Time for a tutorial!!!

Hey everyone!

Today is the end of my first full week of blogging. Other than the "technical" difficulties I had yesterday I have been able to post every day so far and I am so excited about the different themes. Do you like them?

I really like to make lots of craft projects, handmade cards, gifts, scrapbook pages, and I love showing other people how to make these items, too. I haven't filmed a video tutorial in a while. My craft room/laundry room is being remodeled so it's been really challenging to get anything created and posted. However, for today's post I am going to create and post a video tutorial for you all. I hope you will enjoy visiting each week for




I hope you enjoy the tutorial. Please let me know if you would like a particular tutorial and I will do my best to provide that for you! Thanks for hanging out with me today!

Hugs,

Back To School and Birthday Bash!

Hey, everyone!

Not only did Javan turn 3 yesterday (sob)...

...but my sweet baby girl started THIRD grade!

When we signed her up, I took a picture of her by the door of her new classroom. She is on the other side of the building now... the side I think of for BIG kids! Oh the waterworks are on! My goodness! I am so thankful that she has done so well in school, never had any major problems and her school work just seems to come so easy for her. She has been blessed with wonderful, caring teachers and I am so thankful for that! I am praying she has another wonderful school year!

I made a bag tag for her backpack. I wanted to make her something personalized and special just for her! She was blessed with a brand new back pack full of school supplies from our neighbor's church. They even gave Javan one!!! She loves the pink backpack!! I chose some black cardstock and cut it to fit the inside of the name badge. I printed her name, grade and who her teacher is on white cardstock then cut it out to layer onto the black. I took a retired stamp set from The Angel Company that I absolutely love and stamped it in Claret Palette Hybrid ink. Then I took my glue pen and added some Prisma Glitter from TAC. It is so sparkly and pretty! Then I added some black faux rhinestones and some ribbon to jazz it up a little. She likes it.

I raided my "Items To Alter" shelf and found a binder clip, two coasters, sticky notes, jumbo paper clip, and an RSVP pen. I used More Mimi designer paper (from The Angel Company) to decorate the post-it note holder, pen and bookmark. I love this double-sided paper!
I packaged it up for Kadesia to give her teacher on her first day of school. I hope you like these fun little projects! Have a great day!

Angel Hugs,

A couple of gifts...

Hey, everyone!

I have made a couple more projects I wanted to share with you. I hope they will inspire you! I enjoyed making both gifts and neither project took very long to make.

My daughter's teacher celebrated her birthday yesterday, so I made an acrylic post-it note holder for her to take to school. What teacher couldn't use a sticky note holder for their desk, right? It was fun to grab some school-themed supplies and start creating! The stamp is a former TAC Gift With Purchase stamp. Here's how it turned out:
My brother and his fiancee have been together for 15 months now and to celebrate he wanted me to make him a gift card holder to give to her. It was fun to make and the gift card fit like a glove! I used the Tutti Frutti paper, my circle punch and scalloped circle punch from The Angel Company. These are so easy to put together! I added a scripture after I had taken the picture but here is what the gift card holder looks like:


This gift card holder measures 4¼" x 11" and is scored at 3," 5½," and 8" along the 11" side. Just fold your score lines, and run a thin strip of adhesive along three sides of the "M" piece. I punched a section from the middle so the gift card could slide inside the center section. I rounded my corners inside but you don't have to do that. I punched a semi-circle in the center to make it easier to grab the gift card. I had various flower stamps that I used to stamp the center section. I punched a circle in the lower half of one of the pieces of Tutti Frutti paper. I punched a circle from the Gentle Beginnings paper pack and then used my scallop punch to create a frame. I adhered it into place. The left side is left blank for my brother to add a message to her. The outside sentiment is not a stamp from The Angel Company but I do not recall where I got it. Most likely it was from the $1 bin at Michael's. If you have any questions, please let me know. There are several websites I saw this gift card holder featured on but they all have the same measurements and score lines. Some do have a belly band and more embellishments, but I thought this was sufficient alone. That is the beauty of papercrafting...you make the design your own by things you choose to do or not to do.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today. Stop by again soon! I'd love to hear from you, please leave me a comment!

Hugs,

Teacher Appreciation Gifts

Hey, everyone!

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I have come up with!

Since this is Teacher Appreciation Week, I have decided to make a little gift for my daughter's teacher and TA's. I'm sure a lot of teachers will get various gifts, but I thought I would give them something they would be able to use over and over. I made them some post-it note holders. I had fun making three of these and three note cards to go along with them!

I used the Thanks GWP stamp (TG-2913); Noir Palette Hybrid Ink Pad (TT-220); and the Mega Scalloped Circle 2½" (D-700).

I hope you like these and are inspired to make something today! Remember to thank the teachers who have made a difference in your life and the lives of your children, not just at school, but at church and any special things they've done!!

Have a great day!
Bridgett