School Projects

It has been forever since I posted.  Of course I don't have too many followers yet - so its no big deal. :-) I have been crafting though.  Not a whole bunch but enough to keep me busy.  I have a BUNCH of pictures that I would like to eventually catch up on posting.  Hopefully this summer I will be able to.

I guess since it is almost the end of the year I will post pics of teacher gifts that I have made.  The pic below is a set I made 4 years ago.  Yes, I said 4!  It is something I make for the teachers every year now because it is so practical.  The first time I posted one was a set I made 3 years ago.  I recieved one from my friend Lacey back when I had her daughter in my Kindergarten class.  (Sorry for the bad pics.  I had taken the pictures indoors in the evening because I was giving them to the teachers the next day.)

 These first two are the pictures of a notepad holder.  They are the small 8x5 notepads I got from Sam's.  It is made in a way so that when they are done with the notepads they can easily replace it and use it over and over.  The base is SU Certainly Celery.  DP is SU Summer Picnic (retired a looooong time ago).  The stamps are also retired SU Tart and Tangy.  The name done using SU Best Friends Alphabet.  The button is also from SU. 

 The above pic is a post it note holder using the same paper and stamps.

The card uses the same paper and apple stamp from Tart and Tangy.  The sentiment comes from SU One Smart Cookie.  The ribbon is from my stash.  I cut the orange circle/star with my Cricut.

I also made an orange set since that year because that year one of my boys had two teachers.  Again - I apologize for the poor picture quality.  This one is had a base using SU Pumpkin Pie.  I used the same stamps and DP.

The card has the SU Bashful Blue starbust that was cut using the Cricut also.

Like I said, I love making these every year for the teachers so I definitely have more to post...eventually.

Gracias for coming by!

My Favorite Papertrey Ink Project

Papertrey Ink is having an anniversary! When I started stamping, I started with Stampin' Up products. I was in a stamp club. Talking with the gals led me to some really cool blogs where I started seeing some really nice projects using items from other companies. My first order with Papertrey Ink happened to be of the paper they carry. They have the best quality paper ever! Whenever I want to make a 3D project, their paper is the best to use. I have been slowly building up my stash - because I have to get rid of all the other stacks and stacks of paper I have.

I began to order a few of their stamps, but being a teacher, my all time favorite stamp sets are Teacher's Apple and Inside & Out: Thank You. So when it came time for Teacher Appreciation Week last year (May 2010), I turned to those stamps for a gift for my son's 5th grade teacher.

I have not posted these projects yet. I have made so many projects and little by little I have been uploading them here. Anyway - here it is:This is the card that I made to go along with a notepad set (next picture) that I copied from one that Lacey made for me when I was her daughter's Kindergarten teacher. The card uses PTI's Inside & Out: Thank You. The notepad holder uses PTI's Teacher's Apple. I should've taken a pic of the notepad opened so that you could see what it looks like inside. The letters for the teacher's name comes from a retired Stampin' Up set Best Friends Alphabet. The card and notepad base is SU Kiwi Kiss. The purple mats are PTI's Plum Pudding that was embossed. The DP is DCWV Flower Shower Spring Stack. The button on the notepad is from my stash. The ribbon on the card is from Dollar Tree and the charm is from Stamp and Create.

The next one is for the second teacher in his class...

All the materials and the embellishments for both sets are the same. I hope you like them.

Congratulations Papertrey Ink. You are a source of inspiration for so many!

Gracias for coming by! Adios!