Valentine Cookies

I made some Valentine cookies for my Primary kids today.  I'm going to let them frost and decorate one on their own.  Mistake?  Probably.  Will they love it?  YES!

RESULTS:  They absolutely loved it, and it is probably the quietest they've ever been.  I think we'll frost cookies every week!  ;)

Small Calendar

I like to cover a small calendar to keep in my church bag, because if I don't write down dates and times, I forget everything!  I found this calendar at the drugstore for only 50 cents a couple of days ago, and it is a two year one!  Usually the inside pages are just plain, but these are very nice (although the paper is pretty cheap...I don't really care about that).

I buy the ones with the plastic covers on them, so I can cover the calendars with cute background paper and decorate them up just a little so they are more my style.  Then I just slide everything back into the plastic cover.

Cut the background paper just a little longer than the calendar...as far as the length goes where it is being folded.  Does that make sense?  It needs a little extra paper when you actually fold it to get all the way around the calendar.  You might want to try it out first with a scrap piece of paper before you cut into the good stuff, then you can just take measurements off your scrap.

Decorate it up the way you want and you're done!  For the teal background, I crumpled up a piece of card stock a bunch of times until it looked and felt the way I wanted it to.  I also embossed the bird by using a Craft ink pad in a teal color, then used clear embossing powder and heated it with a heat tool.  Before that, I ran my vanilla card stock through the printer to get the "2012-2013" on the paper, then used the Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the bird in the perfect spot.

Things Remembered

We recently had a meeting with our Primary teachers at church.  I was elected/forced/volunteered/nominated....something to that effect, to make the invitations.  I find this kind of thing fun most of the time, but had a hard time coming up with something that I felt like went with our theme of "Things Remembered" well.  Still not sure I did, but it's done now! 

The heart from this card comes from the Polka Dot Punches set.  I think it looks great embossed!  To emboss it in the exact color I wanted (Sahara Sand to match the printer ink on "Things Remembered"), I inked up the stamp in Versamark first, then directly onto the Sahara Sand ink pad, then the paper.  Next I poured clear embossing powder over it and applied the heat tool.  Using the Versamark ink pad (a clear, sticky ink pad) and clear powder this way, you can make any colored ink pad into an embossing pad.

I'm not sure how many cards I've made in the last month, but it's over 300.  My neck, shoulders and head are still feeling it!  This feeling brings back memories of why it was necessary to stop doing SU.   :( 

Thank You Cards

I made a bunch of these thank you cards to give to a friend's daughter for part of her wedding gift.  She had needed a bike stamp to go on the front of her wedding invitation envelopes.  I was able to find this one that I borrowed from a stampin' friend.  The bride has been riding her bike for years as she goes to college, therefore the bike. 

Wildlife Card

I made this card for one of my kids.  He had a pretty neat experience and I wanted to congratulate him on it with a card.  It took about six weeks and three tries for the card to actually make it to him, but it was worth it!   We're proud of the great example he is.       

Stamp Sets:  Wildlife, Fundamental Phrases, Flannel
Colors:  Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Handsome Hunter, Natural Ivory
Tools:  Blender Pens, Tearing Edge, Sponges

Happy 40th

I keep forgetting to put this card up.  I made this last November for a good friend, who obviously turned 40! 

For all the "40's" in the background, I just typed "40" a bunch of times, and then changed the font for each one of them and printed it on card stock.

Stamp Sets:  Doodle Alphabet, Classic Alphabet
Colors:  Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, More Mustard
Designer Series Paper:  Rockabilly

Out of the Box

Here is a fun little card I made. It could be used for Valentine's Day, or any pink and red occasion. ;)

Sets: Out of the Box, Whimsical Words

Background Paper: Bella Rose

Colors: Riding Hood Red, Pirouette Pink, Basic Black