Welcome Back

Hi! Welcome back to my blog! Well this card was inspired by the Lawn Fawnatics #84 Back To School Challenge. I knew I wanted to use bright primary colors for this card. I also recently bought Riley's ABC's and it was perfect for my books and banner. The welcome is from A Little Bundle stamps.

I made the background paper, books, chalk board, and pencil using signo white gel pen and a black marker. The brick was made using the brick stencil from Lawn Fawn. 

The owl's are from So Awesome. I used the sentiment banners for the banner on top with A Little Bundle string. The scissors and tape are from Holiday Helpers. 

The inspiration! Thank You!

I'm also entering:

Cookie Challenge #150

Thanks for stopping by today! 

Hugs Lisa 

Thank You for helping me Grow!

Hi! Happy Friday! 

Im sharing with you today a new card for my girlfriend's daughter to give to her teacher today. I have made a couple teacher cards in the past and this one is somewhat similar to an older card except I decided to use a flower pot and use a quote that I seen on pinterest. I asked my friend what color the teacher likes and I was told turquoise....so I thought these colors would work out. 

I added a ruler in the center and a cute pencil with glitter that I bought recently at the card convention. Actually, it seems so long ago.....lol

All the die cuts are from Cheery Lynn Designs....leave a comment below if you have a question...thanks The inside is layered with a couple punches and room for a gift card...

Pearls, bling and ribbon are a must right? The background was supposed to represent a chalkboard ...

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a great weekend! 

Hugs Lisa 

ABC-123 With The Shabby Tea Room # 258

Hi Shabby Gals! 

Welcome back to another fun challenge with The Shabby Tea Room! 

This week it is ABC-123 #258. The photo inspired below is all about school. The wonderful prize this week is sponsor by The Paper Temptress. The papers are wonderful and I used 3 for my project today!

#100 Sour Apple, #100 Lemondrop, and Onyx Mica/Metallic 

My children are all adults  now but I know that the kids around here are already back to school. They start earlier here in AZ but they also get out of school in May. :)

The sunflowers were made with Cheery Lynn Designs diecut and "Lemondrop" paper. I added Gala Glitz in the centers for some extra bling. I also used some leftover pieces of black bling swirls for a shabby look . A real pencil was cut to fit the center of the card and I stamped a ruler from Donna Salazar on the "Sour Apple" paper. The Pierced Stacker #4 is also from Cheery Lynn Designs and I stamped a sentiment from Verve in white and embossed it in white embossing powder. The outline is a white signo pen. The light green patterned paper is from Prima. It was a great match to the "Sour Apple" paper. I finished it off with some black and white ribbon.

A closer view. All the papers are really smooth and silky. I really Loved the "Onyx" black! 

The fabulous photo! 

Be sure to stop by The Shabby Tea Room for more inspiration and join our challenge for your chance to win some beautiful papers from Paper Temptress! 

Hugs, Lisa

Back To School

So today, I was on a total scraplifting mood for a back to school card. All my children are in college and one has already graduated college...yikes, Im gettting old! While I was browsing on pinterest a few days back I seen this AMAZING card made by Carrie Gaskin...I loved it so much I just had to lift it! I think it totally screams "Back to School" and even though I don't have a person to give it to I wanted to play with some fun colors... :) You can see Carrie's original card here. Thanks Carrie! 

I did change the numbers to letters and added more buttons. The letters are made with my cricut using "schoolbook plantin". I also made the schoolbook paper with white cardstock and a black marker with tiny punch holes. 

The pencil made from a popsicle stick was also a scraplift idea from Tracy F. at sb.com. 

Pure GENIUS! 

I colored the pencil with smooches and a black copic marker. 

Hope you are inspired as much as I was today...have a great day! 

Hugs!