Card Set

Happy Monday evening!

Every year, I make a set of cards to donate to our preschool's silent auction. This is the first year we are not at the preschool :(

I made this set using PTI's Stitched Sentiments for the floral portion, and Wplus9's banner die and Written on Ribbon.











I had so much fun making these. Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Happy Birthday and Thanks

I'm back after a break with some cards that I made for our pool's silent auction this weekend.

I made a set of cards using Wplus9's Happy Harvest. It is so cute! Check out those adorable sunflowers!



I had a "cheap attack" (ahem...Suzanne ;) ) and didn't buy the dies, but the images were very easy to cut out. For the first card I used PTI's woodgrain impression plate on the background kraft cardstock. The square and layer were cut with PTI's Limitless Layers Square dies. Sentiment from Happy Harvest.



Same idea, different impression plate. This time I used PTI's Linen one on the Simply Chartreuse layer. This sentiment is also from Happy Harvest.

I made one other one with the exact same design and a "thinking of you" sentiment. I'll be back later to show the super cute scarecrow cards made using the same set.

Hope you're having a great week!
Melissa

Harvest Berries card set

I've been working on some sets of cards that will be donations to our preschool's silent auction.

Here is the first one: a set of cards using Harvest Berries. This may look familiar, and it is! I copied myself and redid this card .





I used sentiments from the Year of Flowers series, and the little butterfly from Round and Round. I used Berry Sorbet ink and ribbon, Aqua Mist ink and ribbon, Autumn Rose ink and ribbon, and Grape Jelly (Memento) ink and Royal Velvet ribbon, along with kraft ink and cardstock, and Vintage Cream cardstock.

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Two More Teachers Notecard Sets

Thanks for all the sweet comments on my post yesterday! Today, I'll share the other two sets that I made for my son's teacher and the paraeducator who worked in his class all year.

This is a photo of the notecards packaged up. My son told me his teacher's favorite color is purple, so I created the notecards with that in need.



Included are 8 different notecards, with various sentiments.



Here is the thank you card for her, also in purple :)I made it using Wondeful word die and stamps, Polka Dot Basics, By the Number Impression plate and some gems.



Next, here is the notecard set that I made for our wonderful paraeducator. For theses I used Botanical Silhouettes, with Summer Sunrise and Raspberry Fizz cardstock as the base.





And finally, her thank you card, made using Edgers #2 (thanks, Deb!!), paper from Echo Park, and Wonderful Words die and stamps.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Teacher Notecard Gift Sets

Hello! I haven't posted in over three weeks! Lately, I've been feeling like blogging is a lot of work....but I think it's just the business of the end of the school year talking. I have been making a ton of stuff, though!

Tomorrow is my son's last day of kindergarten. What an amazing year it's been! He has grown so much: physically, academically and emotionally. I give most of that credit to his great school and all his wonderful teachers. They are so important and I wanted to let them know that they are appreciated, so I made them each a unique notecard set. I'll share the gift sets for all his "specials" teachers today (PE, music, art, etc) and will post again tomorrow with two more sets for his homeroom teacher and paraeducator.

First up are the notecards for our music teacher:


I used a Royal Velvet base for each notecard and stamped a music strip (Waltzingmouse Stamps) on the bottom of each white layer using Tuxedo Black ink. The "just a note" sentiment comes from Postmarks.



Next, is the set for our PE teacher.



For these, I stamped three balls from "Have a Ball", masking a bit, and coloring the basketball with Copics. I left off a sentiment on these.



Each tag hanging from the card box was stamped with "thanks for all you do" from Mat Stack 2 Collection (or is it Mat Stack 1???)

We have the most amazing Media Specialist...anytime I come in for an evening meeting she is still there working!



This set was stamped with images and a saying from All Booked Up.



For her notecards, there are stamped envelopes with the open book image. A fun touch that I usually forget to add :)

My son's class also has an devoted ESOL teacher who comes in daily to work with the ESOL students. Although she doesn't work one-on-one with my son, I still wanted her to know that she is appreciated!



And the last set for today is probably my favorite! My son adores art class and his art teacher!



I decided not to color the paintbrushes on the tag, as the Copics would bleed through.



Thanks for taking a look at my gigantic, photo-heavy post today!

Hope you are enjoying your last days of school, or the beginnings of summer!
Melissa

Make It Monday: Embossing

Hi! It's been a long time...life has been busy!! I want to share a set of cards that I made using heat embossing (one of my favorite techniques!). These cards are part of a bundle that I'll be donating for my daughter's preschool silent auction fundraiser.



The design is the same for all six: a die-cut Mat Stack 4 stamped with several images from that same set, a heat-embossed background using a stamp from Damask Designs, and several different sentiments from various sets.



On some of the cards, I rounded the bottom edges. I chose not to include ribbon on these, so they are easily mailable.



I wanted to include a variety of sentiments, they come from Vintage Picnic, Just the Ticket, and Star Prints.



And finally a photo of that lovely embossing!



Thanks for coming by to look!
Melissa


Stamps: Mat Stack 4 Collection, Damask Designs, Star Prints, Just the Ticket, Vintage Picnic
Ink: Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow, Raspberry Fizz,Spring Rain, Berry Sorbet (all PTI), Night Sky, Lulu Lavendar, Grape Jelly, and Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Paper: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Smokey Shadow, Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartruese, Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Hawiian Shores, Enchanted Evening, Royal Velvet and Lavendar Moon
Other: Clear Detail embossing powder (Filigree), heat tool, Mat Stack 4 Die, Foam tape, corner rounder