Georgie: It's not just for babies!

I mean, he's cute.  Darn cute.  But don't pigeonhole Georgie.  Flip our Georgie papers over and you've got some sophisticated and subtle paper for any occasion!    I wanted to show you Georgie two ways-- I used Mojo Monday Sketch 420 to create these cards.

Summer Summary

Join us on Saturday, September 26 and summ[e]rize your summer!  This Picture My Life (PML)-inspired layout features a traditional page on the right and one of our PML page protectors on the left!  I plan to add our Flip Flaps to mine, adding photos of each of our summer camping trips!  Your kit includes everything (including the page protectors) you need for the layout pictures.  Cost is $10.00 or just $5 if you place an order of $25+!  Feel free to invite a friend!  Class starts at 7:00 p.m. at my place!  Please RSVP by Friday by dropping me an email, text or call!

Classy and Quick with Cricut® Artfully Sent

We recently had the privilege of attending a wedding for a beautiful young couple from our church.  Their wedding colours happened to be the same as ours were . . 16 years ago next week!  I created this card featuring Outdoor Denim and gold using our Cricut®  Artfully Sent cartridge and the stamp set "Happy to be Friends" and love the way it turned out!

C1605 Happy to Be Friends $15.25

Z2066 Ranger™ Princess Gold Embossing Powder $6.50

Z3017 Cricut®  Artfully Sent $109.00

1275 Outdoor Denim Cardstock (Retiring August 31) 

Z553 Bonding Memories™ Glue Pen $4.95

Art Philosophy Pumpkins

These pumpkin lanterns are made entirely with the new Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge!

I have to thank Andrea Sherman, a fellow Close To My Heart consultant, for this fabulous project!  Please check out her blog, girlpluspaper.blogspot.com, where she has posted a step-by-step tutorial for the shorter, round pumpkin.  For the taller pumpkin, I simply adapted her instructions as follows:

On page 33 of your Art Philosophy image booklet you'll find the "Oval 2" image. Press "decorative layer" and "shift" and then set your Cricut to cut the oval at 3".  You will need to cut 5.  I cut the six pointed flower ("Flower 7 p.39) at just 3" for this pumpkin and used a scrap of B&T from the Oliva paper packet.  I picked up some flickering led votive candles from the Halloween section at Wal-Mart to complete the project!  Here's a complete list of the materials I used:

• Z1686 Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection
• 2 sheets (12"x12") of Sunset cardstock from Summer Cardstock Collection (1 sheet per pumpkin)
• 6"x6" scrap of olive background & texture paper from Mayberry for short pumpkin top and stalk
• 6"x6" scrap of olive background & texture paper from Oliva for the tall pumpkin top and stalk
• Z679 Liquid Glass to glue it all together!

Teacher Survival Kit

This Teacher Survival Kit is made using the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge along with the My Acrylix Art Philosophy Tags stamp set.  To cut the fry box, set your dimensions at 9".  I used our new cardstock weight Background and Texture (B&T) duos along with the Milepost Shapes and bitty brads to embellish it.  Below is a list of the contents as well as the prayer that is included.  The prayer is mounted as an easel card for the teacher's desk. 
Contents:

Teacher Survival Kit

A toothpick to help you pick out

 the good qualities in everyone

A Crayon to colour your days bright

A rubber band to remind you to be flexible

Tissues to dry tears—whether they’re theirs or yours

A Band-Aid to mend hurt feelings

A shiny penny to remind you every student shines

in their own unique way

A pack of Starburst for those days when

you need an extra burst of energy

Some Smarties for helping make

each student smarter

Wiggly Eyes for those days you need

eyes in the back of your head

A prayer for you to say at the start of every day

Prayer:

Lord, enable me to teach with
wisdom
for I help to shape the mind.

Equip me to teach with
truth
for I help to shape the conscience.

Encourage me to teach with
vision
for I help to shape the future.

Empower me to teach with
love
for I help to shape the world.