Happy Fall Owl Teacher Card!

Hello friends! I can't believe how quickly August is flying by! It's all too easy for bedtimes to be pushed a bit later and the girls seem to adjust to sleeping in all to quickly. With back to school coming September 2nd, I'm feeling the need to try to get back to a bit of a routine while still enjoying the warm weather and lazy days. We spent the last few days doing lots of organizing - I know when I get that feeling I need to grab a hold of it since I'll run out of steam or time soon enough. The funny thing about organizing is it's addictive! Pretty soon the girls are cleaning their rooms and Mike's cleaning the garage... and then we are all left feeling great about our accomplishments. Now, don't get me wrong, there are still plenty of spaces left to purge, clean and organize, but for right now there's a few very tidy areas that have me smiling every time I walk by them. When I'm feeling the need for a little break I just grab a few crafty supplies and colour up some cute images, which today turned into a very sweet teacher card ready to tuck into a new backpack for the first day back to school.

I started off with a Distress Oxide Inked background from a piece of paper I was playing with a few days ago. I used my craft mat to squish the inks on my mat, spritzed them with water and dipped my paper in, drying in between dips until I had an effect I liked. I had a CTMH alphabet embossed folder which I used to emboss the background and then sponged on some brown Oxide Ink to highlight the raised areas. 

The cute owls from the Lawn Fawn So Owlsome Set are coloured on Bristol Cardstock with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I used some white gel pen to add highlights and added Glossy Accents to the green apple. I used a Happy Fall Line Border diecut sentiment that was included in one of the SCT Sampler Packs and added trees and a small cloud from the Lawn Fawn Center Window Picture Card Die and Add On sets along with Studio Katia Clouds cut from some pre-inked papers in my stash. The larger apple is from the CTMH School Kids Stamp Set. 

Inside, I used a 'hello' sentiment from Hello Bluebird Just Sayin', 'teacher' from Studio Katia Kobi Loves School, and you're owlsome' from the Lawn Fawn So Owlsome set. I love how well these all worked together!

I had fun pulling out all my teacher/back to school stamps and crafty goodies to create a cute card. Just by having a few different sets in front of me at a time I was able to combine them and their sentiments for a lot more options. Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a wonderful, crafty weekend!

Tea-Riffic Day Card!

Hello! Well, we finally have a beautiful sunny day!! Yay! The girl's have been out on their bikes and we actually sat outside at the park today. It's amazing how much just being in the sun makes you feel wonderful 🌞 I am over on the Gerda Steiner Designs blog today so I thought I'd stop by to share this sweet card using the adorable Tea-riffic Mouse Digital Stamp, which is sure to make someone else feel wonderful when they receive it!

Supplies:

Tea-riffic Digital Stamp

Studio Katia Sky Set Dotted Borders Die

Close To My Heart embossing folder from SCT Sampler Kit

Sizzix oval die

Wild Whisper Designs Talk Foodie To Me sequin mix (use code DTKARLA to save 10% at Wild Whisper)

Copic Markers

Twine

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs blog to see closeups and details, and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge- For A Special Lady

Kitty Bee Designs - Owl Witch Halloween Card!

Hello! We are counting down to Halloween at my house, and I have a cute little card to share with you today using Kitty Bee Designs Owl Witch digital stamp! I used some Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, both alcohol based, to colour this sweetie up after printing her on white cardstock. I love adding gel pen details - white on the body and blue on the hat.

I embossed the background with a Tim Holtz embossing folder that resembles shattered ice, but I felt like with the owl sitting in the middle, on top of the 'tree branch' sentiment - it kind of looked like a spooky tree in the background! I stamped the sentiment with a Tim Holtz crazy sentiment stamp and added clear round enamel dots and SpiegelMom Scrap star sequins.

Inside, I stamped a Tim Holtz Halloween stamp with blue Distress Oxide Ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have an awesome week, and be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Shop for so much more inspiration!

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Halloween

SSS Monday Challenge - Halloween

Double Trouble Challenge - Cute Halloween Thing 1!

Pretty Cute Stamps October New Release Sneak Peek!

Oh, you are going to LOVE the adorable stamps this month in Pretty Cute Stamps October release!! I got to play with this super sweet Fantastic Foxes Digital Stamp Set for the Sneak Peek today and can't wait to show you what I can up with!

I started off making a neat folded card that I saw on Pinterest - I cut the card base 5.5" x 8" wide - scoring at 2", 3", 5" and 6" according to the instructions. Then I covered my card base using the Hello Winter collection by Echo Park.

 These oh so adorable foxes are coloured with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers, which are alcohol based. I fussy cut them and added them to an embossed tree background - and, of course they needed to hold hands!

Ok, this saying is so cute! I love Lisa's witty sentiments included with her stamps! I printed it to the size I needed to fit in this little frame and added two star brads.

Here's a look at how the card looks on the side view - I love the dimension of this card, but it folds flat for mailing - though I don't know if I could let it go, lol! I printed the sentiment at the bottom of the card directly onto patterned paper and cut it into a banner shape with a pop of orange underneath.

Make sure to head over to the Pretty Cute Stamps blog to pick up your FREEBIE digital stamp - available free Wednesday and Thursday!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! You can check out the rest of the sneak peeks from our fantastic Design Team at the Pretty Cute Stamps blog and make sure to check back Thursday for our New Release Blog Hop where you get to see all the images and they will be available for purchase!!

Linked to:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Oct Link Up
Sunny Day Crafting - AG
DL Art - Thankful Thursday Oct Link Up

Teacher Easter Cards

We couldn't forget about Amie's teachers on Easter! I used my Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (again!) to cut out 3 different coloured egg cards and eggs with flower cut outs, which I mixed and matched. I embossed the egg die cut with the Cuttlebug and used Distress Ink to highlight the embossed areas. I chose some ribbons and rickrack to embellish the front of each egg and added a paper flower, flower brad and gem to the centre of each.

Inside and envelope

 

 

Challenges:

Die Cuttin' Divas - Embossing and ribbon

Simon Says - Anything goes

Fantabulous Cricut - Easter cuts

Scrapbooker's Paradise - Embellishments

 

Be sure to check out all the fun cards on these websites!!  Happy Easter!