Teacher Thank You Cards

It's that time of the year again... Tomorrow is the last day of school!  I haven't been too crafty lately but today I decided to whip up some quick handmade cards for the kid's teachers!

Wow... it has been a long time since I've posted!!  It has also been a long time since I've done much crafting, so I really haven't had much to post lately.  I did get some time in the craft room this weekend though and worked on some photo canvas projects and altered iphone cases.  Here is what I made:

I'm a Close To My Heart Consultant... Again!!

Hi everyone!  I'm sorry I have been MIA for the past few months!  I was just at a local Mom-To-Mom sale this past weekend and the lady across from my table was a Close To My Heart consultant.  Well, it has been a couple years since I have been with CTMH, so I thought I'd take a look at the current catalogue, and well, what can I say... I was hooked!  I LOVE all the new products!  I'm also very excited that CTMH has two exclusive Cricut cartridges, and that they come with coordinating stamp sets and chipboard shapes.

If you'd like to check out all of CTMH's products, please visit my brand new CTMH website.

 

Hello Kitty Potty Chart

Here's a potty chart I made for my coworker's granddaughter who is potty training.  I made a Princess one for my daughter when she was potty training and she loved it!  For this one, I did a Hello Kitty theme and used the Hello Kitty Cricut cartridge and the Alphalicious cartridge for the lettering.  I also used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder to give some of the card stock a bit of texture, and stickler of course!

Better Late Than Never - Valentine's Cards

Wow, I have not updated my blog for a long time!  I guess it's about time I get some projects posted on here again!  Here's the latest cards I've done.  They were from a kit from the Stamp Shack and I just love the papers used in these ones!

I will try to get back to posting my projects on a regular basis!!

'BOO' Halloween Layout

Here is a layout that I completed from one of the Stamp Shack layout kits, a few weeks back.  I haven't had a lot of time to post lately, and I also haven't had a lot of time to scrapbook lately, so I thought I'd start posting some layouts that I've done over the last couple months.  Hopefully I'll get some photos added to this layout soon!  

Cuba Summer Vacation Layout

Here's a layout with some pictures from my recent vacation in Cuba.  I made some pinwheels for the first time and they are actually so easy to make!  I put a brad in the centre of most, and one has a button in the middle.  The title 'Vacation' is cut from the Summer Vacation Cricut cartridge.  I 'stitched' around the title with a white pen.  The quote "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page" is one of my favourite quotes and it is from a Creative Memories travel quotes package.  I'm entering this layout in the Cricut Circle Canadian online swarm for the 1st challenge!

Wish - Disney Cruise Layout

Here's another layout from The Stamp Shack.  I added some glossy accents and stickles to the stars.  The 'Wish' layout was perfect for adding a birthday celebration photo, and the colours went well with photos from our Disney cruise.

Journey - Travel Layout from Disney Cruise

Here's todays layout that I made from the kit that the very talented Shanda from The Stamp Shack put together!  I LOVE the new travel papers from Imaginisce's Bon Voyage Line!  This also has to be one of my favourite layouts from the Wednesday kits yet!  I used a lot of ink on this layout to give a bit of a distressed look.

Joan's Scrapbook Album / Guest Book

Here's an album I created for my coworker Joan's 60th birthday.  It's a combination of a scrapbook and guest book.  I used a chocolate coloured chipboard album from Bo Bunny and all of the patterned paper I used was from DCWV Mariposa stack.  I used some Martha Stewart and Fiskars border punches to dress up some of the edges.  Cricut cartridges used include Ashlyn's Alphabet and Graphically Speaking.  Unfortunately, I didn't leave enough blank spots for Joan's friends and family to sign as there were around 200 people at her party!  Some blank card stock pages were added after just so there was enough room for everyone to sign!  

Floral Scrapbook Layout

Here's another recent layout from a kit from the Stamp Shack.  I'm not sure what pictures I'll use on this layout yet, but I love the girly floral papers and the dimensional floral embellishments.  It will work great with pictures of my daughter, who's a girly girl!

Honey Bees Dance Layout

Here's a dance layout I made from another Stamp Shack kit.  I used photos from my daughter's dance recital for this layout.  One thing that was unique to this one, was I did some paper weaving, which I don't think I've done since primary school!  It was actually a little tricky, but I do like the end result!  This layout also involved a lot of cutting... most of the flowers were hand cut.

Summer Beach Layout

Here is another layout from a Stamp Shack kit.  I think this one has to be my favourite so far!  All of the patterned paper is from Fancy Pants Designs (one of my favourites)!  I added a lot of bling to the layout with lots of stickles, glossy accents, and even some Tattered Angels Glitter Mist (lime green colour used over green polka dot paper).  The waves were cut from a sheet of patterned paper, as were the flip flops (this part was pretty time consuming)!  This was such a fun layout to create!