DD Valentine treats

Here are the treats I did for my dd kindergarten class. Thanks to my peep for helping me finish them. Had to take dd to a birthday party during all day crop when I was working on them. When I got back she had stamped all the images. Thanks D! :)

I made these pretty simple as all the kids were going to see was the lollipops. :)

100 Days of School

Happy 100 days of school. I have been seeing a lot of posts lately on different blogs about the 100 days. But due to the Tropical Storm in August and snow storm in October we are a little behind.

I have seen this idea with the gum and poem before, but just saw it on pinterest the other day and knew I had to make it, with my own twist. :) I did not see the excitement about pinterest at first, now I a loving it and have so many new ideas.

The sentiment is all computer generated and then cut out with my XL die from Emma. I had treat bags from Christmas. Think I could find them, of course not! :) So I just put the gum in sandwich bags. Tied a ribbon on. And used my teacher Dudley on the top as a tag to hide the zipper closure. :)

Valentines for Teachers

Happy Valentine's Day.

Here are the cards I made for my kids teachers. I can say I totally stole, er, scraplifted this sketch from a card my peep made me. She is amazing card maker and very patient with me with all my crafting questions. She has helped me extremely in growing my crafting skills.

Her, another peep and I have a long standing joke that if you don't use something for more than 6 months, the others get to confiscate that item! Well I have had my nesties and punch around the pages punches for a while and never use them! So I don't get them taken away, I figured it was time to use them! LOL!

More Valentine projects to come!

Images: Dustin Pike

Nestabilities: for image, but not sure which one!

PATP: Martha Stewart Loopy Punch

Paper: Cordinations, K & Co Valentine Paper, Su and Stash

Stickles, inking

Exploring Cricut Sweet Challenge

Happy Monday. I did so much crafting over the weekend for Valentine's day my blog is going to be busy the next few days. So get ready. :)

Today's card is for Exploring Cricut. We were doing a sweet challenge. Could be anything using, candy, sweet, love, hearts, but not limited to Valentines. Well since I had not made most of my Valentine's anyway, I did do it with V-day in mind. LOL!

Cart: Lacy Labels for all cuts

Paper, SU, Coredinations and stash

Face Stamps: Boy Mates and Princess from PK

Sentiment: My Creative Time

Inking, doodeling and twine

Exploring Cricut Daily Project

Happy Wednesday.

Today's project was for my peep. She has not been feeling well. I was going to go over and visit her and bring her some flowers. All of a sudden it hit me, I am a paper crafter, I can make her some flowers! :)

I used the cartridge Lacy Labels. Unfortunately when I had this brilliant idea, I did not have any pretty wooden dowels around the house. So quickily I needed another brilliant idea....straws! :) My kids have lots of straws. Actually I think it worked out better because I put them on the bendy ones and was able to move the flowers around as I wanted them.

I used the Cornies faces from PK. I did some inking and doodeling. I took the picture quick, as usual. :) So excuese all the wood in the background. I did not realize it was there when I took the picture. My husband has become a wood ho since the snow storm in October. :)

Happy Birthday

Happy Tuesday.

Been a little lazy updating my blog lately. Beein crafting, just not updating! OOPS!

Today's card is just a simple card. I made this shape card for a birthday party that my daughter had to go to for a boy in her class. I asked her what she wanted to make and she picked this monster from the Mini Monsters cartridge. Since it was for a boy kindergartener I did not spruce it up too much. Just a little inking, doodeling and twine on the side. Inside, sorry forgot to take a picture of the inside, was a Happy Birthday stamp from Emma and my daughter signed it. Quick and simple! ;) Sorry the picture is bad too, took it as we were running out the door to the party.

Exploring Cricut - 123 Challenge

Today at Exploring Cricut we are doing a 123 challenge. At least 1 ribbon, 2 cuts and 3 brads, buttons, etc.

I found out on Friday that a friend at work has breast cancer. So I definately wanted to make her a card to let her know I was thinking of her.

Cuts: Stand and Salute, Mini Monograms

Pearls and Ribbon: SU

Stamp face: PK Princess Faces

Sentiment stamp: My Creative Time

Paper: The Paper Loft

Today's card was slightly scraplifted. :) I was making cards last weekend and could not think of anything. So for inspiration I had gone to Emma's blog (mycreativetimeforme.com). I was determined to use the 100% sweetness stamp set. But in looking for inspiration I saw a card that Emma made around Christmas with this layout. So I decided to, ahem, scraplift the design and use it for Valentines Day. :)

I know a lot of people always say this, but the card does look better in person. I inked the whole card with pink and then outlined with red. In person, it looks more blended. In this picture the colors stand out more and look more blotchy.

Paper: Walmart card stock

Ink: Pink and Red (not sure of exact colors) from SU

Dotted Outline: Small Talk from MCTFM

LOVE, Heart and stamp on Heart: 100 % Sweetness from MCTFM

Exploring Cricut - Daily Project

Today's card is my daily project for Exploring Cricut. I do not do many scene cards, but I wanted to try one for Valentine's day. As my peep always says, make an extra. :) So I have a few of these on hand to give out in a few weeks. ;)

Carts: Easter 2010, Plantain Schoolbook, Everyday Paperdolls, Doodlecharms

Stamp: My Creative Time with Emma - 100% sweetness

Paper: SU and stash

Pop dots, inking, doodeling

J Card

Today's card was for the letter challenge to myself. I used the letter J and Just Because Cards. This was one of those had to have carts so I am glad to be getting a little bit of use out of it. :) Plus I am such a sucker for a good pun! Love them! :)

Cart: Just Because Cards

Paper: SU and DCWV stack

Eye: PK

Inking and doodeling

I card

Happy Wednesday.

I am still doing the challenge to myself to use all my carts. Haven't done it in a while so figured I would try and get going on doing this again.

Today's card is from Indy Art, one of the free downloads with the gypsy. I figured with the PK face, a bomb could not look too dangerous. :)

Paper: Su and stash

You R the bomb - computer generated

Label - MCTWE

Inking, stitching, Twine

Exploring Cricut - Color challenge

Happy Monday.

Today's card was a color challenge card. We were to use red, blue, green, yellow and white. Now I dislike color challenges and tend not to do them. :) So I had a hard time with this one. But one of my favorite bloggers has done the white background before. After I decided on that the card came together quickly. I know think this is one of my favorite cards I have done. :)

Cuts: Balloons Create a Critter

Twine: My Craft Spot

Button and Twine: SU

Face Stamp: Happy Lashes PK

Sentiment Stamp: My Creative Time with Emma