Heading Back to School

It is my day at the Fresh Squeezed Stamps blog today and I am sharing a Back to School card with a bit of a masculine theme. My oldest is heading to University at the end of the month and I wanted to pop something into his bag that wasn't too juvenile but lets him know that I am thinking about him and his journey ahead.

I created a clean and simple card using papers from Fancy Pants Off to School combined with this fantastic Subway Series stamp.

Cardstock:  Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Off to School (Fancy Pants)

Stamps: Subway Series Summer (Fresh Squeezed Stamps)

Ink: Read Red (Stampin' Up)

Dies: Stitched Mats (Lil' Inkers)

CFC68 & The Cameo Spotlight #2: Numbers

Time for another card for three challenges.  The theme for this week's CASual Fridays Challenge was to create a clean and simple back to school project.  I am trying the Cameo Spotlight Challenge for the first time and it just so happens this weeks challenge was open to interpretation to create a project using your Silhouette Cameo and incorporating numbers somehow.  Suggestions were back to school, birthday's or anniversaries.  The numbers did not have to be cut with the Silhouette.  I have been wanting to use my pencil image on my Silhouette so this seemed like an opportunity.  However, I missed the deadline for the Cameo Spotlight, I was too busy piecing my pencil together.  Ha ha, but I had so much fun I had to post.

Cardstock:  White, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Kraft, Smoky Shadow (PTI), grey (Prism)

Patterned Paper: Notebook (Scenic Route)

Dies: Silhouette Pencil #3764

other: Rub On Alpha (Doodlebug), font: Dancing Script OT off the Internet

CCC #6 - School

Time for another cue word at CASology!  It's that time of the year again when the kids go back to school a year older and a year wiser.  Parents as much as we love having them home we can't wait for then to go back to school.  This week CASology cue word is

For my CAS inspiration this week I created a card for my daughter who is going into grade 10 this fall. I have always made cards to encourage her when she returns to school.  With her being 15 I needed to make a card that was cool, not babyish and that gives her gentle persuasion to keep working hard to maintain her grades.

I decided to go with an all white card.  I limited the number of items I placed on the focal panel to:

• a white die cut, clear embossed apple popped with a foam dot for the COOL
• a red stamped A+ for the gentle encouragement to keep up her grades and add some interest and pop to the design
• a simple computer generated sentiment

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the `cue card`means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Don`t forget to visit the blogs of the other members of the Design Team:

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jen Wills

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that`s me)

and this week's Guest Designer Shirley (winner of CCC #4 - BIRD)

I can't wait to see what SCHOOL means to you!

All Supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Cardstock: White

Stamps: Fruit Fusion - Apple, It's Official

Ink:  Pure Poppy, Versamark (Tsukineko)

Other: Learning Curve Font (Internet), foam dots