Teacher Appreciation Week ~ May 1st

Teacher Appreciation week starts on Monday, May 1st.  With the new Yearbook Release, you'll be able to whip up some super cute cards, note pads, water bottle holders or other projects sure to please the special Teacher's in your life that make a huge difference!!  Here is a card I found on Scrapyland that the designer really took advantage of the new, cute Yearbook dies:

(dies used: 2x2 stacked books, 2x2 apple~club die and cookie cutter Doodles)

Gift Idea...

Remember that set of jars I made for a birthday present??  Well I finally got the "school" theme ones done!!  It was a good thing I waited though as I was able to use some of the new Yearbook dies. Hope the Teachers like them.......

(dies used: nesting scallops, nesting circles, 2x2 paperclip, 2x2 star, 2x2 pencil, 2x2 scissors, 2x2 apple

and 2x2 stacked books)

Happy Easter!!

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter Holiday!  Here is an Easter Bag I made trying out the new Kraft Chipboard Paper and Plastic Sheets by Lifestyle Crafts.  I took the new Paper Bag die (more are on order, can't seem to keep this die in stock!) placed one of the nesting oval dies where I wanted a "window" cut out and then placed the Kraft paper down and cut with the Epic 6.  Before I assembled the bag, I cut a piece of the plastic sheet to go over the "window" so what I put in the bag won't fall out! Quick and easy and super cute!!  There are sooo many possibilities with the Paper Bag die ~ I'll be making a bunch of "party bags" with it for my daughter's birthday! 

(dies used: 2x2 egg, 4x4 Easter Eggs, scallop border die, Paper Bag die, nesting ovals and 2x2 tags)

(paper used: Kraft chipboard and Plastic sheets)

Easter Treats!

Bunnies hoppin' by to give an Easter "hi"!  I made these cute, little bunny chocolate holders for all my co-workers ~ hopefully the bunnies will stay put and not hop away!!

 (Silhouette Machine used to cut out all pieces ~ love my machine!!)

And I made all these Easter Baskets for the School Office Staff ~

wonder what I'm getting myself into?? 

(dies used: scallop cupcake liner and nesting scallop circles)

Fantastic News!!

Mark your calendars for May 2nd as we are getting in "2011 National Scrapbook Day Gift Sets" from Lifestyle Crafts. You are going to be WOWED by the value of this gift set!!
Eleven cutting dies plus one alphabet. Layered flowers, skeleton flowers, silhouetted leaves and branches and a bird with a dimensional/layerable wing! Plus the font!  But that's not all........twenty-four 8"x 8" sheets of paper. The paper is all double-sided too. Four double-sided solids, and eight double-sided patterns. Twelve different sheets, two of each sheet in the set. That's a lot of paper! And to top off the gift set for the first time ever an actual album! This is not a die for an album - it's a chipboard, naked album. Sized to 8"x 8" to fit the papers.  Check out the sneak peek pictures and ensure you come get yours the week of May 2nd because you don't want to miss out on this gift set ~ only $59.99!!

New Release ~ Yearbook

Yes another release when I haven't even finished playing with the last!!  This release focuses around school theme, so dig out your grad/school pictures and start scrappin'!  I think I'm gonna love the paper bag and folder with inserts cause you know me, I'll use them for other things!!  Stay tuned for samples with this new release, once I get a chance to play!!!

This is only a sample of some of the dies, go to Lifestyle Crafts website to see the rest.....

Spring is here!!

And what better way to bring in the Spring weather than with some Fresh Start release dies, some Dilly Dally papers by Making Memories and spring portraits! (oh and I used this awesome new tool by We R Memory Keepers ~ heart attach distressing tool to roughen up the paper ~ love it!!)

(dies used: Carousel Alphabet, Ruffles Border die and 4x4 flower)

Fresh Start Release....

back in stock!!  Yes the new release dies were a huge hit and we had to re-order the popular dies (pretty much the whole release) within 2 days and we've just received them from Lifestyle Crafts!
I'm lovin' the Pennants border die and I found a stamp set that fits perfectly with this die! Check out how I stamped the title on the Pennant die cut with this layout. 

(dies used: 4x4 Easter Eggs, Nesting Frames, Pennants Border and Rings Border)

(stamp set: Pennant Alphabet by Close to my Heart ~ Consultant Kim McCall)

Quick & Easy Card

Make a quick & easy card with a single die. Just add pearls for a tail and eye to "jazz" up your die!

(die used: 2x2 Rabbit)