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I can’t believe it’s that time already.  Time to thank our teachers for their hard work and dedication to our children.  This is my daughter’s last year in elementary school and it is bittersweet.  I’m so proud of the young lady she is becoming, but I’m also saddened that time has gone by so quickly.  We’ve been fortunate all of her elementary years, loving every one of her teachers.  I think she is (“we are”) going to have a hard time saying goodbye.  Note to self:  Have tissues on hand.

I created a frame/card set last year.  I guess my daughter really liked it as she asked me to make a similar one for this year’s teacher.  How could I refuse.

I stained a $1 Michaels frame with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, using this month’s MFT Triple Scoop set, Chalkboard Greetings and Pure Innocence You Make the Grade.  The “chalkboard” was created using new Vertical Frame Die-namics and Steel Blue Cardstock.  I used Hot Fudge ink and Western Backgrounds to stamp the woodgrain on the chalkboard frame (die-cut from Kraft cardstock).

Across the top, I strung a banner using Mini Pennants Die-namics and Typewriter Alphabet.

For the card, I used a base of Steel Blue cardstock. Across the top, I added a strip of Dotted Scallop Border Trio with a Steel Blue button and bow from Blueprints 3.

My image was stamped onto a panel of X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copic markers.  The greeting is white embossed.

On the inside, I gave my daughter’s teacher a grade of A+.  🙂

I hope she likes it.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

Welcome to this month’s Creative Challenge with My Favorite Things.  The MFT Design Team Creative Challenge is a monthly feature where we are challenged to explore our creative side using a specific theme, product or technique.  This month we were challenged to create holiday home decor. Be sure to check out the MFT Blog for a list of all participating designers who have a project to share with you today!

I created a holiday frame using Lisa Johnson’s Stitched Stockings and Darling Dots, as well as Stocking Trio and High Rise Alphabet Upper Case and Lower Case Die-namics.

I first stamped the dotted background onto (pinkish) lightly patterned paper using Wild Cherry ink.

I die-cut the letters first from Whip Cream cardstock, then dotted paper.  The letters were layered and then adhered to the dotted paper using X-Press It foam tape.

On the left, I added a long stocking stamped in Jelly Bean Green ink.  Using hemp cord, I stitched on a Wild Cherry button, adhered the stocking using foam tape and wrapped the hemp cord ends to the back, securing with tape.  I then tied a tiny bow around the base of  the hemp cord, close to the stocking.

The shorter red stocking was stamped in Wild Cherry ink.  I stitched a small Jelly Bean Green button and wrapped the hemp ends to the back as with the green striped stocking.  This one, however, is not raised on foam tape but secured directly to the stamped/dotted paper.

On the right, I stamped and adhered the stocking as on the left side.  One is flat, one is raised.

Finally, to add just a bit of additional depth to the frame, I adhered strips of foam tape all the way around the inside edges of the frame before inserting my assembled panel.

Be sure to check out the MFT blog for more holiday home decor inspiration!

Thanks for so much for visiting today!  🙂

Frame (11 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ opening), Card 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″    Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Stitched Stockings” and “Darling Dots” (Lisa Johnson Designs)   Ink: MFT Wild Cherry and Jelly Bean Green   Paper: MFT Whip Cream and Paver Red, Echo Park “Very Merry Christmas” (6×6) and Lily Bee Design “Jingle” (6×6)   Accessories:  MFT Stocking Trio, High Rise Alphabet Upper and Lowercase and Sentiment Strips Die-namics, MFT Jelly Bean Green and Wild Cherry buttons, Hemp Cord, X-Press It foam tape, frame.

Hi everyone.  I’m back today with the My Favorite Things October Creative Challenge.  The MFT Design Team Creative Challenge is a monthly feature where we are challenged to explore our creative side using a specific theme, product or technique.  This month we were challenged to create a custom banner.  Be sure to check out the MFT Blog for a list of all participating designers who have a project to share with you today!

My project was totally inspired by something I saw on Pinterest.   Someone had created a frame with the word “Welcome” hanging from tags.

I thought it would be fun to use the phrase “All you need is love” and have an extra string for hanging photos.  By using the tiny clothes pins, I can switch the photos whenever I’d like.

I used Mix Match Banners, Fishtail Flag STAX, Fishtail Flags Layers STAX and Circle STAX to create the flags.  The letters were die-cut from Black Licorice cardstock using By The Letters Die-namics.

Across the top of each banner flag, I adhered a thin strip with one edge die-cut using Mini Scallop Edge.

The uppercase L was cut using By The Letters Uppercase, and my favorite little flag (on the right) has a heart cut out using the small heart from Notched Tag Die-namics.

On the background paper, I used Amuse Studio Wheat ink to stamp the sketchy heart from Pretty Pocket and the tiny clothes pins were colored using a black Copic marker.

In case you haven’t heard, MFT is retiring LOTS of stamp sets (found here) …even some beloved à la modes.  Although it’s sad, I know that we are making room for new fun sets.  🙂

Since this one, All Star, uses a flag, and it will soon be gone (sniff-sniff), I thought I’d take the opportunity to use it one last time (officially, anyway).

After coloring the image with Copics, I stamped a little heart (from Pretty Pocket) onto the flag using Amuse Grapefruit ink.  Since the patterned papers I used are more of a creamy color, I sponged the edges of my X-Press It Blending Card using Ranger’s Antique Linen Distress Ink.

Along the bottom, I added extra flags leftover from my frame.  I used the Mini Scallop Edge die to cut the bottom edge of the black band (beneath the sentiment).

On the inside, I used the rest of my flags, securing each beneath the sentiment panel.

Be sure to check out the MFT blog for more inspiration!

Thanks for so much for visiting today!  🙂

Frame Stamps:  MFT Pretty Pocket  Ink: Amuse Studio Wheat   Paper: MFT Black Licorice, October Afternoon Woodland Park (8×8), Echo Park Dots & Stripes Homefront (6×6), grid paper (manufacturer unknown)   Accessories: MFT Mix Match Banners, Fishtail Flags STAX, Fishtail Flags Layers STAX, Circle STAX, By The Letters, By the Letters Uppercase, Notched Tag, Mini Scallop Edge Die-namics, The Twinery Shore twine, Copic marker (100), Canvas Corp mini clothes pins, X-Press It 1/4″ foam tape, frame (Ikea $1.99).  Frame opening 8×10.

Card Stamps:  MFT All Star (à la modes), Pretty Pocket   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Amuse Studio Grapefruit, Ranger Antique Linen Distress  Paper: MFT Black Licorice, Whip Cream, X-Press It Blending Card, October Afternoon Woodland Park (8×8), Echo Park Dots & Stripes Homefront (6×6)   Accessories: Copic markers (E00, E11, Y21, E31, R81, R83, R85, BG11, BG13, W00, W1, W3, YG91, G43, G46), MFT Mix Match Banners and Mini Scallop Edge Die-namics, Michaels mini brads.  Finished size 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.

Welcome to this month’s My Favorite Things Design Team Creative Challenge. The Creative Challenge is a monthly feature where we are challenged to explore our creative side using a specific theme, product or technique.  This month we’ve been asked to Frame It!  Be sure to check the MFT Blog for a list of all the designers who have put their MFT stamps and/or Die-namics dies to work to create a framed piece of art for you.

I took this opportunity to create a gift for my daughter’s teacher.

I just happened to have a frame lying around with a 4″ x 6″ opening.  I thought this was the perfect size for a desk…not too big, not too small.

For the focal panel, I used Vertical Greetings stamp and die set, inking the word “better” in green for emphasis.

The yellow dotted panel is actually a pocket, created to hold a small note card. The tab was cut using Mini Tabs Foursome Die-namics and Mrs. Fox’s name was stamped using Typewriter Alphabet.

My daughter wrote a short, encouraging note “for one of those days.”  🙂

I adhered a small ruler using Copic’s 1/4″ double-sided high tack tape.  (That ruler is NOT going to come off.)  The heart was die-cut from Hearts a Plenty Die-namics and thin cardboard.  After die-cutting, I ran the heart through my paper crimper for a corrogated look.

For the card, I used one of my all-time favorite Pure Innocence sets, Being Cute is What I Do. I pieced her pants and top, placing a small foam booster beneath the center bottom edge of her shirt to add a little dimension.  The “thank you” (from Pure Innocence All Occasion Sentiments) was stamped onto another Mini Tabs Foursome.

To create the open heart, I die-cut a small heart shape using Hearts a Plenty Die-namics and My Favorite Cork. I then centered the tiny heart die from Notched Tag Die-namics and ran the cork heart through the die-cutting machine a second time. On the inside, I completed the “thank you” with “for all that you do” (from Thanks a Bunch).  A second die-cut heart finished off the inside.

On the gift bag, I used Ranger’s Antique Linen distress ink and the heart from Pretty Pocket to stamp a subtle pattern. I used Traditional Tags STAX to die-cut the tag shapes and the largest heart from Hearts a Plenty, again, run through the paper crimper.

Don’t forget to check out the MFT blog for more inspiration!

Thanks for visiting today!  🙂

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “Vertical Greetings,” “Being Cute is What I Do” (Pure Innocence), “All Occasion Sentiments” (Pure Innocence), “Typewriter Alphabet,” “Thanks a Bunch”   Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bamboo Leaves, Range Antique Linen Distress   Paper:  Prism Twilight Dark, X-Press It Blending Card, MFT Whip Cream Replenishments, Simple Stories “Summer Fresh”  (6×6)   Accessories:  Copic markers (E00, E11, BV000, R20, Y21, YR23, B93, B95, B97, BG70, E50), Prismacolor pencils, MFT Vertical Greetings, Hearts a Plenty, Mini Tabs Foursome, Simply Scallops Small, Notched Tag and Traditional Tag STAX Die-namics, Maya Road Vintage Wood Mini Rulers, My Favorite Cork, cardboard, paper crimper, buttons, string, MFT Sour Apple Grosgrain Ribbon, Copic 1/4″ double-sided high tack and 1/4″ foam tapes, frame.  Finished frame size (opening) 4″ x 6″, card size 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″.

Hi everyone.  I’ve been up since about 3:30.  My daughter came into my room because she was cold. Normally I’d pop into the spare bedroom with her but our company arrives today and that room is not to be touched.  So instead I teetered on the edge of her twin bed for the next three hours.  I had hoped to sneak away after about 30 minutes but she wasn’t sleeping very soundly and I didn’t want her up and about again.  **YAWN**

A couple weeks ago, I picked up a few notebooks from Michael’s dollar section.  After removing the front and back covers, adding some black paint and patterned paper, I had this:

What’s the Story

I made a little rug for my bunny by trimming the long end of a piece of twill and pulling threads until I got the amount of fringe I wanted.  It is adhered to a thin black strip and then tucked under the bunny.  (I used a craft knife to cut along the bottom edge of the bunny so the black strip/twill slid beneath.)

The big clip was another Michael’s dollar section find.  They came in packs of two.  This one can be used as a book mark of sorts or to clip something to the inside cover.

Here’s a pic of the original notebook.  Kind of cute…but not exactly what I wanted.  (What I DO like is that the paper inside is lined…with no pictures.)

I thought about giving this to my daughter.  I noticed last night as I was helping with her homework that she was not writing her words on the lines.  I said, “Katie, why don’t you try writing ON the lines.”  Her very matter-of-fact response was, “It’s my policy to write the words over the lines.”   Well, ok then.  lol.  And I also remembered the 16…or was it 18? …notebooks of varying sizes I found throughout her room the other day when I was cleaning.  So I suppose I’ll keep this one for myself…or give it away.  I don’t know. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  My Favorite Things “What’s the Story”   Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black   Cardstock:  Prism Natural Smooth   Patterned Paper: October Afternoon Detours: Gazebo and Hometown: Norm’s News   Accessories:  Copic markers (E50, R20, E31, W00), Bazzill crocheted flower, Prima crocheted lace, Papertrey Ink button and cream jute string, Michael’s notebook and clip, twill, Making Memories “Asphalt” acrylic scrapbook paint, sponge brush.