Christmas mice and a Teacher Thanks

We'd a lovely sunny day today and sure what else would I be crafting out in the garden but Christmas cards! We've a heatwave on the way next week so maybe I'll get a few more made hahaha ;)

This one uses an older LOTV stamp, I'm still gutted that they've stopped making rubber stamps :(
I've coloured it with my watercolour pencils, sparkle added to their scarves, clear gloss to the cutlery and gloss/glitter to the icing on the pud.  Yummmm, I love Christmas pudding!!

• Layout based on Freshly Made Sketches #342 - I cut my panel too small for the narrow strip so used some green gems instead
• ABC Christmas - M is for Mice
• Word Art Wednesday #340/341 - anything goes
• Rudolph Days May challenge
• Addicted to Stamps #297 - make your mark

And this one is a special request from my niece for her teacher.  There's a bookmark to go with it but it's not quite finished yet!  

I die cut the frame and the apple and popped them up on foam pads.  Sentiment/apple from an old Verve set. 

• Crafty Calendar June - 3 of something
• Sweet Stampin - food/drink
• Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Daily Marker 30 day colouring challenge

Teacher Thank you card

I've been off all week and it has absolutely flown in!  The weather has been a bit pants, my washing was in and out today like a yoyo, but it's supposed to be a decent day tomorrow, we'll see!

This is a card for my niece to give to her teacher.  I thought it might be a bit too arty-farty for her, but it has passed muster with her OK so that's all that matters :)

I've used some of my green brushos on the background and then shadow stamped the numbers from an old Verve set.  One of the apples is popped up on dimensionals and sparkle added to the red and clear gloss to the leaves.  Some wee red stars from stash.

• Just Us Girls #397 - powdered dyes
  
  
  
• As you like it - favourite fruit - I love apples and have one most days, has to be the red ones though, green apples kill me with indigestion!
• Creative with Stamps #14 - fruit
• Dream Valley #158 - square card
• Through the Craft Room door - anything goes

Teacher Appreciation cards

I've been making thank you cards for teachers these past few nights and must confess most of them were CASEd.  But with the pressure off, I thought I'd get creative with the last two.

My sentiment and apples are from a Verve set that I won a while ago, and the alphas are from Sarah Hurley.  I think I deserve bonus points for these cards for completely finishing a card stack and using up all the pretty ittybitty pieces that were too nice to chuck!  Helps to take the guilt from a recent shopping trip ;)  One of my new purchases was a Wink of Stella clear glitter pen which I coloured my apples with and which I'm absolutely LOVING!

Card 1 - 

• Sketch from Mojo Monday #403 
• Colour theme of grey, white and yellow from The Card Concept - I've gone for the clean and layered look
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
• Allsorts #316 - use a stamp
• Clear it Out - CAS and your favourite product ... my new favourite is my Wink of Stella pen :)
• Cuttlebug Mania - use a sentiment

Card 2 - 

• Layout from Sweet Sunday #274 
• Creative Card Crew #90 - Clean and Simple
• Inspiration Destination #39 - anything goes
• Creative Inspirations #319 - your favourite ... mine is my gems and my new glitter pen 

{top 3 at Creative Card Crew}

Teacher card

It'll soon be that time of year for the Thanks Teacher rush, so I thought I'd get ahead of the game and ink up this set from Verve that I won a while back.  I've coloured my wee apple and heart with watercolour pencils and then added some clear gloss.  The numbers in the background were also stamped from this set.
My notebook edge is a Taylored Expressions die.  Green bling from stash.

• Layout from Sweet Sunday #268
• Crazy for Challenges #285 - teacher appreciation card
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - get sentimental
• Penny's challenge #226 - anything goes
• Sister Act #105 - anything goes