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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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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