Charlotte's 1st Birthday!

I'm back again...thoroughly enjoying my Christmas Break because I've gotten to do a lot of scrapbooking/card making, posting on my blog, reading, and relaxing.  I'm extremely sad that it has to come to an end in a day and a half.

Anyways, my niece, Charlotte, turns 1 on January 8th and her party is TODAY (in Massachusetts). Wish we lived closer!

Inspiration for this card came from The Paper Craft Crew #74.

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, & Daffodil Delight 

DSP ~ Smoky Slate and Basic Gray

 Ink:  Elegant Eggplant

Stamps:  Bring on the Cake

Ribbon:  Daffodil Delight 1/4" Grosgrain

Framelits & Punches:   Deco Labels framelits, petite punch (can't remember the name), & one of my Cricut cartridges to make the "1st"

Embellishments:  gray buttons, rhinestones, and stampin' dimensionals

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MDS Thank You Card

I wanted to make a cute card to mail to my students thanking them for their generous Christmas gifts.  Since I needed to make 18 cards, I decided to use Freshly Made Sketches #117 and my Stampin Up MDS software to create a digitally made postcard.  I then uploaded the front and back to Staples.com as a postcard and picked my order up the next day.  They turned out to be super cute!!!

Front of the Postcard:

Back of the Postcard:

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Basic Gray, Whisper White, Real Red, and Pool Party

DSP ~ Joyful Times

 Ink:  Tempting Turquoise & Real Red

Stamps:  Creatively Yours, Thank You Kindly, & Joyful Times 

Framelits & Punches:   Flag Punch & Small Heart Punch

Embellishments:  Antique Brads, Pearls, Baker's Twine, & Whisper White Straight Stiching

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You're The Best!

I made three of these Thank You Cards for my FABULOUS co-room parents!  They are the BEST!!! Inspiration for this card came from Cardabilities #90 sketch challenge and Color Throwdown #273.

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Basic Gray & Whisper White

DSP ~ Smoky Slate, Basic Gray, & Tempting Turquoise

 Ink:  Tempting Turquoise

Stamps:  Perfect Words

Framelits & Punches:   1 1/4 scallop circle punch & modern label punch

Embellishments:  rhinestones & Stampin' dimensionals

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Thank You Card

Happy New Year! With the start of a new year, comes a scrapbooking goal for myself...in 2014 I will try to participate in more sketch &/or color challenges to create a variety of cards and album pages as well as POST on my blog!

So, I've started the year off right by participating in several challenges the past couple of days. Here's the first challenge...I made a thank you card using the color inspiration from CCMC284 and the sketch challenge from Clean and Simple 273

Paper:  Card Stock ~ Strawberry Slush, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black, and Whisper White

 Ink:  Bermuda Bay

Stamps:  Occasional Quotes

Framelits & Punches:   7/8 scallop circle punch & small Floral framelits die

Ribbon:  black/white Chevron (?)

Embellishments:  rhinestones & Stampin' dimensionals

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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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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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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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Christmas Goodies

Since Thanksgiving, I have been frantically working to finish many projects for family members...especially the ones out of town since I have to send them early in order for arrival by Christmas time!

When my niece was born 2 years ago I decided to start an annual tradition...creating a handmade scrapbook ornament to treasure for years to come.  Here is this year's ornament for my sweet niece, Piper!

And here it is on the Christmas Tree...

My sister and her husband also enjoy my handmade goodies, so I decided to make an ornament for them to add to their Christmas tree.  Here's my creation:

Since my family lives in different parts of the U.S. and we don't get to visit each other that often, they really enjoy receiving my handmade cards vs. "Hallmark" for all occasions!  Here are my Christmas cards for this year:

Finally, as a teacher who loves to craft, I always enjoy creating an ornament project for my students to make for their parents.  This year, I used a variation of an ornament I found on Pinterest:

I set up stations in my classroom, explained each station to the class, let them choose their paper & colors, and create away. students had a BLAST making these for their parents and they turned out to be super cute!!!

My goal for 2013 is to participate in more color and sketch challenges, post on my blog more often, hopefully win some "Blog Candy", and get my Stampin' Up Business off the ground!
I wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year!

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