Thanks A Latte Starbucks Cupcakes for our favorite preschool teacher!

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and this is the gift for our fabulous neighbor who happens to be my son's preschool teacher. I saw these frappucino cupcakes on pinterest a while back and have been waiting for an occassion to make them!

chocolate cupcakes with vanilla frosting and drizzle of caramel

I made the cupcakes from scratch. The last time I tried to make cupcakes from scratch was a total flop, but these turned out A-Mazing if I do say so myself.  The receipe came from food netowork.com and can be found here.

To go along with it I made a card that says "Thanks a Latte".  I used the sketch inspiration at Freshly Made Sketches to design the card and have entered it in the challenge over there.

I used the backside of a starbucks cardboard cup cozy

The cuts are from Kate's ABCs (great fonts on that cartridge!)

I used glue dots to seal the bottof of the cup cozy to create an envelope.
I slipped a starbucks gift card into this little envelope and my son signed it.

Cooking with Cricut Challenge #81 Card Outreach

Okay, this is seriously the best project I have been a part of! This week the challenge at Cooking with Cricut is to make "Thinking of You" cards for two amazing young girls who are battling with cancer. You make a card for them and mail it to an address listed at Cooking With Cricut; they will then send a package of thoughful cards along to these girls.

My first card is for a 6 year old girl named Emily who apparently loves pink, purple, kittens and horses (what six year old girl doesn't?) Emily is battling Leukemia.

You can read more about Emily on Madison's blog here.

For Emily I decided to go uber-girly and stick to what they said she loves!

This picture shows the folds a bit better. I used a guide at Split Coast Stamper to make the folds.

All cuts are from Kate's ABCs (other than the grass along the bottom which is from Create A Critter).

The next card is for Patty who is 13 and is battling neuroblastoma.

You can see more information about Patty and how to send her a card at the Cooking with Cricut website. In all the photos I saw of Patty I noticed how she loves fashion (make-up, sparkles, cute hats etc;). I also read on her caring bridge page that she sketches and designs dresses. So, I used Forever young to make her this:

The inside says "Be Strong"

I really hope you'll join in for this challenge. What better reason to make uplifting cards? Head on over to Cooking with Cricut and link up your project!

I am entering the Pink/Purple card into two challenges:
Celebrate the Occassion "Just Because" challenge
Cutie Pie Challenge "Favorite Stamp" (I L-O-V-E my "Oh Happy Day" Stamp! Got it in the dollar bin and use it for lots of different projects!

Cooking With Cricut Challenge #78 **Spring Song Inspiration**

The challenge at Cooking with Cricut this week is to design a project inspired by your favorite spring song.

I remember sitting in the living room and listening to "Raindrops are Fallin' on my Head" on my parents old record player. Something about hearing it on the record made it so much better, it was like the static was the sound of the rain. I have lots of great memories of listening to old records with my sister who was three years younger than me. We would sit, upside down feet straight up in the air and heads dangling down to the ground and just belt out the words.  (We also had a record of Micheal Jackson singing Rockin' Robin that we played a ton: we danced like crazy to that song). As we got older it progressed to us blaring the Beach Boys "Kokomo" over the radio as we did cartwheels in the front lawn. She passed away seven years ago, so I love when something like this triggers a memory I had otherwise forgotten about.

So, in honor of my memory of us as little girls I chose a cut from Kate's ABCs. I got this cartridge for Christmas this year and was so excited to do a girly card from it finally!

The image is from Kate's ABCs. The Scallop Card is from Wild Card.

We'd love to see what you come up with, so head over to Cooking with Cricut and link up your project!

I am also entering this project in 3 challenges:

My Craft Spot "Spring Scallops" Challenge
Cutie Pie Challenge Blog "Pink and a Bunny"
Celebrate the Occasion "Welcome Spring"



I'd love any comments or suggestions. If you like my projects I'd love some new followers, leave me a comment and I'll come check out your blog as well!