Quick cards for the school lunch monitors

I was using cardstock provided by the school so I wanted to make simple cards that I could put together in bulk. Of course I had to add some of my own paper from the Grade School stack by DCWV. These are the first nine I completed.



I used my Gypsy to hide some cuts on the lunch box so I could put the sentiment on top of it.

You rock - You rule

This layout is inspired by my son's favourite shirt.



I am entering this layout at Paper Playtime. This is my first crack at this challenge site.

I used my Gypsy to make a rock by welding ovals, circles and a triangle. I added arms by welding the letter "I" from George to the shapes and the feet are from PDDU. The thumbs up is actually Mickey's glove from Mickey and friends. The faces are from Create A Critter.

The font is Printing Press. This was my first cut with this cartridge and I had trouble getting the letters straight so I guess I will need to practice with that one.

School Time!

Two posts in one day - look at me!! Today at Cricut Cardz Challenge the theme was Back to School. I was inspired to make this cute little card on my Gypsy, while watching Harry Potter with my 8 year old. I love how I was able to multi-task - still spending time with him, and crafting too. I even managed to find some time to get it cut out :) The design team (of which I am now a part - see my earlier post today) has some great inspiration for you!



I used Locker Talk, cutting the bus at 5 inches, flipping it and welding it at the top. Fun and easy! The people are from Every Day Paper Dolls and the faces, from Peachy Keen Stamps. The sentiment is from a Close to My Heart set. I used mostly Stampin Up paper, though some was from my scraps box.

Challenges I am submitting this card for:

Cricut cardz Challenge - back to school
Little red Wagon - back to school
Paper Pretties - back to school
ABC Design Blog - Back to School
S2G Challenge - Back to school and yellow

I'll be back again tomorrow with another creation :)

A la prochaine...

Back to school 2010

How did summer go by so quickly? Here is a layout just waiting for the first day of school picture. My kids will be going to 2 different schools this fall as my son enters middle school.



This layout is a submission for The Canadian Paper Trail. I'm thrilled to be part of these site.

Most cuts are from the Locker Talk cart. I had to cut out the schools many times to doctor them up to look kinda, sorta like the actual schools. I also played with the flags on the gypsy to switch out the stars and stripes for maples leaves. (love the hide contour feature)

The beautiful apple paper is from DCWV. The stack is called Grade School. I love it so much that I try and use it sparingly. I cut a square from George to make the border and that way I could save the middle for another project.


I doodled a bit and inked a bit and printed the bus stop sign on the printer as the one from Locker Talk is fussy to cut.

Present for Mme

Andrew's school year finishes on Tuesday, and I made a special gift for his teacher. It is very similar to the one I made for his teacher last year. I love how it turned out. I think the pesonalized frames make the greatest gifts!!

I used a number of cartridges to bring this about. The font is Making the Grade, an oldy but a goody, which I think they are now retiring. Most of the pieces are from Locker Talk -crayons, glue, pencil, apple. The bus is from Doodlecharms and the "teacher" is from EDPD. They do not actually have a teacher on EDPD, but I used one of the professional girl outfits, and the hair from the nurse (I think) cause it looked like his teacher's hair, and a hair band from yet another person. I then stamped her face using Peachy Keen Stamps, and gave her cheeks with a little bit of chalk. I love how it turned out. It is so cute, and actually looks like Mme Thompson!

I created this using my Gypsy, which saved me a ton of time and paper. I have made some basic shapes on my Gypsy to "open as a template" when I am designing specific things. For example, I have a file calle 8 x 10 for frame. It is simply a rectangle from George, sized as an 8X10, I can then open it as a template to be sure the words are the right size and decide my layout etc.

I have found this really helpful when designing on my Gypsy. i have 12x12, 7x7 and 8x8 templates to design scrapbook pages with - Nothing is more frustrating than printing a title and discovering it won't fit! I also have 4x5 1/4, 5x5 and 6x6 templates to help me design cards.

The other Gypsy feature I used and LOVE is hide contour!! The pencil involves one base cut and then 4 of the same function cut in 4 different colors (eraser, metal band, wood tip and lead) I was able to hide everything except the eraser for the pink paper, everything except the lead for the black paper etc... saved tons of time and paper, not to mention space on my mat.

So Tuesday, Mme will get this as well as her card box. I hope she likes them :)

A la prochaine...

Graduation centerpieces

Well, Grade 4 graduation that is. My son starts Middle School in the fall and today was his grad lunch. I made 10 centerpieces and a banner to decorate the gym. I tried to use images that represented their schooling. These were fun to make. Another Mom even came over to help me glue them together.




The pots I bought for 50 cents each and the only other thing I bought was florist foam also from the dollar store.

My children go to French Immersion school. The pots say, "Good bye Graduate".

Cricutters Anonymous picnic challenge

I wanted to get this layout in before the deadline - in a few hours. The challenge has been issued by Cricutters Anonymous I don't even have the picture yet as it is waiting for me at the photo lab. The picture is of a of my children and their friends sitting on a picnic blanket at a nearby park and they are all almost looking at the camera. This was a potluck picnic to celebrate the end of summer 2008 and the beginning of school the next day!



I learnt something while making this layout. I wanted to make the letters funky by using lower case letters with the real dial size on not really thinking that this would affect the shadow feature. The end result is wonky letters but I left them that way (now they are really funky).

The slide and monkey bars are from the Locker Talk cartridge. I cut them with DCWV Metallic paper. The sun and clouds are from Hello Kitty. The letters are Cuttin Up and the grass is from the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge.

Autism Challenge

I just had to participant in this challenge. As a teacher (at home with kids) autism is something near and dear to me. You can read more about this challenge on Joy's blog

Here is my contribution. It is a bookmark. I wanted to make a bookmark because first of all I am a total bookworm and second because I just acquired a laminator and was dying to play with it.

The cartridge I used is Locker Talk. The back of the bookmark says "April is autism awareness month".