Spa Sock "Cupcake"

This is the final piece of the end-of-year teacher gifts - a spa sock cupcake!  I found these wonderful socks that are shea butter infused and vanilla scented and feel AMAZING on your feet.  They even have a pink toe to look like a cherry top top!

I made the cupcake holder by adhering patterned paper on top of a cardstock base and then edging the top.  The tag is a punch by Marvy Uchida and the little lion is embossed on some Oliva paper, cut out and mounted.  The back of the tag says "No Lion, You're the Best"

We're having a very RAINY day today.  I rained so hard last night that two of my deep purple giant stalks of Bearded Iris broke at the base.  My son went out to grab them for me so we could bring them inside and enjoy their wonderful perfume.  I hope summer weather arrives soon in the Seattle area - I'm getting really tired of gray and raining.

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you sunshine and summer fun!

Paige

Crocodile Smile Card Set

I made this card set as part of an end-of-the-year gift for my son's 3rd Grade teacher.  She was an absolute gem - very fun, quirky and a great sense of humor so I thought this card set would suit her perfectly. 

I embossed the crocodile and smile in black embossing powder and colored this guy in using Olive re-inker.  And this is what I packaged the cards in - a sweet little box perfect for 6 notecards and envelopes:

Supplies Used:

Paper:  White Daisy CS, Olive CS, Wings Level 2

Stamps:  Life's a Jungle (retired), Take a Picture, A Little Thanks

Inks:  Versamark

Other:  Black Embossing Powder, Olive Re-inker, Waterbrush, Sweet Leaf Stitched Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope your summer is off to a fabulous start!

Hugs,

Paige

Teacher Thank You Card with CTMH Life's A Jungle, School Rules and Sweetheart

I used the Mojo Monday #195 sketch created by my awesomely talented fellow CTMH sister Debbie Carriere as the sketch basis for this card.  The other inspiration was an adorable card done by Nicole Heady with an elephant writing thank you with a pencil.  As soon as I saw it I knew I had just the stamps to make a CTMH version of the card.

Isn't that elephant just the cutest little thing ever?!?  Makes me want to hug somebody!

My favorite part was making these awesome buttons using a tip from Jeanette Lynton's blog (read it here).  She had a tip about embossing on buttons and I just loved the idea.  I've put rub ons on buttons before but never done embossing.  I embossed clear buttons with Baby Pink polka dots and then used a Sharpie to color the back of the button in black.  A little black hemp through the holes and viola! a fun and funky embellishment for this card!

If you'd like to make this card, get these supplies:

Paper:  Sweetheart Level 2

Stamps:  Life's a Jungle, School Rules, Spot on Backgrounds, Thank You

Ink:  Versamark, Bamboo

Other:  Black Embossing Powder, Baby Pink Embossing Powder, Licorice Opaques, Hollyhock ribbon, Watercolor Pencils (to color in pencil image), Black Sharpie, Gray Satin Ribbon, 3" Circle Punch, Scalloped Nestabilites, Black Hemp 

CTMH June 5th Deal of the Day - Autumn Daisy Paper Flowers (set of 75) FREE

Friday, 5th June's Deal of the Day is a tube of Aumtumn Daisy Paper Flowers (value $7.95!) from Close to my Heart for FREE with any A,B,C,D or E size Acrylix Stamp! With A sizes starting at just $10.95 this is a fabulous deal! Offer good until 8AM Saturday, 6th June.

Our Aumtumn Daisy collection of 75 flowers in two sizes comes in 3 colors - Hollyhock, Pansy Purple and White Daisy. On this card I used a smaller Hollyhock flower and a larger White Daisy flower that I sponged with Honey Ink to match the ribbon. The adorable lion was colored in using one of my all time favorite techniques - our color matched watercolor pencils and a blending pen!

Paper flowers are very versitile embellishments as you can ink them up to color match your project, stamp on them to give them patterns, paint them with Pearl Paint, layer them, put small dots of liquid glass on them to look like dew, etc. The list of things to do with these is as long as your imagination! I have a tube of every color we sell at home and I love these sweet little things!

Materials Used:

Paper: Hollyhock CS, Olive CS, White Daisy CS

Ink: Hollyhock, Black, Olive, Honey

Stamp Sets: C1257 Happy Birthday, D1285 Life's A Jungle

Other: Autumn Daisy Paper Flowers, Olive Big Brad, Watercolor Pencils, Blending Pen, Cuttlebug and unknown ribbon from stash