as we used sponges to create a scene of sorts. But our fingers sure got messy, so I thought it fit into a distressed class. haha!
Its really such a simple thing...First we stamped the flowers. I punched a circle out of scratch paper, and laid the paper with the hole in it onto the paper with the flowers. We sponged it with Daffodil Delight for a nice, hot yellow. Then we put the punched circle on the yellow sun using Dotto because its removable and super handy like that! And we sponged the So Saffron and the shades of orange. I had Cherry Cobbler out too, but it didn't seem like it was going to work out after all. So we left it off! *grin!

Supplies:
Stamps: Upsy Daisy
Ink: Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight (sun), So Saffron, Peach Parfait, Tangerine Tango
Paper: Peach Parfait, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla card stocks
Accessories: Early Espresso quilted satin ribbon (retired!)

*The ribbon IS retired. bad me!

Spring!

I took this picture Saturday...

...and we made this card on Friday! It must be spring!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forever Young
Ink: Soft Suede, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue
Paper: Soft Suede & Very Vanilla card stocks, Everyday Elegance DP
Accessories: Lucky Limade Sale-A-Bration Ribbon

Both the DP and the ribbon are now retired from Sale-A-Bration, but I have wanted this stamp set since the catalog came out and I finally got it and got to play with it! Yeay!! (also, when we made the card, the items were still available, lol) The sponging of the pink and green on the tree was something I saw in the latest demonstrator magazine. Such a fun idea and perfect for spring!
I even played with the inside of the card!

New Toys!

Happy April Fools Day! Did you do anything fun? We're having a quiet Sunday at home, but I'm sure my son has something up his sleeve....
Fortunately for my need to craft, (going back to yesterday's post) lol, I received a fun order this week that included some new stamp sets! That really is motivating, you know! *grin
This makes for a simple and pretty quick card, but I really like it. Its already a grunged up sort of stamp image, but then I used the Cutter Kit to rough-up the edges, and then we scrubbed some More Mustard ink around to further age and distress it. I think the Linen Thread adds to it well.

Supplies:
Stamps: Tool Shed, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Night of Navy marker
Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake card stocks
Accessories: Denim Ribbon, Linen Thread, Word Window Punch, Stamping Sponges

Sale-A-Bration comes to a close!

I have reeeeally needed some crafting time! Fortunately I had a stamp class this weekend! The sneak peeks turned out to be for a later class, lol. We'll make those in April. And that means I now have 5 new cards to show off in the coming days! yeay!
The class theme was changed to "Distressed Projects." Expect to see some pretty and messy cards here, lol! We'll start with this one, which I was excited to use since its the very last day of Sale-A-Bration! It took some serious thinking, lol, and I think it turned out really pretty!

Supplies:
Stamps: Fresh Vintage
Ink: Certainly Celery, Pool Party, Crumb Cake
Paper: Pool Party, Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla card stock, Everyday Elegance DP
Accessories: Lace ribbon, Adhesive Pearls, Scallop Edge Punch, Stamping Sponges, Dimensionals

Class Sample #2

This card is very, very similar to the ones found HERE, but this one is easier for a class because it requires less accessories for me to run out of, lol. I seriously love this bunny as a baby card!!
So are you coming to the class? Its this Friday afternoon!

Supplies:

Stamps: Everybunny, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Basic Gray, Baja Breeze

Paper: Baja Breeze & Whisper White card stocks, Just Add Cake DP

Accessories: White Grosgrain Ribbon, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens

Upcoming Card Class!

Yes, I got some stamping done! I've also been swamped with other things, had a computer virus take over my computer (and the rebuild involved with that) and ya know, all the other things going on in my life. So maybe I can get a few blog posts up before the end of the month, lol.

I have a customer who keeps requesting wedding and baby cards, but most of my other customers don't need many of those. This card is pretty enough for a wedding, but its also fitting for a nice birthday, thank you or thinking of you type card. That means anyone who attends the class can find a way to use it! I've got a class this coming Friday, and this is one of the cards we'll be making!

Supplies:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Pocket Silhouettes
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories: White Organza Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Wide Oval Punch

More Scrapping!

Two pages done in the same week! I'm quite excited! This one is simple too, but done is done!
I used up some retired DP with this page. There are tiny blue circles around each daisy, it really does coordinate, I promise. lol!

Supplies:
Paper: Certainly Celery card stock
Accessories: White grosgrain ribbon
I am placing an order tomorrow, if you want to get in on the bulk shipping!

Imagination

I actually got a scrapbook page done this weekend!! Yeay!!
These pictures capture a funny kind of moment...My daughter hid her face behind a tree and told me she was pretending she was in in a forest. The thing is, the tree is a scrawny, tiny thing that our lawn crew was trying to cut down only about a month before. The second picture shows the tree in reality, even if the lighting is lousy.
I think its great when you can photograph something straight out of a child's imagination, and then to scrapbook it is a lot of fun too!

Supplies:
Ink: Always Artichoke marker
Paper: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo card stocks
Accessories: Ice Cream Parlor SS Kit (retired)

I used the Simply Scrappin' Kit from last years Sale-A-Bration freebies. What have you gotten this year? I am putting an order in on the 22nd if you need to replenish your supplies or want anything that's going away...!

Baby Mojo!

Yes I AM alive! hee hee! I have been sooo busy and I haven't felt well this past week so any actual free time I've had I've just rested. In fact I pulled out all my stamping supplies once....and ended up just putting it all away. sad! But today I really had to make a baby card, so I went a head and made two! (To be honest, I stamped 5 images and colored them, but I only got two of them on a card)

I won this adorable spring-y stamp set from Susan's blogiversary, and her's is a blog I have been reading since about the time she began! I've sent you to her before for the super cute shirt/tie cards I did at Father's Day. Anyway, I've had this set for a couple weeks now and have been itching to play with it.

Maybe this image doesn't work as well as I thought for a baby card, but! maybe it does! I liked it anyway, lol! I also used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch for these cards, and retired DP, mixed with current accessories!

 and a close up of the sweet bunny baby boy!

Supplies:
Stamps: Everybunny
Ink: Basic Gray
Paper: Bashful Blue & Whisper White card stock, Retired Hostess Bashful Blue DP
Accessories: Bitty Buttons, White Bakers Twine, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens

another close up...
wanna know what? I stamped this little guy crooked so the shadow line did not match the edge of the card stock. Solution? Oval Punch! Yeay!

Supplies:
Stamps: Everybunny, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Basic Gray
Paper: Pear Pizazz, Pool Party & Whisper White card stocks, Retired Hostess Pear Pizazz DP
Accessories: Wide Oval Punch, Word Window Punch, In Color Printed Brads, Mat Pack, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Blender Pens, White Grosgrain Ribbon