Teacher Thanks

As a substitute teacher, I typically work in different schools each day and I don't spend a lot of time talking to other teachers in the school. I am a rather reserved person so I just go in, do a good job with the class and go home. However, I work a lot at one specific school where I also did my student teaching. This past school year, I have subbed a lot for the first grade teachers who always tried to request me when possible. They are so kind and generous and treat me like a colleague as opposed to an employee, which is how I feel at other schools. Of course, I hope to join them if a position is available and I am lucky enough to snag it for next year.

Anyway, to show my gratitude, I decided to make each of the first grade teachers a card! Luckily, my brand new set of stamps came by My Pink Stamper. I got a set of animal puns and the cupcake set and I put the animal puns to good use today! (I also got a cute set by Pink by Design, which I will show on projects at a later date!)

Without  further ado, here are the seven cards I have worked on this weekend:

All of the animals are cut from Create a Critter and the background shapes were all from Once Upon A Princess (I think). The sentiments are all from that set by My Pink Stamper, except the bird one--I have no idea who made that sentiment stamp! Of course, I added touches of ribbon, white pen and twine as necessary!

I hope you enjoy looking; I am sure they will love these cards and I had a wonderful time making them!

It's DONE!!!

I am so done with my OSU scrapbook! I think it was about a month ago that my mom told me she got OSU ribbon on clearance and I decided that I had to finally make my book from the games in 2009. I have posted my other pages previously here, here and here if you would like to take a look. And, here are the pages for the last two games and the closing page.

This is for our game against New Mexico State on Halloween:

Here are the pages from the Iowa Hawkeyes game that earned The Bucks a trip to the Rose Bowl:

And, the final page of the book!

I love this last page, especially the picture of hubby when I forced him to smile with his teeth! Such a cute face!

When I look back at the book, I wonder if it is too plain and boring. But then I realized I designed it that way in my handy-dandy idea book. I didn't want the fluff and bling--it is a football book after all! I have always been a linear scrapper and it's hard to break the mold. I am going to start scrapping pictures in 2010 (if I start with old pictures I will never get caught up!) and I will be a "fancy" scrapper. My pictures will always be the focus but I plan to use more layering, diecuts and embellishing!

8 More OSU Pages

I had most of these done the other day, I just went through and added the finishing touches today. I wanted to work on some of the My Pink Stamper challenges, but I just couldn't start more stuff without finishing a few projects. I just have way too many things going on right now!

Here are the pages from OSU VS Wisconsin:

Here are the ones from OSU VS Minnesota:

I have nine more pages to do and I am done with my book! I have most of the cuts done for those pages but I need to cut all of the photo mats, which take quite a while to do. I put the completed pages in an album today and I just love how they are looking. I can't wait to get them all done so I can show it off to my family!

National Scrapbooking Day Challenges

I have been really sick this week and I couldn't even sit up for two days so I was very behind on my Mother's Day cards. Today (Saturday--it's after midnight so this will say Sunday, but it's still Saturday to me!) My Pink Stamper had hourly challenges and I was able to fit my cards into a few of them even though I didn't get them done during the hour.

Here is the first one which is for my mom:

I am not super thrilled how to came out but it fits Challenge #4, which is simply to make a Mother's Day project. I cut the flower from Mother's Day Bouquet--it is my newest cart but I have barely used it because I have been working on a football scrapbook--no flowers in that one! I cut the middle tag from Once Upon a Princess and the word "mother's" is from Lyrical Letters.

I used memory thread and a button in the middle of the flower and i think that's my favorite part!

And, here is the other one for my mother-in-law:

Again, not super-stoked about how it came out, but it fits into Challenge #2--use kraft paper on a project. I love kraft paper so this wasn't a challenge! I used the same cartridges as the previous card and used memory thread again with a button.

The only thing I really like about this card is the adorable bow! It turned out soooo cute; just wish I didn't have to smash it to go in an envelope! Also, too bad that I forgot to give it to my mother-in-law this evening when I saw her!

I hope to complete a few more of the challenges tomorrow. Being sick kind of zapped my crafty spirit so I hope it comes back tomorrow!

OSU Scrapbook, Pg 4-11

I have 8 more pages from my OSU book that I was able to put the finishing touches on this weekend! I am just loving the way it is turning out. I have really missed scrapping and I am going to start working on my 2010 book. I decided not to start way back at 01 when I moved out or I will never catch up!

Anyway, here are the pages from two football games, USC and Illinois.

I used Sports Mania and Lyrical Letters on the cuts on these pages from the USC game. It was our first game at night at The Shoe and we had tons of fun!

It was pouring rain for the Illinois game and we huddled under the scoreboard to stay out of the rain. We sat in a section that was general admission and we always sat up there anyway, but for this game we had tons of "friends." Again, I used Sports Mania. I used the soccer scoreboard and modified it tons to fit my needs. I also used Everyday Paper Dolls to make the replicas of me and Travis. I also used Nate's ABCs for the rainboots and Pooh and Friends (I think) for the umbrella and raindrops. I also have touches of twine and ribbon throughout to add some dimension.

Thanks for looking and more to come!

OSU Scrapbook, Pg. 1-3

My hubby, Travis, and I went to every Ohio State Buckeyes home football game in 2009 and I finally gotten around to scrapping the events. Actually, I am quite glad I waited because I get to use my Cricut and I just love how it is coming out!

Here is the first page:

I used Varsity Letter tons in this book and used it for all of the big words on this page, as well as Lyrical Letters for the other smaller words. I double layered the letters in our school colors, scarlet and gray, which you will see all over this book! I am a very linear scrapper and I feel like the football book should have very little bling and embellishments. I want the focus to be on my pictures and the wonderful time I had with my husband!

Our tickets were a Christmas gift from Travis's parents and I have kept the note that his mom wrote in order to scrap it!

Here is page 2:

I used Lyrical Letters and Robotz (I think) for the title and Simply Charmed for the adorable OSU present! I cut the pennant from Sports Mania, another cartridge I used all over this book. I love that I was actually able to keep the letter and make sure everyone knows how we were able to make it to all of the games!

Here is page 3:

I absolutely love this banner that I created from Birthday Bash and Lyrcial Letters and put it together with black twine and brads. I also cut our quarterback from Everyday Paper Dolls and used Stickles on his helmet. Nothing compares to the shine from the helmets on a sunny football Saturday! I also used ribbon that my mom got me on clearance for 50 cents!

I LOVE these pages and they mean so much to my husband and I! It is the first and only time we will get go to all of the home games because the tickets are crazy expensive if you aren't a student and nearly impossible to get (if you want to sit close).

More pages to come...I have quite a few more done, I just want to put the finishing touches on them before I post!

Royal Tea Bridal Shower Blog Hop Day #2

I hope you enjoyed Day #1 of the blog hop...now on to Day #2!

You likely got to me from Monica's blog; however if you didn't you might want to start at the beginning at Ellen's blog, our wonderful hostess!

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:
Ellen at http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/
Alex at http://youhadmeatcraft.com/
Jennifer at http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
Nicolette at http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/
Jessica at http://customcreationsbyjessica.blogspot.com/
Stacey at http://creatingacraftylife.blogspot.com/
Holly at http://scrappily-everafter.blogspot.com/
Jacqueline at http://madebyjacqueline.blogspot.com/
Corri at http://buglvr.blogspot.com/
Mandie at http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
Christel at http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/
Nadia at http://nadiasbeautifulmess.blogspot.com/
Theresa at http://thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Lori at http://savingmine.blogspot.com/
Michelle at http://queenofmycraftroom.blogspot.com/
Monica at http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
Amanda at http://stellarscraps.blogspot.com/
Brynn at http://flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/
Nikki at http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
Elaine at http://expressionsbyelaine.blogspot.com/
Gina at http://ginascraftingspot.com/
Shannon at http://purplelionpaper.com/blog
Lisa at http://lisahjulberg.blogspot.com/
Jen at http://jenscraftcorner.blogspot.com/
Sue at http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Alright, here is my project! I used Disney Classics to make a Mad Hatter shaped card. While I was making the card, I was thinking about an appropriate sentiment for the silly character. Yes, of course, Johnny Depp's version kept popping in my head, but I wanted to stay true to the original Lewis Carroll version. Well, Wikipedia came to the rescue and they talked about a riddle that the Hatter said the book and I had to use it on the card.

Yes, it says "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" Completely and utter nonsense! Carroll intended to leave the riddle unanswered but after much badgering, he wrote that they were alike "Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!".

Well, if my printer had ink I would have printed out something for the inside that said "Because it can produce a few notes...oh, who cares? Let's Party!" I think it would be soooo cute for an Alice in Wonderland party!

A few closeups:

I used Varsity Letter for the words and they actually cut really good! I also pop-dotted the speech bubble, which I cut from Create a Critter, so it would stand out from the Hatter.

I hope you enjoy my project and all of the others on the hop!

Hop on over to Brynn's blog and see what she has in store for you today!