Jar of Happiness

Hello Friends,

Today I am posting a card I made using the Perfectly Preserved stamp set from Stampin Up. I have fallen hard for this set. There are so many possibilities!!! I gave this special card to my new grade level chair. She really seemed to enjoy it. Giving hand made cards always make me smile.

4 1/4" X 5 1/2"

Color Palette: Pool Party, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, and Daffodil Delight.

Stamp Set: Perfectly Preserved

Monday Challenge

Hello Friends,

I hope everyone is having a great Monday! Enjoy this week's challenge....

Here is Marcia's creation....

And Roxanne designed 2 different ways to make this challenge...

                                                   

Back to School

Hello Friends,
This week was Back to School for two of my kiddos and Back to Work for me :o)
This year I moved back to the 2nd grade team. Every year I always make something special to welcome my team back to work and this is what I came up with for this year....

They are mini hand-sanitizer holders!!! Which we all know are perfect for teachers who have to work with young children and snotty noses LOL!

Kindergarten!!!!

Hello Friends,

Today's post is completely dedicated to my sweet little boy, Trevor. He is 5 years old and in kindergarten. PTA was able to snatch up my creative side and so I made 80 of these cards for the yearly school Kinder tissue tea event. Hope you like what you see! CAUTION: This inside of the card may make you cry, I know it did for me so please read with caution and maybe with a Kleenex!

First, I had to make one for the girl kinders and one for the boys that is why there are two variations.

                   

So this poem was placed inside the card, words were changed to accommodate a boy or a girl. 

It definitely made me cray, which is funny because this is my sweet Trevor's 2nd round a kinder but I guess either way, we are never ready for a little ones to grow up and need us less.

Here are the two cards I made. Oh and Yes that is a very tiny tissue box which I carefully folded up one tissue to fit inside of it! The blue and orange are our school colors. I made the blue card for the boys and the orange for the girls.

Card Size: 4 1/4 X 5 1/2"

Card Palette: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, and Pacific Point

Stamp Sets:  Papillon Potpourri and Flowering Flourishes

Monday Challenge!

Hello Friends,
Here is your weekly challenge. I am going back to school. Keep your eyes on my blog for some back to school items I made! Have a great day.

Here is Marcia's Poppy Card...

And Darla's pretty silhouette...

Beautiful

Hello Friends,

Today's card is another tunnel card I made. I wanted to make one with a dangling object. I think it would be such a lovely surprise when the person receiving the card opens it up. I also LOVE the colors red, black and white together. There is something so elegant about that color combination.
Have a lovely day!

The front of the card uses the triple time stamping technique but I also included a popped up flower for an additional pop to my card.

Here is the card opened. The butterfly is attached to some fish line to create a floating in air kind of look to my dangling butterfly.

Card size: 5 1/2" X 11"

Card Palette: Basic Black, Real Red, and Whisper White

Stamp Set: Creative Elements

Time for Another Challenge

Hello Friends,

I am excited today because I finally caught up with my blog challenges. I was behind by 2 challenges and then today is the day to post another. So I sat myself down, had a talk with myself, made a commitment to get busy and create until I caught up!

No I am not crazy, just needed to remind myself that creating makes me happy and relieves tensions; with back to school shopping, 106 degree weather, and keeping my twin 2 year olds busy, I just couldn't pull it together. But now that I am caught up I hope you will go back and view the last few challenges, I promise they are quite lovely, if I do say so myself. Have a great week and I will be looking forward to seeing what you create this week!

Here's my card...

Card Size: 5 1/2" X 4 1/4"

Card Palette: Marina Mist, Perfect Plum, Whisper White, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, and Pink Pirouette

Stamp Sets: Aviary and Tiny Tags

Here is Roxanne's Card....

Jessica's card.....

Marcia made two different cards for this challenge. Here is her 1st Card...

and #2 Card....

Darla's Card....

Strawberry Margaritas, My Favorite!

Hello Friends,

Today I am sharing one my favorite card that I have ever made. This card is made from a set called, "A Cherry On Top". I love this set! So putting on my creative thinking cap, I decided to try changing around the design to come up with more than just a cake dome and this is what I came up with. You could make it into several different styles of drinks, but since strawberry margaritas are my fav this is what I came up with. Hope you like it!

Card Size: 4 1/4" X 5 1/2"

Card Palette: Garden Green, Basic Black, Real Red, and Whisper White

Stamp Sets: Happy Hour, A Cherry On Top, and Fruits and Flowers