Lisa Storms

teacher appreciation week

The past few weeks have been insane around here, but I wanted to pop by to share a few card ideas for Teacher Appreciation Week since it's coming up next week.  I should have some gift ideas to share Monday, too, as I plan on having time this weekend to do a few more things I have rattling around in my head.

You can find all of the directions with full photos here at the Fiskars site.  From adding a super simple leaf to an apple for creative presentation ...

... to crafting up an award ribbon that doubles as a card ...

... or getting extra creative with an apple core card.

fun with corner punches

It's been a while since I shared a scrapbook layout.  Here is one I created for Fiskars using their brand new 3-in-1 corner squeeze punches.  They have the same handles as the regular squeeze punches, but there is a knob on the back to turn between three different corner designs.  Thus, 3-in-1 =).

Decorative corners are always pretty, but I wanted to come up with some other creative uses for these punches.  You can create trendy paper banners ...

and intricate lace edges for your circle embellishments ...

Full directions and step-by-step photos are here at Fiskars.