Happy Valentine's Day 2012

Just wanted to share some of the gifts I made for special people!

Thanks to my good friend, Erica, for the idea, I made these cute "sour cream" gifts filled with Reeses and M&M's for my teammates and administration.

Thanks to my Stampin' Up Demonstrator Catalog, I saw these cute Valentine's Day gifts and decided they would be perfect for my 28 students.  I filled them with a "secret surprise" inside behind the M&M's (a free no homework day) and of course, added a must-have pencil to the back!

I also made two cards using all Stampin' Up products for the special women in my life...my mom and my grandma!

And, of course, the inside of both cards!

Thanks for stopping by...Happy Scrapin'!

Happy Counselor's Week!

This is Counselor's Week and I was inspired by a variety of things (a blog challenge...HSS Anything but a Card Challenge #103, a scrapbook club gift, and Pinterest) to make this special gift for my two favorite counselors!  Enjoy, ladies!

It's a small pink pail from a local craft store with tons of "pretty ribbon" on the handles.  I used the Hearts framelits, patterned paper, the true friend stamp from the Punch Bunch stamp set in Cherry Cobbler ink, and of course, rhinestones!

And...inside are homemade chocolate chip cookies with brown ribbon to tie them up, everyone's favorite peanut butter cups, and shredded paper in red, white, and pink!

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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

 

Thanks for stopping by...Happy Scrapin'!

Christmas 2011 Goodies

Wow!  Where does the time go?  I've spent the past few weeks scraping away to create goodies for my students, room parents, administration, teammates, and last, but not least, FAMILY!  Here are all of my creations for Christmas 2011! 

I decided to continue a tradition started by my grandparents when I was born to pass along to my niece, Piper, in a slightly different form.  My grandparents handcrafted ornaments each year since we were born up until we were 18 (I think!).  So, I decided to create ornaments using scrapbooking techniques.  A good friend of mine suggested I make a box for her to store them in year after year, so here are last year's Christmas ornament, this year's Christmas ornament, and the box from different viewpoints!

I wanted to include something personal for Piper when she gets older, so here's the poem I created on the inside lid of the box.

Here are the ornaments I made for my family and teammates using glass balls, scrapbook paper rolled up, ribbon, and a tag (thanks Pinterest for the idea)!

And finally, I created cute little bags with yummy chocolates inside using all SU products for my room parents and administration (Thanks goes to my good friend, Erica for the idea at our monthly stamp club!).  And it wouldn't be complete without a little ornament attached.

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Wow! It's been a LONG Time!

Hi Blog World,

I am alive and FINALLY back to blogging.  The school year started with a bang and hasn't slowed down until now.  I'm on Thanksgiving break and loving my time off...getting a lot done around the house.  Anyways, here are a couple of projects I have made over the past couple of months.  Hopefully, I'll be back to sharing much more often.

I made these Trick or Treat gifts for my 26 fabulous students.

Paper:  Whisper White and Basic Black

 Ink and Ribbon: Rich Razzleberry ink

Stamps & Punches:  Piece of Poison Stamp set

Embellishments:  mini clothespin, Smarties candy, and a Halloween pencil

And, to say a special "Thank You" to my room parents and PALs, I made these adorable "So Thankful for You and all that you do" Thanksgiving Treat bags adapted from my new found love, Pinterest!

Paper:  Spice Cake DSP and SU Kraft, along with various scraps in  black, red, orange, green, & yellow

  Ink and Ribbon: Soft Suede ink

Stamps & Punches:  1 1/4 circle punch, scallop circle punch, word window punch, owl punch for the eyes, 1 1/4 square punch, and Falling Leaves stamp set

Embellishments:  various kinds of candy in a SU cellophane bag

Thanks for stopping by...Happy Scrapin'!

Letters by Me!

One of my favorite pasttimes is to create "letters" for my friends' children.  It all began last summer when my niece was born and I decided to scrapbook letters to spell her first name.  Then, a good friend was having a baby and as a baby shower/baby arrival gift, I scrapbooked letters for her daughter's first name.  They became sooo popular, that I am now making letters for many of my colleagues and friends!  They have turned out really well, so I thought I'd share!

So far, I have done only letters for girls and my inspiration comes from their bedrooms...I ask my clients for pictures of the bedrooms and draw my ideas from those.  I created the following pictures within the past couple of months for 2 sisters under the age of 5 and a baby born in the spring!

Ella's room was full of bold colors with polka dots and stripes, so here's what I created.   

Emma's room was filled with pastels and whimsical designs, so here's my creation:

I also completed letters for a colleague who had a baby this past spring.  The baby's crib decor is filled with many colors, so I created these letters for baby Sloan!

 And here's the final product above Sloan's crib! 

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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

Thanks for stopping by...Happy Scrapin'!