Unity Ippity Blog Hop

Happy Monday y'all! I am enjoying my extra day off hanging out with my husband. I hope you are all having a great day whether you are working or not! :-)

Today, I am participating in the Unity Ippity Blog Hop. You can check out all the info and participants here. I decided to make some quick cards in preparation for Valentine's Day next month. I used the heart from Devoted and the sentiment from Because of You. Both of these cards are super quick and easy to make ... a key when mass producing/making multiples.

First up, a pink card base with a rectangle of homemade patterned paper.
Card #2 - my fav of the two - same papers, just a little stitching and punching along the bottom. It is hard to tell in the photos above, but I did spritz the patterned paper I made with Glimmer Mist and also used a glitter pen on the sentiment of card #2. This photo shows it a little better.Well, that is it for now folks! Thanks for stopping by to check out my Ippity cards! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Unity Ippity - Because of You & Devoted
Ink: PTI Hibiscus Burst
Paper: PTI White, Hibiscus Burst; SU! Pink Pirouette
Other: PTI Hibiscus Burst grosgrain; Wright's seam binding (white ribbon); Apron Lace punch; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl; Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll pen

Inspired Crafters Challenge Card Sketch

Hey everyone! Some of my card swappin' friends have gotten together to create a new challenge blog called Inspired Crafters. We'll be working on Christmas cards and scrapbook pages so checkout the sketches if you are interested.

I will admit, I cheated. I was *supposed* to make a Christmas card but I chose to make a thank you card instead. Check out the sketch here. And here's my card for the ICCJan10 challenge ...I used more of my accident paper on this one ... I backed it with some latte-colored paper and adhered it to a little 3.5 x 5" Berry Sorbet card base. I really love the color scheme and how this turned out. It's hard to tell in the photo, but the whole thing is sparkly thanks to some Glimmer Mist! :-)

Hopefully, I will squeeze out a Christmas card with this sketch before the next sketch comes along! I will let you know when I do :-) Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Signature Greetings
Ink: Sweet Blush, Chamomile; SU! Close to Cocoa
Paper: Berry Sorbet, Vintage Cream; Bazzill Basics Almond Cream
Accessories: Berry Sorbet satin ribbon; Vintage Cream button; Craft supply - twine, hydrangea bloom; Distress Stickles in Worn Lipstick; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Pearl

Baby Thank Yous

Happy Saturday y'all! I am definitely excited for the long weekend. I made it through exams and in total, 94% of my 88 kids scored proficient on their state exam and one of the three courses was at 100%! My new school is realllly score-oriented and since two of the three courses I taught this semester were ones I had never taught before this was great news - all my hard work was worth it! Unfortunately, the pressure is on for next semester since the scores for one of the courses I will be teaching next semester (another one that will be new-to-me) weren't great with the current teacher, so they are expecting me to make the difference!

Anyway, thanks for letting me share my professional victory! On to some crafy stuff. It seems like everyone I know is having a boy! One of my friends is expecting her first child in April and she often gets general assortments of cards from me so I wanted to send her some baby thank you notes. I don't have a good baby set yet, so I made do with an assortment of stamps.

First, I started my making my own paper using some Unity stamps from a kit of the month. The sock monkey is too cute and I added the "it's a boy" intermittently between the monkeys. Then I colored parts of the monkey with some Copics. Here's how it turned out ...

After making the paper, I cut some card bases, some 3-3/4" kraft mats and trimmed my paper to 3-1/2" squares. I stamped the bottom portion of the card bases with some polka dots and added a sentiment from PTI's Giga Guidelines. Here's how it came out...And here's the quick-to-make-and-assemble set of 6 ready for packaging.Hopefully, my friend will like them and enjoy thanking friends and family with these. I plan to make a few other different sets too in the coming weeks and will share them as I do.

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Unity (monkey & its a boy): PTI Polka Dot Basics II, Giga Guidelines (thank you sentiment)
Ink: Chamomile, Chai, New Leaf; SU! Chocolate Chip
Paper: Vintage Cream, Kraft

Thanks a Bunch Card Kit

Hi and happy Wednesday! I am looking forward to getting to the weekend! My students are taking exams, which means my week is a little easier planning-wise. However, I did get some news about how things will be next semester that was a little disappointing, but I am going to do my best to build a bridge and get over it so to speak. :-) So, I left work and came home to play in my mess, I mean, craft room!

I needed a few thank you cards so I made this little card. So cute but simple and to the point.
I liked it so much and thought it would be an easy card to make - even for a beginner so I made a kit to try out in my Etsy shop. Here's the kit contents all together with a finished card. Maybe someone will enjoy playing with these goodies. :-)
Well, I have to run and whip up some dinner for the mister. Have a great evening y'all and thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Unity
Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip; Copics
Paper: PTI White, Raspberry Fizz
Accessories: PTI Raspberry Fizz button, twine

Happy happy joy joy!

Happy, happy, joy, joy y'all! While today is Monday, I am so excited that tomorrow is our last day of regular classes before exams start. You see, 90 days of 90 minute class periods with 30 boys has driven me to the edge! LOL I am looking forward to moving on to a new course and new kids next semester. :-) Admittedly, though, today was still a Monday with all the usual trappings of a Monday and then some. But I am home now and have caught up on my blogs via the fab Google Reader and am hoping to mess around a little with my crafty stuff since the hubs is working late keeping our community safe.

On to my "happy, happy, joy, joy" card ....
I must start by admitting that the floral paper I created was an accident. I have not been so successful with the new PTI ink formulation and was trying desperately to get some flowers evenly stamped for my cards in the previous post. So, I kept stamping and stamping and finally just decided "I might as well stamp the whole sheet and use it for a background" and switched to a similar shade of SU! ink for the other cards' flowers. Anywho ... the softness of the paper and imperfect stamping worked great for this card and a few others. (And inspired the paper for this card.)

So, I used some scraps of Bitty Dot paper and strips of my accidental background paper to create this 4.25" square card. Love this size. I stamped the sentiment from Blooming Button Bits on a punched label shape and added that on foam tape. I am also loving these hydrangea flowers smeared with Stickles. I can't wait to try pink Stickles AND Glimmer Mist on some! Oh the joy of glittery goodness! I did discover that the new Sweet Blush ink looks really nice with the Berry Sorbet ribbon ... give it a go y'all!

Ok ... I'd better run and get some things done so that I can maybe get to play around! Hope your week is off to a great start. :-) Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits
Ink: Sweet Blush, Chamomile; SU! Chocolate Chip
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream, Bitty Dots Dark Chocolate
Accessories: Berry Sorbet twill & button; hydrangea and twine (Michael's); Stardust Stickles; SU! Curvy Label punch; Heidi Swapp edge distresser tool

Friends like you are precious and few

Hi and happy Saturday! Hope you are all staying warm and enjoying a break from the work week! :-)

I got to play with the Blooming Button Bits set the other day and made a few cards. Here's the same card two ways ...This one uses Dark Chocolate buttons and SU! Purely Pomegranate ink flowers along with some Ripe Avocado ribbon. I like the contrast in this one the best of the two.
And this one uses SU! Cameo Coral ink and ivory twill tape (from Ellen Hutson). I also added some New Canvas ink on the edges of the label die cut to help it stand out from the stamped card base. This stamp set is really cute and versatile - I can't wait to play more with it.

Thank you so much for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used (all PTI unless noted):
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits
Ink: PTI Ripe Avocado; Palette New Canvas; SU! Chocolate Chip, Purely Pomegranate, Cameo Coral
Paper: Kraft, Vintage Cream
Accessories: Dark Chocolate & Lemon Tart buttons; Ripe Avocado stitched ribbon; twine; cream twill tape (Ellen Hutson); Sakura glitter pen
Other: Cricut Boxes, Bags Tags & More cartridge

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #21

Happy, happy Friday y'all! We got a 2 hour delay this morning and I sure did love sleeping a little late! :-) I got a little time today to play around a bit with my paper and stamps before I need to get back into the sewing groove. Here's Dawn's newest color challenge ...
I am not sure I would've come up with this color combo on my own, but I do love it all together! Here's my card ...

I started by stamping the triple flower image from Blooming Button Bits onto Vintage Cream card stock using Aqua Mist ink. (Anyone have any tips for using the new ink formula? I always have trouble with it.) I punched the bottom of the panel with the Apron Lace punch and rounded the corners at the top. I roughed the panel up with some Chai and Chamomile ink before adhering it to the Aqua Mist base and adding a belt of Dark Chocolate grosgrain.

Dawn put up a great video tutorial for these paper flowers ... I gave it a whirl today and added one by the bow and then stamped the "So sweet of you" sentiment from the Signature Greetings set. This is a super simple card, but would definitely make the recipient feel special!

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my card! :-)

Supplies Used (all Papertrey Ink):
Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Signature Greetings
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Chamomile
Paper: Lemon Tart, Vintage Cream; book print
Accessories: Dark Chocolate grosgrain, Lemon Tart button; twine