back to school name tag

First off I would like to say I am sorry that I was MIA last week and most of this one. My guys had the flu so I had no time at all to scrap.

I know alot of you are just now getting back to school. We have been going strong for three weeks now. So I thought I would share the little backpack name tag I made for Patrick this year. I used a piece of kits2remember atc size chipboard, acrlic and metal would work great for this too.
Patrick loves dinosaurs expecially the t-rex so I used one of his stamps for this project. I covered the chipboard with some Basic Grey papers and added a handcut tree. I inked the edges and added his name. It only took about 5 minutes to complete...seriously.

My little guy carried a picture of us in his pocket everyday last year, since he could have a bookbag this year I decided to add one to the back of the name tag. I used an o-ring to hang it from the bag.
(I don't know why the photo flipped back on its side but I couldn't get it to load correctly on blogger for some reason)
Now with a personalized name tag I know he will always grab his bag and not another classmates. It is an easy way to let their personality show and it could be so fun to bling up one for a little girl.

I will have a larger project next week for you. I have a couple in the works right now and as long as everyone stays well they will be done soon.

gift set using Kits 2 Remember and Simply Sassy Designs

Here is a quick little project I did for our nieces birthday. She is constantly writting and drawing so I thought a pretty little notebook would do the trick.
The notebook is 5x7. I took a dollar store find with flimsy covers and removed the covers and replaced with 2 pieces of kits 2 remember chipboard. I used 2 pieces of 8x8 chipboard and cut them down. Simply use the covers you remove for a template to punch the holes. I used some fun Cherry Arte papers, various flowers, buttons, diamond stickles and scraps of ribbon.

I added stickles to the inside of the flowers on the paper and along the edges of the diecut flowers. Instead of bling swirls, which was my first thought, I decided to go with stickle swirls. They don't show up really well in the photos but they add just enought shimmer. The alpas are some old Arctic Frog rubons.

I covered the front with this fun pattern and the back with just the green houndstooth pattern. The inside has a wide stripe paper and I made a little pocket on the front cover with the green. I just used a scrap of papper folded in the edges a little and used my circle cutter to cut a little spot out of the top.

I made a matching book mark with stickles on the flowers ans some Rebekka Erickson rubons.

here is the inside. I will tuck the bookmark and either some cash or a gift certificate in here for her.
Of course there had to be a matching card too.


I used this fun digi stamp from Simply Sassy Designs for this. I layered 2 images together and popped them off the card. I used scraps from the previous project, along with various flowers, stickles, button, ribbon and Fiskars punch. The sentiment is a Studio G stamp. I just stamped on a scrap of paper and cut into a tag. It is the perfect size for this little gift! Again I added stickle swirls.
Closeup of the card. Be sure to check out Simply Sassy there is new products being added daily. We have some really amazing ladies creating new and fun stuff! If you are looking for a fun message board check out our new forum HERE! We are just getting started but there is already a fun group of ladies with us!

I rolled the edges of the diecuts t give a little more depth.

I think these would make great teacher gifts as well. It is hard to believe that it is time to start thinking along those lines again. It seems summer just started. But they start back here this week and the next. Have a great weekend and happy crafting. I plan to get some things made this weekend! Woo Hoo!!

This works for several challenges

High Hopes-sparkle and shine

Color Create-pink, orange, green

Daring Cardmakers-bling

Be sure to check out the RAK over at k2r it is for an 8 inch acrylic stadium album! The winner will be picked this Sunday!

1st project for K2R

I told Jessica I would get a project done for the upcoming Expo's in California. And this was the album she sent to me... Wow I love these Twiddleybitz albums. These are very detail cut chipboard designs, they also have acrylic! I had so much fun with this one. I laced it up so it will stand on its own. I used the yummy Cosmo Cricket Love Notes papers. While I was working on it my husband came in and told me it was gorgeous and that he wanted it on his dresser. lol...well I must have done something right because I never get that kind of response from him.
I do wish the photos had turned out better but what can I do at midnight...right?
For now these albums are only available at the Kits2Remember booth at the upcoming Expo's.













supplies used: Ranger distress ink, K&Co fibers, CC papers, Heidi Swapp ghost shapes, Prima flowers, Maya Road and Bazzill chipboard, stickles, gems, and rubons.