A fun little gift tag

I believe I mentioned before that two of the little girls in my neighborhood draw me pictures with crayons and leave them in my mailbox.   I reciprocate by buying them supplies to continue their artistic endeavors... like MORE CRAYONS.  Here is a little gift tag I made for each box of crayons.

Let's see,... I used Spellbinders Nestabilities to frame my Paper Smooches image, Copics, Glossy Accents on the eyes, Smooches on the wings, Distress Ink around the edge of the frame and lastly, the sentiment and frame and stamp on the frame are all part of the Fillable Frames Sets from Paper Trey Ink.   The sentiment was stamped in Spice Tin by Jenni Bowlin.  Oh, and I did white emboss the frame in white embossing powder on the frame.

Keep on Swimming... inspired by Katie Renz

 As some of you know, there is a woman named Katie who has been an inspiration to so many of us as we read her blog about her diagnosis and treatment for cancer.  I purchased her stamp at I{heart}papers.  Proceeds are going directly to her.  If interested, please click on the link above.

To read more about Katie's story, please click on here. 

Butterfly stamp from Hero Arts "Thinking of You."  The 'star' with the bling was made with Smooch polish.  The ink used to stamp the butterflies was Jenni Bowlin ink.

Sentiment and butterflies from Hero Arts "thinking of you." 

Pick up your spirits with Paper Smooches

Here's a card featuring Paper Smooches clear stamps.  I glossied up the eyes and used a Spellbinders nestabilities to cut out the image. Scrappy Moms Bakers twine tied things up. The distress ink I used was Chipped Sapphire.  Copics were used to color the image.

A field of Appreciation Cards and a Chinchilla video

I worked on some cards for my staff as part of an event going on at work.  Here is a sample of my cards.  I used an array of paper but also a Martha Stewart punch (round the page), Paper Trey Ink (Flower Fusion set) die cut and stamp with sentiment inside.  The ink used was Jenni Bowlin.  I also clear embossed the center of the flower but it's hard to see and the effect wasn't QUITE as dramatic as I would have liked.   

Amuse-bouche:

OK, I know this is what you were really waiting for (haha).  Here's a video of Jim (and then Dwight) playing with their new wood blocks.   Dwight has a little notch in his right ear and is smaller than Jim.  Chinchillas like to chew on wood, especially wood from various fruit trees.... so I buy them fun little blocks that will keep their front teeth trim (they can get long front teeth like a beaver).  The ice cream cone treat has some calcium in it so they get some vitamins when they chew that.