Girlfriends

I made this card for my bestie's birthday.  I had to give it a lot of attitude!

Zebra and car - Paisley"Girlfriends" - Paisley

Ribbon - The Ribbon Boutique

Cardstock is from my scraps

Crystal Stickles

Happy Birthday!

This is a first birthday card I made for my friend's daughter.  Unfortunately, I don't have a kiddish looking "Happy Birthday" stamp.  That would be the only thing I would change about it.

The ladybug is from Paisley and the flower is from Create-a-Critter.

I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder.

The paper is from my scraps.  The ribbon is The Ribbon Boutique.

I used Crystal Stickles.

Birthday cards

I always give my students a card on their birthdays.  In the past, I bought the cheapy ones at Wal-Mart.  This year, I decided I can make much nicer looking cards myself!

The boys' card--

Party hat- Sweet Treats cartridge

Traffc Jam Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cardstock - Colobok and scraps

Ribbon - Ribbon Boutique

Stamp - Stampin' Up Greetings 4 U set

The girls' card--

Present - Sweet Treats cartridge
Spots and Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cardstock - Colorbok and scraps

Ribbon - Ribbon Boutique

Stamp - Stampin' Up Greetings 4 U set



Snowman Subtraction Game

Well, I didn't do so well at the start of this blog, did I?!  I'm back with a renewed commitment!  One of my 2011 goals is to post to this blog at least once a week.  I've been busy with a lot of projects and I really want to showcase them!

On to today's project...


I do math centers in my classroom.  Each day, I pull a group of kids who struggled with the previous day's topic.  While I'm working with them, the other kids are playing math games.  I used my Cricut to create a snowman subtraction game.  I used Snowman4 from the Winter Frolic cartridge (my favorite Christmas cartridge).  I cut them at 3 1/2 inches.

The hats are unattached.  The kids have to find the matches.

Close-up

I put letters on the back so kids can self-check their work.

I received a Cuttlebug for Christmas, and I can't wait to put it to use!  Hopefully I'll have some pictures up soon!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween has had a monopoly on my crafting time lately!  I'm not a big fan of the holiday (the classroom insanity level is higher during the week leading up to Halloween than it is the week leading up to Christmas break), but I'm absolutely in love with Mini Monsters, my newest cartridge, so I'm having a lot of fun with these cards!

Spider - Doodlecharms cartridge
Patterned papers - Basic Grey

Solid colors - from my scraps

Monster - Mini Monsters Cartridge
Patterned papers - The Paper Studio

Solid papers - from my scraps
Ribbon - Michaels
Stamp - My Pink Stamper

Cat - Mini Monsters cartridge
Patterned papers - The Paper Studio
Solid papers - from my scraps

Ribbon - Target
Stamp - My Pink Stamper

Black Diamond Stickles 

Witch - Mini Monsters cartridge

Ribbon - Michaels

Patterned paper - The Paper Studio

Solid papers - from my scraps

Stamp - My Pink Stamper

Black Diamond Stickles

Pumpkin - Doodlecharms cartridge

Patterned paper - The Paper Studio

Solid papers - from my scraps

Black Diamond and Lime Green Stickles

Stamp - My Pink Stamper

Hello!

I am absolutely in love with the weather right now!  Fall is my favorite season.  I just love the cool temperatures, crisp breezes, and the crunch of leaves.  I thought it would be appropriate to start my first post with a fall-colored card!

Cardstock:  scraps

Squirrel:  Create-A-Critter; cut at 4 inches
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Sentiment:  handwritten, idea from Create-A-Critter cartridge