My sister teaches third grade and was recently at her campus retreat. One of the tasks at the retreat was to scrapbook a cover to slip into their clear binders. What did she do while all the other teachers scrapbooked their covers with the provided supplies? She texted me and told me I was going to make hers. She's 5.5 years older than I am and has bossed me around for over 30 years. Besides, in her words, I "needed something to do."
So, I did it. Just like any little (younger, much younger) sister would.
The list of stamps and supplies for this project is lengthy, but I will tell you that I was very, very (did I say VERY?) excited to see that Lawn Fawn stamps were being sold at my local Archivers. The sets weren't even out on display yet. They were in buckets ready to be processed. The sweet ladies at Archivers told me to go ahead and look through them to see what I wanted. I got two sets (to start off). One set was the FABULOUS Smitty's ABCs. Wow! I love how they line up with each other and how there are mulitple letters so that you can just stamp ONE time. LOVE THAT!! (Honestly, I didn't notice that until I started to use them on this project - then I was even more excited about this set.) I'm submitting this project to this week's Lawnscaping Challenge which is to use distressing.
I used ink to distress each of the panels below with PTI's Tea Dye Duo. I'm also submitting it to Wee Memories challenge this week which is to use more than 4 colors! Click on those links above to play along with the challenge. Both have fabulous prizes this week!
Here's the cover my sister made me make:
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| Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny Learning Curve Collection |
Here are some close-ups:
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| Lawn Fawn Smitty's ABCs, PTI Sending You, Beautiful Blooms & TANL dies |
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| HA Playful Animals, PTI Merry Little Christmas and CanvasIP |
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| HA Playful Animals, PTI Merry Little Christmas and Sunshine IP, Fiskars punch |
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| HA Froggy, PTI Cloud die and Polka Dot IP, Stampabilities Wave Border |
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| HA Playful Animals, PTI Vineyard IP, Simple Circles and TANL die |
Oh, this was fun to make and I loved combining so many of my supplies. Made me feel justified in buying them all. Thanks for visiting My Happy Place today and looking at so many pictures!
15 comments:
that is so cute!! and your older, much older sister;) will have the best one of the bunch!!
OMGoodness! So cute! My eye first caught the wonderful lettering. That set really must rock! The cover is super cute...she owes you. :)
Wow! What a super cover. You can tell you put a lot of work into it. Your sister owes you big time, but then again you should be impressed that she chose to create something that a lot of eyes will be seeing. Be careful, You might have to make one next year for more teachers.
There is so much I love about this: the different textures, the colors of the pattern paper and the cute little animals.
You are one creative gal!!!
Wowzers! What a super cover you made. It is so cute! I love all the critters and the colors! This is FABULOUS! WOW! Thanks for playing along with us at Lawnscaping this week!
This is just too cute. I'm sure that your sister will love it, and that all the other teachers will be totally jealous. You might have a little business opportunity on your hands. I love how each square is different, and so much time, care, and thought went into each part. I had to laugh about your sisters story. I am the older sister, and have been told I was a bit 'bossy' (maybe not the word always used). I am the mother of 2 girls, and my youngest one rules the roost! So, turnabout is fair play--just sayin'.
Just too cute! I do hope your sister appreciates all the work you have put into this project. Its fantastic!
This is SO cute, and I agree that your sister now owes you BIG TIME! lol! It turned out just adorable! All the other teachers will want you to make theirs next year, lol!
WOW this is wonderful, sooooo cute.
Hugs
Penni
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What a dutiful YOUNGER (hehe)sister. Very cute...I think she owes you big time!!!
How fun is that cover. I'll bet she loved it.
TFS
Ang
Super cute!!!
Your sister is one lucky gal!! This is totally cute! You did such a fabulous job and paid so much attention to detail! Great work!
Lee Anne, I LOVE this adorable notebook cover. Your sister is so lucky to have you. I love the way you used several PTI products in unique ways. Everytime I see that branch from Merry little Christmas I want it! I should probably just buy it already.
So cute! Love all the details. Thank you so much for playing with us at Lawnscaping and Wee Memories. :)
Your sister may be bossy, but she probably just is in awe of your work and knew you could do it better. ;) I love this! So many cute details and touches. I love all of the texture, too. Gorgeous! Thank you for playing along with us at the Lawnscaping challenge blog!
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