Family Pictures

Here are some family pictures we took at a graduation party. Everyone was being so silly so I thought it was the perfect time for pictures. Once again, Danny was trying not to smile. That is me with my daughter, Casey and my husband with Danny.

Scrappin the 4th!

I like to scrap pictures of our annual parade and fireworks and then every year I leave sitting out the pictures from the previous year for everyone to see. Some years the pictures are of the same people and sometimes there are new people in the crowd. This day is so much fun at our house. We don't even invite anyone because everyone and their brothers show up anyway.

Fourth of July pages are fun to do.

Thank Ewe

This card was made for a friend who asked me to make her a few thank you cards. Well this is what I came up with. This little guy is so cute! I used SU purely pomegranite and the flower paper is also from SU. The white paper was Cuttlebugged. The little flower stamp was from one of the dollar stamp sets from Michaels and I added a little Bling to the middle of the flower. I may have to make a batch of these to keep on hand. Well, school is out for the weekend. I know it is only Thursday but we always have this Friday off. It's great. 4 days off already, Yipee!! More time to stamp!!

Enjoy!!

New Blogger in Town

There is a new blogger in town. Stop by http://whimsicalthoughts-toni.blogspot.com/ and check out her new blog. She left me a real sweet message so I thought I would plug her site.
I haven't had a chance to stamp since the weekend because of school. Boy, what a week we
had! It has been back in the 90's and our school is overheated. I do have several orders already from fellow teachers. So that is how I will spend my weekend. (Isn't that ashame)!
TA TA for now!!

Lazy Boy 2

Here is another version of the last card I made. I just turned the card sideways and added a ribbon. I pierced the blue paper and colored it in with my prismas. This stamp is so fun I've made several cards today with it. Enjoy!

Lazy Boy

This scene looks so familiar around my house. I cased this card from Julie over at Stamped in His Image. The coloring isn't quite the same but the rest is. The cream paper is Barely Banana from SU and the strips are from my scrap drawer so I'm not sure about it. I colored it in with my prismas and used the CM oval cutter . The saying and the stamped image is from
My Favorite Things. I have a very hard time adhering the brick brack to the paper every time I use it. Any ideas? I used the mini dots but they always seem not to stick for very long.
Well, I'm off to Home Depot for some Gamsol and then lesson plans. Doesn't that sound like fun!
I always tell myself that if I can get my school work done early enough then I can head over to my stamping table . So off I go! (Puff, Puff)!! Have a great week!

Happy Graduation!

Believe it or not I'm still making graduation cards. Yep, this is the last graduation card for 2007. I use the purely pomegranite paper from SU and the diamond paper is also SU. The stamp set is from the graduation set at SU and I found these cute little brads that are for graduation. The ribbon is from M and I know it is sort of big but I want the Congratulations to show. The cap is put on with a 3D Zott so it stands up a little. I know it's hard to tell. This card was for another neice who graduated from 8th grade way back in June.

Well, I've been back in school yesterday and today. I have a wonderful class. The heat has come back. I'm sure it reached 90 degrees or higher in our room. I teach at a catholic school so we have a church attached to our school and it happens to be very close to my classroom. So this afternoon we took a cooling break and held class in the church. The kids got a kick out of it but it sure helped out. Since the weather is supposed to be hot all next week too, we just might never see our classroom and end up in church all week. What a holy bunch of kids I'll have!

Anyway, take care and have a great weekend!!

Time to Shop

I made this card for my niece who was turning

16. It was right up her alley. What 16 year old doesn't like to shop?! The orange paper came from Archivers and the flower paper once again is from my DCWV packet. The flowers are Primas and the purple paper came from my scrap drawer. I used my "fancy" scissors to scallop the purple paper. My bella girlfriend was colored in with prismas. Enjoy and thanks for visiting.

Blog Candy Card / Monkey Business

This card was made for the blog candy challenge over at Stampingranny. I have never made one before and really wasn't going to but Deb left me such a nice comment I thought I better get started on my challenge. Thanks, Deb! It was fun to do , especially working with this monkey.

It has not stopped raining all day so what is a girl to do?! I made a trip to Archivers and purchased this cute monkey set. It is from Stampendous. The paper is also from Archivers and doesn't have a color name. The vine paper came from DCWV packet. I colored Changito in with my prisma pencils and here we have it!! The cutest card and little monkey. I just love it!

Sorry if I am tootin' my own horn but I have seen many cards made with him and he has been on my wish list for quite a while. Anyway, thanks for challenging me, Deb. I will be making more of these cards. Thanks to EVERYONE for leaving such nice comments on my blog!

Have a great and dry night!

Wicked

This is the card I created for the fall swap over at Craftyme . I love making Halloween cards. I traced the shoe pattern from the magazine Paper Crafts last fall. The green paper is from Karen Foster and the polka dots paper is from Reminisce and the orange paper came from Archivers and doesn't have a name on it. I used the SU tag punch and the saying is from a set is from a packet of stamps from Craft Essentials which I bought from JoAnn's. Can you tell that I glittered the star? When I made this card last year it sold like hotcakes at school. I guess I'll have to be making more for this year. This was a fun card to make. I was busy making several cards last night so I'll be posting them real soon.

Finally the weather has broke. I am sitting here with a sweatshirt on and that is great (however it is raining). School starts this week and my room is all ready, I'm not sure I am. But I guess I have no choice. I wish all blogging teachers GOOD LUCK this year and have a great one!!