Celebrate!

                     

Yup…you got it!  Another birthday card.  How could you tell?  LOL

Birthdays are always a reason to celebrate in our family.

This one is for my BIL, so it couldn’t be all “girled” up.

Festive papers, yummy stamps- and there you have it.  I used a CTMH stamp of course…I have been using them a lot lately.  But not to worry- I won’t let the other stamps get jealous.  They will be used soon!

                     

 

This is also one card that is perfect for guys.  I do think that next time, I will add a candle on top of the cupcake.

This card is festive, but not too frilly. 

                    

Ok – I did add just a little frill.  Just a little ribbon and decorative paper on the inside. 

There you go- Happy Birthday!

Halloween Teacher Treats

Halloween has come and gone.  We have such a fun time at Halloween- costumes, candy and of course the tricking & treating!

This year I decided not to do treats for the kids in the boys classes.  We have quite a few kids that do not celebrate holidays or birthdays.   It didn’t seem fair to make something for only some of them.

I did make a little something for their wonderful teachers and ladies in the front office. 

Here are the cute candy corn treats I made for the front office ladies. 

                   

 

I found this tutorial on the Clearly i Stamp blog.  She always has such cute ideas. 

           

Here is the link with all the measurements:

Candy Corn Holder Tutorial

These were super simple to make.  I am already thinking of the many projects I can conjure up with the same concept!

                    

For the teachers I decorated a clear plastic “paint bucket”.  I found these by accident when I was at Michael’s Craft Store one afternoon. 

                      

I decorated it with Halloween scrapbook paper & ribbon.  Then filled it with candy! 

Mmmmm…candy corn!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!  We did- and we have the candy to prove it!  The boys made out like bandits this year!

Back to School Teacher Gifts

It is that time of year!  Back to School!

My boys were excited to meet their teachers, check out their classes and see which friends they would get to spend the year with.

   

I decided to make teacher gifts.  You saw that coming, right?

It all started with my sister’s craft/stamping class.  Every 3rd Sunday from 2-5, if you are in the SA area- you should come check it out.  She always has cool projects for us to do!

Last class we made a super cute apple basket.  I used them to contain my teacher gifts.

                      

I made a notebook organizer thingy.  I modeled it after one my sister had made for GNO…I’m such a copy-cat.  But hey, it was super cute- you would want to copy it too.

        

I  also made a post-it note holder and a papered pen to match.

        

So that they had a little something sweet- I put in a couple of chocolate covered pretzels in as well.

       

I think it actually turned out pretty cute. 

For the first day of school, every teacher needs a little something sweet to get her through the day.

                         

I put chocolate chip cookies in cello bags and tied them with ribbon.  Made these simple little brown paper bags, and there you have it.  My alternative to the traditional apple.

I hope they like them.  I can’t wait to get started on the next project.