Back to School :: Thanks to You

I forgot to share this card with you all! I made it for my neighbor to give to her baby's daycare providers. It's not exactly school, but where she goes they think of it as a school! So, I took that seriously!

So, did you enjoy the Papertrey Ink Release Party last night? I got in my order...whew! I now know how to look for the links and work-around heavy site traffic without just pressing refresh! Have you figured that out too? I picked up some cardstock and a few stamps.

I've been working on Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen Design Team work and today is the day for the big reveal! I have some fun projects to share, but first you have to be a fan club member, so click here to join if you're not already a member. If you are, great, hop on over to September's gallery and check out what the Dirty Dozen has been getting dirty with during the past month. Plus, you have got to see how the two new designers are on the team. What are you waiting for...go on over there!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Instructions

1. Trim pure poppy cardstock to an A2 card.
2. Stamp apples, cut out and set aside.
3. Trim patterned paper and mat on white cardstock.
4. Stitch around edges.
5. Adhere paper to kraft scalloped punched cardstock, then add ribbon.
6. Adhere to card front.
7. Add apples and stamp sentiment.

:: My Goodies {thanks to you} ::

Stamps: Hero Arts - four apples; My Favorite Things - sassy sayings

Ink: Stampin' Up! - chocolate chip; Versamark

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink - kraft + pure poppy + white

Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink - bitty dots

Accessories: Papertrey Ink - ribbon; Stampin' Up! - corner rounder; Janome Sew Mini; thread

Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

Best Wishes filled with Apples

How was your weekend? Mine was great and was not as expected. Does that happen to you? I thought I needed much rest for my knee, but it was not as bad as I thought and now just has minor bruising and the scrapes. It's still sensitive to the touch, but like any bruise you may have, you just say, "OUCH!" and move on.

So, instead of working on the baby scrapbook (like I should have - I only finished one page), I went to a dance competition in DC and also helped Mac with his photography business. I made a handful of cards that I'll share with you this week. I'm saving them because I know I'll be working hard on that baby book I barely started. Did I ever tell you all that I'm a procrastinator and most times like working that way...under pressure. Somehow, that motivates me to move FAST!

Anyway, I'm enjoying the Oscars and routing for Slumdog Millionaire and Benjamin Button because I thought they were good and well, they were the only movies up for awards that I saw besides the Dark Knight and Hancock. :)

This card is for Loonie's Stamper Challenge. We were challenged to use kraft cardstock, a shade of pink and NO RIBBON! OUCH! I think that hurt worse than my knee!! I love ribbon and even double it up on some cards, so I made this very basic back-to-school card, wishing a student or educational faciliator the best for the school year (a girl of course)! I slightly cheated with the paperclip because it has a little cream on it, but I thought the paperclip was a good addition to a school-themed card.

Have a great Monday!

How to Make it:

1. Trim kraft cardstock to 4.25" x 11" then score at 5.5".
2. Trim raspberry fizz cardstock into a square, then dry emboss.
3. Stamp apples on sweet blush cardstock, then cut out and adhere to raspberry fizz cardstock using dimensionals.
4. Adhere raspberry fizz cardstock to kraft card base with dimensionals.
5. Add paperclip.
6. Stamp sentiment.
   

:: My Goodies {best wishes apples}::
Stamps: Hero Arts - four apples; Verve Visual - wonderful wishes
Ink: Papertrey Ink - raspberry fizz
Cardstocks: Papertrey Ink-kraft + sweet blush + raspberry fizz
Accessories: dimensionals; cuttlebug; provo craft - swiss dots embossing folder; corner rounder; making memories - paper clip
Card Size: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2

End of School

This post looks like "Back to School," but actually it marks the end of school! The card pictured right is a thank you card for a school (personalized in bottom right portion of the card) given by a parent. I made a set of 10 boxed thank you cards for the occasion. The tab at the top is for personalization with a name or date.

My Goodies
Stamp: Fiskars Baby Stamp (thank you); Art Warehouse Limited Edition journaling backgrounds (three hole punches)
Ink: CTMH Cranberry; Black; Chestnut Roan ColorBox Chalk
Paper: SU! Very Vanilla; Red; Green, Taupe; K&Co Wild Saffron (pattern paper); Very Vanilla; PTI Kraft card stock (AMAZING!)
Accessories: Cricut; Plaintin Schoolbook cartridge; Tab punch
Technique: Stamped; Paper Pierced

The card pictured left is for a kindergarten graduate! She is a superstar, so I stamped the background of stars on the K&Co pattern "notebook" paper. I matted it on blue cardstock and a red card base. For the sentiment, I stamped it on the "notebook" pattern paper, then matted it on red cardstock. Since I do not have a window punch, I cut a curve!

My Goodies
Stamp: Verve Visual Great Expectations (superstar); Seeing Stars (stars)
Ink: CTMH Cranberry; Twilight; Bubblegum; Topiary; Cranberry ColorBox Chalk
Paper: K&Co Wild Saffron; Blue; Red
Accessories: Brads
Technique: Stamped