Rylie's Recycled Valentine Card  

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Our local newspaper, The Herald and News, has a contest going to use recycled material to make a Valentine's card (if you wanted to take a second to register and cast your vote for Rylie's card, that would be WONDERFUL!) ;o)

I thought it would be a fun project to do with my 5 year old daughter, Rylie, since she LOVES doing crafts with me (probably not as much as I enjoy the mommy/daughter time, though!) :o)

This is what we came up with...


The card "base" is a toilet paper roll, painted with left-over pink paint from Rylie's bedroom.  The brown background paper is from a dog food bag (Rachel Ray's Nutrish).  We cut the letters and flower picture out of a Family Circle magazine and the ribbon was salvaged from a birthday present (I got a lot of flak from my sweetheart for that!  "Do you want to keep the tissue paper, too?  Maybe you could iron it out..."  Men!  They just don't understand!  hahaha  Anyway, the netting is from some sort of packaging that I've been hoarding away because of its potential.  Shhh don't tell - I would NEVER hear the end of that one! :o)


The inside.

All together the front says, "Love is" and the inside says, "U & me"


Of course, NO Valentine would be complete without a sweet Edwin and Tilda.  The tags were cut from a Little Debbie's snack box with my favorite Magnolia Tag Die.  They were too big to fit in the "card" so we had to do some improvising and trim them down a bit.  I must admit that I cheated when I colored them up.  Have you ever tried coloring on the inside of a snack box???  It doesn't work so great.  We also painted the backs and edges of the tags with the bedroom paint.

There you have it!  It was fun and for a good cause - all the entries are going to the Senior Center on Valentine's day.

:o)

Rylie :o)

ScrapGirl Angie's Amazing Candy!  

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So, for anyone who is obsessed with Magnolia stamps (and who isn't, really?!) you know there are some A-M-A-Z-I-N-G card artists out there. And yes, they really do turn cardmaking into an art! Well, one of those very talented ladies is Angie Hunt. Another is Suzanne Dean.

Suzanne founded an online "class" that teaches people how to use Copic markers, Color Me Creative Classroom. Now, Angie is also teaching a class through CMCC for distress inks. If you have seen her work, I don't have to tell you it's beautiful! If you haven't, you're missing out (seriously, go check it out!) BUT lucky us!!! Angie is giving away 1 free membership to her distress inks class through CMCC. Yay!

So what are you waiting for?? Get on over to Angie's blog and enter to win this FABULOUS candy!!!

Teacher Gift Set  

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Good evening all my blogging buddies! I received an email today from my nearest and dearest friend, Jennifer, demanding requesting that I add another post to my somewhat neglected new blog. Then she proceeded to send me pictures she had taken of cards I have made. How, umm, thoughtful?

So here is a gift set I made for my son's teacher at the beginning of the school year.


I used Tilda with Curls colored with SU reinkers.  The ribbon is from my stash and the pearl brad is American Crafts Elements.  I cut apart a Prima Pearls and Swirls for the bling.


I'm not sure why Tilda looks so washed out but I did use a flesh tone to color her!  I also used Stickles and Crystal Effects for her shoes and roses.


The flowers are Prima with a die from SU for the leaves.  The red rose was white but it didn't match very well so I used my SU reinkers to color it.  I dry embossed all the dps for a little more texture...and because it's just a fun effect!


I finished off the inside of my card with the saying, "A teacher effects eternity, he can never know where his influence stops" ~Henry Adams.  (And yes, Jennifer obviously took the pictures AFTER we signed the card.  How embarrassing!) :o)


The gift box I decorated for the card.


The inside of the box with the card wrapped up all nice and pretty!


Last but not least, the altered tin I made and filled with all sorts of yummy chocolates for my son's AMAZING teacher!

I apologize for the ridiculously long post.  Thanks for sticking it out!  Until next time...

:o)
Cassy