My Teacher Rocks! - Teacher Appreciation

I just wanted to share with you the last couple of things that we did for Teacher Appreciation Week.

I made this card for my daughter's teacher and included a note and a gift card.

The cut is from the Recess Cricut cartridge. I made it into a girl cut instead of a boy cut by using the hair from the girl that sits at a desk on that cartridge. This super cute face that makes it look like she is reading out loud  is from Peachy Keen Stamps The Moodies 1 1/8" face stamps. The book title is from My Creative Time's My Teacher Rocks! stamp set. I did some faux stitching and used my Versamarker as well. Oh yes and those darling little flowers in her hair can be found at Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

Here is the cute card that my daughter drew for her teacher:

And last of all we gave her about 20 homemade cards and envelopes in a bag with a topper.

The cute star on the topper is a stamp by Peachy Keen Stamps called You are a Star.

Have a great day and I will see you Wednesday for the PKS and SVG Cutting Files Blog Hop. Hugs- Glora

Peachy Keen Stamps Guest Designer Day 3

Wow, this week is flying by. I'm already half way through my Peachy dream come true designer spot. For today's back to school project I made some backpack shaped treat containers.

So those are the fronts and here are the backs of the backpacks:

The backpack pattern comes from a Cricut Cartridge called 'Life's a Party'. I first saw this backpack container on my friend, Simply Pam's blog. If you are interested in seeing a video tutorial on it click HERE, and you can go to her blog post.

Now onto the details for each of these...

This one was made using textured cardstock. I cut the container out and then I made my own patterned paper by stamping it with BEAUTIFUL sentiments off of PK-851 Teacher Says! Phrases & Faces. This set is AWESOME. As a mom I am all for having these kinds of encouraging sentiments on hand. I was going with a star theme on this one, so for my home made patterned paper I filled in with some awesome star stamps from Market Street Stamps' 'Blast Off' stamp set. And yes, that darling star in the front is a Peachy Keen Stamp. All I did was cut out a star from George and Basic Shapes at 2.25" and this darling 'You are a star...' stamp fits perfectly inside. 

For this backpack, I started with a basic piece of patterned cardstock. I stamped it randomly with the same 'Teachers Says! Phrases & Faces.' However, I also incorporated a few stamps from Emma's 'My Teacher Rocks!' set. I cut an apple from the Create a Critter cartridge and stamped it with one of the adorable faces that comes with the 'Teacher Says! Phrases & Faces.'

I want you to see just how cute this set is, so here is a picture of it...

I'm not a school teacher, but I think this set is PERFECT. Plus it comes with 3 adorable 'Basic Paperdoll Faces.' Love it!

Okay, I won't keep you any longer for today. Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS day! And thank you so much for all your sweet comments. They have been so fun to read! Hugs- Glora

The Blog Candy for this week, which was generously donated by Peachy Keen Stamps, is the new Winter Wonderland Face Assortment.

If you leave a comment here and on the Peachy Keen Stamps Home page each day this week, you will have up to 10 chances to win these adorable stamps. I will be drawing the winner on Saturday, August 27th. Best of luck!

Items Used Blue Backpack:

*Life's A Party Cricut cartridge
*George and Basic Shapes (star base)
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Teacher Says- Phrases and Faces
*Peachy Keen Stamps - You are a star...

*Market Street Stamps - Blast Off
*Glossy Accents
*Sakura White Gellyroll Pen
*American Crafts Black Pen
*Twine from The Twinery
*Grosgain stitched ribbon

Items Used Green Backpack:

*Life's A Party Cricut cartridge
*Peachy Keen Stamps - Teacher Says - Phrases and Faces
*My Creative Time stamps - My Teacher Rocks!

*American Crafts Black pen
*Twine from The Twinery
*Grograin polka dot ribbon
*Button

You are a Star!

Well, I finally got to put together my Peachy Keen Challenge entry, I knew what stamp I wanted to use almost from the moment I saw the sketch. Now I'm just getting around to making it. It was a monochromatic sketch (also allowing for white and black). I had a lot of fun with this challenge. Thanks for all of the fun PKS! The star stamp is by Peachy Keen Stamps PK-M20 you are a star... and the sentiment 'to my daughter' is from My Creative Time's Mom You ROCK!

If you are interested in cutting a star out that will fit this cute 'you are a star...' stamp perfectly, then read on.

 You will need to use the regular shaped star from George and Basic shapes. In your Gypsy size it to 2.25" height. Then you will have to undo the lock size button so that you can change the width proportion of the star (without changing the height). In the end you want a star that is 2.25" by 2.25". I think it was the perfect size. I also cut out a black star 2.5" by 2.5" as a mat for the yellow star.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Items Used:

*George and Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge

*Gypsy

*Peachy Keen Stamps - you are a star...
*My Creative Time - Mom You ROCK!
*Inking