END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TREATS -- PART 3

Today, I'm sharing the rest of the butter crunch treat bag tags
that I made for my kids' teachers.

For all of the tags, I used some PTI Vintage Cream cardstock, 

which I diecut using Tag Sale #5 die.

I stamped popsicles on each one, using stamps from PTI's Summer Sweetness.

I wanted to add some clear embossing shine to the popsicles, so I stamped the images

in versa mark first and then in dye ink and heat embossed them with clear embossing powder.

Fun, right?

Thanks for looking!

End of the school year treats -- part 2

Just popping in today to share another tag 

that I made for one of Sage's teachers.

Normally, we had them all out on the last day,

but Sage had her last class with this teacher on Friday,

so that morning, I quickly made this tag and attached it to some butter crunch.

I used PTI's Tag Sale 3 die and stamped it with PTI's Stacked Sentiments stamp set

in Altenew's frosty pink, coral berry & warm sunshine and PTI's hawaiian shores.

I'm also linking this up to this week's

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

End of the school year treats -- part 1

With the end of the school year only two days away,

I've been making butter crunch to show my appreciation

for the staff and my kids' schools.

These two went to the office staff at the school where I work

and to my friend, Tania, who teaches there (she loves my butter crunch!)

I diecut PTI's Tag Sale #7 die from aqua mist cardstock and some PTI striped vellum.

I diecut the popsicle (from Summer Sweetness) and the enjoy (from Wet Paint Cuts III)

and stamped the popsicle with the coordinating Summer Sweetness stamps.

Once I was done stamping, I pressed the top part of the popsicle diecut into versa mark

and then heat embossed it in clear to give it a little shine.

  

I followed the same steps to make this one.

So summery and fun!

I'm also linking this up to this week's

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Make It Monday #215

Mrs. Clyde, the music teacher at my kids' school is so fabulous!

She's the director of Jonah's choir and she also teaches Sage music

and directs the noon choir Sage is in.

She makes music so fun and a favourite class for both of them!

While she loves the butter crunch I give her,

I thought this year, instead of just a tag, I'd give her a card

letting her know just how special she is.

I used PTI's Graceful Greetings for my sentiment and embellished it

with some stars from Summer Camp.

I also used my PTI Petite Places: School stamps and dies on the inside

of the card, for the Make It Monday #215: Bringing the Inside Out.

I'm also linking this up to this week's
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

 Well, things are winding up around here with our school year....

only 1.25 days left after today!

Here's what we've been up to....

1. On Sunday, we had Cameron's family over for Father's Day.

 It was so nice out, we ate outside.

Here is Sage holding Gloria, my great-niece. Isn't she adorable?

2. Austin asked me the other day: 

"Have you ever wanted to make a rainbow cake?"

I replied that yes, I have.

So, I suggested that we make one together on Saturday for our meal on Sunday.

Here's how it turned out:

It was fun, but it did take a long time!

3. I got to go along with Sage on her field trip on Tuesday.

We went to Lower Fort Garry with all of the Grade 5s from her school.

We got a tour in the morning (in French!) and then in the afternoon, they got 

to build models of a Red River Frame House...

and a teepee:

I'm always so glad when it works for me to go along on field trips with my kids!

4. Today, Sage & I are going to Winnipeg to take my mom to 

Cirque du Soleil for her birthday.

I've never been before (other than a free open-air performance I experienced at the 

Montreal Jazz Festival in 1994 -- they were doing acrobatics off the side of the building!) 

and I'm really looking forward to it!

5.  On Sunday, we had our Sunday School Wind-up.

I made some cards for the kids in my group to tell them how much I loved

having them in my group and to wish them a good summer.

I used some favourite Reverse Confetti products:

I made a girl version and a boy version by switching out one colour.

I stamped my background using stamps from Color Me Happy.

Then, I stamped my sentiment (from Let's Chill).

I diecut the popsicle from the front of the card using the Let's Chill Confetti Cuts and the 

stick from a piece of classic kraft cardstock 

(which I stamped with the coordinating stamp from Let's Chill.)

Do give the popsicle dimension, I diecut it from a piece of Bazzill Basics foam 

and stacked them together when I reassembled the card.

To add some shine to my popsicle, I pressed the diecut into my Versamark ink pad

and heat embossed it in clear before adhering it to the foam.

   

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop

It's the 25th of the month, which means that I'm playing along
with the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop, where this month's challenge is this:

Aren't those shoes adorable?!

I decided to combine this challenge with this week's

 CAS(E) This Sketch #129 designed by Michelle Williams
to make a birthday card for my mom:

Here's my card:

I used my MISTI to stamp my background using my SSS Wide Stripe stamp.

I actually stamped it twice in a pigment grey ink.

I stamped the sentiment (PTI's KIS: Birthday) in Versafine onyx black.

For the flowers, I used PTI's Brushed Blooms, which I stamped with Altenew's Buttercream

& Frayed Leaf and PTI's Orange Zest & Terracotta Tile.

A few PTI rainstones finish is off.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, July 2nd to link up your card.

I'm also linking this up to this week's
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Fusion Card Challenge: Bright Butterfly

Today I have a card to share that I made for the

Fusion Card Challenge: Bright Butterfly:

I was inspired by the photo.

Here's my card:

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's Think Big Favourites #5) in 

versamark onyx black and heat embossed it in clear.

Then, I pressed ink (Altenew's Warm Sunshine & Coral Berry &

Wplus 9's Sweet Gelato) onto my acrylic block, spritzed it with water

and pressed my cardstock onto it.

For my butterfly, I diecut the top layer (using PTI's Life is Beautiful dies)

from true black cardstock and the bottom layer from some Bazzill Basics Blue Mylar. 

Have you tried this yet?

It's so fun!

I love how when you shift the card, the colours change, like this:

I'm also linking this up to this week's
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Flip Flops

Today, I have a card that I am entering in the 

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Flip Flops:

I love this photo!

Instead of the water and beach though...

my card, which uses Reverse Confetti  products, focuses on the sky.

To make it, I started by stamping the sentiments (using Lots to Say

and Shine Bright) in versa mark and heat embossing them in white.

Then, I diecut some clouds from some sticky notes, using the Sun 'n Clouds Confetti Cuts

and placed them on my cardstock panel as masks while I applied

some harvest gold, aqua mist and hawaiian shores inks with my Tim Holtz blending tool.

I'm also linking this up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Use Your Favourite Technique and/or Product. 

The gorgeous Lots to Say stamp set is my favourite sentiment set!

Thanks for looking!

On the Bazzill Basics Blog

I have a card on the Bazzill Basics Blog today.

Click here to see what inspired me to make my card.

Thanks for looking!

Five Sympathy Cards

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the store where I sell my cards

in my town has requested some sympathy cards.

I also mentioned that, while purging my craft area a couple of months ago,

I came across lots of embellishments that I loved

the look of in the store when I bought them

but then didn't seem to use on any of my cards/layouts.

But as I was getting rid of things, I couldn't seem to get rid of them

(some of them were just too pretty!) 

So, I decided to pull them out to make some sympathy cards.

On each card, I used some Bazzill Basics Classic Smooth White cardstock,

a strip of American Crafts' DIY patterned paper and

my favourite sympathy sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Lots to Say.

Here they are:

This diecut is Crate Paper.

I matted this card on a piece of Bazzill Rain Forest cardstock

and added a couple of buttons and twine to finish it off.

The diecut is Crate Paper, the cardstock is Bazzill Basics Rain Forest

and I added some buttons and twine.

This card is matted on Bazzill Roselle cardstock and,

once again, the diecut is Crate Paper.

The flower diecut is from Heidi Swapp and I added a couple of PTI buttons with twine.

This card is matted on Bazzill Jade cardstock.

For this last card, I didn't add any patterned paper &

matted on Bazzill Basics Turquoise Mist cardstock.

The diecut is from Crate Paper and I added two PTI buttons with twine.

I'm also linking these up to this week's 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Use Your Favourite Technique and/or Product. 

The gorgeous Lots to Say stamp set is my favourite sentiment set!

Thanks for looking!