Teacher Thank Yous

I made thank you gifts for my sons' kindergarten and k-care (day care) teachers and the bus driver.  I found votives from Yankee Candle and packaged them in a basket made with the Big Shot and the Basket & Blooms die.

I used retired DSP, snail adhesive, sticky strip, glue dots, cardstock, ink, stamps, punches and some assorted paper flowers and ric rac I had laying around.

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Preschool Teacher Thank You Gifts

These are gifts I gave to my daughers' preschool teacher and her helpers.  I found some Yankee Candle votives and packaged them up with a votive holder in some pretty hand made boxes with a 3x3 card of thanks.  The DSP is retired.
I used Snail adhesive, cardstock, dsp, Big Shot and dies, ric rac (non SU), stamps, ink and sticky strip.


Self adhesive die cut stickers were also used.

Here are the boxes opened so you can see the goodies inside.

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Another Baby Card

Here's a baby girl card I made:

This uses Stampin' Up! cardstock, DSP (sweet pea), buttons, ink, adhesive, Top Note Die and Big Shot.


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Baby Girl Album

Here's a baby album I made: 

This design was adapated from an album I saw on UStamp with Dawn and Friends last year (see the blinkie on my sidebar).

This used Stampin Up! designer series paper (sweet Pea), sweet pea felt, retired stamp set, buttons, ribbon, ink, cardstock, pretties, adhesive, Top Note die, Big Shot and punches.


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Baby Card

Here's a card I made for my sister, she had a baby boy in March.  The stamp is from DJ designs but all other products are from Stampin' Up!

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Birthday Card

Here's a birthday card I made for my brother-in-law...I have a hard time doing masculine cards.

Supplies used:  Sweet Pea DSP, inks, stamps, markers, adhesive, scallop punch, Top Note Die, Big Shot, buttons, cardstock.


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Mother's Day Card #2

Here is another card I made for Mother's Day - for my kids' daycare provider who certainly is like a mother to them!

This card uses many of the same products as yesterday:  old olive, sunny yellow, ribbon, cardstock, punches, Manhattan Floral, Watercolor Trio, Vintage Labels, designer series paper, adhesive, blender pen, dimensionals and glitter.

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Mother's Day Card

This is the card I made for my mom :)

It uses Stampin' Up! products:  buttons, ribbons, old olive, whisper white, sunny yellow, Mahattan Floral stamp set, adhesive Well scripted stamp set, punch, glitter, crystal effects, markers, ink, designer series paper, dimensionals and cardstock.

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Notecards for Purse

Here are some of the notecards (3x3") that I made to go inside the purse I showed yesterday....again these were inspired by Chiaki at Stamping Pro.

Colors are So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Taken with Teal, and Whisper White.

I used Happy Moments and Vintage Labels Clear Mount stamp sets and colored some of them in with Stampin' Write Markers. 

I also used the tab punch, angled corner punch, and the oval punch.  The DSP is Sweet Pea.




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Card Purse

This is a cute little card purse I saw over on Stampinpro's blog - she does the cutest stuff!  I altered mine slightly, making a cardstock box inside of it instead of a paper bag as she used, but I think it's adorable either way!

This uses the new Sweet Pea DSP, so saffron cardstock and taken with teal ink and cardstock colors, pumpkin pie ribbon and corduroy buttons, scallop oval punch, oval punch.  Stamp set is whimsical words (clear mount). This was made using only 1 sheet of DSP and coordinating cardstock....I'll show you what I put inside another day :)

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Birthday Card

Here's a birthday card I CASEd from Becky Roberts.

This card uses ribbon, the trio flower punch, XL flower punch, 1" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, corner rounder, label punch, crop-a-dile, pink epoxy brad, Sweet Pea DSP., Regal Rose ink, whisper white cardstock and the colors are regal rose and pretty in pink and the stamp set is Well Scripted (clear mount).

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Top Note Purse

This is the purse I made to hold the 3x3 notecards I displayed yesterday....



This features so saffron, certainly celery, and pretty in pink DSP and cardstock and also uses the Big Shot and several of the dies.  The flower is embellished with a rhinestone brad and the ribbon is tied thru an eyelet.
Here is the back...

It is held closed with self-adhesive velcro.  Here is the inside...

Note Cards

Here's a little gift I'm putting together for my daycare provider - her birthday iwas yesterday.

I used Pawsitively Prints DSP to make some notecards...

These are 3x3 and feature Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, whisper white and Certainly Celery colored ink, DSP and CS.  I used the Eggcellent Eggs kit (die cut border pieces and flowers with rhinestone centers) as well as the scallop trim border punch.  The stamp set is For All You Do.  I used the new bird punch as well as a Martha Stewart butterfly punch.  The inside greetings are from For All You Do and Whimsical Words. 

I'm going to place these in a cute little Top Note Die Purse - I'll show you that tomorrow :)

Sorry about the blurry photo.


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Easy Peasy Birthday Card

This card came together super easy.  It is made with Sweet Pea DSP as the image featured on the front.  Colors are Old Olive, chocolate chip, bliss blue, whisper white and pretty in pink.  Stamp set (for the greeting) is well scripted (clear mount).

I like using the doubled sided DSP as my card base - it makes for a pretty interior of the card too!  I also used american crafts ric rac.

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Easter Basket

Here's an Easter Basket using some of the new Occasions mini catalog produts.  This was something I saw on Create with Connie and Julie and was designed by Julie Dinn.

It features Ballet Blue, Pretty in Pink, whisper white and orchid opulence CS, Sweet Pea DSP, Pretty in pink ribbon and ink, Designer label and scallop border and scallop trim punch, Eggcoutrements stamp set (clear mount), flower brads, 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches, small and large tag punches and the crop-a-dile.

In this shot you can see the inside of the basket, with a place to carry your easter eggs so they will sit up nice and pretty.
Of course, I also used SNAIL, sticky strip, glue dots, paper trimmer, dimensionals and scissors.

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East Basket Punch Art Card - CCJC7

Here is my entry for the Create with Connie and Julie Challenge #7:  Create an Easter Card
This card uses several punches:  word window, scallop circle, ornament, 1 3/8" circle, 1/4" circle, Designer label punch, and the scallop trim border punch. 
Colors are:  Chocolate chip, pretty in pink, whisper white, Rose Red, So Saffron, Ballet Blue and Blue Bliss.

I also used the Top Note Die and the Big Shot (I ran the top note thru twice, turning 90 degrees for the 2nd cut to get the fany square shape).  The DSP is Sweet Pea and I also used the Eggcellent Eggs Kit and the Eggcoutrements (clear mount) stamp set and pretty in pink satin ribbon.
Here's the greeting:

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Masculine Birthday Card

I have a hard time making masculine cards....here is a recent one I completed.

Colors are chocolate chip, old olive, whisper white and so saffron.  This uses the loads of love and accessories stamp set, Pawsitively Prints and Sweet Pea DSP.  I colored the image with COPIC markers and used american crafts ric rac.


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Easter Peek - Revealed

Here is what was hiding in the Easter Treat Carrier I posted yesterday:


These are made with the mini-milk carton die in the Big Shot using Pawsitively Prints DSP, pinking hearts border punch, Eggcellent Eggs kit, spiral clips (to hold them closed),  glue dots and dimensionals.  Aren't they cute?  Perfect for easter goodies for the kids!

Here's a look at the spiral clips holding the cartons closed and in the treat carrier:


The carrier was made from the same papers as the cartons and I used the word window punch to make the handle.


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Easter Peek

Here's part of a project I recently completed....I'll show you the rest tomorrow.  I got the pattern and idea from Create with Connie and Julies' Mary Brown (see my side bar on the left)
This is a little carrier for an Easter treat...it uses some of the new Stampin' Up! products available now.



This is the DSP pawsitively prints and the Eggcellent Eggs decorating kit - it includes die cut flowers, leaves and swirls along with rhinestones and rub ons - too cute!  I also used whisper white cardstock, wide oval, scallop oval and oval punches and the Eggcoutrements clear mount stamp set that I colored with a Stampin' Write marker.  Colors are pretty in pink, so saffron, pale plum, bliss blue, bashful blue and certainly celery. The ribbon is the new satin pretty in pink ribbon available.  Of course I also used dimensionals, SNAIL, paper trimmer, scissors and glue dots.
I'll leave you with this shot of what's coming tomorrow....