WMS BLog Party!!

This month the WMS Blog Party is all about Teacher Appreciation... it's the end of school...or close anywho... spring has sprung and summer is just days away....

Now, my girls are all grown up but, there were many... many.... teachers along the way that I LOVED!! When I visited (quite often- picking up, B-Days, Teacher conferences. volunteering... school trips.... etc. etc.)- they KNEW my girls!! Maybe not quite as intimately as I did but... ohhhh-- they "had their number"--- knew how to "call them on something"- ya' know what I'm saying!- and at the same time encouraged their individual uniqueness!!

Here's my contribution....

 

I've been ogling some notecard sets out in blog land and decided to create my own for the blog party. Did some resist embossing and sponging with distress inks. Love the font on these sentiments. The card holder was created with coordinating colors... just cut 1/4 inch larger on all sides, scored with my ScorPal, adhered with sticky tape, added some coordinating papers, button, and twine on the front. Tucked the cards inside.

 

 

Couple pics of the notecards...

Side of panel was stamped with an image from Chicken Wire or Text It in Adirondack Slate. Flowers (Vintage Garden Seed Packet and Vintage Garden Flowers) were stamped with WPlus9 white ink and heat embossed with clear. Sponged various distress inks to loosely color the stems and flowers. Finished with sentiments from Vintage Garden Seed Packet and Camellia. Papers are Simple Stories Vintage Bliss.

Here's the link to WMS- there are lots of goodies!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!


 

I have a little Blog Candy going on here -- if you are interested!!

Blog Candy...

Kay' I have a little Blog Candy up for grabs!! Celebrating my new blog look--well, truth be told, I have had this for a while but, life got in the way!!

Sooo... in Celebration of my new "blog look" and in Celebration of Spring/Summer here's the goods!! Two paper pads -one MME Collectable and the other LillyBee Designs Happily Lost, Verve Hope Blooms and matching dies, three MFT stamps- crinkled ribbon, and SU wooden buttons!! Thinking I'll add some twine in coordinating colors and who knows... a couple other goodies could get squeezed in!!

 

Just leave a comment on this post. Tell me what you LOVE most about spring/summer! Me... it's the bird chirping, flowers blooming, veges growing. and hitting the lake/boating!! Random draw for the winner.  

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a little hello

I have this problem.... I buy things 'cause I Love them...that includes chipboard collection/s -don't have a lot-but, some :)) so I challenged myself to create something rather than "collect"- here's the card

 

I even added a fabric button that has been in my stash for a while!! The layout is from a previous Cardabilities sketch. Used some spring colors, a little stitching, a little lace, and a button.

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So Grateful for You!!

WOOT! WOOT!! New blog look and I am SO happy!! Tickled pink-coral- blue!! Tiffany did a fabulous job!! Here's my card for this weeks' CASE study challenge!!

Little Celebration of my new colors- (honestly didn't intentionally do that but, they must have been on my mind:)) Wanted to use PTI stamps and this is the only flower set I have--- LOVE!! Instead of leaves- I stamped the Argyle pattern- this flower is a little more trendy than traditional!

Maile's card.... perfection!!

BTW-- Happy Mother's Day!! Busy, busy WE here!!

Between keeping the hubs busy, running errands (ohh, that boy piddles on the WE- and he couldn't drive), my youngest daughter's friend has been living with us--she's moving out to a new apt.- worked on furniture- didn't think about  kitchen (money will be tight) so, we went a' shopping!! Working on the new blog--getting the dogs groomed--geesh... four days off and they flew by!!

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Hugs...

thinking of you

The Cloud9 inspiration pic for this month is scrumptious... literally!! These are some gorgeous cookies...

Can you believe those are cookies... yes, edible... they are so gorgeous though it might be hard to take a bite!! Not that they're bad... but, so perfect...

My card....

Made my own background using WPlus9's Paisley Patterns (these are smaller images in this set--it's jam packed with different options). The flowers were made using the Very Vintage Florals die- cut six of the largest flower, misted with water, scrunched and left to dry. The inner flower is the smallest die, again misted with water and scrunched. All popped up on jodys dimensionals. Added some Verve Dreamy leaves and SU ribbon. Sentiment comes from WPlus9's Very Vintage Greetings. You can check out all the WPlus9 goodies here.

Link to the blog hop above.

Hope you're having a great WE!! Hubs had another rotator cuff surgery (that's 3 in 10 months) on Thursday and  he was climbing the walls- okay, maybe not climbing the walls but, he was wearing down the shine on the wood floors and the carpet was getting thin with hispacing-- so, we ran errands today.. all over-- many errands--about 5 hours of errands!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!