School is here!

So the first week of school is complete. I officially have a young lady in the 4th grade.  The night before the first day back, she asked me if I would make her new teacher a card.  She flipped through my Idea Book and said mommy can you make this one.(found on page 100)
I told her lucky for her, that yes I could because I have the stamp set used for making this car, School Is Here(B1407).

Now, I didn't make it exactly like the card in the Idea Book, but it was close enough, that she was happy, and I didn't really want to be crafting at 9pm when I was stressing over whether or not I had got everything she needed for school supplies.

Here I am with my oldest, Jaymee on the first day of school.  She is growing up, and turning into quite the young lady........

Thanks a Bunch card Using Sketch #9

This week is super fun, and even though I won't be home for the last day of school, I made this card for my daughter to give to her teacher.  I used the current Sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

So, yes, I'm not home this week.  So where am I?  Darla, myself and fellow consultant Rosalynd Kelly flew down to Orlando.  We are attending our annual Close To My Heart convention at Walt Disney World.  Don't worry I will be posting photos from my trip when I return.  So without further ado, here is my card.

My card base is black, and I added a white mat on the inside for writing a message.  The front of the card is all scrap pieces of Cardstock.  I used Ruby, Cotton Candy, Hollyhock, Honey, Pear, Twilight, Outdoor Denim, Smokey Plum, Crystal Blue and Sunset.  The sentiment is from the Thank You stamp set, and is stamped on White Cardstock in Black Ink.  Hope you enjoyed this fun pieced together card.  I had fun making it.

Now head on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to see what our Design Team has created this week.

End of Year Teacher's Gift Bags

Another school Year is winding to it's end, with less than 15 days of school left.  If you remember my early post with Teacher/Volunteer Gifts, I was also asked to make some gift bags for the end of year.  The principal of the school had seen the gift bag on page 70 of our current Idea Book, and loved it.  She asked if I could make it exactly like in the book.  I told her I would try my hardest to do so.  Did I mention that she wanted 30 of them.

So away I went, planning the supplies I would need, and got the order sent off.  Here is a few photos of my journey in the creative process.  

The first step once I had all my supplies was to grab my Artiste cartridge and select the gift bag, set it to cut at 5" and then cut 30 gift bags.

This is my stack of 30 gift bags.  I then scored all the fold lines.  What is great about the cricut is that it cuts perforated lines for scoring.

Next step was the stamping, inking, and coloring on the gift bag.  I used Crystal Blue Ink for the fold over top of the bag which represents the sky.  The stamp set used is Called Just Chillin'(C1495) and I stamped the sun in Honey Ink and colored the center with our Honey Alcohol Marker.  The Umbrella doubles as the water at the bottom of the gift bag, which I also stamped in Crystal Blue Ink.

 The next set was to create the Umbrella's.  This required 5 colors, Cranberry, Sunset, Honey, Topiary, and Gypsy Ink.  I had to stamp 6 of each color and then cut the umbrella into pieces.  I  then inked all the edges with Black Ink.  Then using my Tombow I adhered each piece onto a white piece of cardstock cut in the shape of the umbrella.  (my fingers are still inked black from inking the edges)

Then I had to get all the banner pieces together, here you see all the pieces that get added to the gift bag.

 This is what 30 gift bags look like.  It was alot of work, but I am really pleased with how well they turned out.

Thank you for reading my post to the end.  Incase I left out any supplies I used the full list is below. Also, if you haven't entered my contest yet, just click here.

Supplied Used:

White Daisy Cardstock

Just Chillin' Stamp Set

Juniper Cardstock

Cranberry Ink

Honey Ink

Sunset Ink

Gypsy Ink

Topiary Ink

Black Ink

Natural Embroidery Floss

Black Buttons Assortment

Black Shimmer Trim

Mini Glue Dots

Tombow Adhesive

Artiste Cartridge

Teacher/Volunteer Gifts

Recently I had been asked by my daughter's principal to stamp some of our Muslim bags for Teacher Appreciation Week.   That came about from me making all the treats to send into my daughter's class at holidays.  Halloween was treat bags, and Christmas I did treat bags too, but done up as Santa's.  Then when we had the Whooo's Your Valentine promotion I made the treat tubes for her class, always making enough for her to give one to her teacher and principal.  Score one for me.

Not only did I have 51 Muslim bags to stamp, but I also got a call from another local Elementary school, and the principal there also wanted me to make some gifts for the teachers and volunteers at her school.  I sent up a current cattie for her to look at so she could see some of the artwork and some items that would make good gifts.  She choose 4 projects and asked me to make samples for her.  She choose 2 items, the first is to be ready for June 7th, but I finished them today.  Yeah....and I also remembered to document a little as I went along.  

The first gift she asked for was 20 pillow boxes, and she decided she didn't want them to be our new clear ones, I cut them from White Daisy Cardstock.  Then using the current promotion, Dream Pop paper packet, I added a layer on top using just a few of the patterns.  The bottom layer was cut on the circut which has a matching Frame from the Perfect Fit - Frames 2 I stamped it in Sunset.  The next layer on the tag is a stamp from a coordinating Stamp that comes with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, so that was cut out using the cricut too.  The middle layer is stamped in Lagoon, and the top layer in Hollyhock. There are pieces of 3D foam tape between each layer, as well as between the tag and the pillow box.