Decorate to Celebrate Challenge #23 - All For the Teachers!!

Happy Wednesday, everyone!! I hope you are having a great week!! It's time for another super-fun challenge at Decorate to Celebrate!! For this challenge, it's all about Teachers!!

For Challenge #23, we are asking you to create any project to be used as a party decoration (or party supply) for a CLASSROOM!! Let's celebrate EVERYTHING WONDERFUL ABOUT OUR TEACHERS with your table decorations, party banners, pennants, yard signs, cupcakes, party favors and more!! :) For my project, I decorated a bottle of hand sanitizer (every teacher needs this on her desk, right??!!) and created an apple gift bag to hold it :)

For the apple bag, I cut two apples at 6" from Doodlecharms, hiding the cutouts on my Gypsy. All of the paper is from Heidi Grace Tweet Memories stack. The leaf is embossed with the Cuttlebug Swirls folder. #1 Teacher is cut from Base Camp. I made a box to go between the two apples to hold the bottle of sanitizer.

For the bottle, I wrapped it with Heidi Grace paper, and a decorative border from Spellbinders Lacy Doily Accents. The red tag is a Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon tag. I used a Spellbinders Beaded Circle die, and inked it with Colorbox warm red fluid chalk. The circle is a Spellbinders Nestabilities Standard Circle Small die."Thanks" is from K Andrew Designs Winged Things stamp set:

Right now, Kristal is having a 20% off store-wide sale!! Enter the code "letshavefun" to take advantage of this special offer!!

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Decorate to Celebrate to see what my amazing Desing Team sisters have created!! Then link up your For The Teachers decorations!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

Paper Playtime - Say it With Sentiments Birthday Challenge!!

Happy Monday, everyone!! It's the third Monday in April, so that means it's time for another super-fun Say It With Sentiments Challenge at Paper Playtime!! The theme for this challenge is to make a birthday card. This was so perfect for me because I needed to make a birthday card for a very dear blogging buddy who celebrated her birthday last week :)

Our sponsor this challenge is Mary of CARDZ TV STAMPS! The winner will receive 1 free stamp set out of  Mary's CARDZ TV STAMP STORE  of the winner's choice!!

The base of the card is a Spellbinders Labels 4. I used paper from First Edition Spring Feast stack. The white layer is embossed with the Plum Blossoms embossing folder.

I used a Spellbinders Label 9 to cut the frame and popped it up with foam tape for dimension. The branch and bird are from Straight From the Nest. I added gems to the flowers on the branch. The birthday banner is a Spellbinders banner die, inked with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. "Birthday" is from K Andrew Designs Coffee & Tea For You & Me, and "wishes" is from Hooty Owl Accessories.

For the inside, I used "Today is Your Day" from K Andrew Designs Positive Thoughts. Click HERE to purchase your own set and right now...Kristal is having a 20% off sale storewide!! Just enter the code "letshavefun" during the checkout process, and let her know I sent you!! It's the perfect time to stock up on all of your favorite K Andrew Designs stamps!!

Now it's your turn!! Hop on over to Paper Playtime and check out the fabulous projects my design team sisters have for you!! Then link up your Birthday card!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

You are sun-sational!!

Happy Saturday, everyone!! I was hoping to get out today and enjoy the outdoors but thunderstorms are rolling through the area...and it seems they have settled in for the day. Looks like I'll have to head down to my craft room instead ;) I have been having so much fun using Spellbinders for projects, my poor Cricut was getting lonely :( So I decided to use him for this project.

I made this thank you for my parents for the family vacation last week...they paid for everything for all of us :)

The paper is from K & Company Happy Trails stack...love it!! I cut the lighthouse from the same stack, inked the edges with Shabby Shutters Distress ink, and popped it up with foam tape for dimension. The lounging couple are from the Fun in the Sun cartridge, and while that totally could be my Mom wearing a hat and reading a book, I don't think my Dad will truly appreciate the bald man with a little padding around the middle ;) But they are so cute and I love the fun summery images on this cart :) I wanted the sand to stand out a bit, so it's embossed with Swiss Dots and inked with Walnut Distress Ink. The lounging couple are popped up with foam tape as well. I added a green crystal to the top of the lighthouse.

So I obviously couldn't go without using a Spellbinders!! I used a Nestabilities Label 10, and inked the edges with Shabby Shutters. The twine is from The Twinery, and the button from my stash. "Thanks" is from K Andrew Designs Winter Wishes stamp set, and "you are sun-sational" is from Splashtastic Summer:

Click HERE to purchase your own stamps, and right now, Kristal is having a huge sale on her stamps -- 20% off store wide!! Use the code "letshavefun" for the discount, and let her know I sent you!! Plus, for the next few days, we will be featuring the new Design Team and each member has chosen one stamp set to showcase. There will be an additional ONE DAY ONLY sale on the stamps featured that day!! So it's a perfect time to stock up on all your favorite K Andrew Designs stamps!!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.ART Thankful Thursday - Any Thank You
2. FCCB Challenge Me Monday #106 - Buttons and Bows

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend :)

A Friend Loveth at All Times and Trip Pics :)

Happy Thursday, everyone!! Another weekend is almost upon us!! Yay!! I have a card to share with you today and some pictures from my trip last week :)

This was a pretty quick card to put together...nothing too elaborate since I'm still resting the shoulder as much as possible. For this card, I used Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large for the base and embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder (no idea what the name is...why don't they print them on the folders??!!)

The patterned paper is from K & Company Que Sera Sera stack, cut out with a Classic Rectangles Large and stitched to the base.

The frame is a Spellbinders Fleur de lis die with a Nestabilities Classic square to cut out center. The frame is popped up with foam tape. The background is lightly inked with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. "A Friend Loveth at all times" is from K Andrews Designs Scripture Sayings stamp set:

Click HERE to purchase your own set!! And right now, Kristal is having a sale on all of her stamp sets!! Enter "letshavefun" to take 20% off!! What a bargain!! :)

I am entering this at Little Scrap Pieces - Sky Blue Challenge.

And now some pics from my trip to Surfside Beach!! This is the view directly from our balcony!! Oh, what I wouldn't give to have this view every day...I truly feel like I can breathe at the ocean...must be the mermaid in me ;)

A little to the left and you can see Myrtle Beach in the background. It was just a few miles up the road from our hotel.

Here's a closer view of Myrtle Beach. We were close enough to enjoy it, but far enough away to not have the intense crowds :)

We were lucky enough to have a room on the top floor. This guy was eye level!!

We thought it was so cool how he circled around..and then realized he was the lead...

Pretty soon, a whole pod of pelicans followed!! They flew by like this almost every half hour!!

One of the beautiful sunrises over the Atlantic :)

Here's my adorable little niece, searching for seashells :) Doesn't she look so sweet and innocent...before she ripped my arm off??!! Just kidding ;) It's healing more and more each day :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Have a wonderful weekend!! :)

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