Niece's Ornaments 2013

I was certainly busy crafting the past few weeks!

I started an annual tradition with my first niece who is now three and began the same tradition with my second niece (this is her first Christmas).  I will scrapbook them an ornament until they are 18.  I even made a keepsake box to store them in.  Here are my niece's ornaments off the tree and on

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Christmas Cards 2013

I had inspiration from various places and unfortunately I can't remember what challenges these cards are from...sorry!  I really enjoyed making these cards for my family!

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Christmas Goodies 2013

Here are some more goodies I made for my teammates, administration, room parents, and students.

Teammates' Gifts 

(ornament w/ candy inside)

Admin. Gifts 

(gift card w/ candy inside)

Room Parent gifts

(mug filled with candy & ornament hanging off back)

Student Gifts

(2 books, a pencil, candy cane, HW pass, and Scholastic coupon)

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My Niece's Letters

My 2nd niece, Charlotte, was born in January!  However, my sister and brother-in-law didn't want to find out the gender nor tell us a name, so I couldn't make the letters to spell her name early.  After working on them this summer and off again/on again over the fall weekends, I was finally able to finish them up at the end of October.  However, my sister needed the "C" for a professional photo shoot and I forgot to take a picture before mailing it to her.  

As soon as I get a picture of the "C" and the full name hanging on the wall, I will update this post. For now...here are the letters:

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Cards for Various Occasions

Wow!  What a crazy few months this has been.  Teaching always keeps me busy, but with new technology I'm integrating, it takes a tiny bit longer to prepare and execute.  Wouldn't trade it for the world though!

So, between my last post and now, I've made a couple of cards and lots of projects.  I can't remember all of the color and/or sketch challenge inspirations or the materials I used to make these cards, so I will just share the pictures.

This card was for my teammate and friend's birthday!

This card was for a coworker's baby "boy" shower!

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Happy Belated Birthday!

Once school starts, my days become a crazy blur!  My brother-in-laws birthday falls at the beginning of the year (end of August), so I always promise to send him his card within the month! Well, I finally was able to get to my scrapbook room and get his card created this weekend!!!  My sketch inspiration came from Freshly Made Sketches # 103!

 Paper:  Card Stock ~ Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, and More Mustard

DSP ~ can't remember the name

 Ink:  Chocolate Chip

Stamps:  Occasional Quotes and A Slice of Life

Framelits & Punches:   none

Ribbon:  Chocolate Chip Scallop ribbon & linen thread

Embellishments:  brown buttons

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My first SWAP!!!

So my Stampin' Up Upline and friend, Erica, hosts a monthly meeting for her downlines called "Sweet Stampede" and this past Saturday we decided to start swapping cards!  This was my first time to participate in a swap and I LOVED it!!!  I was inspired by the colors from Color Throwdown #254 and the sketch from Paper Craft Crew Challenges #53!

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Crumb Cake, Pacific Point, Pool Party, and Lucky Limeade

DSP ~ Daffodil Delight

 Ink:  Pacific Point

Stamps:  Six Sided Sampler stamp set

Framelits & Punches:   1 1/4" Circle Punch & Labels Framelits

Ribbon:  Lucky Limeade ruffled ribbon and white Baker's twine

Embellishments:  Labels Paper Piercing pack, Stampin' Dimensionals, and Rhinestones

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Piper's 3rd Birthday!

I can't believe my niece is turning THREE today!  Where has the time gone?  I only wish I was able to celebrate her special day with her, but unfortunately, we live in different states.  So, here's the card I made for her!

Scrapbook Camp!

Wow!

I'ts been a while since my last post.  Lots going on...I held my annual scrapbook camp (two sessions) these past few weeks and had a blast.  The 11-13 year old girls had tons of fun making gorgeous projects and cards.  Below are the samples I made for each day the girls came (except Wednesday's magnetic picture frames...those are the girls' creations from my first session)!  My ideas came from a variety of places (my friend, Erica, who is a FANTASTIC, creative Stampin Up Demonstrator, Pinterest, Stampin' Up's catalogs and Stampin' Success magazines, as well as some of the blogs I follow).

Monday

Jar filled with flowers and butterflies!

"Just Because" card

Tuesday

Wood Picture frame fully embellished!

"Thanks" card

Wednesday

Magnetic Picture Frames the girls created in my first session
(the bottle caps that go on top to hold notes, pictures, etc. were still drying with SU's Crystal Effects)!

"Happy Birthday" card

Thursday

Composition Notebook!

"Sticky Notes" Clear Picture Frame holder!

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Thank You

Today's post is a thank you card for a friend and colleague who helped me out last week with my 5th graders while I was at home sick!  The inspiration came from Chic Challenges Sketch #1 and Color Throwdown's color challenge #236.

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, and a light purple

DSP ~ Floral District

 Ink:  Rich Razzleberry

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes & A Round Array

Framelits & Punches:  2 1/2" circle punch, 3/4" circle punch, 7/8" Scallop Circle punch, Blossom punch, Modern Label punch, & Word Window punch

Ribbon:  Daffodil Delight Stitched and regular Grosgrain

Embellishments:  Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, medium button, and Rhinestones

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Charlotte's 1st Card

I'm an Aunt again!  This time, my sister and her husband had a little girl whom they named Charlotte back in January.  Because it's her first Easter, I made her very first card from her "Aunt Shell" using Freshly Made Sketches #78 and Still ADDinktive #7.

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Rich Razzleberry, Kraft, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, & Whisper White

 Ink:  Jet Black StazOn ink pad & a variety of colored markers using a blender pen

Stamps:  Heaven Blessed

Framelits & Punches:  Window Frames Collection, Window Frames Piercing Pack,
Scallop Edge punch, & Word Window punch

Ribbon:  Old Olive 

Embellishments:  Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, and Rhinestones

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Happy Birthday!

Using inspiration from Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge #158 and Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge #155, I created this birthday card for a colleague.

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Kraft, & Whisper White

DSP ~ Floral District 

 Ink:  Rich Razzleberry & Baja Breeze ink pads 

Stamps:  Pretty Petites & Fresh Vintage

Punches:  Petite Curly Label Punch & 2 1/2" Circle Punch

Ribbon:  Daffodil Delight 1/4 Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon

Embellishments:  Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, and Rhinestones

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A Variety of Cards

Hello Again!

Since I haven't had time to post in a while, I'm not sure what sketches and/or color challenges I used as inspiration for each of the following cards. so, I am just going to share the cards below!  I promise to start posting more often to include the blog challenges and materials used for each card.  Thanks to all of the blogs I follow for the inspiration!!!

Wedding Shower card for a Colleague:

Baby Shower Card for a Colleague:

A thank you card for one of my student's parents
who presented to our class in January:

Another Wedding Shower Card for a Colleague:

My brother's Birthday Card I just created last weekend:

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