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Jessica’s First Day of School

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Yesterday was Jessica’s first day of school. I was excited for her and scared at the same time. She hates the church nursery at SHPC and is not the biggest fan of Mommy leaving and even sometimes not the biggest fan of Daddy leaving in the morning to go to work. But apparently, I didn’t need to be worried.

I, of course, want to scrapbook this momentous event. I really liked this sketch from Sassy Lil’ Sketches and thought it would work really well with the best picture I was able to get of Jessica on her first day of school. You might notice she’s pointing at the Elmo on her shirt. That was the only way I could get her to look at me, by asking what was on her shirt.

Sassy Lil' Sketches 8/22/11

Journaling reads: This year, Jessica started attending the Mother’s Day Out Program at Abiding Love Lutheran Church on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 AM to 1 PM. Her teachers, Ms. Karen and Ms. Lacy, said her first day went great. She only cried for about 5 minutes after Daddy dropped her off. Another little girl came up and gave her a hug and said it was okay. After that, she enjoyed playing with the other kids in her class.

First Day of School Layout

Digikits Used: Connie Prince – Ready for School
Fonts Used: Pirates Writers

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day.

First Day Survival Kits

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On Saturday, I shared the cards I made for Jessica’s two teachers. Today, I am sharing the little survival kits that included the cards. I also included a travel-size hand sanitizer, a travel pack of Kleenexes, a little tin of Altoids (not the full-size tin), some lip balm, and some Hershey’s chocolate nuggets. If I had all my crafty stuff completely unpacked, I might have made something more elaborate than a bag topper for these survival kits. But, hey now that I’m getting eight hours of week of me time while Jessica is at Mother’s Day Out, maybe I’ll get finished unpacking stuff.

First Day Survival Kits

I used the pencil digi-stamp I received for participating in last week’s Hambo Hoedown. That is the great thing about digi-stamps, you can use them in multiple sizes. I’m entering these kits in this week’s Hambo Hoedown Challenge #30, which is to make a school-themed creation using primary colors of red, yellow and blue. Unfortunately, I forgot about the primary colors part of the challenge when coloring it up last night, but the survival kit for Ms. Lacy is close enough to primary, I think it will count. I’m also entering the kits in the following challenges: Stamp Something to make a back to school something; Just Us Girls Challenge #99 to make a 3-D back to school project; and Paper Pretties Monday Challenge #6 to make a back to school project.

First Day Survival Kit for Ms. Lacy

First Day Survival Kit for Ms. Karen

Stamps: Hambo Stamps Pencil
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White
Ink: Dell printer
Tools: Prismacolor colored pencils
Fonts: DriftType, CatholicSchoolGirls BB

Have a fabulous day!

Teacher Cards

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Jessica starts Mother’s Day Out at Abiding Love Lutheran Church on Tuesday, so I wanted to make each of the two teachers a card for the first day of class. I started these cards at Lori’s on Sunday, but finished them up Thursday after going to the MDO’s Open House and meeting Jessica’s teachers. I had wanted to add glossy accents to the apples, but alas I haven’t unearthed it from my boxes of craft supplies that I’ve already unpacked from moving.

I used Jen del Muro’s August Sketch for You to Try, which was so fun.

August Sketch for You to Try

I’m also entering these cards in the Your Next Stamp Challenge #49, which was to use fruit as inspiration.

Card for Ms. Karen

Card for Ms. Lacy

Stamps: Meljen’s Designs Little Apple Worm
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive
Patterned Paper: Stampin’ Up Summer Picnic
Ink: Dell printer
Embellishments: Stampin’ Up Real Red brads; olive brads from unknown mfg
Markers: Stampin’ Up Real Red, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip; atYou Spica Red, Black
Fonts: Kids

I also hope to put together a little first survival kit for Jessica’s teachers. If I do, I’ll be sure to share it as well.

Have a fabulous day!

Fun at Loco-Motion

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Sunday afternoon after stamping with Lori, I met James and Jessica at Loco-Motion, a bounce house place that has been having deals at a lot of different deal sites recently. I decided the pictures I took would work for a challenge I’ve been wanting to participate in, the August Scrapheap Challenge #1 at Scrapbookbytes.com. The challenge is to use 3 frames, 4 pictures, a tag (at least 1), the color yellow and 2 papers (one plain and one striped).

Loco-Motion Layout 1

I ended up doing two coordinating layouts since I had way more than 4 pictures I wanted to scrap.

Loco-Motion Layout 2

Digikits Used:
Circle of Life Scraps – Enchanted Studio Scraps – All Seasons Summer (blue tag)
Summer Driggs – Flip-flopsicles (beach ball, sunglasses, striped paper)
The Scrapping Sisters – March of the Animals (stitching, red paper)
B2N2 Scraps – March of the Animals (red string)
Connie Prince – Whale of a Good Time (white ricrac), Chugga Choo Choo (alpha)
Serif – Indie Chic (black frame)
The Scrappy Kat – March of the Animals (red frame)
Fonts Used: Pea Little-Ducky

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day.