New Challenge at Scribbles Designs - Multifold Card!

We've got a new challenge over at Scribbles Designs!  This month, we want to see your multifold/easel cards!  Here's my project:

Our multifold card instructions was provided by our fellow DT member Shirl of Creations by Shirl.  I'm giving this one to a little friend of mine, named Ethan. :)

Here it is opened with the belly band.

Two side panels and the middle one folds up into an Easel.  The image is called Dump Truck.  Inked it up with Copic markers.

The sentiment is just computer generated.  Paper by K&Co.

The rules have changed a little this month: YOU NO LONGER NEED A SCRIBBLES IMAGE TO PLAY!!! :)  If you do use a Scribbles image, however, you can enter as many times as you wish.  Go here to play with us!

Wanna get the Dump Truck digi or any other of Scribble's designs? Check out the Scribbles Designs store! 

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Also entering this in The Paper Playtime multifold card challenge. :)

New Challenge at Party Time Tuesdays!

There's a new challenge this week at Party Time Tuesdays!  This time, make a Kid's Christmas Card!

Just a simple Cricut cut on some glittered card stock.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up's Tiny Wishes stamp set.  Easy peasy!

Update on me: I've been chosen for jury service! It's a very important case and will probably go on for weeks, if not months.  I'll be missing all of Christmas break, but I'm highly interested in the jury and trial process.  I'll come and visit you all when I have a free minute! (Seems like when I get a free minute, it gets taken from me!) Miss you guys!

New Challenge at Party Time Tuesdays! Get inspired by this...

It's Tuesday!  Which means its challenge time over at Party Time Tuesday!  We have a color inspiration thing going on this week:

Black, purple, mustard, orange

This week we are sponsored by: The Stamping Boutique, Paper Makeup Stamps (who provided my digi), Robin's Nest (who provided my paper), and Bunny Zoe's Crafts!

Here's my project:

Digi by Paper Makeup Stamps.  Colored with Copics.  Background paper by Robin's Nest.  Cardstock, stamp, ink, glitter, and Crystal Effects by Stampin Up.  Brads are from my stash.

This card went to my nephew who just turned 2 yesterday!

Cutie pie looks just like my brother!

Can't wait to see what you guys create!

Last day of school treats

Yesterday was the last day of school!  I wanted to sent my 6th graders off with a small treat.  My friend (who is an after school advisor), came up with a similar concept for her high schoolers.  :) I decided to scraplift her idea (thanks, Tehani!)

Just some Swedish fish in a bag and a quick printed topper.  If I had more time I would've added a hand crafted element, but these did the trick (they only tear it open right away, anyway!)

'Till next time!

Easter for the kids

I try to make something for my students at every major holiday.  Easter is no exception!  I figure I gave them a lot of candy for St. Pattys and for Valentine's so I was on the hunt for pencils and erasers.  Found some cute ones at our "dollar store" (everything is MORE than a dollar. LOL!) and packaged them up:

Used SU cello bags to hold the pencil.  

The topper is just super simple.  A SU stamp, SU punches, and a little Easter eraser added with a glue dot.  I should have no more excuses of "I didn't do my work because I didn't have a pencil."  >_<

Entering this in the following challenges:

Decorate to Celebrate - Easter

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything but a card

I work with 3 other teachers as well, so I made them this easy goody bag filled with sustaining treats!

'Till tomorrow night when the new PTT challenge goes live! :D

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! :) I've been very crafty over the past few days, due to zombie toe. :) I made some St. Patty's day treats for my co-workers and students.  They won't receive it until Monday, but who turns down candy?! LOL. 

Here's a teacher treat.  I just filled some SU cello bags with some See's candy pops.  The stamps are some cheapy ones I got last year on clearance for 13 cents! Cardstock and punches are SU.

These are for the kiddos.  I made it out of brown paper lunch sacks, because lets face it, they don't care about the packaging, just the candy.  Stamped it a few times and made a quick 'lucky' tag with another SU punch.  Sealed the bottoms with my crimper.

Entering this into the following challenges:

Decorate to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day

Kaboodle Doodles Green

Easy peasy St. Patrick's Day projects. :) 'Till next time!

Halloween Swag

There is never a holiday where I don't make goody bags for my God kids or my co-worker's children.  i don't have any kids of my own and I'm no longer in a classroom so I'm always thinking of excuses to give some swag!

Just the basic goodie bag that has store bought activity books, pencils, erasers, rulers, bookmarks, etc.  I'm totally into new school supplies. :)

A treat for the parents of the trick-or-treaters.  Yay for using up a spool of that 10 year old ribbon! Lol, I still have 3 more spools of it!

A treat for the co-workers.  I'm digging these new long cellophane bags from SU! Filled them with peanut butter M&Ms and added a really simple topper with SU! punches.

Housed them in my cute HK trick-or-treat bucket. :)

And that is IT on the Halloween projects! :D I guess its time to make those Thanksgiving ones! 'Till next time!

Simple Dino Card

A week and a half at the new job has come and gone and now that I reflect on it... it wasn't so bad!  The good news is that there is only a few more days in this week and it's SUMMER!  I think that's the best part about working in education. :) An actual vacation!

My Godson's birthday is today and I made him this cute and simple card:

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I used Create a Critter (of course), which is my go to cartridge when I need something quick.  The paper was some cheap sheets I got from the dollar store and all card stock and sentiment is by SU! Can you tell I'm digging the banner sentiments?  So super cute!

I'm entering this in these challenges:

Scrappy Frogs birthday challenge

Party Time Tuesday animal challenge

Creative Card Crew anything goes

'Till next time!

Girl Scout Awards

Didn't make any cards today.  I worked all morning on awards for my scouts.  This week is the last week I'll see them of the school year and then on Monday I start my new job as a teacher's aide for Autistic children.  *Sniffle* I'm going to miss these kids!  I wasn't planning on leaving, but when a job called (a year went by since I applied!) I had to take it... the economy was getting to us and a full time job just sounded ideal. With that aside, I did create them some cute looking awards:

I bleed green award

Close up of flower "ribbon"

I wanted it to be a little bit more special so I designed the certificates in Microsoft Word and created cute names for the awards as well.  I wanted to put something crafty on it so I created the "ribbon" with SU! punches (scallop, circles, and boho flowers punch).  I held it all together with a brad and dimensionals.  Also added some gold glittered ribbon.  They were a huge hit!

Till next time!

More Teacher's Appreciation Projects

Whew!  What a week of projects!  More teacher's appreciation projects the past couple of days and in the next few, I'll show you my Mother's Day projects. :)

To thank the teachers that let us Girl Scouts use their rooms, I made some of these Orbit gum holders.  The school made each day this week (for teacher's appreciation week) a special theme and I gave it to them yesterday for "fruit day," which is when you give your teacher fruit.  I figured they would have TONS of fruit, so I opted for fruity flavored gum!

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Orbit gum holders for Teacher's Appreciation Day

These were so simple to make, I just took the concept from those cocoa or chocolate bar sliders.  I just wrapped the card stock around the gum (Mine was cut at 3 3/4"x 5.5" scored at 1/2", 2.5", 3", and 5": but these measurements can be altered for different brands of gum).  I punched holes with my Crop a Dile at the tops and fed the ribbon through with the gum in the middle of everything.  I secured the sides with Sticky Strip then decorated with Stampin Up's Tart & Tangy stamp set to match the orange flavor.  The sentiments were just printed from my computer and punched out.

I had younger Girl Scouts earlier in the week and wanted to do a crafty project with them too.  Instead of having tiny paper parts, I decided to keep it simple.  The apple is for Teacher's Appreciation week and the flower is for Mother's Day.

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5 year olds made these!

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Just attach a magnet to the back for instant gifts

I just cut out the apple pieces from Create a Critter.  I left out the leaves because they were a bit small.  For the Mother's Day magnet, I just stamped a flower image on a piece of white card stock and stamped a sentiment as well.  I let them decorate it and mount it on another piece of pink card stock.  Magnetic strips ($1 at Wal-Mart!) went onto the backs so they can give them as gifts to their teacher and Mom.  

Till tomorrow folks! Can't wait to see what you guys have been making this week at your blogs!  Leave me a comment below and I'll come and visit! :)

Girl Scouts Teacher's Appreciation and Mother's Day craft

The best thing about the Cricut is that it has both elaborate and easy cuts/paper piecing.  Some of them are so easy that a child could do it!  Last week (and this week) I will be sharing these crafts with my Girl Scout troops so they can give it to their favorite teacher and their Mom.  All I did was cut and score everything for them and they layered and glued everything themselves.  The older kids (4th and 5th grade) made these last week and it was a huge hit!

Pink tulip for Mom and an apple for teacher!

The post-it note holders were just 3.25"x6.5" scored at 3 1/8" on both sides.  They fold up perfectly to hold half a pad of post-its.  After the kids were done writing a message to their Mom and teacher on the inside, I packaged them in a clear envelope for them.  

I will be doing something a little bit simpler with the 5 and 6 year olds today, so stay tuned!