My First Day of School

Happy Tuesday! I am sitting here smiling while I type because the weather is so beautiful outside that I can here wonderful sounds that I haven't heard most of the summer because it has been so hot and the AC seemed to run 24 hrs.a day. I have all the windows open and it is wonderful!

It is also time for another challenge over at  Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

This week we have a fun challenge that fits in with the time of year that it is, School Time. Another week or two and all the kids will be back at school so we would like to see a creation with that theme!

I decided to go a bit different with my school card. When I saw this Mo Manning image I thought it was cute. When I was looking through to find a school image this image kept pulling at me. We have a lot of walkers at our school and it is always the little ones that hug their moms, younger siblings and lastly their dogs before they are coaxed through the big red doors. That was the thought behind this school themed card.

 Tip to share for Tip Top Tuesday- With all of the intricate die cuts that there are now it can be very hard to get them out of the die with out using some sharp like a pin so I keep wax paper close by and when I use a die I put the wax paper (cut a bit larger than the die) between the die and my paper after I run the die through the cutting machine the cut paper comes out easily because of the wax paper behind it, hope this helps you next time.

All the ladies created some fabulous cards to inspire you this week so be sure to check out their creations!

Here are some other wonderful challenges that fit my card

2 Sisters Challenge #53-Back to School

Anything Goes Challenge #48-Inspired by TV/Film- Mine is Kindergarten Cop

Aud Sentiments Challenge #35-Anything Goes
Little Darlings Challenge #5-School Days

CES Challenge #50-Banners, Bunting & Flags

Cooking It Up with Katie Challenge # 71-Die Cut A Banner with Ribbon

Crafts and Me Challenge #48-Blues or blue/greens

Crazy 4 Challenges C4C101-Bingo, Square Card, Die cuts, 2 or more DP

Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge #72-A Recipe, 1 Ribbon, 2 Backing Papers and 3 Buttons
Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge-Puches and/or Die Cuts for Kids

Mo's Challenge #96-Feeling Blue

Little Red Wagon Challenge-Back To School

Lollipop Crafts Challenge #45-Make It Masculine

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge-Blue, Brown and Choice(Green)

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #60-Back to School

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #148-Create a Scene

Stamps R Us Challenge-Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #81-Back to School

Totally Gorjuss Challenge #94-Cute and Cuddly

Creative Inspirations Challenge #66-Back to School

Creative Stamp Friends Challenge #32-School

Paper Cupcakes Magical Monday Challenge-Let's Make A Scene

Everybody Art Challenge #156-the colors brown/blue

Deep Ocean Challenge #6-Light Blue

Tip Top Tuesday Challenge #48-Masculine Card and Tip (above)
Fairy Tale Challengeblog #22-Back to School

Make It Colorful Challenge #31-Ground Your Subject

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Monthly Challenge #15-Easel Card

These are all fabulous challenges so be sure to stop by and play along with them.

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see what I have created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read.

Happy Creating,

Mary