Refinished dresser

So I know it has been a LONG time since I had a new post, but this whole back to school thing kept me so busy I haven't had time to do anything!

Well I have a new obsession, well other than Pintrest of course, it is craigslist and refinishing furniture or anything else I can get my hands on.

Here is my first projects!

It is a before and after.  I got this dresser a tall dresser with 6 drawers and a small table for beside the bed all for $50.00.  I was super excited!!  

At Camp Again! AMAZING!!

Sorry for the lack of posts.  It has been a busy month.  I just got back from spending the week at Camp Copass in Denton, Tx. with our church.  We took 142 kids grades 3rd-6th.  I was fortunate enough to be counselor to 6th grade girls and it was amazing.  These were a truly a great group of young ladies and I can't wait to see how God continues to work in their lives.

My Craft Channel and a Chance to win an E2!!!

Go to My Craft Channel for your chance to win an E2 (and I must add that I would LOVE to have one of these!!!)

My Craft Channel

Stacy Julian will be part of My Craft Channel this fall so go and check it out!!!!

Anniversary Present

This Friday will be my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary.  What an amazing couple!!  We are having them a surprise dinner with a few other surprises once they get there.  Here is the present that I made them.

My husband had the camo vinyl and the frame was on sale at Michaels for $5.00.  I used Opposite Attracts Cricut Cartridge.

My "Junk" Book

So have you all seen the "Smash Books" that are the new rage.  Well I always keep a small spiral with me and decided to decorate it a little to make my own version of the smash/junk book.  We are trying to buy a new house so I figured what  a great way to keep our journey into this new chapter or our lives.

The notebook was a gift from a friend.  The papers are from Artful Delight month club.  Reality is done in Thickers, and the other things are just scraps I had laying around.  Inside I am putting pictures, ideas and web addresses of the things we see that we need, like and LOVE!  I am so excited about having it around!!

Another Sweet Award!

A special Thank You shout out to Terri at Two Pink Peas for returning the special award back to me!!  That was so super sweet!!!!  If you are not a follower over at Two PInk Peas you should definitely go and check it out!!!

100 Followers Give Away~

Raina over at Favorite Crafty Things is having an awesome give away on her blog for reaching 100 followers!!  Go check it out!!

Jenn

Huge Giveaway to Celebrate 3 Years!!!

Go over to http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-3rd-blogaversary-giveaway.html and share some love.  She is having an AMAZING giveaway for her 3rd year blogaversary!!

Sweet Reward!!!

Thank you so much to Emily from Cool Cricut Creations for passing on the Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award to me.  That is very sweet of her !  I am so excited!!!

The rules of the award are to thank the person who gave it to you, tell 7 things about yourself, and then pass it on to 8 others. 

7 Things About Me:

1. I am a teacher. 
2. I love creating paper crafts
3. I am a blog stalker! :)
4. We are looking at houses so we can move.  Just need more room!
5. God is my Savior!
6. I have the most amazing teenage kids.
7. I have 1 very vicious chihuahua.

8 Bloggers to Pass the Award Onto:

1. Lilsweetpea's Place
2. My Passion 4 Scrappin 
3. Simply Sarah
4. Nana Donna's Card Dreams
5. Scrappin' Aggie
6. Two PInk Peas
7. Noelle Scraps A Lot!
8. Paper Memories

Gift for a Friend

I found these scriptures over at Dee's Bugaboo blog.  I love all the projects done with them, so I thought I would try a few for myself.

The first one is made with a $1.00 frame from Michaels.  I painted it black and added some swirls cute from Home Decor Cartridge.  I used ModPodge over the entire frame and added some flowers and bling.

On the second one, I painted a canvas red and matted the verse on black.  The flowers are just a circle cut from Home Decor Cartridge, cut in multiple sizes.  I added a little bling to a couple of the centers.

Give-A-Way at Two Pink Peas

Go over and visit Two Pink Peas and comment for an amazing give a way! Go give her some love!

http://twopinkpeas.blogspot.com/2011/06/two-pink-peas-huge-blog-candy-giveaway.html

Just in time for Father's Day

Well I have to admit that I waited until last minute to make Father's day cards for my dad and my father-in-law.  I think they turned out pretty cute though.  I don't have a lot of cartridges for those men in life so I am always looking for something different to do.  I made an origami shirt for both of them.   Mary with Cards TV has an amazing tutorial on how to make these!!

The papers I used were out of my scrap pile (I have a goal this summer to make my scrap pile a lot smaller!!) I did a computer generated "Happy Father's Day".  I hope they enjoy it!

MIA! Gone to Camp!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  I have been at church camp all week with our youth.  We took over 250 kids and God worked amazingly the whole time!!  I am so blessed that I got to experience this.

Well now that we are back we are trying to get ready for cheer camp.  My daughter leaves tomorrow for that.  We have been trying to get posters made and camp gifts put together.  I thought I would share with you a magnet board that I made for the girls and a T-shirt I made using iron on vinyl.

This is the magnet board.  I used roof flashing for the back and the paper is from stamping station.  It is made with our school name, in our school colors.  My local scrapbook store sells it!  I used a pirate punch and cut 1" circles to glue over the magnets and used my crop-a-dile to punch the holes for the ribbons.  I am going to take a group picture of the girls before they leave tomorrow and print them to give them the last day to put on the boards.

This is their game day hair bow that I made.  Well I made the bow but did not do the embroidery.  I wish I had a machine to do that!  

Lastly here is the shirt that I made to wear to games.  I used iron on vinyl and cut it out with my cricut.  The cartridges that I used were Feeling Groovy, Indie Art, and the font is from the Robotz cartridge.  I think it turned out adorable and was super cheap to make!!

Graduation Cards

As we were laying out at my neighbors pool the other day she mentioned that she had forgotten to get Graduation cards.  I told her that I could make her some.  This statement fascinated her husband!!  It was really funny too!  So I put together a few cards in the school colors of the kids receiveing them.

I used Hello Kitty Cartridge for the diplomas, and Feeling Groovy for the lettering.  I lost the dot for one of the i's and since this card was going to be for a girl I used my I-Rock and added a little bling.  I stickled the middle of the seal to make those sparkle.  The gray paper is from DCWV and the yellow is out of my scrap pile!  

Four-Legged Friends

These are a couple of cards that I made for our librarian at school.  She is a huge animal lover!!  She was wanting a card for her vet and a friend of hers that has a little yorkie.  I think they turned out super cute!  The paper was all scraps (I am trying to make a dent in my scrap pile) and I used the Cricut Lite Four-Legged Friends Cartridge.  The cart was a little hard for me to use.  The cuts were simple enough it was just hard to tell what colors I was going to have to use to a couple of the pieces I cut out a few times before I got the perfect combinations!

You Rock!!

This is a card that I made for our Assistant Principal for Bosses Day.  He is a guy and he used to be in a band so I wanted something to go with that!  He loved the card!!!!

Some Father's Day Cards

So last weekend I was very productive and got several cards made. Here are a couple of Father's Day Cards I did for a girl at work.

Both the car and the truck were from Nifty Fifty's Cartridge.  I cute the car too big and I didn't have an envelope to fit it.  So I cute the sides a little bit and placed on an A2 card.  You can barely tell and I love the car!!!  The background paper for both cards are from Artfully Delight Monthly kits.  I love how they turned out!!!

Jenny's Big 3-Oh Birthday Blog Hop!!!!

Welcome and thank you for joining us for Jenny's Big 3-OH Birthday Blog Hop!   You should have arrived here from Linda.  If you just happened to stumble upon this hop, please be sure to go back to  Jenny's Blog, so you don't miss any of the wonderful projects we have to share.

I decided that making a card with BLING wasn't a challenge at all.  My biggest challenge was to control the amount I used!  :)  Anyway, I made a birthday card using Sweet Treats.  I love the cupcakes on the cartridge and have found myself making many cards with the cupcakes on them!  For the bling I used teal colored rhinestones that I bought in the dollar section at Michael's.  On the cupcake top I used pearls that I got in the same place.  The paper is from DCWV glitter packs.  The stamp is a sentiment I got from Michael's also.  I should probably take stock in that store!  

Thank you so much for joining us for Jenny's Big 3-OH Birthday Blog Hop!  

Your next stop is Katie!  

Here is the line up in case you get lost:

Jenny www.papercutcreations.blogspot.com

Linda http://www.fancyframework.com/

Jennifer http://scrap-a-tude.blogspot.com/

Katie http://kwilliamskreations.blogspot.com/

Jennifer http://craftyfulgardens.blogspot.com/

Kathie http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com/

Jen www.jenscraftcorner.com

Diana www.daisylovecreations.blogspot.com

Kristen http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/

Nadia www.nadiasbeautifulmess.blogspot.com

Giselle www.crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com

Belinda  http://theembellishedcard.blogspot.com/

Savannah http://www.simplecricutcrafts.blogspot.com/

Amber www.amberscraftsandstuff.com

Monica  http://www.stampindaisies.com/

Michelle http://www.madebymisha.blogspot.com/

Nikki http://www.theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/

Juel http://jandjsyummycreations.blogspot.com/

Sher  www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com

Darlene www.talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com

Kara http://www.karassweetcreations.blogspot.com/

Jamie http://cutecardsandcraftsbyjamie.blogspot.com/

Jessica www.bakingupcrafts.com

Elaine www.ExpressionsByElaine.blogspot.com

Thanks for following!!!

Blog Hop coming!!

I will be in my first blog hop next weekend.  I am super excited about it.  The blog is for Jenny's Big 3-0H Birthday.  Make sure you stop by to join in.  It will be a blast!

If you would like to go ahead and check out her blog, here it is!
www.papercutcreations.blogspot.com

My Intern and Her Sign

Today was Lauren's last day!  It was sad but the kids did her good!  We made her a scrapbook with a letter and a picture from each student.  She loved her sign too!