"no more teacher's dirty looks..."

here is brandon on their ice cream making day in school. a little messy but fun. tasted pretty yummy too. if anybody wants the directions, LMK!

some of the thank you cards i made for brandon's teacher, principal and the support staff.

TFL!

love my tapes

yay! today i am the first featured fan on the Love My Tapes blog!! i recently won some of their double sided adhesive on their blog and i tried it out immediately. LOVED the results! the above card, i used it to adhere everything (except that 'i love my teacher' sticker) including the ribbon. just a little strip is all i needed to hold the ribbon in place on the backside of the top note. (supplies: love my tapes, top note, DCWV, offray, american crafts, sakura, chipboard-unknown)this card above, all is adhered by the double sided adhesive including that handmade flower in the corner. a quickie on how to make that: punch out or cut a circle to your desired size. then i applied the double sided adhesive tape runner to cover the circle. cut out thin strips of paper and just fold and twist. lastly, start circling the twisted strip around the circle pressing down to the adhesive to form your flower. easy right? (supplies: love my tapes, recollections, K&Co., prima, CB, vintage trim, american crafts, brads, manilla tag, CB, crochet string, chipboard-unknown)

it also holds chipboard well. here is my ribbon flower stem. i just ran the tape runner down the rik rac. did it without stretching the ribbon. (supplies: love my tapes, CB, ric rak, studio 18, chipboard-unknown)

here is a repeat of this card that was in the previous post again. i wanted to mention that using the tape runner down the ribbon did not distort it at all. other adhesive tape runners that i've used in the past would always stretch out or warp the ribbon making it look crooked. glue dots are fast and easy but that would show through. (love my tapes, hero arts, imaginisce, american crafts, ribbon, chipboard-unknown)

thanks so much for looking today! be sure to check in on the Love My Tapes blog for more projects and products!

i am always looking for tried & true supplies.....what are your favorites? leave me a comment and i will randomly pick a winner by next wednesday [3/3], midnight to win an assortment of some crafty stash of mine. i have waaaay too much stuff and a lot of it hasn't seen the light of day since purchasing!

pink-brown-blue-green

i never really do any challenges. by the time i get to it or have a chance to finish it, the deadline is over. but, i did get to make this one. i love playing w/ these colors. and i am loving this stamp. so versatile. check the deets and the other wonderful entries here.

just playing with some new AC paper. i recently tried a new tape runner from love my tapes. it is great! try it out! it went on my flower ribbon stem without any stretching and no showing of a glue dot like i usually would use.

brandon started t-ball last week. we got uniforms this past weekend and it is 3x too big for him!!! looks cute though and looks like a big boy! his team is the phillies and despite it looking like orange, the color is red. (these 2 photos were taken with my iPhone) there are 12 players on the team and brandon knows 1/2 of them already so it'll be fun!
his 1st practice last week. the boys were all laughing at each other when they'd miss the ball catching or hitting it off the tee. little do they know, the are all on the same team!!!!
it'll be interesting to see what happens in their opening game this saturday! funny, the parents had to sign papers the 1st day and one of the things on the contract was to not yell at the opposing team's parents and players! are you kidding me? this is just t-ball for 5-6 year olds!! do some parents actually do this??