Happy Tuesday!

I made these a few weeks back but finally took a picture of them to post.  I tend to go in waves of whether I'm making cards with Cricut cuts or whether I'm more in the mood to pull out the stamps and Copics.

The stamp is from Whipper Snapper Designs.  Perfect to bring a little spring whimsy to a blustery fall.

Cards & Hunter Hayes

Boy does the time seem to fly by so fast.  I can't believe it's been almost 2 months since my last post - so I figured I would just do a quick update post.

My daughter is a very fortunate little girl - over the past few months, I've brought her into work with me so that she could meet Jamie Lynn Spears and Hunter Hayes.  I should mention that my daughter is boy crazy, so she just adored Hunter and he seemed pretty fond of her too.

With so much going on, there hasn't been much time to scrapbook, but I did manage to make 40 cards to be donated to give to children who are hospitalized.  I'm glad I was able to rally and get some cards made for such a good cause.

Back to School 2014

Well, it's that time of year again...back to school!  This year our district decided to go back a week earlier - my daughter didn't seem to mind, but I wasn't ready for it at all.  I did manage to put together a quick Back to School Emergency Kit for her teacher.  Might as well start off school on a good note.

The tag printable is from CraftsUnleashed.com.  

The container was from Wal-mart and we filled it with Minion band-aids, Tide To Go pen, Chapstick, small lint roller, candy bars and chocolate, tiny stapler, tic tacs, hand sanitizer and these really cool Pilot B2P pens - they are pens that are made out of recycled water bottlers.

I think her teacher really liked the kit.

Independence Day Challenge

Happy {belated} Independence Day!  I haven't had much time or mojo to be creative lately, so I decided what better way to start the creative juices flowing than with some challenges!

For my project, the bear is cut at 4.25" from the Cricut Teddy Bear Parade cartridge - one of my favorite cartridges.  The pattern paper is from DCWV Summer Dream paper stack.  The stamp is from My Pink Stamper.

I'm entering my project into the following Challenges:

• BBTB2 Independence Day Challenge
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #142 - Patriotic
• Paper Issues In The Navy Challenge
• Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Anything Goes
• Shopping our Stash #158 - Red, White and Blue
• DL Art - Thankful Thursday Challenge #135 - Patriotic

Teacher Appreciation 2014 - Part II

Following are a few more of the cards we put together for teacher appreciation week.  We didn't have as much time this year to get too creative with our cards and gifts, so this year we primarily gave gift cards.

For the music teacher...

For the gym teacher...

Teacher Appreciation 2014

It has been a really busy last couple of months, especially as we headed toward the end of the school year.

I'm a bit behind on posting the teacher appreciation gifts.  I was a bit behind on making them too and usually had to stay up until midnight the night before to get them done.

We give her teacher a gift each day during teacher appreciation week and then something to each of her four encore teachers (art, gym, music, spanish).  One of the gifts was a grill kit.  We loved this idea so we decided to make two of them - one for her primary teacher and the other for her art teacher.  We included red gingham paper plates and napkins, mini condiment squeeze bottles, grilling tools (tong, spatula & grill brush), A1, grilling spices, grill wipes, BBQ oven mitt, towel, hamburger timer, gift card and my daughter made a Rainbow Loom hamburger charm.  

 Of course no gift would be complete without a handmade card.  

Good Luck Treat Bags

As many of you may know, my daughter is in competitive dance - and she loves every minute of it.  The Senior team at the studio she attends is going to Worlds, which is a super big deal for them.  This talented group of girls range in age from 13 on up.  Of course, no treat bag would be complete without some additional pizzazz with added Cricut cuts.

With how busy I've been, I had to make 20 of them pretty quick and not have too many layers or tiny pieces...my daughter helped, she just loves the Cricut and anything crafty.  Here's the finished product and some of the Seniors:

The dancer cut is from Wall Decor and More.  I love this dancer, she looks so graceful and is only 2 layers.  The world shaped like a heart is from Give a Hoot - also only 2 layers.  On the back of the bags is a sticker that has "Good Luck Seniors" 

V-Day Party Recap

I can't believe how fast the time flew at my daughter's 3rd grade Valentine Party.  The party games were a huge hit with the kids!  We played Cupid Bingo (see the February 14th post here) and every child got to spin the prize wheel.

I had really wanted the craft station since that would have been right up my alley, but even adults don't always play nice.  I ended up with the game station and decide I was going to make it the best station ever.  My daughter told me that her classmates could not stop talking about how great my station was and what a great party planner I am - yep, my station totally rocked!

Here's some pictures from the party:

Happy Valentine's Day!

I want to wish all of you a very Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm sorry I've been away for so long (exactly 4 months).  My new (well, not so new anymore) job has kept me so crazy busy that I rarely have time to do much else.

I do have some projects to share with you.  At the beginning of the school year, I signed up to volunteer for the valentine's party for my daughter's 3rd grade class so I've been busy putting everything together.

Tuesday night was spent making candy coated Oreos for my daughter's competitive dance team - I forgot to take a picture, but I hear rave reviews back on them.

Last night we made and decorated 100 mini donuts (some donuts were "injured" during this process). 

Treat toppers were next.  The owl is from CAC2 cut at 2".

I'm hosting the Valentine Party with 2 other moms.  I took the game station (I wanted the craft station but we won't go into that...)

The game for the party will be Cupid Bingo.  The bingo balls were made with ping pong balls and Cricut Vinyl.  Bingo Cards I created in Excel and the finishing touch are conversation hearts as the card markers.

I was also able to borrow the prize wheel from work and am so super excited about it - what kid doesn't love to spin the wheel and win a prize!  I'll post pictures later - I have to get everything wrapped up and get out the door in a few minutes.