Teachers Notepads

I made a couple more notepads for the girls teachers. The first one is for the Music teacher. I used my Quickutz music notes die, which I think will become obsolete very soon since I purchased a Silhouette machine!!! I found some music paper at my LSS and inked the edges.

For the Coach's notepad I wanted to keep it low key so it's pretty plain. I figure most PE teachers don't prefer bling and ribbon. ;-) I made the baseball by stamping only a part of the dotted circle that comes with the Take Note Set.



I'll be wrapping them up in these clear plastic bags that I found at Hobby Lobby. I also have some tiny bells and some pine with holly twisty things that I will be adding. And some tags that I made. I'll show you the finished gift bag when they are all finished.

Music Notepad:

Stamps: PTI Take Note
Ink: Versamark Sepia
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream & Pure Poppy, SU Creamy Caramel, misc music paper
Misc: PTI Button, Cream Ribbon, misc twine, QK notes die

Coach's Notepad:

Stamps: PTI Take Note
Ink: SU Not Quite Navy, Ruby Red
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy& Select White, misc sports paper, misc navy blue cardstock from my stash
Misc: Nestabilities

Holiday Things To Do

 

The month of December always has me running around with tons of things to do. So while I was making some notepads for teachers and friends I decided to make one for myself. I tried a few different techniques with this pad. I layered buttons, added pearls and I used a strip of tacky tape and sprinkled with some Martha Stewart gold glitter. I also masked the "Holiday Planner" stamp and used it with the "Things to do stamp".

I added some of the girls fake snow to give it a nice wintery affect. We rarely get any snow so this is the best we're probably gonna get.

I have a few more of these notepads to share. Stay tuned! (And stay warm. It's been FREEZING here lately!)

Stamps: PTI Take Note, Holiday Button Bits
Ink: SU Old Olive & Ruby Red
Paper: SU Old Olive, Ruby Red, Chatterbox patterned paper
Misc: Flat back pearls, MS Glitter, PTI Buttons, pop dots, EK Success Punch

A Quick Card

 

I was able to sneak away for a half hour this weekend. I was going absolutely crazy with the girls home 24/7 for NINE days. I feel so bad whenever they are home and I go stamp. But I really needed a break. I made this card and went back downstairs refreshed.

Just an FYI if you ever use the new PTI pigment ink with the Kaiser Rhinestones. Let the ink DRY first before putting them on. I was in such a rush, I didn't even think about it. Until I picked up the card to take the photo and the rhinestone slipped off the flowers. I had to re-glue them all with Crystal Effects. S'okay cause it gave me a few more minutes of quiet time. ;)

Stamps: PTI Floral Fusion & Turning a New Leaf
Ink: PTI Sweet Blush Raspberry Fizz, Martha Stewart green chalk ink
Paper: PTI Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Vintage Cream
Misc: CB Swiss Dots folder, Kaiser Rhinestones, pop dots

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #19

 

So yesterday I had the grand idea to move around the upstairs rooms. Both my girls got different rooms and I got a room with lots of natural light. Everyone's happy! Or so I thought. My youngest woke up a few times during the night and I ended up sleeping with her on her twin size bed. Tight quarters, let me tell you! So while I was awake at 3am I came up with my card for Dawn's color challenge. Sleep deprivation has it's privileges. ;)

Stamps: PTI Holiday Button Bits, Background Basics Text Style
Ink: Versafine Sepia, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Paper: PTI Aqua Mist, SU Pale plum
Misc: PTI Aqua Mist Satin Ribbon, Spring Moss & Raspberry Fizz buttons & rhinestones, EK Success Punch, pop dot

Teachers Holiday Gifts Part 1

I think I am really slow to catch up to what most people get excited about immediately. Michelle Wooderson has been making these little altered notepads for quite some time now. I thought they were cute but never had the desire to make any, even when PTI came out with their own stamp set to coordinate with this project.



So I scrounged through my stash yesterday. Surely I had something that I could use instead of buying the stamp set. I found a few things, but my completely neglected SU alphabet set was just crying to be used. So I pull out my stamp-a-ma-jig and was able to just barely fit "notes". I cased the sentiment from Michelle. I'm not 100% thrilled with what I made, but the alone (aka kid free) time was very therapeutic. So much so that I put in an order for the Take Note set today. Hee hee!



Inside I covered up that upper part where the notepad company name is. Love, peace, joy seemed fitting while writing holiday notes. :)

So now I have one down and 11 to go!!

Stamps: PTI Holiday Button Bits & Borders & Corners: Circles, SU Defining Alphabet
Ink: SU Old Olive, Ruby Red
Paper: SU Old Olive, Ruby Red, Chatterbox Patterned Paper, PTI White
Misc: PTI Pure Poppy Buttons, Red Line Tape, pop dots, Copic Marker R29, EK Success Scallop Punch, Nestabilities, cheap-o notepads cut in half at Office Depot

Quick Thank you Gift

 


Another quick thank you gift that I whipped up last minute. Gotta love those PTI clear boxes the sets come in!

I made this for a friend who helped me out when I needed an extra set of hands during our Halloween party.

I've been trying to catch up on things. I'm REALLY hoping to be able to share some scrapbooking projects in the new year. I have gotten away from it, but I really need to get back to it. I'll still be making cards, but I'm hoping to start scrapping some of the thousands of photos that I have.

Cards for my Momma

I found some time today to make a few cards for my Mom. Hi Mom! I have about a dozen others coming your way.

Mom needed some feminine Birthday cards and I was only happy to help out. I love making feminine cards! I stayed with basically the same color combo just because it was much easier and made things go quickly.










Rose Birthday Card:
Stamps: SU Fifth Avenue Floral, PTI Damask Designs
Ink: SU White & Old Olive, Ranger Tattered Rose
Paper: SU Old Olive, PTI Sweet Blush, PTI Sweet Blush Bitty Dots patterned paper
Misc: White EP, MS Ribbon, pop dots

Butterfly with Button Card:
Stamps: PTI Floral Fusion, Birthday Basics &
Ink: SU White Craft Ink
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Sweet Blush & Raspberry Fizz, SU Old Olive, PTI Sweet Blush Bitty Dots patterned paper
Misc: PTI Raspberry Fizz button, SU Certainly Celery Twill, CB Butterfly Die, pop dots

CAS Butterfly Card:
Stamps: PTI Damask Designs
Ink: SU Old Olive
Paper: PTI Sweet Blush, SU Old Olive
Misc: CB Swiss Dots Folder & Butterfly Die, SU Certainly Celery Twill, pop dots, flat back pearls

3-D Rose Birthday Card:
Stamps: SU Fifth Avenue Floral, PTI Birthday Basic
Ink: SU White & Old Olive, Ranger Tattered Rose
Paper: SU Old Olive, PTI Sweet Blush, PTI Sweet Blush Bitty Dots patterned paper
Misc: White EP, MS Ribbon, pop dots

Holly Jolly CAS

I decided for my 4th and final swap spot I would do a Clean And Simple card. It was really super difficult for me not to add any embellishments!!

 

Of course, mid way through I ran out of the Red Satin ribbon. Luckily I had some velvet ribbon that matched perfectly with the Old Olive.



Stamps: PTI Holiday Button Bits
Ink: Memento Black, SU Old Olive
Paper: PTI Pure Poppy & Select White, SU Old Olive
Misc: PTI Vintage Holiday Button Mix, misc ribbon from stash

PTI Swap #5 Sketch #1

Happy Halloween! I didn't expect to be able to post a new card today, but last night we had "Family Movie Night". While the kids watched Monsters and Aliens, I was able to put together my cards. It was SO much fun rummaging through all of the gorgeous buttons. I've never been a huge fan of buttons and crafting but PTI has forever changed that!



At first I tried the buttons alone, but then got the idea to use the Guidelines 2 set as little ornaments and used the buttons for more pop.

Each button was carefully selected for size, color and texture. I am going to have a difficult time parting with my beloved buttons. ;) Oh well I can always buy more.

This is not the greatest picture, but I wanted to show you the variety of the buttons on the cards. (Remember you can click to enlarge the photo.)

Well, we are off to buy a new Hamster. Since Fluffy's untimely passing the girls have been bugging me for another one. I'm hoping to be able to post my fourth and last swap card (for this round anyway) tomorrow. And guess what it has on it? That's right! More buttons!!! Heehee!



Stamps: PTI Holiday Button Bits, Holiday Treats & Guidelines 2
Ink: SU Old Olive & Whisper White, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist & Sweet Blush, SU Old Olive
Misc: PTI Vintage Holiday Buttons, EK Success Punch, dimensionals

PTI Swap Sketch #2

We were given a couple of sketches for our swap. I did the second sketch first because I am just backwards like that. ;)



 

I tried my best with the supplies that I had on hand. I ran out of cream ribbon so 3 cards have pink ribbon. (Hope that's okay Chris!) I colored the Sakura flowers with a Copic marker. Why I didn't just use the Sweet Blush cardstock, I had no clue. Guess that's what happens when you don't have much time to stamp. I tried to squeeze this project into a very busy week. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. Happy Halloween!

Stamps: PTI Damask Designs
Ink: PTI Sweet Blush, Martha Stewart Chalk Ink
Paper: PTI Sweet Blush & Vintage Cream
Misc: Flower punch, ribbon, flat back pearls, copic marker