Month: September 2020

An Apple For The Teacher with Caly!

- Nancy Krueger 1 Comment

Hi Friends! It’s Caly with you today sharing a teacher’s appreciation card for the current challenge. It’s back to school time and this year has been so challenging for everyone. Teachers are truly heroes and need recognition!

The Back to School challenge will be open until Sunday, September 20 at 11:59PM ET. I hope you will join us!

Apples are the one of the many symbols for teachers – so I created an apple card today using the Outside In Stitched Apple Stackables. I used a few other dies to create the face for the cute apple – Woodland Critter Huggers for the cheeks and mouth and Large Wreath for the eyes.

I die-cut the parts using Lawn Fawn cardstock in Chili Pepper, Paper Bag, Cilantro, Ballet Slippers and Black Licorice. Once I got everything pieced together, I added foam adhesive to the back to adhere my apple to a piece of rainbow patterned paper from the Really Rainbow 6×6 Petite Paper Pack.

For my sentiment, I embossed the words “you are my” from the Village Heroes set over black cardstock. I centered it at the top of my apple and adhered it down with foam adhesive.

To make the word “hero” stand out more, I die-cut it in black cardstock using Oliver’s Stitched ABCs. I centered and adhered these letters to my card panel with foam adhesive at the bottom of my card.

I hope you enjoyed this card! Sometimes the most meaningful cards are the simplest ones! Thanks so much for stopping by today!
–Caly

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Happy Crafting, friends!

A Den Sweet Den Card with Ivy!

- Nancy Krueger 3 Comments

Today we are sharing a charming card from Ivy, one of Fawnies from Lawn Fawn HQ! She took some time out from packing Fall & Winter 2020 orders to create a super cute window card as inspiration for the Back to School challenge! This challenge will be open for one more week and will close at 11:59PM ET on Sunday September 20. We hope you will join us!



The new set Den Sweet Den has cute bears and books that are perfect for creating a fun learn at home scene! Ivy used the Stitched Dens die set to create a window card, with a peek inside the bears’ den!

The cute 3D apple that Ivy used a photo prop was crafted with Outside In Stitched Apple Stackables!

To round out this adorable scene, Ivy borrowed the tree stump from Forest Feast and some apples from So Owlsome and Thanks A Bushel! The “wall art” is the Reveal Wheel Square Window Add-On with a hanger from Mini Picture Frames. The cute bee is from Meadow Backdrop: Portrait, so clever and cute!

Ivy continued the scene on the card front with another bear and stack of books both from Den Sweet Den. The Thanks Teacher Line Border is the perfect sentiment to thank a dedicated teacher!

Thanks for sharing this fun window card with us today, Ivy!

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Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Samantha’s Adorable Woodland Classroom!

- Nancy Krueger 4 Comments

Hey everyone, Samantha here with a card that is inspired by the current Back to School challenge! I always loved the beginning of the school year. It was so much fun to get new supplies and find out what friends were in your classes. Another reason why it is so great is that fall is right around the corner!

I created a fun woodland scene with the most adorable critters. The classroom is on a large stump, from the Forest Feast stamp set, and the owl teacher is joyfully welcoming the new students. The teacher’s outdoor classroom is full of books, a fun banner, and a chalkboard.

I created a small chalkboard by hand cutting small two rectangles layering them together. I didn’t have to worry about having a perfect frame all the way around the base rectangle, because the tree branches would cover the sides. Then I layered a small strip of cardstock on top of the rectangles for the chalk holder. The hello, from the Speech Bubbles set, was the prefect size for a welcoming message on the chalkboard!

You still have time to enter this super fun challenge! The Back to School challenge is open until Sunday, September 20 at 11:59 EST. It is always so amazing to see all of the creative projects that are submitted! 

Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day!


This sweet card is so inspiring! Thanks so much for sharing with us today, Samantha!

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Have a wonderful weekend, friends!
We hope you have lots of time to craft!