And the winner is...

Hello Friends! Please see the below for the winner of the giveaway:

The winner of your drawing is…

1st	Laura Fuller

It's a Giveaway!     1st drawing held by Carol's Custom Cards     Completed on Friday, 31 July 2015 at 23:05:25 UTC     9 entrants, 1 winner You will find the full record of this drawing here:     https://www.random.org/draws/details/?draw=31341 CONGRATULATIONS LAURA!! You will receive the goods on Monday!!! I want to thank everyone for participating in the giveaway, I appreciate your support very much! Have a great weekend, and thank you so much for stopping by! Carol

A winner will be announced tomorrow...

Hello Friends! Just popping in to let you know I'll be posting a winner from my giveaway tomorrow, 07/31. I heard a few folks were having problems leaving a comment but you should be able to click on the icon for either Google (if you have a gmail account), or Facebook to post your comment. I hope that helps and good luck!

I also have a card to share today.

I made this card for my co-worker. She lives in Texas and she sent me a of coffee called The Taste of San Antonio. She's been telling me about it for awhile, and let me tell you it was worth the wait! The coffee has a hint of cinnamon, chocolate, and vanilla it's very good! It's almost like you're drinking dessert. :-) You know I love coffee and you also know how strongly I feel about sending thank you cards, so this is the card I came up with to send to her.

 

I decided to use the chalkboard technique for this card, and used white and gold embossing powders for the sentiment and the stack of coffee cups. I used my Copics to color the cups and it really helped that I embossed the cards because it makes it harder to color outside of the lines! I really like this stamp set and I'm not sure why I don't pull it out more often. It's a set from PTI and it's called Latte Love - cute, huh?!

 

That's it for me today, I hope you have a nice evening and I'll check back in tomorrow with the giveaway winner! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol



It's a Giveaway!

Hello Friends! I apologize for the brief hiatus, but I have been busy crafting so I can host a giveaway for you! So, I'll skip the chit-chat and get right to the goods. :-) Take a look at this sweet little bundle!

 

 

 

 

 

Don't you just love it!! So, included in this giveaway is a set of 6 notecards (blank inside). They measure 4.25 x 4.25 and they come with cute kraft envelopes. There is also one of my favorite things, a notepad, along with a Starbucks gift card and did you see that cute lip balm holder?! You're the BALM, you know I love punny sayings! I found that print and cut card in the Silhouette online store, can't get much easier than that! And, I love the EOS lip balm, it really does soften and moisturize your lips.

 

So, all you have to do is post a comment to be entered to win! Let me know what you like about the blog, what you would like to see, or just say Hey Girl! :-) If you post anonymously, please be sure to add your email address so I can reach you. I will select a winner through Random.org on Friday, July 31st.

 

Thanks for stopping by, and Good Luck!

 

Carol

 

THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED 

 

Keep Calm and Teach On

Hello Friends! Happy 4th of July! Do you have plans to barbeque, get your drink on (even it's just soda), and see some fireworks? We've invited friends and family over to our house for all of the above! Right now the sky is dark, and there's some thunder going on but hopefully we'll have a downpour now so it can clear up later. Keep your fingers crossed!

Today, I have a couple of projects to share with you. The lead teacher in Paige's classroom has been out with a back injury for the past couple of weeks and Paige misses her dearly! The two of them created a bond when she was in the infant room, and now they are BFF's! I wanted to make her a card to let her know that Paige is thinking about her, and I made another project that she can hopefully put on the wall in her classroom.

Remember when I mentioned that I had another shaker card to share, well that cute pencil is it! Isn't it adorable! It's perfect for a teacher, and it would also be cute for a set of Just a Note cards and I'm sure I'll be using it again and again.

 

The canvas project was done using my Silhouette. I downloaded the apple and sentiment from the Silhouette School blog it was a freebie! I must say that adding vinyl to canvas is NOT easy! I had to prime the canvas using two coats of gesso, then I added a coat of mod podge. I thought it would work if I added the vinyl while the mod podge was wet, but that was not the case! I waited for it to dry completely, then I was able to transfer the vinyl a little easier. This project was a little tougher than I anticipated but I'm glad I hung in there because I love the results.

 

Well, I need to start cleaning the house and get ready for our guests. Have a happy and safe 4th of July!

 

Carol

Thanks honey

Hello Friends! Happy hump day! Well, it's been quite the week for me. I mentioned that Paige had a fever over the weekend, well yesterday morning it went up to 102! I took her to the doctor and my poor little punkin has an ear infection. She's on antibiotics, plus a breathing treatment because her chest is really congested. She already seems to be doing better, so we'll see how she does at daycare.

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my co-worker. He recently went on vacation to upstate New York and he brought back several jars of honey made with buckwheat. He's been telling me for awhile that I need to substitute the sugar I use in my tea for honey, so he brought me a bottle. Can you say delicious?! It is REALLY GOOD! So, you know I had to make a thank you card for him!

I'm sure you can guess that I cut the honey jar and honey with my Silhouette! I used a piece of vellum cardstock I bought from Michael's to cut out the jar, you know to make it look glass-like! I also cut the honeycomb from my Silhouette put some patterned paper behind it to add some interest. Then I stamped the thanks sentiment and used my paper trimmer to cut that out. The word honey was added with stickers. I hope he likes it!

 

Well, let me go check on my little patient. I hope you have a great day, and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol