School Christmas Tree

Hello all, I hope you are all having a good day!  I finally got my computer to load these pictures. I have been having a little technical difficulty with my camera and computer working together.

I am sharing with you today a big project that happened back at the beginning of December.  After Thanksgiving break my son's teacher asked for my help in Decorating a Christmas Tree.  The first grade was asked to come and decorate the tree at our local bank. The Principal put my son's teacher in charge of the project, and then she came to me knowing that I am crafty.
We all loved it and thought it turned out really cute!

I made all the ornaments using my Cricut. Cartridges used are Doodlecharms and Locker Talk. The school provided me with the paper. I ended up making about 24 of each of the buses, scissors, & glue. I made 120 apples and we put all of the kids pictures on the apples and had them right their name on the back. We used some other school supplies like the crayons and pencils to help fill it in.

The Teacher provided the bow and I just added the school initials in the center.

Thank you so much for visiting today! Happy Crafting!

World's Best Teacher!

Hello all, today I am sharing with you this fun home decor piece that I made for my daughter's 4th grade teacher. I love getting to know the teacher's and I ask them about their favorite color, hobbies, when their Birthday is, etc. That helps me in making fun gifts for them throughout the year. 

This teacher's favorite color is hunter green so I chose a dark green to be the base for this project and it worked out so perfect because it made it look like a chalkboard. I really love how it turned out and she absolutely loved it and couldn't wait to hang it up in her classroom. 

Here are the supplies I used:

Locker Talk, Doodlecharms, & Cricut Craft Room Basics cartridges

Some of the paper is from DCWV & Fancy Pants Designs

All the rest of the paper is scraps from my stash

 "Hey Teacher" 3x4 stamp set from Simon Says Stamp

Versamark ink, Tea Dye Distress ink and Memento Rich Cocoa ink

Blending tool from Ranger 

White Embossing Powder from Stampedous

Wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen

Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Mounting Foam

Tombow tape runner

White gel pen

gray brad

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Card Swap Cards for October and November!

Okay so I have some catching up to do! I really have been doing a lot of crafting and creating. I now have a facebook page just for my crafting. It is called Imagination Attic of course!  I have been posting on it more than my blog but I really want get better at posting on both sites.  

My last post was the card that I made for the September card swap group that I am a part of, well today I will share with you  the cards for October and November.  In my group we do Christmas cards in October and November and then we make tags for the month of December.  So here is what I came up with:

 

For this beautiful blue card I used the stamp set Perfect Fit-Holidays from Close to My Heart. 

Memento Tuxedo Black ink for the bird and EK Success colored pencils

VersaMark ink and blue & silver embossing powder for the other two stamps.

Embossing Buddy from Stampin' Up 

Blue ColorBox ink for edging

Patterned paper and cardstock 

Silver twine

I made my own glitter spritz with Perfect Pearls powder 

Mounting Foam Tape 

 Create a Critter Cartridge

Cuttlebug-Swiss dots folder

Stamp is from Close to my Heart-Christmas Greetings

I made my own glitter paper with VersaMark ink & Kaleidoscope embossing powder from Stampendous

Tim Holtz-Tea Dye distress ink and Memento Rich Cocoa were used for shading and antiqueing

Mounting Foam Tape

Doodlecharms Cartridge

Cuttlebug

Recollections Stamp set-Merry, Merry

K & Co. patterned paper

Memento rich cocoa ink and ColorBox green ink for edging

glitter spray using Perfect Pearls powder

Mounting Foam Tape

Stampin' Up stamp set-Holiday Spirit

VersaMark ink and Pirate Gold Embossing powder from Stampendous

Embossing Buddy from Stampin' Up

Mounting Foam Tape

Ribbon

Create a Critter Cartridge

Cuttlebug with Diagonal Stripes from Sizzix 

Close to My Heart stamp set-Christmas Greetings

ColorBox ink in Green and blue for shading

Stampin' Up ink in Real Red for stamping

Stickles- Stardust, Christmas Red, and Waterfall

Mounting Foam Tape

Thanks for visiting my blog today and enjoyed my creations!

Pastel Birthday Calender!

Hello blogging world, long time no see. Life has been so crazy-we moved into a newer and bigger house and it has just taken all of my time.  I have many old projects to share but not as many new ones but I am working on it.  In the mean time I am going to share with you lots of old projects that I just never got around to posting!  

First up is one of my Birthday Calenders-this one is white and pastel colors.  I make and sell these at our local fair in Hurricane.  I only had three left over from last year and this is one of them.  I am hoping to sell some of my crafts online to get some extra money that we need to help pay off some bills and be able to let my kids be involved in activities like dance and soccer.  

I really like how the pastel calender looks, it is so pretty in real life and there is a little bit of sparkle on it that doesn't show up in the picture.  I sell these Calenders for $20.  If anyone is interested just leave me a comment with your email and we can make arrangements to get it shipped to you! 

Thank you for taking the time to take a look at my creations!  Have a wonderful day!

My Birthday banner

Good morning all, I hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far.  I wanted to show you the Banner I made for my Birthday party.  I really love how it turned out, being only the second one I have done.  The color sceme for my party was pink, black, white, and silver.  

All the ladies had a good time. One of the ladies made the comment that none of them work on any of their scrapbooks or projects unless it is when I have a get together for them to work on their stuff.  So we are planning to get together again soon, I think I am going to plan a "crop til you drop" event about every three months or so, so that we can all have some extra time set a side to work on things without other distractions.

My wonderful Husband took the kids out so us ladies wouldn't have the kid distraction.  When they came back home they brought an Ice Cream Cake from Dairy Queen with them for me, how sweet! I love my family!  Well, on to the pictures:

Cartridges: Pretty Pennants, Doodlecharms, Plantin Schoolbook, Mini-Monograms
Stampin' Up for roller stamp
Versamark and Colorbox inks
Black embossing powder from Stampendous
Paper is Bazzill
I used the Cuttlebug on the cupcakes and letters
Silver Stickles
Pink and Black Glitter Toulle

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 ME!

Hi all, I know it's been a long while, I actually made a bunch of Christmas projects and then realized after I had already given them away that I forgot to take pictures.  Well, I have to share with you today the invitation I made for my Birthday Party!  Yes, I am giving myself a party.  I am having some of my crafty friends over to have a fun night of crafting, with some yummy food too! 
Well, here it is:

Cartridges: TBBM and Doodlecharms
Stampin' Up for sentiment, roller stamp, and ink
Stampendous for black embossing powder
Cuttlebug-Swiss Dots folder
Silver Stickles
Ribbon from my stash

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, hope you have a great week!

Birthday Cake Boxes for Talia and Becca!

Hi everyone, long time no post.  I came across these pictures and realized I forgot to post them, so here they are.  I like how both of them turned out, and the girls really liked them too! 

The first one is for Talia:

Cartridges: TBBM, Simply Charmed
Drippy Goo punch from Martha Stewart
Stamp from My Pink Stamper
Ink from Colorbox
Stickles

This next one was made for Becca:

Cartridges: TBBM, Doodlecharms
Border punch from Fiskars
Stamp from My Pink Stamper
White embossing powder from Stampendous
Stickles

Thanks for stopping by, I am hoping to have up some Christmas projects tomorrow, see you then!

Teacher Appreciation!

Hello all you crafters,
Today I am going to share with you what I made for my daughter's 1st Grade Teacher.  Besides making a personal gift for her I was in charge of decorating her door for the week.  I have to say I really like how my projects turned out.  

First project is a wooden pencil painted and decorated for the teacher's desk.  As you can see I glittered the eraser, I wound wire around the metal part for the pencil and I used vinyl for the name. 

 For the door I made my very first banner!  I love it! 

I cut the letters from the Boys will be Boys cartridge. 

I put a little bit of bling on each of the letters with stickles. 

I put it up so that she would walk under the banner, instead of putting it flush on the paper. 

I think she is going to keep it up for a long time. 

Cartridges:  George & BS, Locker Talk, Doodlecharms, Boys will be Boys

I used a lot of stickles, some glossy accents, & pop dots.

I used some rainbow ribbon to tie it together. 

And of course I used my Gypsy for the whole project!

Sorry for so many pictures, I was just really proud of this project and wanted to show it off!

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you were inspired.