Diva Thinking of You Card

My final card for the Kate McRae family is for Kate's older sister Olivia. More can be read about the family at I Feel the Love.

Supplies:

Paper: Imaginisce

Card and Envelope: Hero Arts

Rangers Stickles: Diamond, Pink

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Faded Jeans

Ribbon: Micheals

Colored Pencils: Prisma

Die Cuts: K and Company

Have a day filled with playful moments:)

Hoot- Owl Classroom Layout

Teaching was the joy of my life. Having to retire from teaching was the hardest part of becoming ill with Behcets.  I was one of those teachers who believed life experiences were the best way to teach kids Reading, Math, English, Social Studies and Science. There were no textbooks in my room. Instead we used children's literature and real life experiences.

My classes were known as the Elkhart River Elementary Scientists. The barn owl was locally threatened so the kids spent time learning about it's habitat and what they could do to help the owl. We also dissected owl pellets (Sterilized Owl throw-up, lol) to discover what the owls were eating. A local raptor rehabilitator brought an owl to the classroom, so the kids could meet an owl in person. Since owls are nocturnal we were having no luck seeing them during our weekly field trips to the river. So this layout is from a day in my classroom.

To make the Owl Peek A Boo: Cut out 2 owl shadow on the Cricut Give a Hoot Cartridge Size 3. Freehand the velvet paper head tuft feathers. The beak is also free hand. Fold it in two to give it dimension, inking the fold and edges. Cut out the wings and use foam tape on top of the original owl to give dimension and the appearance it is looking over the picture.

I used foam tape to give the leaves dimension and give the impression that the pictures were up in a tree.


Supplies:
Paper and Cardstock: October Afternoon Campfire Collection, Imaginisce Happy Camper, Core'dinations So Mod, Brown velvet paper
Circut Cartridge: Give a Hoot
Die Cuts: Cosmo Cricket Mr. Campy, October Afternoon Campfire
Embellishments: Fibre Craft Google Eyes



Challenges:

Cricut 360 Challenge 8: School Themed-  Any Cartridge

Sketchabilities

Have a "Hoot" filled day!
Elizabeth

Hugs-Thinking of You Card

For Madison's I Feel the Love Project I made a special card for Kate's parents.

Supplies:
Paper: Imaginisce
Card and Envelope: Hero Arts
Image: Papercraft Inspirations -August 2011 Edition
Embellishments: K and Company 3-D Stickers, Prima Flower Centers, Hero Arts Gems, Brads (stash), Hobby Lobby Ribbon
Copics: E11, BV23, BV25, BG20, V25,E21, R20,E37,E29,RV04,Y15
Stamp: Kaisercraft Typewriter Font

I used foam tape behind the edge to make it look like the little girl and cat are sitting on the "ribbon wall." I staggered the lettering to give it a "child like" print. The flowers are placed on top of the die cut image. Some are die cuts and some are Prima Flower Centers. You can't see it well in the picture but the card has nice dimension and looks like it is going to jump out from the card.

Challenge: Shopping Our Stash- We are supposed to identify our weak spot when it comes to shopping for stash. Oh I know mine beyond a shadow of doubt. I love the European Paper Craft Magazines.I purchase them from JoAnn's. I love them because they are different from our U.S. magazines. They always have a free gift-so I can try out new scrapbook supplies. They also do a great job of breaking new techniques down into small steps with actual pictures. And today's image came from one of those magazines. And the other part of me just enjoys learning new words for crafting supplies or new spellings. (Color vs. Colour  or store vs stockist.) OK so the teacher in me is still alive and kicking! LOL

Hugs!