Taking a new look at our stash of PAPER.....

Here is a page I did of my son when he was 2, he is now 12!  I pulled out my Focus of Photo's Stack from 3 Birds that I bought from HSN about 3 years ago and I had to have!  I loved this stack and never used it. It has a 5x7 Photo mat stack and a 12x12 matching stack.

Don't forget to look at Sunday's post to check out our challenge to win a fun prize!

Welcome to Graduation week.......Day One

Good Morning Blogging friends!!  This past Saturday Kel had a graduation party for her daughter. Well you all know how crafting minds think, we all went into overdrive and had great fun with banners, decorations, cards and even a present!! We will showcase our work all week.  Hope you enjoy it!!!  Also, if you comment everyday you will be eligible for a fun little prize!!!

Here is the present (and bag it went in) I made for Kelly's daughter. She loves, loves owls.

I started out with a plain white frame from Michael's in the clearance section for $4.99 plus a 25% off coupon. Plus the plain white bag.  Kel told me Amanda's room was teal and zebra, so I went with the teal.

I used the following:

Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalking Ink, Blue Hawaiian to ink up the white frame and the owl.
Create a Critter for the Owl and all her cute little parts cut at 5" the branch was cut at 2.50".
WR Memory Keepers White Out Collection - the polka dot paper
Twine was free, yes free!!! I order some other colors from Anniespaperboutique.com and they threw in the teal and white twine with my order.  It worked so perfect!!
Locker Talk Cartridge for the Graduation cap, cut at 3.25"
Letters and numbers came from Don Juan cut at 3"
Cuttlebug Forest Branch folder for the owl and the branch.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by and comment each day this week to be eligible for a fun prize.

Teacher Gifts

Yay!! Last day of school for my and Laurie's kids!!! What a long week this last one was ... everyone around us got out last week.


I got these little clear pails from Oriental Trading to make end of the year gifts for the kids' teachers. They are filled with Hersey Kisses and a gift card. The one on the left is for a male teacher; the right is for a female teacher. They came together super quickly and easily.

Supply list: 

Clear Buckets and Ribbon - Oriental Trading

Ice Cream Stickers - Jolees

Flip Flop Stickers - Jolees

Thanks stamp - Stamin' Up!

Twine - We R Memory Keepers

patterned paper and flower - stash

Bring on the Summer!!!

Thank You. Thank You Very Much.

Cone on now ... you know you read that title in your best Elvis voice in your head! LOL! I have a couple of thank you cards to show you today. (I told you I had a lot of cards to make this month!) The first is a thank you card from my son for his birthday presents. As Laurie said a couple of posts back, he is a lover of anything creepy, crawly or squishy, so I stole Laurie's idea of using a frog on the card.

I totally lifted this card from one that I had seen on the Peachy Keen Stamp Challenge. The cute sentiment is from My Pink Stamper.

This second card was inspired by all the white on white handmade cards that are out there right now. I just love the look!

The card was cut with the Cameo and then I hand embossed part of the front with a Fiskars Shape Boss that I have had forever from Noni's stash. All I had to do after that was add the flowers and some bling and done!

Hope everyone has a Terrific Tuesday!