Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Back to School

It's that time again - Back to School!  Here in AZ our kiddos go back by the beginning of August - some as early as the end of July.  I guess they figure that it's so darn hot the kids might as well be in an air-conditioned school all day.  LOL

For our Terrific Tuesday Challenge this week we want to see your Back to School related projects.  Here's mine...

It's a dry erase board - a teacher gift that I made for both my girls teachers.  I included a dry erase pen - not shown - that way they can use it right away!  I used ruler print ribbon (that I've had in my stash forever!) to make the bow.  The tag shape is from Once Upon a Princess - I just made the one slightly larger for the shadow. "Just a Note" is from Scrappy Moms Stamps The Charmed Life set.  For the A,B,C blocks at the bottom I used SMS Alphabet Soup stamp set and Alphabet Soup die.  I used the die to cut 2 layers - one of cardboard and one of cardstock so they would be sturdy.  I masked off the numbers on the stamps so that only the letters would stamp.  I use hot glue to adhere everything to the black 5x7 picture frame (from Target).  

I hope you enjoyed my project for today - come join us and link up your Back to School project for a chance to win a Scrappy Moms Stamps set of your choice!

{{{ HUGS }}}  

New Scrappy Moms Stamps Set - Furry Friends!

Hi, everyone, I hope you had a wonderful Valentine's day! Thank you so much for all the comments on my Mi Amore Blog Hop Post - I had a wonderful time reading them! :)

Today I have a card made with our brand new Furry Friends stamp set by Scrappy Moms Stamps. I love how it turned out, and I hope you will too!


I used Winter Woodlands for the squirrels, I fliped one so they could "kiss". LOL The card base is from Sugar & Spice and the tag is from Once Upon a Princess. Can I just tell you how much I LOVE my Gypsy! So many cartridges and all cut on 2 passes - one for the card base and one for everything else. And I was so adament that I was NOT going to buy a Gypsy, EVER! LOL

Thank you so much for visiting me today, I will have more Furry Friends projects for you this week. Be sure to stop by and take a peek at what the other Scrappy Moms Stamps Design Team members have for you!

Tammy - http://scrappycritters.blogspot.com/
Momo- http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/
Lauren - http://laurenscreative.blogspot.com/
Nicole - http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com/
Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/
Meriah - http://twoscraptasticgals.blogspot.com/
Bonnie - http://www.pinkbonbons.blogspot.com/
Trisha - http://www.techniquesbytrish.blogspot.com/
Lezlye - http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/
Laura - http://www.makinprettythings.com/
Christina - http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/
Corri - http://buglvr.blogspot.com/
Liz - http://lizspaperloft.blogspot.com/
Sarah – http://www.liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/

Here's a picture of the new Furry Friends stamp set - they are in stock and ready to ship!

Big {{{ HUGS }}}

A New Card and Blog Candy WINNER! :)

My SIL's birthday was this weekend and I made this card for her...

I wanted it to be feminine but not cutesy - I hope it came out that way! The butterfly is from Graphically Speaking and the flowers are from Forever Young. The tag is from Once Upon a Princess and modified slightly on the DS. "Happy Birthday" is from Scrappy Moms Stamps - Everyday Greetings .

Now onto some fun! I used Random.org to choose a blog candy winner from our Scrappy Moms Blog Hop. (Drum roll, please) And the winner is...

Pam and Presley

"Love your book! Thanks for the chance to win some great stamps"

Pam - I'm sending you my email to send me your address. The stamps will be ready to ship on Thurs. :)

Thank you for stopping by today!

Three special request cards - LOL!

So we gave my dad his sailboat card and he liked it so much he asked me to make one that he can give my brother for his birthday. My brother actually live on a sailboat in San Diego - must be nice, huh? :)

He also asked for a card for a friend's grandson and one of her niece (she has 2 dachshunds - luckily, I have the Paisley cart!). I think they turned out pretty good for an overnight order. :)





I used the sailboat from Life's a Beach, the compass from Graphically Speaking, the cake from Sweet Treats, the dog from Paisley, and the tag is from Once Upon a Princess. Thanks for taking a peek! :)

Grandpa's Birthday Card :)

My dad's birthday is this week and the kiddo's and I decided to make him a sailboat card - thanks for the inspiration Joanna!


The sailboat (cut at 3.25") and waves (cut at 4" fit to length) are from Life's a Beach and the tag is from Once Upon a Princess. "Grandpa" is from For The Boys stamp set by Scrappy Moms Stamps.

Now, we just need to figure out what to get for a gift - LOL. :)

Have a wonderful day and thanks for visiting!

My Turn to Play! :)

Hello, all!

I have been working on this card for about a week - LOL. I really wanted to do a shape card and it just wasn't working out. So I put it away for a while - today I got it back out and finished it.

I made the base of the card in DS - it was a difficult shape to weld (in my opinion) since it isn't symetrical. So after playing and playing I welded it at the top. This meant that the leaf part of the card was "mangled" - lol. So I just printed the peach again and glued it to the front of the card. I use this technique with a lot of shape cards, it's great for when the weld "messes-with" the shape. I have included the side view so you can see the full light green base and the front of the peach. Let me know if you have any questions. :)



I used the peach from Just Because Cards, one of the tags from Once upon a Princess, and the sentiment if from our new Scrappy Moms Stamp Set Sweet Somethings. The base of the peach is embosses with the Large Dots embossing folder from Quickutz and the top layer with the Divine Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug. I also used stickles around the shadow of the tag for some sparkle. :)

Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful day!