End of year teacher gift

Hello Friends! First, I'd like to wish everyone in the US a Happy Memorial Day, and extend my thanks to all of those who have lost their lives serving for our great country.

I'm popping in quickly today to share an end of the year teacher gift. The last day of "school" for Paige was Friday and she starts her first Summer Camp this week. I'm so excited for her! So, one of the mom's in Paige's class emailed me and asked if we could raise money for our two teachers and provide them with gift cards on the last day of school. Since I'm the Room Parent, I immediately said Yes! It was kind of last minute but in five days we raised $250.00! I purchased Visa gift cards for both teachers, and of course I had to make a cute card!

I absolutely love this shaker pencil from PTI. There are tiny letters in the "eraser" that shake, and then the body of the pencil has sequins. I used Echo Park Teacher's Pet patterned paper - this is such a cute paper pad! I added a strip of notebook paper to the bottom and stamped For A Special Teacher using PTI's Keep it Simple: Teacher set. You have no idea how excited I am that Paige is in daycare, because I am thoroughly enjoying making teacher gifts!

 

Well, we are spending the holiday weekend potty training...it is no easy task! I'm sure she'll catch on soon (at least that's what I'm praying!). If you have any potty training tips, feel free to drop me a line! :-)

 

Have a great day, and thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

Mini album

Hello Friends! I hope you're having a great weekend! Ours has been very nice, even though it's been raining like crazy every afternoon. I guess the summer has officially arrived! Well, today I have something a little different to share...a mini album! It's funny because scrapbooking is what led me to cardmaking, and now I rarely scrapbook. I really need to get back into it especially since Paige is growing like a weed. I need to capture all of these moments!

Okay, so back to the mini album. One of the mom's at Paige's school is a sweetheart and she recently had a baby girl. I wanted to make something for her and decided to go with a mini onesie album from Lori Whitlock (Silhouette Design Store #68101). I personalized it with the baby's name, Soma (so cute).

I cut each of the onesies with chipboard to give it a little stability then I used the same patterned paper pack for the entire album - Happy Girl by Dena. I added a few chipboard embellishments and tied some ribbon to the O-rings. All Jessica has to do is add photos!

 

I also made a matching card (also from Silhouette - Lori Whitlock):

I enjoyed this project a lot! I need to make one for my own daughter, LOL! Well, I hope the rest of your day is fantastic! Thank you so much for stopping by.

 

Carol

May your coffee be strong...

Hello Friends! I hope you had a nice weekend. Mine was really good, but very HOT! I can't believe how hot and humid it is already! It's funny, living in South Florida, you seem to conveniently forget how darn hot it is down here until summer hits again! Oh well, I guess I better up the water intake, and note to self: buy more sleeveless tops! LOL!

So, today I'm popping in to share a cute coffee card with you. You all know that I love me some coffee, and when I saw this sentiment from Taylored Expressions I knew it had to be mine!

Isn't that awesome! I've had the stamp set for a little while now, but just recently had a chance to ink it up. I gave this card to one of the mom's at Paige's school, Candice, she is so sweet! We had a quick conversation one day and she mentioned that she drinks an iced coffee from Dunkin' Donuts every morning, it's her "me" time. So, I decided to make her a card and drop a DD gift card inside. She really liked it, and I was so happy to make her day.

 

As you can see, I pulled out my plaid patterned paper from Lawn Fawn {again} and added those coffee cup stains to the background. That's actually a wood block stamp from Hero Arts called Painted Circle. I added that cute mug from PTI's Candy Cane Christmas stamp and die set, even though it's a holiday set, it's definitely all-year-around worthy!

 

Well, I have to get ready for a business trip so I will leave you for now. But, as the card says, May your Coffee be Strong and your Monday be Short! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol

You are a sweetheart

Hello Friends! I know it's been awhile, I sure hope you missed me! Happy Friday the 13th! Any horror film fans out there? I know I am, I think that a Friday the 13th marathon is coming on tonight! I may have to check it out! LOL! I'm back today with a card to share that I made for a sweet co-worker of mine.

This card was a cinch to whip up! I used some of my favorite patterned paper from PTI, Vintage Linens. Then I embellished it a little with some die cut flowers from the Rosie Posie stamp set, also from PTI. I decided to do something a little different for me, and die cut a circle and added some blue shading with Tim Holtz distress ink.  The cute sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and it's called Hello Beautiful (love that name). Last but not least, I used a little glossy accents for the heart to add a some shine and dimension.

 

So, I am truly trying to make a conscious effort to post more on the blog and Instagram. Did I mention I LOVE Instagram??!! I have plenty of projects to share, it's just finding the time to sit down and get it all together. Hopefully I can work something out with my sweet hubby, so I can get a few hours of crafting time in every week. Keep your fingers crossed on that!

 

Well, I'm off to do some mommy stuff! Oh, speaking of mommy stuff, I'll post some recent pics of Paige soon. Just wait until you see how big she's getting. Absolutely amazing!

 

I hope you all have a great day and thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol

Kindness

Hello Friends! I hope you all had a great weekend! We went bowling on Saturday to "Strike out Cancer" a fundraiser that my husband's co-worker invited us to attend. We had a great time, and it felt really good to give to such a worthy cause.

Today's post is all about kindness. With all the crazy news stories out there, it makes it hard to remember that people truly can be kind. I live my life filled with kindness, and it's amazing how far something as simple as a smile can go. Quick story...I stopped by CVS on my lunch break on Friday (they always have great prices on chocolate), while I was there the gentleman at the register mentioned that I had a nice smile. Not flirting or anything, just making a statement. When I got back to work I couldn't find my badge to get in, and that's never a good thing! I patiently waited for someone to let me in and when I got back to my desk, I decided to wait a little while before I made the dreaded call that I lost my badge, AGAIN! About 30 minutes later I received a phone call, and it was the gentleman from CVS. He told me that he found my badge and it would be in the manager's office when I pick it up. How nice was that!! I was completely surprised, and it just made me feel good to know that a total stranger was willing to go the extra mile to show kindness.

So, needless to say today's card is about kindness...

I posted this card on Instagram a few days ago (yes I'm on Instagram - carolscustomcards), and I wanted to make sure I posted it on the blog as well! Instagram is totally addicting, I absolutely cannot get enough! So many talented people out there with amazing cards and scrapbook pages, total eye candy!

 

I hope you have a great Monday and an awesome week! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Carol

Have a Rockin' Birthday

Hello Friends! Is it Monday already? Geez, do the weekends go by faster and faster, or is it just me? Well, although it went by in a flash, I had a really good weekend. We went to a wedding on Saturday and I absolutely LOVE weddings! We had a great time, and when I tell you we danced the night away, I mean it! They had a band at the reception and they were phenomenal! They played songs from Earth, Wind, and Fire to Bruno Mars, they were excellent! Needless to say, on Sunday we were a little sore and had really hard time getting out of bed, LOL! We don't bounce back as quick as we used to! Ahhh, the joys of getting older.

Today, I'm sharing a couple of birthday cards that were included in the set that I made for my co-worker awhile back. I pulled out my Keep on Rockin' stamp set from MFT and got to work.

I love those little ipods! I decided to make one a little more masculine than the other so my co-worker can use them for anyone's birthday. I think they turned out kinda cute! ;-)

 

Well, I guess I better get ready for work and slowly slide into another work week. Enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Carol 

Happy Easter!

Hello Friends! Happy Easter! I'm literally just "hopping" in to share the Easter treats I made for Paige's teachers and classmates. I promised my husband that I would start getting ready for church early today, and I definitely don't want to break that promise!

I made these sweet peeps treats for the kiddos.

I found the printable tags on Pinterest. These were super easy to make, just pop them on the decorative straw, add some cellophane and baker's twine, and you're done! As I like to say, Easy Peasy!!

 

Next are the treat boxes for her teachers.

 

I made these boxes with my Silhouette by printing the patterned paper onto some heavyweight cardstock. That cute little chick was also a Print & Cut from the Silhouette Design Store. It truly gets no easier than this! I added some chocolate inside the box, added a bow and the gifts were done. The teachers absolutely loved them!

 

Well that's it for me today, thank you so much for stopping by!

 

Carol