Gifts for Teachers, Students, and V.T.'s

Some pics of my latest crafting efforts. Made these for Jackson's teacher, my voice students and my visiting teachees. (Each tin has a couple cards - I have a few samples showing.) I've really enjoyed using my D.S.P. for these - and of course, embellishments!

VSN Nights are the BEST!!!

I love VSN nights (virtual stamp nights) with my sister-in-law, Sarah. Even though we live Miles apart - get it, MILES :) (she's in Colorado Springs, CO) we've continued to spend time stamping "together" with our VSN's. We both have video cams and so we take turns putting together a craft item to be worked on together and then stamp/craft in real time as we watch each other on our screens. It's awesome! It so works!

Here is the latest VSN from last night - the swing card! Sarah did a great job in walking me through the various steps to achieve the right folds and cuts - great job, Sarah! I chose to use the Tart and Tangy set (I'm SO glad SU didn't retire this one or the matching paper!) I like the bright colors and cheerful images.

Here's the card in mid "swing" so to speak. WHHHHEEEEEE!

This is the "flip-side" of the card. Again, I kept my layout and accessories simple but liked the way it came out - a nice and clean design. I love the rub-ons - so easy to use and such a nice compliment.
These two are from when I did the vsn last. I think I've heard of this called the "diaper fold" although it probably goes by a few names. This was also featured fairly recently on a Martha Stewart website. When my mom was out recently, she used the cherry theme and I liked it so much, I made my own. Then Sarah suggested a handle of some sort - and this is what I came up with - would be fun with some candies or even small cards or gift-cards.

Here's the front of the pop-up card Sarah had us work on a couple weeks ago. I kept mine pretty simple on the front and inside.

Here's the inside of the pop-up card. I'm not sure if you can tell from the pic, but the flower on the left side bottom area sticking out and pops-up when you open the card.

Not sure, but hey, I crafted!

When I first saw this stamp set from Stampin' Up!, I got really excited, but once I had it in hand, I found it harder to be creative. Here's one of my first attempts - not perfect, by hey, I'm just glad I did SOMETHING! :) It's a little...um...DARK, to say the least...

"She's all that" and more

Easter goodies for teachers

So I wanted to give Jackson's teacher's at school something for Easter and I saw these cute ideas on Splitcoast - had to give it a try! Here's the funny part: A few weeks after I gave them these, Jackson came home with some of the jellybeans as a "treat" that day for doing something good. Maybe I should have stuffed them with chocolate instead! Probably would have been consumed faster! :)

On a roll...

More "craftsiness" time...WaHOO!

I remember loving this dragonfly when I first saw it. I did a complete CASE from a crafter on SCS - I need to find the link to pay due respect. I love that it has the well-known verse from Ecclesiastes (3:1).

This is like the card I recently sent to my dad for his 70th b-day (except his said "Don't think "old"..." on the front bottom right side and on the inside said "just think "Classic!") This is another CASE from SCS but I used different DSP. I made this one a little more generic.

I don't how long I waited before finally busting out my Floral background stamp...but I finally did to recreate this card I think I learned from my friend Tandy - just awesome!

What if I faked amnesia...

to account for my lack of crafty posts? Would that work?

I HAVE actually been crafty and my fingers have been inky on several occassions, but I just haven't forced myself to put the pics up on the blog. Here are a couple of shots, though, of one of my most recent dabbles in the crafting world: Valentines gifts to the kids' teachers.

These are both fun and fairly easy to make. Inside I put the Ghiradelli (sp?) chocolates in milk and dark. The teachers seemed to appreciate a more "sophisticated" (wink wink) presentation to their chocolate indulgance - and to that I say "ENJOY!"