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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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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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!

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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Mother's Day/Mom's Birthday

Hello Blog World,

Now that it is summertime, I am having a BLAST scrapbooking again.  I just finished two wonderful "Holiday Project" camps with 11-12 year old girls.  We made a variety of projects for the girls to recreate for their friends and loved ones (sorry...forgot to take pictures). 

And...I had time to finally make my mom's birthday/mother's day present to go along with a gift card I gave her.  Sorry, it's sooo late, mom, but you know how crazy the month of May is for me!

I was inspired by an idea presented in March 2012 Stampin' Up's Success catalog we get as demonstrators...they had a version of these "Mom" blocks, but of course, I had to embellish it my own way.  Here's the result:

BTW--my mom LOVES them!

 

 

Paper:   Twitterpated DSP, Baja Breeze CS, Pear Pizazz CS, Red Riding Hood CS, Basic Gray CS, Blushing Bride CS, and Indigo Island CS

 Ink and Ribbon:  Baja Breeze, Pear Pizazz, Red Riding Hood, Basic Gray, Blushing Bride, and Indigo Island ink pads to distress the edges, Versa Mark ink pad, and Blushing Bride pleated ribbon

Stamps & Punches:  Mixed Bunch stamp set, Papillon Potpourri stamp set, Blossom punch, Scallop Oval punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, and Modern Label punch

 Embellishments:  Stampin' Up's wood blocks (pack of 4), White Embossing Powder and heat tool, Polka Dots Embossing Folder using the Big Shot, Stampin' dimensionals, Pearls, Rhinestones, buttons, a straight pin, and my Cricut with Cuttin' Up cartridge for the letters

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Birthday Wishes

Today's card is a special one as it is for my Sister's Birthday coming up this Friday!  I was inspired by the colors at Color Throwdown #188 and the design from Stamping 411's Saturday Sketch Challenge.

Paper:  Whisper White, Always Artichoke, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, and
Certainly Celery as the DSP pattern

 Ink and Ribbon:  Always Artichoke ink, Pretty in Pink pleated ribbon, and Always Artichoke ribbon

Stamps & Punches:  Occasional Quotes and Loved Ones stamp sets and flower
punch (not sure which one)

Embellishments:  Antique Brad, tiny brads, and stampin' dimensionals

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Masculine B-Day Card

It's SPRING BREAK this week and I am in HEAVEN!!!  I've spend the past couple of days spring cleaning and landscaping my front yard (needed lots of TLC from the wintertime days).  But, I have found lots of time to read, and of course, scrapbook.  So, my card today is for a masculine birthday and came from two inspirations.  The color inspiration was provided by Color Throwdown #183 and the sketch challenge was provided by Cardabilities Sketch #51. 

Paper:  Baja Breeze, Kraft, Certainly Celery, and Cajun Craze (closest I could come to Really Rust)
card stock and a patterned paper (not sure where from)

 Ink and Ribbon:  Basic Black ink, Certainly Celery Striped Grosgrain ribbon (torn apart), and twine

Stamps & Punches: Loved Ones stamp set, 2 1/2 circle punch, Mixed Bunch punch (cut to display "brother"), and Tasteful Trims die 

Embellishments:  mini brads, buttons, and stampin' dimensionals

 

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Sweet Sunday Birthday!

Hello Blog World,

Today's card was created for a special friend's birthday, which happens to be today!  I was inspired by Sweet Sunday's Sketch Challenge 151 and the beautiful colors from CR84FN Color Challenge.

Paper:  SU DSP, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, and Real Red card stock

 Ink and Ribbon: Staz On Jet Black, Rose Red marker, Real Red ribbon, and fibers

Stamps & Punches: Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set, Elementary Elegance stamp set, Scallop punch,
& 1 1/4 Circle punch

Embellishments:  mini clothespin and SU rhinestones

 

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1st Birthday~Girl

Hi Blog friends,

I made a card for a good friend's daughter's first birthday.  The theme is "Look WHOOO's turning 1", so of course, I had to include an "owl".  My inspiration came from Create with Connie and Mary CCMC162 sketch challenge.  I chose the colors based on my friend's invitation!

Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, and DSP patterned paper

 Ink and Ribbon:  Regal Rose ribbon and Melon Mambo

Stamps & Punches:  Bring on the Cake, circle punch, and Owl punch

Embellishments:  rhinestones, flowers, tiny brad, & Stampin' dimensionals

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Piper's 1st Birthday

It's been quite a while since I've had time to post on the blog, but I'm back to share the card I made for the cutest little girl in the whole wide world, my niece!  She is turning one and we celebrated her birthday this weekend!  Her theme was ladybugs...

Paper:  The paper for this card is a variety of prints & colors I found online!

 Ink and Ribbon:  Basic Black ink and the ribbon is from a local craft store

Stamps & Punches: Bring on the Cake stamp set, 2 3/8 scallop circle punch, 2 1/2 circle punch, and I used the Tear Drop Cricut Cartridge to make the #1

Embellishments:  rhinestones, brads, and paper piercer

And here is the CUTEST little girl in the world in her ladybug dress...

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Colorful Creation!

Good Morning Blog Friends!  YAY!  It's summer vacation and for the first time in 14 years I am NOT teaching summer school and loving it!  I have time for myself to enjoy the things I love...reading (especially poolside) and of course, scrapbooking.  Today, I have a birthday card for you using Mojo Monday's sketch challenge #194.  Enjoy!

Paper:  The paper for this card is a variety of prints & colors I found online!

 Ink and Ribbon:  Melon Mambo ink and the ribbon is from a local craft store

Stamps & Punches: Teeny Tiny Wishes & 1" circle punch

Embellishments: flowers are from a local craft store, rhinestones, and a brad

 Thanks for stopping by...Happy Scrappin'!

Scrapbooking Again!

YAY!  I'm back...after being out of commission for the past 2 1/2-3 weeks, I'm able to finally scrapbook again.  During a school function, I fell on my right foot/ankle and ended up pulling all of the ligaments in my foot and ankle and fracturing my cuboid (I'm not pretending I know what that is).  I've had to sit/lay with an elevated foot and was finally able to begin putting pressure on it this week.  So, I'm now able to hang out in my scrapbook room and scrapbook again.  AMEN!
I've taken on two challenges today:  Card Patterns Sketch 112 and Colour Q Challenge #81

Here's the birthday card I created for someone special!



Paper:  Stampin' Up Pirouette, So Saffron, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, and Whisper White

 Ink and Ribbon: Bashful Blue, variety of SU marker colors, and So Saffron

Stamps & Punches:  Bring on the cake, Tasteful Trims Die, Scallop Squares Duo Die, and corner rounder

Embellishments: rhinestone brads

I hope to have more for you soon, so check back later this evening!

40th Birthday Fun

I'm excited to share with you my very FIRST sketch challenge! 
For my friend's 40th birthday, I was inspired by this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!

Paper:  Stampin' Up DSP Springtime Vintage, Old Olive, and Perfect Plum
Ink and Ribbon:  Rich Razzleberry
Stamps & Punches:  Bring on the Cake, Scallop Trim Border, and Decorative Label
Embellishments:  SU Big Buttons, rhinestones, and dimensionals

Until next time...Thanks for stopping by!