Time to Celebrate ~ Clearly Besotted Teaser Time

Hey everyone!  Well, today is the first “full” day of school here!  If memory serves me well, I will talk all day and not want to say a word when I get home!   But it’s a time to celebrate as I get my new set of kids today :)  Always exciting to meet  the little souls that will capture my heart all year :)  Today’s card is sneaking a peek at 2 more Clearly Besotted stamp sets, Nuts for You and Tag Along, and their coordinating dies.

Head over to Stephanie’s Blog to see some more Teasers!  The stamps and dies go on Sale tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

stamps and dies from Clearly Besotted Stamps

Here We Go! Enjoy the Journey

Good morning friends!  Well, I’m up early again and excited, yes, excited about the first day of school.  New pencils, new felts, CLEAN teacher desk, new outfit, salad in a jar…but most of all seeing my kids from last year.  Today’s card reminds me of enjoying the journey because that’s what it’s all about.  I sometimes forget this in the frantic phase of September.  This card was supposed to be in the September CARDS magazine under their Style section, but when they changed to an Online format, this section (and my card) got dropped.  A little disappointed, but I can share it with you now :)  Have a great day and wish me luck!  EEK!  Here we go……!

ps.  There are 2 days left in the amazing Verve Anniversary Sale…if you haven’t seen it, check it out!  All stamps and dies are on sale!  Woohoo!

stamps: Verve Bountiful Backgrounds, Remember This

Thank You ~ Clearly Besotted Teaser Time

Hi y’all!  EEK!  It’s September and tomorrow is back to work! When asked how  my summer was, I always smile and say “fabulous, just too short.”  Isn’t that always the truth?  But I can’t be a lady of leisure forever and there’s something exciting about a new year (my neat work desk is one! HA!).   Starting a new month also means that Stephanie over at Clearly Besotted Stamps is ready to release some new stamps!  Woohoo!  Yes, it’s the Clearly Besotted Stamps…

One thing I do love about the Fall is the colours!  Can anything be more beautiful than the leaves changing?  Today’s card sneaks a peek at some leaves from Autumn Flowers and a sentiment from A Basket Full.  I make small gift cards for my sister’s wine store and made her 12 in this style. 

My personalized stamp for the back of my cards is too big so I used 3 little sentiment stamps from Just for You to create a little something on the back.  I really feel we need to stamp the back of our cards to acknowledge that it’s lovingly handmade :)

Head over to Stephanie’s Blog to see more Teasers!  Thanks for visiting!  Come back on Wednesday for another Teaser!

stamps: Clearly Besotted Autumn Flowers, A Basket Full, Just for You

dies: Clearly Besotted Autumn Flowers die collection

First Day of School ~ Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge

Hey everyone!  I’ve been enjoying my last weekend of my summer vacation getting ready for work.  Hmmm, you may think that is strange, but I’m an organized work gal so getting all my eggs lined up for one of my busiest weeks of the year is a great thing :)  Today’s card was made a while back, long enough ago that saying, let alone thinking, “Back to School” was a  BIG no-no.  However, I wanted to get a head start on my DT challenges so I bit the bullet and actually LOVED making this sweet little apple for the new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Back to School.

 

I found these Spellbinder Apples at a discount store and just couldn’t wait to use them.  The largest one is PERFECT for making an apple shaped card :)   I chose a red patterned paper (with little hearts) to act as a sweet background for the rest of the card.  Verve’s Teachers Count set and matching Apple dies were just the thing to anchor the “First Day of School” sentiment from My Favourite Things.  This sweet little card will be sitting on one of my colleagues’ desk Tuesday morning with some jelly beans :)   Head over to the Curtain Call Inspiration Blog to see how the whole Design Team was inspired then play along!  Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your weekend :)

 

stamps: Verve Teachers Count, MFT An Apple for the Teacher

dies: Verve Apple Dies

The Way You Made Them Feel

Hey friends!  I have another card using Verve’s Teachers Count set today :)  This card, however, is for a different teacher in my life, my trainer at the gym.  I finally found a FABULOUS trainer and we’ve been working together since January.  She’s the real deal when it comes to trainers and has the creds to back it up…she’s been training and competing in bodybuilding competitions for over 10 years.  It’s been very exciting and though she’s “tough” on me (at my age!), she does it with caring gentleness and humour.  She is patient and answers my “million” questions during each session.  We’ve come to the last set of our sessions and are both heading back to school (she’s entering the 4th and final year of Nursing).  I wanted to let her know how much I appreciate our time together and for helping me feel “strong and young.”  I thought this quote from Teachers Count was perfect to convey that feeling.  Do you have someone in your life that makes you feel that way?  Have you told them?  It’s never too early or too late!  Thanks for stopping by and sharing a few minutes with me!  Have a lovely day!

stamps: Teachers Count, On Occasion (Verve)

dies: Occasion frame die (A Cut Above by Verve)

A Thank You and a Farewell ~ CASE Study #155

 

Dickens once wrote,

“Reflect on your present blessings,

which always causes me to

pause, and think of you.”

Hi everyone!  I’m here today with my very last CASE Study post.  Some of you know that I am starting my Masters of Education next month and so I sadly have to cut back on my Design Team duties.  I thought that these sentiments (on the card and the one by Dickens) were perfect to convey the feelings in my heart towards Chupa and the whole CASE Study Design Team.  I have LOVED being a part of this wonderfully creative challenge.  What a Muse I’ve been able to go out with!  Here’s Jennifer Mcguire’s last card with us…

It’s no secret I’m in love with banners and hope the trend continues for 2 or 10 years!  I added 3 red dots instead of the hearts and picked a sweet thank you sentiment.   EEK!  It’s our last week with Jennifer (and with ME!) so I hope you’ll come a play one last time with us both :)  Head over to the CASE Study blog to see what each DT member came up with,then join in the fun!  Thanks for visiting and thanks for all your wonderful CASE Study comments over these past 2 years! HUGE GROUP HUG!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti delightful dahlia additions

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, bobunny family is collection, pebbles seen and noted

accessories: mft fishtail banner dies, mme enamel dots

Let’s End with some Coffee!

Well, here it is, the last post…and what better way to end than with a cup of coffee and friends :)   Thanks for all your sweet comments and staying with me during this marathon of a weekend.  It’s been tons of fun here and I’ve made a definitely beaten a path from the studio to the kitchen and back again!  LOL  This last card is for the Scent-sational challenge and was created for the new set Scent-imentals that will be released next month.  It was cool to see how easy it is to make a scratch and sniff card! 

Now, truth be told, I don’t really know if this card smells like coffee when scratched as my fingers still smell like coffee from when I mixed up the embossing powder!  LOL  I’ll try it out on the DH when he gets home :)  So onto the finale…

There are all 10 of my challenge projects :)  I learned some cool new techniques and recipes and can’t wait to keep using them.  A huge thank you goes out to Nichole and her incredible Design Team.  It’s been an amazing event full of great videos, samples, new products and crafting camaraderie.  So, from the bottom of my coffee loving heart, thank you :)