Your Next Stamp - Teacher Appreciation (Birthday Phoebe)

Did you know that Teacher Appreciation weeks is coming up in May?

This week over on the Your Next Stamp blog, we are celebrating teachers and sharing gift giving ideas all week long!

For one of my daughter's teachers, I created a easel style note pad holder. The  holder fits 3x3 notes.

I sued the cute Birthday Phoebe on her lovely stack of books. I added the glasses to Phoebe using the Spectacular Teacher die set.

Here is the notepad holder when it's closed. The base of the note holders is 4.5 x 10.5 inches (scoring at 5, 5.5 and 8 inches). The holder for the actual notepad is 4 1/8 inches squared with scoring at 1/2 inch on each side),

If this little note holder is lucky enough to sit on the teacher desk, I have decorated the back using the Letter Board dies and the notebook from the Spectacular Teacher stamp set.

If you missed yesterday's projects from Holly and Anita, check it out here.

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog to see more ideas on how you can created cards and gifts to say thanks to a teacher. There will be more features all week long and on Friday we will have a new Sketch/Colour challenge for your to play along with.

Your Next Stamp Supplies Used:
Stamps: Birthday Phoebe, Spectacular Teach
Dies: Letter Board, Spectacular Teacher, Apple, Stitched Square

Other Supplies:
Paper: Echo Park Teacher's Pet
Ink: Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Lady Bug, Distress Ink Vintage Photo
Other: Tim Holtz Mini Paper clips

Your Next Stamp April Special Feature

Welcome to the April YOUR NEXT STAMP feature post. Each month the design team posts creations to inspire you, using specific themes or stamps. This month, we are showing off project created on anything other than an A2 (4.25 x 5.5") size card. You can see all of the feature projects over at the YNS blog.

One of my "Go To" shape projects is the fun easel style note holder. I used the THANKS A LATTE Stamp creating a paper pieces coffee cup with the fun paper from Lawn Fawn called Beachside.

I picked up the metal embellishment recently and thought the sentiment was a perfect complement for this stamp set.

To highlight the coffee cup I used the STITCHING MARKS CIRCLES and CIRCLE DIE set. I also added a few delicious GUMDROPS.

Here is a look at the closed note holder.

PRIZE ALERT

Head over to to the YNS blog to see all of the DT members sharing projects for today's feature. Leave a comment on the blog post for the APRIL feature and you will have a chance to win a prize.  One lucky stamper will win a YNS stamp set of their choice!

Thanks for stopping by today and have a super crafty day!

Tutorial: for a tutorial on creating this style note holder check out this prior blog post here.

The Paper Nest Dolls (Guest) and Little Red Wagon

Today is a great day as we welcome another fun challenge at Little Red Wagon.

I am also so excited because I am a guest today over at The Paper Nest Dolls blog. I just adore these images and was so excited to be asked to create a few projects.

Today, Janice is hosting our Little Red Wagon challenge and she is expecting a bit of silence. You know Shhhhhhhhhhh! So what does that mean for this week's challenge? It means, your project should be free of words or text of any kinds. Now that's a challenge!

Since I usually have sentiments on my cards, I decided instead to make another note holder. This one is created using Fairest of Them All from the Paper Nest Dolls. The paper is Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine.

Since this image is related to a fairytale story, I created a little book to decorate the note holder. The pages of the book are inked and popped up with dimensional adhesive.

This fair cutie is coloured with Copic markers. I added a touch of glitter to part of her dress and her red shoes.

Here is a look of the back of the note holder.

And, when the note holder is close.

If you are the strong silent type.....or just any type that likes to get creative with paper, join this week's Shhhhhh! Challenge at Little Red Wagon. Each of the Girlfriends are sharing a bit of inspiration for this week's challenge, so remember to check it out.

While you are checking out inspiration, you really should take a peek at the adorable images over in The Paper Nest Doll shop. So many sweet image. I especially love the newest fairytale images. The amazing DT also has a lot of great creations which you can see on blog for The Paper Nest Dolls.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fabulous and crafty day!

Tracy

Your Next Stamp January Release Hop

Hello crafty friends and welcome to the January release hop for Your Next Stamp. We have a lot of amazing stamps and dies to show off. My fellow Design team girls and I have been busy creating, so I hope that you enjoy the inspiration we are sharing with you, during this hop.

Take a moment to look around at my projects, then hop, hop, hop to all of the blogs featured below. As you are hopping remember to leave a comment. There will be a winner drawn from the comments and that person will received $20 to spend in the YNS store! It's worth it to leave a little love for all of the Design Girls!

Do you have a "go to" card or project that you love to create? I think I have discovered mine, with my easel style note holder. I used the quirky scientist from the PERFECT CHEMISTRY stamp set and created a fun holder that fits 3x3 size post-it notes.

This has become my go to handmade gift for teachers and crafty friends. I have made enough of them now that they are not too hard to make. For this note holder, I used paper from the Echo Park A Boy's Life 6x6 pad.

I just love the wire wrapped spool. I had to dig into my husband's stash to find thin wire to use.  I shaped the wire and used a few small dots of Glossy Accents to keep the wire in place. The glasses are wood pieces painted black.

My "Mad Scientist" is coloured with comic markers.

I like to decorate the back of the note holder, just in case it sits in the open on someones desk. This may just come to work with me and brighten up my desk. The light bulb image and Eureka sentiment are also from the PERFECT CHEMISTRY set.

Finally a look at the note holder closed down. This project can be adapted for a variety of note sizes.

My second project is created with the super cute LOVE & SMILES stamp set and matching die.

Again, I used Copics to colour the bunny and I paper piece the heart balloons in the image. The paper is from Doodlebug Hello Sunshine 6x6 paper pad.

Inside my card, I stamped an additional sentiment and image from this adorable set.

Stamps and Dies used:

 To celebrate this month's release, Karen has a wonderful Hop SPECIAL!

Now it's time to hop along and see all of the wonderful creations by the rest of the Design team and this month's guests. Don't forget to leave a comment as you are hopping along. You may just win a prize! The winner will be announce at the Your Next Stamp blog on January 10th.

Come back and visit me again on Saturday as I will have another YNS project to share for our January DT Dare!

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Hopping.

Tracy

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Note Holder Tutorial

Hello Krafty Peeps, today I am hosting a fun tutorial over on the Kraftin' Kimmie blog. I am showing you how to create an Easel style note holder. These are wonderful gift ideas, perfect for teachers, coworkers and friends.

Some of the Supplies you will need:

• 3x3 post-it notes
• Strong cardstock for your base (I use 110 lb. white cardstock)
• Pattern paper and coordinating Yardstick
• Small Image - I am using Pretty Little Pixies
• Embellishments

Using your heavy cardstock, cut your easel base at 10 1/2" x 4 1/2".

Score your base at 5", 5 1/2" and 8" inches.

This is how your base will look after you score.

Again, using your heavy weight cardstock, cut your note base at 4 1/8' x 4 1/8 inches. Although the note size is 3x3 inches, I have often found cutting the base at 4"x4", some of my notes don't fit well. The extra 1/8" gives enough room depending the type of notes you are using.

Score on each side at 1/2" inches and make a cut on each size.

If you want to decorate your note holder you will now want to cut your pattern paper and coordinating cardstock. Most cases my cardstock will be 1/8" smaller than the base and the pattern paper 1/8" smaller than the cardstock. Here are the measurements for my pieces.

Easel Base:

• 1 cardstock @ 4 7/8" x 4 3/8" and 1 pattern paper @ 4 3/4" x 4 1/4"
• 2 cardstock @ 4 3/8" x 2 3/8" and 2 pattern paper @ 4 1/4" x 2 1/4" (I like to cut two because I add the second paper to the back of my holder so it looks complete from all sides)
• For my image, I cut a scalloped circle 3" and pattern paper circles 2.5"

Note Base:

• 3 cardstock @ 3" x 3/8" and 3 pattern paper @ 2 7/8 x 1/4"

For the note base, adhere your cardstock and pattern paper. Then use a small circle punch (3/4") to cut out a notch on one side. Assemble your box for your notes to sit in.

Decorate your easel base with your cardstock, pattern paper and image of your choice. I used one of the sweet images from Pretty Little Pixies.

I decorated the rest of the easel with additional layers of pattern paper, flowers and a few charms.

Here is the easel note holder when it is closed.

If you are looking for other ideas for decorating your easel note holder, here is another one I made using the Smarty Pants set.

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog to see more wonderful Tips and Tutes by the other Krafty Girls.

Have a wonderful Krafty Day!

Tracy