Mother Goose Thank You Notes

Over at Imaginisce we were challenged with a “Teacher’s Appreciation” project. Everyone always needs thank you notes so I made these up Mother Goose style! As Emmaline is only 20 months the closest teacher we have is pre-school so I thought the fun - soft - colors were sweet instead of the normal red apple theme (which I love too!) We were told to think outside the box - I think this fits! :) 

Totally loving these sweet buttons. They have subtle polka dots on them - darling detail.

And these wood veneer stars are too fun! I.am.addicted.

I hope this inspires you to grab some nursery themed papers, dies and colors and make some thank you notes for a teacher or a friend who is a teacher. :) 

Have a beautiful day!

Supply List:

Imaginisce: Patterned Papers (Welcome Spring)

Imaginisce: Buttons (Welcome Spring)

American Crafts: Cardstock Neutrals

American Crafts: Studio Calico Wood Veneer Stars

Rainbow challenge

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope you are wearing your green!!!! :)

Welcome to my Shop Pumpkin Spice post for today. A new challenge was posted yesterday and the challenge is RAINBOW!

Okay, I admit it... I may have gone a little overboard. I got on a roll and then just couldn't stop! :)

I used my Xyron 5" Creative Station and ran the pennant shaped panel through it. It made this SUPER easy and quick to adhere the rainbow strips of paper to. I sliced it into the pennant shape after adhering the paper so I could make sure I used all my scraps. :)  

Recipe:

• Xyron: 5" Creative Station with permanent adhesive
• Patterned Paper:
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Fly a Kite "Wish" Confetti Paper™(red)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Fly a Kite "Spring" Zag Paper™ (orange)
• Echo Park: Summer Days "Rainbow"™ (yellow polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Life of the Party "Charmed" Trees Paper™ (green)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Fly a Kite "Genuine" Sky Paper™ (blue clouds)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Happy Go Lucky "Hello" Zig Paper™ (purple)
• My Mind's Eye: Lime Twist: Fly a Kite "Wish" Ribbon Paper™ (rainbow background)
• Stamp: My Pink Stamper: Freedom Rocks™
• i-rock
• Hot Rocks in Rainbow™

I used the current sketch from Artful Delight.

Peachy Keen, Gossamer Blue, and Glitter, OH MY!

Well, I got the sweetest little package in the mail from a bloggy friend (and a real life friend - double bonus! We just met through the blog world) and I knew I wanted to make a special thank you for her from Emmaline. (If you know who you are, I haven't gotten it in the mail yet!)  

She LOVES red, glitter, polka dots, and doilies. I had a doily on here but couldn't make it work - and when the husband agrees with you - you know you have to pull it off. So I ripped the card apart and flung the doily aside, but it's the thought that counts, right? (because the execution was meh.)

The one below was taken at night, but shows more of the sparkle. This little card practically lights up!

Recipe:

• My Pink Stamper: Winter Punnies™
• Peachy Keen Stamps: PK-490 Everyday Character Assortment™
• Gossamer Blue™ December Main Kit - unfortunately it's already sold out, but here is a link to the store!
• Stickles in a LOT of colors
• Here is a link to where you can get the Simple Stories patterns that I used since the kit is sold out. :)

I also wanted to participate in a few challenges with this card:

Peachy Keen - Anything Goes

Shop Pumpkin Spice - New Year - she said we could be creative and honestly, the new year means that a: I need thank you notes for Christmas time and

b: I should have sent them out already! 

Circle Challenge Card

This week's challenge over at the Cricut Circle Blog (open for all people to join until the 10th or 11th I think) is to use two cuts from the French Manor Cartridge (Cricut Circle Exclusive). 

So I made this card quickly last night to slide it in under the deadline. I made the bird cage into a shaped card - you know how I feel about shape cards by now :)

Recipe:
Cartridge: French Manor™
Paper: MME Lost and Found Madison Avenue Line: "Happily Ever After"™ (both sides for the off white stripes and the darker pink), MME Lost and Found Madison Avenue Line: "Pretty" Polka Paper™ (back side of the polka dots for the lighter pink)
Stamps: MME Lost and Found Madison Avenue Line: "Pretty" Stamps™ (the stamp behind the bird), My Pink Stamper: Family and Friends™ (Believe)
MME Lost and Found Madison Avenue Line: "Happily Ever After" Decorative Brads™ 
Doodling
Glossy Accents
Swarovski Crystal

This picture did not do this paper justice. It is a gorgeous romantic raspberry paper. I am definitely in love with this line.

Have a wonderful Thursday! :)

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Peachy Keen, Embellish Magazine, and My Pink Stamper

Here is another card that I made today for a few challenges.

Peachy Keen had a sketch for us:

Embellish Magazine is a new one for me. I got there from Jenny at Wee Memories' blog. So this is my first time in this challenge. It was a color challenge with paper piecing and I had a great time with this color combo. I had to tone it down because I had too many patterns and variations! :)

Lastly My Pink Stamper is doing the Anything Goes challenge so I am entering this in that one as well.

I used EAD Designs's Right on Target Stickerz for the tree and adorable mushroom. I love their products. They say the stickerz are reposition-able and thank goodness for me, they truly are. I put these stickers on a white sheet of card stock and then cut them out and popped them with dimensionals.

The card stock is Cricut™ and Recollections™ and the yellow design paper is K&Co.

I used the Swiss Dots Emboss Folder™ to emboss the little dots on the green layer. I finished it off with some Jillybean Soup ribbon that I picked up at Torendi™ and some doodling with a white gel pen. I have to say, I think this is one of the best bows I have ever done.

I used my new Glue Glider Pro™ with perma-tac™ for everything but the bow which is a separate piece and I stuck one of their Extreme Adhesive Squares™ behind it - I think I'm in love with those things!

Okay, this is my second post of the day so scroll down for the previous one. Tomorrow I will have a project done with images from Whoopi Daisy here and over at the Cuttlebug Challenge.

I am getting really excited for the blog hop that is coming up October 1-3. I have an awesome prize to give away so be sure to sign up as a follower and come back or just put it on your calendars! :)

Off the Wall Craftiness, Caardvarks, and My Pink Stamper

Today was a day to try to participate in some challenges which is always fun. :) I am participating in a few new ones. One of those new ones is called Caardvarks. Their challenge was clean and simple stamping.

I love participating in Kim's challenges at Off the Wall Craftiness and this was our inspiration photo:


Lastly, My Pink Stamper is having a challenge where anything goes so this one and the next one will both qualify for it! :)

This is an A2 sized card which Robyn would tell us over and over is 5.5x4.25" - but thank goodness because now I know it! I am ready to take the My Pink Stamper quiz! haha.

The white base is Bazzill™, the dark pink is Core'dinations™, and the light pink is actually white card stock. I inked up the Love is in the Air™ embossing folder and then embossed it so that everything ELSE was pink and the embossing was white. It's a technique I picked up from one of the design team members at the Cuttlebug Challenge before I was asked to be on the DT. I love learning new things. :)

I added some ribbon, some Hero Arts™ adhesive gems and adhesive flower, and cut the butterflies from the Gypsy Wanderings™ borders option and hid all of the detailing since I was going to cut it so small.

I hope you like it. It makes me smile and I can't wait to give it to one of my chick friends for their birthday!

Thanks for your Service

Happy Weekend!

I am making this for several challenges:
My Pink Stamper's: Make and send a card to someone in service on this day of remembrance.
CricutCardzChallenge: Fall card without using brown, orange and yellow (MUCH harder than I thought)
Wee Memories: Fall card

Recipe:
Cartridge: Heritage™
Paper: K&Co.™, Cricut™, Cosmo Cricket™ Material Girl
Stamp: My Pink Stamper: Everyday Occasions™
Vinyl Rub-ons: EAD Designs Caged Vinyl Rub-ons™ in white
Ribbon: JillyBeanSoup™
Buttons

Have a beautiful day! I'm off to downtown San Francisco with my parents who just got into town. :)

Owl

I made this little owl card for fun. He was cut from the Storybook Cartridge™. I used the shadow feature to make the card base. It was welded on my Gypsy™. Then I cut both the shorty/holes function and the shift of the normal key because I thought they all went together like layers. That is not the case! :)

So, I used most of the pieces that cut out from the normal key and placed them on the Shorty/Holes shift function owl which turned out just how I thought it was supposed to layer! :) I placed the pupils right in the center and showed my husband and he moved them into the upper right corners - so I have to give him his kuddos for that! I love it!

This card would have been perfect for My Pink Stamper's new Tweetie Hoo Puns™ stamp set!

Happy Wednesday!