Marlena is Faithfully Crafting: Teacher Tree

Saturday, October 24, 2015

Teacher Tree

I forgot how much I love Mighty Oak.

Isn't he handsome???

(stamps: Papertrey Ink Mighty Oak/Teach & Inspire apple and sentiments/Happy Trails paper airplane/Winter Penguin swirl and snowflake)

I enjoyed surrounding him with sentiments and images for

Make It Monday #227: Focal Clusters

hosted by Lexi

I used these dramatic colors from the Throwdown

to make it Christmasy.

http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/2015/10/color-throwdown-365.html

Every Christmas card gets a bonus smile from me and a pat on the back. ;)

Let's see if I actually get these mailed out in time...

6 comments:

Kathy Mc said...: Very clever design using Mighty Oak with clusters of sentiments. Some teacher will be forever grateful for this beauty!; October 24, 2015 at 12:30 PM
lexi said...: very nice cluster - a tree of thanks!! thanks so much for playing make it monday!; October 24, 2015 at 1:35 PM
Helen F. said...: Great design, Marlena. Love the Mighty Oak full of gratitude!; October 24, 2015 at 9:39 PM
Birgit said...: This is so adorable and incredibly clever!; October 25, 2015 at 8:10 AM
Broni said...: What a great teacher thank-you card!! Very creative!! Thanks so much for playing along with us for the Color Throwdown #365!; October 26, 2015 at 7:05 PM
Joan Ervin said...: Ooooh, I love how you added all the sentiments to the mighty oak...beautiful, Marlena!!! Thanks for joining us at the Color Throwdown Challenge!!!; October 26, 2015 at 8:38 PM

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You're finally #adulting and spending precious stamp money on ink and Copic refills
You fail the verification test and take another to PROVE you are not a robot
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Your husband cheerfully declares after you've stamped for the first time in months...I can hear the sizzix arm cranking away!!!
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You sacrifice your healthy fingernail...to distress the edges of a card
You walk away from a cute purse...to justify buying a cute decorative punch.
You receive your tracking number ...and obsessively watch your stamp package move across the country. ;)
It takes you 5 minutes to sew a button on a card...but 5 MONTHS to reattach them on trousers!
You're on vacation without your craft items...and you dream that you're stamping.
You're willing to fish around the trash to salvage a roll of 1/2" Scor-Tape you accidently threw away...because it's THAT important
You could sob after inking your HOT Utee-ed image...and it peels off part of your versamark pad... gulp
You find a scrap of cardstock...IN your sock
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Your husband teases, "When did you become a Showgirl?"...when he spots glitter highlighting your features at the dinner table
You leave a trail....of papercrumbs to follow
You almost start a fire or burn yourself from embossing...but it was worth it
You have ink... under your nails
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That turmoil has lifted and there is joy in your heart... because an idea has sprung
You're saving the Post Office ...from annihilation
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You would sacrifice a button or cut up an outfit ...to save a card
You type a gazillion comments... and wake up from a dream
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You come out of the shower... with a rhinestone on your knee
You know there are others out there... just like you
You have a shopping tab open while you comment on enablers' creations ;)

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Saturday, October 24, 2015

Teacher Tree

6 comments: