Thank You

Good evening everyone! I wanted to say thanks to all the followers that left me some wonderful comments. I'm sorry I haven't posted for more than a week. Well I think I am back on the mend. We'll see...this is the time of the year that I really suffer from allergies and get sick. It's not been too bad!

Last Thursday was my birthday and I was really showered upon. I want to say thank you to all the children, my colleagues, friends, and family for all the wonderful gifts. I have been wanting to CASE Silke's cards for a month now. I finally got the time today to sit down and make some clean and simple cards.

I totally love the technique used. I used a clear stamp block and put the stamp pad directly onto the block, misted it with water and then stamped that onto the cardstock. I love how it came out. This card came together very quickly. I think they make fabulous thank you cards. I hope you do to!

Again, thank you for visiting me and I look forward to getting around to see everyone's creations. Have an awesome day!! 

Recipe:
Stamps: Flourishes (Sweet Days of Summer & With Gratitude)
Ink: Close to My Heart (Parchment & Creme Brulee); Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Bazzill Basics
Accessories: Metals (Mark Richards)

Stampbook Saturday ~ Theresa

Hello everyone! I am so sorry that I have been MIA. I have been hit with a horrible snius infection and when I get home from work all I can do is sleep. I have been missing all your creativity. I'll be around and hopefully posting this week. I need to get back to my crafting desk. Without further ado...

I am back with another Stampbook Saturday for There She Goes. Please forgive the photograph - I haven't figured out a way to photograph 12x12 layouts. This week I took my inspiration from Holly's project back at the beginning of September. I love making projects for my students, but I also like to make projects to document my teaching. I am trying to get caught up. I used this opportunity to work on last years class.


I totally love the Believe In You stamp set - this set was inspired by me. I pitched the idea to Jessica when I found her company. I was so excited when this set came out. I have gotten so many uses out of it. I used this set to make my Stampbook page. I can proudly put this page in my scrapbook as completed. I rarely post photos of my students on the internet, this is why I put my watermark over the photo (although I have photo rights, I just don't feel comfortable), but I totally wanted to share this page with you. For all you parents, here is a fabulous idea for yearly class photos.

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day!

TSG Trendsetter Surprise Party Winner

The winner of the mini set from There She Goes is #10 Naomi. Be sure to check out the TSG blog for a list of the winners.

Congratulations Naomi!!

TSG ~ Stampbook Saturday

Hello everyone!! It's my day to to Stampbook Saturday. I just love using my stamps on scrapbook pages. Since most of my scrapbooks pages are made without photos I use stamps to just show off the paper. But now I get to make scrapbook pages with photos of my new cousin Kaylee and I got a jump drive full of photos of my neice and nephews. I can finally put pictures on the multitude of scrapbook pages. This is the first of many.

I selected this fabulous card that Sandra MacLean created over a year ago as my inspiration. I just adore this little elephant and the design and layout of her card. The only thing I couldn't do is all the gorgeous sewing that Sandra did - I'm not that talented with a sewing machine.

Kaylee happened to have on a t-shirt with an elephant on it and how could I resist? I totally love all my TSG stamps. What I don't like is when I purchase stamp sets, use them once and never look at them again. Well I plan on using my TSG stamps more than once - now that I have photos as well.

This set is called Polka Dot Pals and has a precious dog, duck, and lamb in the set.

Isn't she just the sweetest thing? Thanks for stopping by. Again, I want to thank all of you for all the fabulous comments that you have left.

Kraft Halloween

This month over at the Cupcake Craftroom, Mandy is challenging us to make a Halloween card using her line of More Krafty Kard papers. I have been experimenting with printing digital paper. This time I used the color copy machine at a friends work. I ran through different kinds of textured paper and smooth cardstock. I like the results. For today's project I used some smooth paper that had some sort of black flecks on it and it came through on the Ginger Kraft color that I selected. I think it looks great!!

I have been wanting to ink up my new stamp from Close to My Heart. It was August's stamp of the month titled Wicked. I think this set is pretty awesome.

When I got the email from Mandy saying that we needed to use kraft I was excited because I haven't really ventured into kraft paper. Then I read futher and saw Halloween! Then I remembered the stamp set and loved the small sample that was provided with the set and wanted to make my own take on the card. I love how this came out. I really like the kraft papers in this collection. Be sure to head over and check them out.

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day!!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #113

Good Morning Crafters - what could go wrong, has gone wrong. I got home last night and was working on today's card for Tuesday Morning Sketches as I was coloring the lights went out! They went out for three hours. I began coloring at 6:30 - oh do I hope I get up in this morning!! I sat by candle light and flashlight coloring my image.

This week TMS is being sponsored by none other than my favorite company - There She Goes. In addition Melissa chose my sketch to use today.

For my project today I selected one of the most adorable sets Pumpkins on the Vine. I think it's just totally sweet! Since Fall is my favorite season I couldn't wait to ink this darling little gal up. I hope you like the coloring I thought it came out pretty good for coloring in the dark. I did pull out the sewing machine to sew the bottom and top. I managed to get the top done and as I was doing the bottom the electricity went out again after waiting 3 hours. Needless to say my sewing machine is lucky it didn't get thrown out the window for jamming on me - so I only got the top sewed. I told you what could go wrong, went wrong.

Thanks for stopping by. Be sure to check out the rest of the DTs work - they have shown off quite a few TSG images. Have an awesome day!!

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - Setting the Table

Hello Crafters -

This week at Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge ~ FTTC137 Tammy has invited us to "set the table." With the holidays quickly coming upon us and family and friends gathering around the table, the challenge is to create something for the holiday table. Anything goes...place cards, napkin rings, candles, table favors, decorations...let your creativity loose!

For my project I used 3 stamp sets ~ Zinnias, With Gratitude, and Country Charm Labels. I looked up zinnias on the web for colors and I totally love that they come in a "fall" color. Since Zinnias happens to be one of my favorite sets I just has to use them. I totally love how these came out.

As I started my project I realized I don't have napkins, other than paper towels. However, it made me think. Last year my teammate had a Thanksgiving Dinner with her students and I'd like to do that this year with my students. Many of them will not have that dinner - so I plan on getting my classroom volunteers and a few community members to help me. So I designed my project around my students. I made a place card and a napkin ring to go around a paper towel (I didn't photo the paper towel). Had I had electricity I was in the middle of make table decorations, but I do have a staff meeting in the morning, otherwise I would've stayed up all night!!

Well I hope you like my project. I appreciate all the fabulous comments that I received while being a guest designer. I want to say thank you to Tammy for giving me this most awesome opportunity. I hope I did Flourishes proud.

Now it's time to check out the fabulous creations from the rest of the design team ~ Cindy, Heather, Maki, Tammy, Silke, and Beate.