Happy Retirement John!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today is my birthday and we got a snow day

off from school!

Yay me!

While it's snowing here,  this guy is thinking about the beach.

My perspective is off on the placement of the hut but I like it.

I used a never released prototype from Art Impressions for my

card.  The card was made for my Brother-in-law's retirement.

How fun is this guy??  So cute.

I had to keep the inside simple because I was just finishing the card as we were walking

out the door to go to the party.  Talk about last minute. I used 5187 – Happy Trails Set.
Normally,  I would have liked to have colored these in,  given them some sand etc. but as I said,

last minute.

Happy Retirement! New Art Impressions Work and Play!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card made with one of the new Work and Play sets!

The set I'm sharing is called 5187 – Happy Trails Set.

I made a 3-D card with 3 layers. Each one features at least one image from the set.  In total I used 7 stamps from the set.

This is the view as seen from above.  You can get a better idea about the dimension from this photo.

Isn't this set so much fun?!

Copics used:

YG17, YG93, Y11, Y18, T1, W00, W1, W2

B21, B93, B95, R02, R81, R85, YR15, E00, E17, E37, E55, E93

Marvy #18 Dark Brown

Teaching is a work of Heart!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing a pocket card that I made for a friend who just retired. 

I was asked by a co-worker to make a card that would hold a necklace purchased for the woman retiring. 

She wanted it to say

"Teachers plant seeds that grow forever"

I printed the verse on my computer and created this pocket to put the card in.

Inside I created a way to display Kay's necklace.

I didn't have her actual necklace to photograph...a beautiful silver tree with green rhinestone leaves in a circle shape, so I used something of mine to show you what it would look like.  This is her actual necklace...

She was a wonderful, caring teacher and will be missed. 

I Brake for Poppies for Kay's Retirement!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a co-worker that retired last week.

She was a beautiful, sweet woman and so I wanted a pretty card to send her off.

I used 4 different stamps/sets from I Brake for Stamps on her card.

HALF SHEET POPPIES
STAINED GLASS POPPIES
CALIFORNIA POPPIES BORDER
EVERY DAY PHRASES

This was a very large card...8 1/2" x 5 1/2".

I needed it to be large so that all of her co-workers could sign it.

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Good luck Mr. F!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing the card that I made for Dominick's band director.  Dominick graduated and the teacher retired in the same year so he wanted to give him a goodbye and good luck card.

I printed the verse from the internet and cut the instrument from part of the paper that I didn't use on the card.

It's Friday!!

Hello and happy Friday!!

It's the weekend and time to party!

A friend of mine at school retired this year and aside from the party we had for her I wanted to give her a little something to help her enjoy her retirement.  I know she's a big fan of Captain Morgan so I decorated a bottle for her.

The beautiful gold flourish and hearts were made using Fusible Gold Glitter Sheet from I Brake for Stamps.  If you use my coupon code SAVE10RENEE you can save 10% off your entire order.  The code never expires and can be used over and over again even on sale items.

The photo is of her on talk like a pirate day.

I found this meme of Johnny Depp and thought it was hilarious.

I Brake for Camping!

Hello and happy Saturday!

Today I'm sharing a fun card that could be used for a lot of different occasions.

We "camp" at a lake every August and I always send a thank you card to the lady that owns the cottage. I also may use it for a friend who is retiring at the end of this school year.  Her favorite place to be is outside in the woods.  Maybe you're surprising your kids with a trip??

I've used CARTOON TRAILER from I BRAKE FOR STAMPS.

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It's 5 O'Clock somewhere!

Hello Ai fans!  

This is such a sad time of year for me...summer's winding down...school's about to start again.  That means it's back to work and less crafting time.

I'm going out with a very summery card though.  My friend requested a Margaritaville themed 60th birthday card for a friend. I wound up making two versions.  One for her and one for a retirement card I needed.

For my first card, on the front I used...

SC0651 Ai His & Hers Campers

Doesn't he look like he's enjoying life?!

Now that's my kind of clock!  I printed the clock, parrots and Margaritaville on my computer.

On the inside I used...

4241 – Bummer Set

When you're in Margaritaville you need, well, a margarita of course.  I printed one out and stuck it in his hand.  I think he's happier this way.

For my second card I did something very similar but with a different theme.  This one's a retirement card.  I used the same image from the Campers set but I added some of the verses from the set as well.

He looks like a very happy camper to me.

Home is where you park it!  I see he's parked it under a palm tree.  Good move.

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