Tuesday Morning Sketches

This week's sketch was a lot of fun. I had so many visions running in my head! I had so many images that I wanted to play with and finally settled on a new set from Close to My Heart. I loved this DP paper from DCWV and I bought this pack for this one sheet.

I hope that you join us at TMS this week. I can't wait to see what you create.

Thanks for stopping by. I'm not feeling loved - I haven't had comments in a long time. Hope to hear from you.

Valentine's Day at School

Last Friday I celebrated Valentine's Day with my students. I loved the project that I put together for them. I made them Valentine's mail boxes - I kept them very simple because I know they will eventually hit the trash! I also made the kids an ATC Valentine's and they actually loved them. One of my students said, "I can't believe that you made these for us, especially since we were naughty while you were out sick!"

I cut the mail box from Cricut's Love Struck and I took the idea for the ATC from an advertisment from a Michael's card. I used my Cricut to cut the entire card. I was having issues with my Cricut cutting. It wouldn't cut lower than 5" and I finally got a hold of someone that cared and they replaced my machine and boy oh boy am I in love with my machine now.

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You Are My Sunshine!

Once again, I am late for my Tuesday Morning Sketch post. I have the most horrible case of strep throat that I have ever had. Where I got it is beyond me. It started with a sore throat Saturday evening and by Sunday evening I was uncomfortable. By Tuesday morning - I had no voice, couldn't swallow without crying and finally called for a substitute for today and tomorrow. I don't ever remember it be this bad!!

I really like this week's card for TMS. I made it with my little sister in mind. She has always been my sunshine. Plus I have huge visions of spring in my head.

I hope you enjoy. I'd sure love to hear from you.

Celebrate Tuesday

Yesterday I was trying to teach my students about celebrations. Of course they came up with the "traditional" celebrations: birthdays, holidays, and so on. We as adults know, we can celebrate simple things like having a good hair day or making the perfect card. I choose to celebrate today. It's going to be 51 degrees and sunny. Although Punxsutawney Phil say his shadow today which means 6 more weeks of winter, as long as the winter is they way it's been here, I can celebrate that too! What do you want to celebrate??

Onto my Tuesday Morning Sketches card. I don't know where this image comes from (I don't remember) but this is Shy Kiki. I began to color her hair - I wanted brown. I colored her hair then reached for the Gamsol and I didn't understand why it was turning red. I colored her hair with Tuscan Red. Even though it wasn't what I wanted, I think it came out great!! I hope you enjoy.

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Tuesday Morning Sketches

I recently received some long over due photos of my neice and nephews. One in the mix was of Hollyanne hugging her brother Brendan - I think it's sweet. So I definitely needed to put this photo in my calendar.

I used Treemendous from There She Goes. I love the sentiment. I hope you enjoy.

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Deepest Sympathy

Death is always a part of life, but it's never easy. I have a great friend that substitutes in my class - she is the only woman that I trust with my students. Sadly her son passed away. When she told me she celebrated his life of 33 years. Her son was born with cystic fibrosis and it finally took its toll and he knew it was time to say goodbye. She was thankful for the time she had.

This is my first sympathy card and I really had no idea which direction to take. So I turned to Silke Ledlow and my There She Goes stamp set Here For You. I logged onto the TSG gallery because I knew that there were some amazing sympathy cards - I tried to copy Silke's card, but I have no clue how she managed to stamp the bottom half in green and the top in red. I know that with red rubber you can color the stamp with markers, and I tried that with my clear stamps - doesn't work!! So then I tried stmaping the image using a light colored stamp pad and then coloring over the image - well that just made a huge smearing mess!! There was no way I was going to mask all those small images off, so I settled for one color. I hope I did Silke proud.

Have a blessed one. Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday Morning Sketches

This week I decided to go back to making a card. I want to use the right TMS sketches for my calendar. Plus, I don't have a lot of photos of my family. I have lots of photos of my students, but I am not allowed to post their photos for my personal use.

I have someone that is incredibly close to me going through some challenging times and I made this card for her. I really like the sketch - you'll have to go to Tuesday Morning Sketches to check it out. I think it's really versatile. I decided to use it very literally. I love the beads that I incorporated and I was a bit concerned with the DP - but I think it works. I hope you like it too!

We'll see you at TMS!