Welcome Little One

Here is a sweet baby girl card that I made for a friend at work, who just welcomed his 1st grandchild. I LOVE making baby cards, and this is the first one I have made in a while. I used a Kraft card base with Echo Park: Springtime papers.  I stamped the image and sentiment (from Taylored Expressions: Hangin' Out stamp set) onto a vanilla Spellbinders: Lattice Rectangle die cut. I colored the image with Copic markers and added glittery accents with Stickles on the flowers.  I then cut felt flowers using the PTI flower fusion dies, and added rhinestones to the centers. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Another Teacher Appreciation

Hey Peeps, here's another super simple teacher appreciation card I made a while back, during teacher appreciation week for PaperManiac. I simply stamped the desk stamp from Taylored Expressions- Make the Grade, onto a white cardstock base. I then paper-pieced the desk front and chair top with October Afternoon- Report Card pattern paper. I colored the rest of the image with Copic markers, and then drew a frame around the card with a black Sharpie pen.

Heres a picture of the inside of the card too. The pattern paper is from the October Afternoon- Report Card collection. The stamped imaged are from Taylored Expressions- Make the Grade and Extra Credit stamp sets. Again, I drew a frame around the card with a Sharpie pen.

Easy. Fun. Grateful.

Father's Day

Hello everyone!! Have you been following our Paper Maniac theme this week?? Its FATHER'S DAY themed projects!! There have been some pretty awesome posts on the blog this week if you haven't seen them yet, stop by.


This is a really simple card I put together using Neenah Cream Cardstock and October Afternoon Pattern Paper (Report Card). The image is colored with Copics (did you know Paper Manaic carries ALL of the Copic colors??) I used Spellbinders Label 5 die for the image and background layer. The stamp is from Taylored Expressions.


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Have a wonderful weekend!!

Teacher Appreciation Time

SO, we are heading into the end of June, and with that comes the time to thank our teachers. This year, my daughter is finishing preschool, which is bittersweet for my husband and I. We absolutely LOVE the school she has been attending since she was a baby, and hate to see this chapter come to a close. However, September will bring a whole new chapter as she begins Kindergarten. MY, how time flies!!

Anyway, our daughter has been blessed with the most wonderful teachers throughout this chapter of her life. I always take the time to send a little thank you card and gift towards the end of the year. This year, Ms. Cindy prepared all the children for Kindergarten, and did a FABULOUS job. (Although we did not expect anything less- she is the BEST!!)

This card uses the Taylored Expressions kits called, Making the Grade and Extra Credit. These are two awesome kits for making teacher appreciation cards. I also used October Afternoon- Report Card pattern paper.

The inside of the card reads:

The mediocre teacher tells.

The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates.

The great teacher inspires.

Don't you just love that?? It is so true!!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a fabulous day, and a happy summer too!!

Supplies: Cardstock: PTI Vintage cream. Pattern Paper: October Afternoon- Report Card. Stamps: Taylored Expressions- Make the Grade, Extra Credit. Ink: Memento. Accessories: Spellbinders Labels 9, Copics.

Tis' the Season for GRADUATION

Here's a super easy graduation card I made using the Taylored Expressions kit called The Places You'll Go. I LOVE this cute stamp set, since it has TONS of really cute Dr Seuss quotes, which would be suitable for any kind of graduation card. College. High School. Grade School. Kindergarten. It works for them all!!

Here's the inside of the card:

and a close-up of the front of the card:

Supplies: Cardstock: PTI Kraft. Pattern Paper: PTI Dotti Biscoti. Stamps: Taylored Expressions- The Places You'll Go. Ink: Memento. Accessories: Copics, Green velvet ribbon and white gel pen (for the snow capped mountains.)

Have a fabulous day, friends!