Monday, February 13, 2012

an attempt at frame making...

So I wont quit my day job to make artistic frames for a living but you can see my attempt at making one from scrapbooking paper.
Notes for the readers... On other websites, it looks quick and easy.  Ya its quick, if you want it to look messy.  Problem number one that I encountered was that the paper wrinkles.... Not that easy to fix once the modgepodge is on.  It dries really quickly btw (first time using it!).
I liked the placement of my heart but felt it needed something.  I had had a different idea that I think I should have went with but my mom will think its heart felt!  I tried to use glitter glue for the writing but I don't have neat writing when it comes out of a bottle! Its weird as I can pipe quite clearly with icing, just not with glitter glue.
Anyway here it the result, along with my vday card to mommy dearest!


Sunday, February 12, 2012

V day card holder?

OK so if you have a better title, please let me know as I am not the best caption writer.
I spent the better half of my day making this cute little 'pochette' for kids to put their valentines day cards in.  My kids adore crafts which is great cuz so do I! I am just hoping that in grade 6, students are still young enough to send out valentines day cards!
 Soyez a moi = Be mine! (might as well do it in French since my principal could come in at any time!
I used lots of red/pink cardstock and punched some borders in them to make the pouch look cuter.  I just added the words with some alphabet stickers that I found laying around somewhere (if you could only imagine how much stuff I have accumulated in the last 10 years...)
 This picture helps to show that there is a pouch halfway down the heart to put the cards in.  Mine is a little low and won't hold up a whole heck of a lot so beware!

I punched circles from my puncher (1-1.5 inches I think?) and as you can see, some weren't perfect circles but they still worked!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Valentines day crafts...

I am desperately looking for cool valentines day crafts to do with my 12 year old students. Most of the crafts online are either super expensive or for 2 year olds. Any ideas?