National Coffee Day: Super Sponsor Joy Clair

Hello again coffee loving crafty peeps!  I hope you've been having fun getting inspired by all the gorgeous creations made featuring our Super Sponsors at Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog!  Today I'm joining the National Coffee Day blog hop challenge and am sharing a few cards featuring our Super Sponsors!  I like to keep manufacturer posts separate, so I've got several blog posts today so I hope you check 'em all out!  For this post, I pulled out a favorite set from Super Sponsor Joy Clair!

I've been having a rough patch with school and my health so I created a few cards for my school peeps who have been there for me when I've been a crazy wreck.  I appreciate their listening ears and their support more than they know.  Hopefully things will become a bit more sunshiny and happy in the near future.  

I decided to use a few sets that work perfectly for my "thanks" cards to these special peeps.  I used "TEACHER" set and the paw prints from the "DOG GONE CHRISTMAS" set.  Although my school mascot is a Wildcat, I think the paw print fits nicely.  I also used our school colors to make these more customized.  

I created a couple different versions:  one design for my awesome teamies and another design for my administrators.  

Just a few copics were needed to create this fun school themed collection!  

Thanks for hopping over to check out these little cards.  I hope you make sure to head over to the Coffee Lovers National Coffee Day Hop and check out all the super sponsor posts!  Make sure to leave comments.  You'll have until Sunday, Oct. 6 at 11:59 Pacific time to have a chance to win the prizes available for this hop!  

See you soon!  

SOL Success!

Back to school? Naahhh...Just thought I'd make a card to send virtually to all my students. I am so proud of them. Almost my whole class passed (all but 2) their state testing in Math, Science, Social Studies and Reading. Many of my students even performed at advanced proficiency! I'm so happy for them. They worked hard all year!!! I made this card in my school colors GO WILDCATS!

I wasn't initially going to use this patterned paper but after searching high and low through my MASSIVE stack of 12x12 cardstock (sure it's old and outdated) I decided to use some of this neglected paper and not go out shopping for some NEW paper. I have to somehow get rid of all the paper I have and STOP buying new stuff every time I want to make something. Anyway, I'm done ranting and raving...Now back to the details... This little lady is so cute isn't she? Her name is called TILDA WITH SLATE and she's from the School and Travel collection. I knew for sure that I had to have her in my school collection after all, a teacher HAS to have some school stamps she can use at home right?

I colored some of her hair and the slate she is holding with a black multiliner. HI is written with my Inksentials pen. After she was colored, I decided I needed to make her have a BIG blackboard too so I created her background using RAVEN Bazzill and stamped it with a retired TAC set in my school stamp collection. I used White Staz-On for the "chalk" sentiment.

Here are the details for the card:

Stamps: Magnolia, TAC
Inks: Memento, Staz-On White, White acrylic paint (for the dots on scalloped circle), White Inksentials Opaque pen
Patterned Paper: I think it's Laura Ashley (from WAAAAY Back) there are no mfg. marks.
Cardstock: The Paper Company, Bazzill
Brads: Making Memories
Flowers: Kaiser, Prima
Ribbon: Velvet: Joanne's, Michael's, and part of a paper bag dry brushed with white paint
Other: Crystal Effects (Her shoes are "patent leather" and her eyes sparkle too!), pop dots, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug

Copics Used:

Skin:E000, E02, YR00

Hair: N0, N2, N4, Multiliner .35

Clothes: B24, B91, BV13, Y21, YR31

I've got three more layouts to do for three images I've colored...Just gotta go through my stash and get them together...Hopefully tomorrow.

Have a great SUNDAY!