Teacher Appreciation Recap

I've been pretty absent in blogland lately! I'm a co-chair for our school's PTA hospitality committee, and as such, Teacher (Staff at our school) Appreciation is the big week. I made these water bottle tags (I posted the group of them here)- and had to make 2 more, so I snapped a pic this time. They turned out pretty cute & overall had a great response- but 135 was a lot to make. Lol.

 One of the prizes was a drawing for massage gift certificates so I used those punches to decorate the container.

 With all the work I was doing for the week from PTA it's kind of funny that I didn't get the gifts from US ready sooner! I found this cute printable & made chocolate chip cookies to fill them. I let Hadley pick out the patterned paper & do all the die cutting- she loves the Cuttlebug! :) Fortune Cookies would have been cuter, but I couldn't find any locally & the chocolate chip probably tasted better anyway. We'll go with that.

 For Hadley's classroom teacher I used the Subway art I found here. While I appreciate the saying in the original "Practice makes Perfect" it's one that I don't like to use. Practice only makes you BETTER. So I figured out how to change that in photoshop. hee. Her teacher liked it & hung it right next to the door to the classroom. :)
If anyone wants this version just let me know!

So I'm sorry that I haven't been leaving love on all the blogs I love to visit! I'm still not caught up from that giant undertaking! :)
Thanks so much for stopping by!
TGIF!!!
ETA: I see May Arts is having a weekend giveaway! The Ribbon Lady Rocks. :) Head over for the details!!

Paper Crafter's Library

May Arts has teamed up with Paper Crafter's Library this week! You KNOW that means some fab ribbon will be up for grabs!! :)

I've got a post up there today- Head over & check it out! Make sure you leave a comment at Paper Crafter's Library AND May Arts to double your chance to win! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I've been soooo busy- totally behind on visiting & posting! Hoping to catch up soon! :)

Flashback Friday 23

What a bad blogger I've been! Things have been a whirlwind!! Hopefully I'll be back on track soon! I did want to play along with Flashback Friday! We're to post our first butterfly- and technically the post before was my first butterfly, but it was also my first die-cut & I posted it for the last Flashback!
So here's the next butterfly (posted originally here):

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TCM & PDCC

Long time no blog! Things have been crazy, and I've spent most of my crafty time working on PTA staff appreciation gifts. I put together water bottle hangers that hold a crystal light package & each one had the scalloped circle punched to fit over the water bottle- so the TCM May Sketch challenge is perfect for me, as I've got over 100 pretty circles to choose from. :) You may see me use this sketch again!
Wish I could tell you who the paper is by...

 I punched the butterflies out of one of the circles & stamped a sentiment.

 I was inspired by the playdate colors...

I don't have a single picture of the tags in place, but here they are all grouped up for transport!

And don't forget to head over to May Arts- rumor has it there's a giveaway! :) Thanks so much for stopping by!

May Arts & Authentique

I've got a post up at May Arts using the delicious Authentique products! Head over & make sure to leave a comment while you are there for a chance to win some goodies! :D

 And since Anything Goes at Ribbon Carousel this week, I'll play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think!

April 2012 PTI blog hop

Whew! Where has the month gone? I remember seeing the inspiration for the PTI hop & thinking I couldn't wait to make something- so here it is:

I used the anniversary set again! I heat embossed the flower with pale pink powder & then stamped over it with darker pink ink. It needs a bit more for the background.... maybe polka dots? I can see trying this again!

May Arts sheer pink ribbon tops it off....

Speaking of May Arts- make sure you head over to see who we're playing with this week! :)

Oh! And Anything goes at The Ribbon Carousel this week!

Jay Gee's, RCC & MIM

How's that for a title? ;)This week's MIM was to make flowers from PTI leaf dies- and I don't have any (the horror!), but I saw this post & decided to go looking for something that would work. Any guesses as to which die I used? (admittedly, my flower shape isn't nearly as lovely as hers, but it IS a flower shape!)

I was inspired by Jay Gee's challenge on the colors- my pink is a bit brighter than the cute straws in her pic, but it's where the idea came from. And the layout is from the Ribbon Carousel's sketch. The patterned paper is Pink Paislee *swoon*, the dots are PTI & that's the new Baker's Twine from May Arts! I also cut some tulle with the die to layer between the petals.

I think it created a pretty spring card. What do you think?
And here's the die!

And don't forget to head to May Arts & check out the fun swap!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think! TGIF!!!!

Ragamuffins

I've got a fun spring card to share- the details are at May Arts- as well as a chance to win this line!

I'll add this to the Play Date challenge too- isn't the storyboard fun?



Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think!

Embellished Lawnscaping

The embellish challenge has such pretty colors, with the added element of jewels. So I've made several different variations with the colors, adding a bling center to each Lawn Fawn pinwheel!

 Each card also features the fab new May Arts Baker's twine!

 The first two cards I used my prismacolor pencils to be able to play in the current Lawnscaping challenge too.

 And for good measure I tried it out on kraft! ;)

 Which version is your favorite?

And don't forget to stop by the May Arts blog this week! There's a fun swap going on!!

Thanks for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think!

PDCC Thank you & Easter eggs

This week's play date colors are so lovely together, and I am in dire need of some thank yous, so I put them to work! I used the PTI anniversary set (soooo pretty!),  did a little masking & here you go:

 Doesn't that sheer ribbon just add the right touch? And the nice thing is that it didn't take additional postage! :)

Here's the pretty color story from Play Date Cafe:

 And here's what we did this afternoon! Can you spy the new missing tooth? :)

 Our eggs have glitter on them- which does not show up one bit in the pics, but still fun!

 Thanks so much for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think! And have a great Easter!

*Home* tutorial

I've got a post up at May Arts with the steps on how to make this:

I'd love to hear what you think & if you make one!
And you'll also want to check out this post at May Arts for a chance at some Easter goodies! :)

CK challenge

Guess what! I've got another guest post at CK!! :D This one is for a challenge- and I apologize that I didn't tell you in time for the one-hour version, but still plenty of time to play in the long version for a chance to win some RIBBON!!!!

Head over & let me know what you think! Let me know if you decide to play along!!
ETA: I had a Moxie Fab & Embellished day too!!!!!! SQUEAL!!

Flashing back to first die cut

The flashback challenge this go-round is our first die cut! Here's my first posted- using a nestability butterfly that I borrowed from my friend, Cindy! I still think this is pretty cute- original post is here.

And today my little sweet pea turned 7! Where has the time gone? She is the sunshine in my days! She picked little pet shop for her cake (devil's food & mocha buttercream, by request- yum!)- and we made the pinwheels together! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you had a fabulous day too!