Sunday, August 24, 2008

August Stamp Club #2

Here's another one of the August Stamp Club projects. This one showcases the Eastern Eclectic Style Watch. I used the Eastern Blooms stamp set that I got for FREE at convention. I was inspired by this card made by Ashley Van Camp. I just loved the color combination and overall design. I ended up changing the layout a bit, but I kept her colors and main image idea. I pierced little holes in the scalloped edge and popped up the flowers on dimensionals. I can hardly believe I made a card without ribbon! {Thank You recipe}
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Thank You Kindly
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Accessories: scalloped edge punch, paper piercer

Three more days of freedom...

We're supposed to have access to our new classrooms (the district moved us to a new building for the time being) on Thursday. Usually I look forward to the school year starting. This year, not so much. Last year felt hard (loved my students though), and I'm just not quite ready to start again. Partly because I have the daunting task of setting up a classroom from scratch and preparing lesson plans, all within a five-day time span. I know once I get there, I'll get excited and be glad to see the kids again, but for now, I'm dreading it a bit. On the upside, I have a job, and for that I am grateful!

9 comments:

Angie Tieman said...

This is gorgeous!! Love the colors and the "patterned paper" you created yourseslf! The flowers raised up look great! Hope all goes well with starting back to school. I know how you feel, I think I typed those same words last year!

Anonymous said...

Very pretty card! Love all of those colors together.

Good luck at school.....here, in Florida, we went back last week only to be interrupted by Tropical Storm Fay!

Anonymous said...

So pretty, Kim!! Love the colors you chose for this! I think this set is gonna be on my next SU order this week. So many things you can do with it! Thanks for sharing! :)LOVE IT!

Have a great day!
Wendy

Ashley Newell said...

What a cute card!

Pamela Smerker said...

Great color combo! This is so fresh and funky...awesome!

Becky Carafa said...

Awesome card, Kim! I like Ashley's too, great colors!
Good luck with school, I hope it gets better once you get into the swing of things!

Lynn Put said...

Your card is so striking! The Kraft and Chocolate colors look awesome with the bright Tangerine and Kiwi flowers!

Lynn Put said...

PS, good luck on the start of your new class room and kids! It does sound like a lot of work, but I'm sure the kids make it all worth while!

Jenn Muraoka said...

haha, I had to laugh when you said that you couldn't believe you didn't have ribbon on the card. I'm the same way!!! When I make a card I look at every possibility for adding ribbon. When I don't add ribbon I'm VERY surprised! Cards never seem the same without ribbon. But this card is Stunning!!! You did a wonderful job!