Addison Update

Several people have asked about my friend's daughter, Addison, who was diagnosed with Leukemia back in September of 2012.  Last December was such a struggle for them as Addison was in the hospital much of that month.  A year later, she is still battling the cancer and her treatment plan goes until 2015, but they are doing so much better.  

You can see her in a video linked.  She is the girl in the yellow and gray striped shirt.  There's a quick view of her at :08 and then she speaks on camera at 2:03.

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/blue-jackets-flashes-of-hope/12sv5154?from=en-us_fblike&cpkey=4a619f3f-097c-4c3c-8d3d-c4845d23958f%257c%257c%257c%257c

The family appreciates the thought and prayers as 

they continue to fight each and every day.

Thank you for your support, Kelly

Postcard Themed Card Set

Greetings!  Been a while.  

I have been crafting a bit here and there, but no time to post.  

Taking a minute today to share a set of cards I made to give as a gift set.

This set features Lawn Fawn "You've Got Mail" stamp, Simple Stories papers, Paper Smooches Sentiments, and net ribbon.  The inks were SU, Memento and Distress.

 

 

 

With so many layers of paper, these cards were nice and solid.

Thanks for visiting,

Kelly

Random Cards

Very little crafting since I went back to work after being home for 10 years, but I have a few to share that I have made for specific occasions. 

Lego card for boy's birthday:

 

Skylander card for another boy's birthday.  

I took the image off the internet.  

My son came up with the sentiment. 

 The character's name is "Crusher".

 

I made two of these for my son's coaches this fall.

 

Hope to see you again soon,

Kelly

Flying By to Say HI!!

So as I sat in my craft room the other day deciding what to play with in the small amount of time I had, and I noticed the brand new pack of Project Life journaling cards that I had picked up at Michael's.  It is a pack of 100.  

What on Earth was I going to do with a 100 of those cuties?

Amy Tsuruta had been posting a bunch of cards from one pad so I was determined to use one up!   (so I can buy a new one... wink wink...)  I grabbed an MME pad and the Lawn Fawn  "Flying By" stamps and went to town!

I stamped the planes on the cute papers and glued them to the journaling 
card with the cute flight path.

 

 

Here's the pile.  There were a few papers left, but not many...

These may appear in gift sets later.  Most of my sets are coordinated, but I think it would be fun to give eclectic mixes this year.  

 

Very busy with the new job as well as a course I am taking to renew my license.  

I apologize for not being able to visit many blogs.  

Class will be finished at the end of October and then I can play some more!

Until I can fly by again...

Thanks for visiting,

Kelly

Get Well Soon

Made a get well card for a family member.

I used the newest sketch from Seize the Sketch challenge #2

I paper pieced the turtle and gave him a glittery ice pack 

with a dab of my wink of stella marker.

The heart was a punch that I layered several times.

 

Here's the Sketch:

 

My card features papers by Echo Park,

 Lawn Fawn's "On the Mend" stamps,

washi tape, and wink of stella glitter marker.

Thanks for visiting,

Kelly

 

Gift Tags for Teachers

Hi There.

Sharing some tags I made for a back to school treat for the boys' teachers.

The tag features Lawn Fawn's "A Good Apple" and Harold's ABC. 

The words were embossed with white powder.

The chalkboards were colored and cut out.

I added the black piece on top.

 

 The treats are little chocolate Scotty dogs.  The Scotty dog is the mascot for the school.

When I found the candy mold at the local grocery store I could not resist it!

 

I am entering this tag into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Back to School.

Thanks for looking,

Kelly

 

Germ Juice

Made these adorable "germ juice" containers for the boys' primary teachers.

I got the idea off of PINTEREST.  The link takes you to a picture not a blog.

The original was written with a sharpie.  

When I bought my Cameo a month ago I got the vinyl starter bundle.

This is my first vinyl project and I must say that the process was pretty easy and

turned out GREAT.  So professional looking!  

I am entering this project into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Back to School

Silhouette Weekly Shape challenge

If you are a regular reader of my blog, then you have heard of my journey
to go back to work.  I taught high school for 12 years and have been home for 10 years.
I was offered a full-time tutoring position last weekend at a local school.
Back to work I go! I still hope to do a little crafting, but I will be limited.

Thanks for looking,

Kelly