Back to School

The students in our county headed back to the classroom yesterday.  While I am thankful for my thirty years in the classroom, I am also thankful that today I won't have to organize my day (including trips to the bathroom) by bells, that today I won't be on the computer filling out forms and planning lessons but instead visiting blogs and Pinterest, and that today I won't be filing or copying papers but instead playing with stamps, inks, dies, and pretty patterned papers.

I  like to let the staff at Halls High School know that I am thinking of them as they start a new year and that I am grateful for all they do. When I saw this adorable card by Michelle Kovak,  I thought,"hey, I have that chalkboard card by Lori Whitlock  in my Silhouette library. I need to go 'old school' for my friends who utilize so much technology in their teaching."

After cutting the card, I embossed the front panel with a woodgrain embossing plate (PTI) and then swiped some Versamark ink over it to highlight the grain.  Flags in the school's colors are stamped with Bitty Background Blocks I and II (PTI). The banner and sentiment are from Written on Ribbon( WPlus9).  I also rubbed some chalk on the black cardstock . Smarty Cat, colored with Prismacolor pencils, is from Crafty Secrets Cutie Cats stamp set; I don't think this stamp set is available anymore, but hopefully one day it will be available in digital form. I'd love to make him larger. I added a die cut apple  stamped with Tag-Its#6 (PTI).  The card file has holes at the bottom for adding twine to connect the front and back; however, after cutting the card, I, knowing the card will probably be taped on the door frame to the mail room, decided not to add the twine so I covered the holes with tiny die cut buttons(PTI).

Linking to:
Crafty Secrets August Linky Party
Lori Whitlock Link Up Party

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Making a List and Checking It Twice

Does this time of year lead you to making many lists? Gifts to purchase, groceries to buy, goodies to bake, projects around the house to complete, cards to mail---the lists often seem endless. Make and keep up with those lists with something festive like  this organizer; there are eight pockets, and each pocket has a printed card for making and checking the list.

The papers, bingo cards, and all but two of the other images are from Crafty Secrets Creating with Retro Christmas Digital Kit. I used the 3d Christmas list organizer file by Jamie Capps that can be found in the Silhouette store. It easy to import patterns and png files with the Cameo, and using the trace, offset, and print and cut features makes cutting the png files a snap. I digitally layered the images on the front so it would be flat--no bits and bobs to catch on anything when I toss the organizer in my purse. But inside everything is cut and layered by and hand and glue for more dimension.

I'm linking this to Crafty Secrets Linky Party here, and then I'm off to tackle those holiday lists.


Supplies:
Paper: Creating with Retro Christmas Digital kit (Crafty Secrets),  Epson Premium Presentation paper,cardstock (Paper Studio and PTI)
Dies: Heart Border, Super Stars Border, Loop de Loop Border,Circle Border, Rick Rack Border, Button Up #2, Seeing Stars,Fillable Frames #7,Holly Jolly (PTI); Under the Mistletoe (WPlus9)
Stamps: Dear Santa (WPlus9); Bitty Background Blocks, Tiny Treats:Christmas (PTI)

Lots of Love -PTI Sketch Challenge

A quick post for PTI's anniversary sketch challenge

This is the sketch I chose

 I used PTI's Heart- 2- Heart #11 and  Bitty Background Blocks stamp sets.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Heart-2- Heart #11, Bitty Background Blocks (PTI)
Ink: Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy (PTI)
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist (PTI)
Other: Heart-2-Heart # 11 dies (PTI), Pinking Squares dies (WPlus9 Design), red twine ( Really Reasonable Ribbon)