Hall Passes and More

As most of you already know I'm a 1st grade teacher and that was my whole reason for investing in a Cricut almost 2 years ago. Each year at our school we have a certain theme and this year's theme is Together We Can Reach for the Stars. We are able to interpret the slogan anyway that we would like and since I wanted to have a Hollywood/Movie Star theme in my room, this is why when I refer to the stars, I am referrig to the fact that my students are the "Stars", i.e. movie stars! I just love it and so do my kids, we have movie themed stuff all over our classroom. I say all of this to say that, each year I also make my hall passes that the students take with them when they head out to the restroom. This year I made some pretty awesome passes out of cereal boxes and paper and I laminated them, but over the months they started to fall apart. So since I was on spring break last week, I finally had the opportunity to sit down and make new passes.

These were the original passes

These are the new hall passes which I LOVE!!! My kids were so excited about them!

I bought wooden doorhangers from Michaels a while ago and then I just used some Mod Podge to cover them in some fun papers that I had.

Back of the Boys' pass

Front of the Boys pass

Back of the girls pass

Front of the girls pass

They look really awesome in person and most importantly my kids thought that they looked great!!

I also made this cute card for a former student who LOVES Hello Kitty

Sentiment is from Emma's Just a Note to Say set

This was a tough kitty to assemble at times, but she turned out very cute

This inside sentiment is also from Emma's Just a Note to Say

The card and the envelope

Thanks for stopping by today. I would love to hear what you think of my projects! I really appreciate everyones comments, and I do read them ALL! Thanks for helping to drive my love for this craft/hobby!

Until next time...

** Crafty Hugs**

~ Lynda

Fun In the Sun!

Is anyone else ready for spring and summer to get here?!? I was so glad to be able to make another summer themed card this week but this time it was for a co-worker who has a love for the beach and warm weather. I love using brigt colors and this definitely gave me a chance to do so! I am also going to be entering this card into the Cooking with Cricut and Fantabulous Cricut Challenges- Emboss It. Hope you like it! :)

I just love this card! It turned out PERFECT!!!

I used my D'Vine Swirls folder for the water and I used Spots & Dots for the white layer

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will have some more projects to share as I have some more birthdays coming up in  my family in the next couple of weeks!

Take Care and Always remember to SMILE!

** Hugs **

*~ Lynda ~*

Valentine's Card

Hello everyone! I want to share a card I made with one of my new cartridges, Hello Kitty Greetings. This cartridge is so cute and has so many possibilities. I have lots of little girls in my class this year and past, that LOVE Hello Kitty, so I hope to be able to make some fun things for them in the future with this cartridge. It took me a couple of days to make this card because I couldn't quite figure out what I wanted to do with the cut that I had made. Once I took a break from it and came back to it, it started to come together quite well. Let me know what you think!

I love the way this turned out! I really like the ribbon and the fact that I was finally able to make a great looking bow! LOL

Border is punched from Martha Stewart Lace Heart. Stamp is from My Pink Stamper- Everyday Life

Card base is cut from Gypsy Wanderings. Heart with Wings is from Hello Kitty Greetings. I used my Cuttlebug - Love Language embossing folder for the pink layer on the heart and the gray background layer.

Inside of the card

Thanks again for stopping by. Be sure to stop back soon to see what new creations I have!!!

Hugs!!!

~ * Lynda *~