2. June 2010 by admin.

I took this picture last year on the 4th of July.  My oldest son and his cousins found a mud puddle and decided to paint themselves and bathe in it.  They would get themselves full of mud and then run to the lake side chanting “let’s get clean, let’s get clean” and jumped off the dock into the lake.  Then they ran pack to the the muddle puddle saying “let’s do it again, let’s do it again”.  We all had so much fun watching them do this for about an hour.  Anyhow :), here is a layout that I did of  my son(I am working on the rest of the photos from this fun-filled weekend).  I put it on two challenges: The Pink Elephant scrapbook #9 -summer theme and Little Red Wagon #31-altered embellishment.  I inked the white floss with butterscotch ColorBox chalk.  Thanks fo looking.  I have some more posts to share with you hopefully later

Supplies:  pp-the Paper studio/boy multi block, white cs-the Paper Studio, colored cs-making memoreis, carefree & fun sentiment-studio g, embroidery thread-Sullivan’s (was white), ColorBox Chalks-butterscotch, chestnut roan, dark brown and charcoal, title-scrappy cat/twist of lime, mud drops-recollections/splat, journal tag-Kaiser Scrapbook/kid’s zone

Posted in Making Memories, Scrappy Cat, Kaiser, Little Red Wagon challenges, Pink Elephant challenges, the Paper Studio, Recollections, studio g | 3 Comments »

24. May 2010 by admin.

For Teacher appreciation at our school we don’t do teacher appreciation but rather staff appreciation because it takes everyone to make our school a school family like it is.  So I whipped up these little baskets of goodies for the educati0n assistants in my room.  It’s a little ceramic dish with lotion and hand sanitizer from Bath & Body, Hershey’s nuggets with labels on them that are the same as the tag.  Sorry, the photo is a bit dark

Supplies: ribbon-the Paper Studio, twine-PTI, Colorbox chalk lime green ink, StazOn jet black ink, sentiment-studio g, apple-K&Company: Carolyn Gavin greenhouse stamps and ink, punch-EK

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6. March 2010 by admin.

My cousin turned 21 and this is a little survival kit I made her.  It’s full of things that she can use anytime.  The yellow paper tells her what it is all for.

Here’s a close up of the tag that;s hanging on the bucket.  The stamp is Studio G ($1 set that I picked up a year or to ago…St. Patrick’s Day theme).  Brad is spare parts by the paper studio.  I used DMC floss to tie the tag to the bucket.  All the paper was from HL out of my scrap box.  The tag is from the scalloped tag combo set #2 by Sizzix.  The punch border is Martha Stewart.  I colored the image with Sharpies.

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6. March 2010 by admin.

My aunt had surgery and this was a little treat we brought her.  I re-used a peanut butter jar and filled it with mini candy bars.  The dot paper was in my scrap box (I know it came from HL…thinks it’s paper studio).  The button is paper studio and twine is PTI. The scallop circle was done with Nestabilities large scalloped circles.  The ovals were done with Creative Memories oval cutter.  Image is American Crafts clear stamps sentiments.  I stamped the image twice.

A friend of mine had her daughter in the hospital for several days as they were trying to figure out was making her so sick.  This is a little care package I made for her.  It’s filled with a variety of her favorite chocolates.  The tin I re-used, it once had chocolate pretzel balls in it.  Paper is all the same from the above project.  Stamp is from Inkadinkado. Felt flower, brad and ribbon in stash.  Nestabilities large scalloped squares.  The cream tag was done with Sizzix tags, scallop combo #2.

The card was tucked inside the box, I used up scraps for this too.  The stamp  is Kolette Hall got Studio G. 

Thanks for looking.  I hope your weather is better than ours.  We have ran which is freezing can causing accidents all around town.  Maybe it will help melt the snow as we warm up today!  I don’t know about you but I am ready for spring and green grass to play in

Posted in Nestablilities, ColorBox ink, Creative Memories, Sizzix, Epic 6, the Paper Studio, recycled, feel better soon, American Crafts, studio g, altered project, Papertrey ink | No Comments »

11. November 2009 by admin.

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10. October 2009 by admin.

Here is a card I made for my co-worker in my classroom.  Her birthday was on Wednesday.  I used 2sketches for you 36  http://www.2sketches4you.blogspot.com/   Stamps and Smiles project Tuesday     http://sasprojecttuesday.blogspot.com/ .  I love how this little gift card holder turned out.  This is the first time I’ve made this style of card holder, and boy was it fast and easy! 

Supplies:  button from Bag O’ Buttons by the Paper Studio, twine from Papertrey Ink, ribbon , birthday wishes stamp from Hero Arts- Birthday Messages, EK Success 1 1/4 inch circle punch, the paper studio 1 7/16″ scallop punch, cs from HL, pp from HL made by My Mind’s Eye  Bloom & Grow (checkered paper is Checking out, floral pp is Spring in Bloom), ink is ColorBox chalk- Olive Pastel.  Thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment.  Have a great Saturday…we have snow on the ground here :) 

Posted in My Mind's Eye, 2sketches for you challenges, Stamps and Smiles challenges, ColorBox ink, the Paper Studio, Hero Arts, birthday, Papertrey ink | 2 Comments »

3. October 2009 by admin.

Here is a card I made in honor of National Card Making Day.  We have been busy around here today so my plans for doing nothing but making cards was scratched.  But…I plan on doing some card making tomorrow.  I am hoping to complete all four challenges over at Nichole’s blog (Capture the Moment on my side bar) with Papertrey Ink. The sketch is from Caardvarks Saturday Sketchfest sketch found here  http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html.    I will have to list all the supplies when I get back tonight.  I wanted to share at least on card today so here it is.

Supplies: pp paper is spooky dots from the Paper Studio,  cs is Trick or Treat fashion pack colors from the Paper company, orange grosgrain ribbon is from Offray, Colorbox petal black ink, stamps are studio g ($1.00 stamps).  Buttons were in my stash…I pick them up in packs at the local fabric stores and Wal-Mart in their fabric section.

Posted in the Paper Studio, Halloween, studio g | 1 Comment »

20. September 2009 by admin.

So here is a little project I worked on last weekend.  My sister’s friend is expecting a baby and they don’t know what they are having so it needed to stay neutral.  The nursery is done in mint greens and browns so that is where the inspiration for the colors came from.   Her baby shower was yesterday and this was part of the gift for her.   All the cs is from HL in there single sheet selections.  The brown is textured cs.  The mint green I embossed with vanilla ZING! embossing powder.  The dots are from MS clear backgrounds set (can you tell I like this stamp :).  The giraffe is from imaginisce and was colored with chalks.  I cut the circles using my creative memories circle cutting system.  The ribbons are by the paper studio, they came from Hobby Lobby too.  The sentiment has no company name on it.  I picked it up years ago at my local Scrapbook store when they were having a stamp swap.  The box I made for the cards only uses one piece of 12×12 paper.  The box holds 8 cards and 8 matching envelopes.  I used magnets for the closure on the box.  Thanks for looking.

Posted in thank you, the Paper Studio, baby, imaginisce | 1 Comment »

20. September 2009 by admin.

Good afternoon everyone, today I have a card that covers three challenges.  I used Sweet Sundays sketch (sssc36).  The Belli challenge at Pile It On is to make a card with a Halloween theme.  At at SCS Friday’s LSC238 challenge was to use spooky colors on your card.  I know I said I was going to make birthday cards for the challenges, but I couldn’t resist making this card for these three challenges.  I fixed my comment box so now anyone can leave a comment.  I’d like to hear what you think.  Have a great Sunday.

There’s a bit of a shadow on the picture…we have have cloudy skies here today

Supplies:  spooky dots from the Paper Studio, Trick or Treat fashion pack colors from the Paper company, ghosts and goblins sentiment and the ghost image are from Katie &co. for studio g by Hampton arts.  I just love their $1 stamps when Michael’s get s them in.  A pop dot for the ghost, K&Company wackytac for adhesive.  I used my 2 5/16 scallop punch from the paper studio and my 2 1/8 in square punch from Marvy Uchida.  I used jet black ink from Stazon.

Posted in Stazon inks, the Paper Studio, Halloween, studio g | 2 Comments »