Back To School Apples For Miss Sullivan

It's been crazy at our house getting ready for back to school. I really wanted to make a small gift for my son's teacher but it had to be a quick project. So I put this card and basket together it took about 15 minutes total. I filled the basket with my favorite Ghiradelli caramel filled chocolates. I hope she likes them too. I'm very excited for Andrew, his teacher Miss Sullivan is super sweet and this is her first year teaching. This is the first time any of my children get a "newbie" teacher and I'm really curious to see what her teaching style will be like. She just seems so fresh and full of so many great ideas. :)

Materials:
Stamps: Fresh Fruits, Tart And Tangy
Papers: Apricot Appeal, Kiwi Kiss, Real Red, Whisper White, Real Red Prints Pattern DSP
Inks: Real Red, Appricot Appeal, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Accessories: Big Shot Baskets & Blooms Die, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Button, Real Red Dotted Grosgrain Ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals, Circle Punches

Catty Bird Case

I've been so anxious to put these colors together...finally got around to doing it. The colors are so much richer in person. I'm still learning how to edit my photos, it takes A LOT of practice. The card is a catty case from the Spring/Summer catty. LOVE this bird, he just has so much character and he always makes me smile. Thanks for stopping by!

Materials:
Stamps: Good Friend, Great Friend
Papers, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Suede
Inks: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Kiwi Kiss, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Button, Spiral Punch, Hole Punch, Dimensionals

Birthday Owl

Using my CTMH owl set the other day reminded me of my cute Stampin' Up owl set. It's been a long time since I've used my beloved set Owl Together Now. I don't think I've ever even posted anything on my blog using these sweet little owls. This card was so easy and fun to make, I thought it would make a cute little birthday card. I keep a stash of birthday cards to give to the great gals that I work with. I truly am blessed to work at such a wonderful school and with a group of amazing ladies! Thanks for stopping by!

Materials:
Stamps: Owl Together Now
Papers: The Write Stuff DSP, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Bermuda Bay
Inks: Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Timber Brown Staz On
Accessories: Bermuda Bay Grosgrain, Big Shot Scallop Square, Circle Punch, Crystal Effects (owl eyes), Spellbinder's Nestabilities Plain Rectangles & Scalloped Rectangles, Blender Pen, Dimensionals

Woohoo!

Here's another card I created using another very cute CTMH stamp set named You're A Hoot! It has the cutest owls and sentiments. I also used more papers from the paper share. I'm having so much fun playing with my new stamp toys!

Materials:
Stamps: CTMH You're A Hoot
Papers: SU Tall Tales DSP, Old Olive CS, Rose Red CS, Whisper White CS
Inks: Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Rose Red
Accessories: Spellbinder's Scallop Circle & Classic Circle Nesties, Modern Label Punch, Playground Designer Button, Linen Thread, Perfectly Paisley Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Dimensionals.

Later Gator

Okay, so I'm probably going to get some harassment from some of my friends about this. I don't normally buy clear stamps I usually am very anti clear stamps. But, I do have to admit that clear stamps have come a long way. I am finding that there are more high quality clear acrylic stamps nowadays. This cute Close To My Heart set being one of them it's called Life's A Jungle. The images from this set are adorable and so are the sentiments. I ordered quite a bit of some REALLY cute CTMH stamps that I just could not resist. I'll probably slip this card into Andy's lunchbox on the first day of school. It kind of has a back to school look. Oh and these papers are GORGEOUS!!!! They are more of the papers I got through a paper share.....yeap I need to order the whole pack now.

Materials:
Stamps: CTMH Life's A Jungle
Papers: The Write Stuff Specialty Papers (Stampin' Up), Always Artichoke CS, Watercolor Paper
Inks: Timber Brown Staz On, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Build-A-Brad, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Aquapainter, Dimensionals