Another great sketch from Stamping 411 today. That nice long piece across the middle is the perfect space for a Stampin’ Around Wheel.
Looking at that, I decided that this would be a great time to give you a sneak peak of the new builder wheels coming in the Summer Mini catalog. I’ll be featuring these as part of the Stampin’ Addicts summer mini catalog blog hop, which starts on Friday. I hope you’ll come back to see more!
Stamps: For Teacher Builder Wheel, Elementary Alphabet Builder Wheel, School Colors Builder Wheel, Four Frames, Family Phrases
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green, Pacific Point
Paper: Real Red, Garden Green, Pacific Point, Whisper White
Other: Decorative Label Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Real Red 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon
Just a reminder, the Four Frames stamp set is only available until the end of the month, and then you’ll have to wait until July when it appears in the new Idea Book and Catalog!
As I mentioned earlier, Eve had a spectacular year in first grade. As an end of the year treat, I baked the teachers some delicious brownies and included a card with a note from Eve. I used virtually the same layout as one of bookworm cards, but changed the focal point from the bookworm stamp to the A+ stamp.
Stamps: First Day, Nursery Letters Stampin’ Around Wheel
Ink: Real Red, Creamy Caramel
Paper: Real Red, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White
Other: 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (reversed)
If you like this Nursery Letters wheel, act soon! It retires at the end of this month.
Yesterday was the first day of school for both Eve & I. I am super excited for her to be in first grade and so is she! We made some “Back to School” cards for her teachers (she has two this year). I went with the classic apple from Tart and Tangy. I love the look of it colored with markers! I also used the new Holiday Windows dies (from the Mini Catalog) with the Movers and Shaper die to create a really fun card. This is the outside of the card I made:
Stamps: Tart and Tangy
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Real red, Whisper White, Jackpot Designer Series Paper
Other: Real Red 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Mover & Shaper Bigz Die, Holiday Windows Die, Big Shot
And here is the card opened up:
Eve also used the same die. It’s really neat how you can move it around to have the opening wherever you’d like. We were both happy to learn that although it is recommended to only cut one sheet of card stock with the Movers and Shaper dies, we were able to cut a piece of cardstock together with a piece of Designer Series Paper, and even two pieces of card stock. We attached the front pieces before running them through the Big Shot. Here is the front of Eve’s card:
Stamps: Tart and Tangy
Ink: Real Red, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Other: Mover & Shaper Bigz Die, Holiday Windows Die, Big Shot
And the card open:
I am also on the Faculty Social Committee here at school. I volunteered to make cards to go in all of the new teachers boxes on the first day of school. Unfortunately, this was Monday afternoon, and the first day of school was Tuesday! I had to come up with something quick and easy, so I used Tart & Tangy again, and made some cute little 3″ x 3″ cards. A big thank you to my husband for punching the circles and scallop circles for me!
Stamps: Tart and Tangy
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Other: 1 1/4″ Circle Punch, 1 3/8″ Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch
Hope everyone has a great school year!
