Flowers for the Teacher

     This is the flower bouquet I gave a co-worker whom I've been teaching 6th grade math with for the past 2 school years.  I won't be working with her next year, and I'm going to miss her terribly!  She taught me so much about teaching 6th grade math.  Hopefully next year I can do just 1/2 as well as she has done over the past 2 years.

     I purchased the tutorial to make these flowers from Leigha Rock.  She is AMAZING!  Every tutorial I've purchased has turned out stunning!  Everyone ewwws, ahhhas, and oh mys! over my flowers each time I use one of her tutorials.  I can't thank Leigha enough for her beautiful work, wonderful ideas, and well-written tutorials!  See the other bouquet I made HERE

     Most of the flowers are made using various punches.  The daisies are made using the now retired Stampin' Up! Daisy #2 Big Shot die.  Yes, those are real pencils all the way around the "vase".  Oh, and the "vase", well, that was a bit more challenging than I thought, but not a problem!  I used the middle section of a 20 oz. Pepsi bottle.  I cut the top and bottom off (if you look at a bottle, you'll see a natural place to cut it).  I then pushed that plastic tub into floral foam.  TADAH!  Instant vase!

RECIPE

CARD STOCK:  Lucky Limeade, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, & Whisper White

INKS:  Lucky Limeade, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, & Rose Red

TOOLS:  Paper Trimmer, Daisies #2 Big Shot Die, Floral Fusion Sizzlet, Fun Flowers Die, Ornament Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Boho Blossoms Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Blossom Petals Builder Punch, Basic Peal Jewels - small, medium, and XL sizes, Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, & Stampin' Sponges

NON-STAMPIN' UP! ITEMS:  Floral Wire, Pepsi Bottle, Pencils, Hot Glue Gun, Ribbon, & Floral Foam

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     I also made an apple card to go with this bouquet.  Please stop by tomorrow to see that card!

Happy Wednesday!

Stampin' Up! Memo Board

     At our team demonstrator meeting yesterday we discussed ways to help us get our business where we'd like it to be.  Of course we all love to be making a million dollars a year, but for me, that's not a realistic goal at this point in my life.  I'd be happy to make a little more a month and to add a card club to my monthly activities.  These will be my goals this year.

     Also at our meeting, Sally Chuchman, my upline, brought a memo board she made.  I instantly fell in love with it.  So, I went home, stopping at a big box store to pick up a canvas and some quilting batting, and went home and made my own.  I plan to use mine as a visualization board for my business goals.

    Here is my memo board.  What do you think?

      I also made fabric flowers as an embellishment to my board.  I followed the tutorial in the video I posted yesterday - HERE.  They were so easy to make.  As you can see, my flowers are two different sizes.  To make them different sizes, use a wider or thinner strip of fabric.  I did do like they suggested in the video, I made two flowers for each one flower.  They ended up being too thin for my liking with just one flower.  I really like how the blue one turned out.

     Here are close ups of my fabric flowers:

RECIPE:

CARD STOCK:  Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, & a tiny scrap of Twitterpated Designer Series Paper

FABRIC:  Twitterpated & Springtime Vintage

ACCESSORIES:  Antique Brads, Fire Square Brads, Flower Designer Brads, & 3/8" Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon

TOOLS:  Big Shot & Fun Flowers Bigz Die

NON-SU! TOOLS:  11 x 14 painter's canvas, quilting batting, hot glue gun & staple gun

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     I plan to make a second memo board.  This went together so quick and easy.  Watch out - memo boards galore!

Happy Sunday!