Wishing You the Best

Hi ya friends,
Happy Friday! Yeah! I live for the weekend :)

Today, I've got a card to share that I made for a friend in my department who is heading to another school. We will definitely miss having her around :(
Here's my card closed...

and here it is...

opened!  It's a tri-Shutter card :) I am so in luv with making this card style! 
I used 5 pattern papers from the Cottage Garden Collection from K&Company along with the punch-out flowers layered with foam adhesive in between. They are fabulous & they come perfectly colored & beautifully glittered :)

 Here's a closer peek at the dimension.

There's a tag that pops out that reads, "Wishing You All the Best". I die cut the letters to spell her name for the middle panel with the Curlie Girlie Sizzix alpha set. I embellished the edge panel with a ZVA pearl flourish. I hope she likes this card. You can find a tut on SCS for this card style if you want to give it a go---> try it, you'll be hooked too!

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Have a great weekend!
Gotta Go!

ABC Challenge: V is for...

VARIETY... of embellishments!

Hi ya friends,
We've got a new challenge for ya at ABC Challenges. This week, the challenge is for the letter V- for Variety of embellishments. This is your time to load up on those embellies cuz you need to have at least 3 types on your crafty creations.
Here's my card:

Here's a closer peek:

I made this card for my friend who is having a baby girl in a few months :)  I used ribbon, pearls, rosettes, & die cuts to embellish my card. The little bear is colored with Copics & her wings got a coat of Stickles. I used this week's sketch at The Sweet Stop.

The letter V is brought to you by our friends at Stamp Fairy who is generously gifting our winner with a gift certificate to their store where you can pick up this cutie called Linda Fairy if it tickles your fancy. Please stop by the ABC blog & check out the amazing creations the rest of the DT has created & Linky your card by next Monday to be in the running for the fab prize!

I can't tell you how super busy I've been, but I've got end of the year teacher ideas to share, soon :)

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Have a great day!

Cardabilities DT Reveal Sketch #32

Hello friends,
Happy Monday to ya! We've come to the end of the month & that means we've got a brand new sketch at Cardabilities!
Here's the sketch:

This is one of my all-time fav sketches- luuuv it! so many options for those circles!

Here's my card:

This was a really easy card to make. I shy away from pre-made embellies cuz they tend to collect dust. I like to make my own :) but I was drawn to these K&Co punch out layering flowers. They're really gorgeous & in seconds you get beautiful, dimensional flowers!

Here's a closer peek:

 This card is going to one of my student's parents for so kindly giving me a Starbucks gift card for Teacher Appreciation Day. So nice of them :) just need to add my sentiment.

We would love for you to join us for sketch #32 & possibly be our next guest designer! Be sure to upload your card creation to the Cardabilities/Sketchabilities Gallery & hop by the Cardabilities blog & check out the amazing creations by the rest of the DT.

Thanks so much for peeking today!
 Gotta Go!

Papertrey Ink Blog Hop- May

Hello friends,
Today I'm participating in this month's 

Our challenge this month was to show our fav take on flowers. I've got one of my fav ways to incorporate flowers on my card today!

Here's my card:

 I used my fav PTI flower set (In Bloom) in place of the "O" in the word LOVE cuz I love this stamp :)

Here's a closer peek at that:

Here you can see how I stamped it 3 times & layered different parts of it for dimension. 

I cut out the word on my Cricut using the Mother's Day cart. I added some highlights with my white gel pen & popped it up with foam adhesive.

The fun thing about this is that you can add flowers to replace O's in words like in "YOU" or "SORRY" or "MOM"---> you get the picture! It's such a simple thing to do that adds a touch of whimsy to your card!

Thanks so much for peeking & hopping by!
I'm off to get some fab ideas for flowers, flowers, FLOWERS!!!

The 411

Stamps: In Bloom- PTI
Ink: Fresh Snow- PTI
Paper: Pure Poppy cs, Bitty Dot Basics, white cs
Tools: Heart Lace punches- MS, Cricut & Mother's Day cartridge
Other: Pearls- Kaiser, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Signo white gel pen

Creative Card Crew

Hi friends,
Welcome to a brand new challenge at Creative Card Crew! This week we are presenting one of your favorite challenges: ANYTHING GOES!
I took the opportunity to create a graduation card for my TA.
Card front:

The "LA" is our school initials cut out with the Varsity Letter Cricut cartridge using our school colors.

The innies:

The graduation cap is a Spring fold card so that it pops out when you open the card.

Here's a closer peek at that:

The paper comes from the foil collection so it's got the shiny look of foil with a textured or linen paper feel. I have 5 cards to make for the Seniors I mentored this year who will be graduating & I will definitely be making this type of card style for the rest of them. It's easy & fun :)

Be sure to Linky your card creation to the Creative Card Crew blog by next Monday & be in the running by the fabbie prizes the wonderful Gry is offering. Remember... anything goes! You can find another great tute on SCS for the Spring Fold Card----> looks complicated, but it's a piece of cheesecake :)
My paper is sized at 5 1/2" x 11" and the card base is 6 x 6 (finished).  The size on the tute is a bit smaller.

Thanks so much for peeking!
Have a great day :)
 

Thank You Teacher

Hello Friends,
Today, I have a card I made for my son's teacher. I try to give her little treats every chance I get cuz I know who she's working with---> my little angel Jordan ;) I don't know about you, but my kids are not the picture of educational perfection! Jordan is constantly bouncing off the walls & is a lot to handle which is why I am so thankful for his teacher's patience & hard work.

Jordan's teacher sent us a note that he will be getting an award on Wednesday! Bless her heart she found something to award him for other than bouncing off the walls! Hee! This is the card I will be giving her as a thank you for choosing him.
Here's my card:

I used this week's sketch at MFT. I just luuuv this MFT stamp set called Teacher's Pet. I paper pieced her clothes & colored with pencils & gamsol. Ugh :( me no likey so gotta get practicing :(
Here's a peek at the innies:

I think Jordan's saving grace is that he is a SHARP kid! He's the kid who will score Advanced on state tests & will learn things the first time you show him, but all those great things come at a price! He's lucky his head is attached to his body cuz he loses everything. When God was passing out common sense, he was in line for something else---> NO common sense on that kid :( oy! But all in all, he's a great kid. Really! And now he'll be an award-winning kid :)

Thanks so much for peeking today!
Gotta Go!

Enjoy Life

Hi friends,
We made it! Some people prophesied about an apocalypse happening on Saturday. I thought that maybe it might be true since my crafty mojo was nowhere to be found. :(  I had ideas in my head, but I just couldn't get anything going. I woke up Sunday morning & we were all still here. That's a good thing, right??? So I headed back to my craft room & decided since this was the first day after the near apocalypse, I would honor it by using a stamp I've had for a long time & did not ink before. I also was going to create a CAS card with a color combo I would probably never have thought to use before. That's a crafting triple threat--->I meant business!!! ;) Hopefully, this will get my mojo back :)
Here's my card:

 I used a stamp called Peacock Feather by Stampendous. It's such a simple but beautiful stamp. I stamped it 3 times in Elegant Eggplant, Plum Pudding, & Lavender Moon. Then I wrapped some lavender floss around the card & punched the edge.

Here's a closer peek:

The sentiment reads "Delight in Life" very apropos, don't ya think :) I love how the middle of the feathers look like hearts, which is why I turned them downward. I hope that doesn't mean anything negative. :( When I was in college, my friend had a peacock as a pet & that thing was SOOOO noisy! It was a thing of beauty, but it was a loud bird! I asked him if I could have a few feathers, and he told me it was bad luck to have peacock feathers as decorations in the house. I don't know if it was true or he was just being stingy!

I used this week's color challenge at CR84FN: Light Plum, Plum, Kraft

Well, I hope you take time to enjoy where you are today :)
Gotta Go!