Kristie, what a wonderful way to express appreciation to all the staff! My husband used to be "the gardener" at a small elem. school district of 7 schools. He is a very outgoing, friendly person who speaks to everybody. He would have been thrilled to pieces if one of the kids (and parents) had given him something like this. I hate to say it, but no one did. He did have one teacher who was wonderful. She always noticed the special things he did, like plant pretty flowers outside her classroom. One year she asked him to give a little talk to her (4th grade) class. He was so excited, especially when she had each child make him a card or a picture. So congrats to you for being so thoughtful!!
Ruth Thomas A big thank you to your husband and all his dedicated years making the school a lovely place. That’s too bad he wasn’t acknowledged earlier for his hard work. I’m so glad at least one teacher finally made him feel special. I’ll admit, I don’t even know who the gardener is at my daughter’s school. But I know it takes more than just the teachers to run a school. That’s why I decided to give cards to the entire staff. 🙂
Another wonderful tutorial - and this one is for teachers and staff. Being a retired teacher myself I can't tell you how much these mean to us. Each one you made put a smile on my face (and I know the bus drivers will be thrilled.) You have a overflowing heart that comes out of the work you do. Thank you for letting us watch and learn.
Beth Hansen Thank you! I’m grateful for your kindness. And thank you for all your years of dedication to your students. My mother is a retired remediation specialist and my father is a retired school psychologist. I know the work continued well beyond school hours. 🙂
Wow! I don’t think there has been a card you have ever made that I don’t absolutely love!! The staff will loves these and they are so much more meaningful when they are handmade! Great job, as always!
The teachers and staff at your daughter's school are sure to love these. Another great video!! I so enjoy watching you work..it's so relaxing and inspiring.
Such cute cards! And...that quilt die - that one is always a winner with me!! I love your consideration of all the other people who work at the school! Hugs!!
Awesome as always! Its a trying time for our teachers and giving a beautiful card letting them know that they are important and appreciated is always a wonderful thing!
Kristie, I am sure that they appreciate the cards and that you are thinking of them. I have family memebers that are teachers and they appreciate involved and caring parents. It take a village to make good human beings.
I think your doing a wonderful thing for the faculty. My daughter is a high school teacher and I know she appreciates anything anyone does for them. Thanks for your kindness.
Carmen Chiapa Thank you! I really hope the staff enjoys my cards. My son will start high school next year. Maybe I’ll make cards for his school next time. 🙂
Kristie, Another wonderful group of cards. As an older viewer, I wish I was able to do this for my children's school "in the day". I love your cards and get so many ideas from you and the sketches you use. I hope to buy a couple dies you use from "My Favorite Things" soon. I hope mine look half as good as yours.
Yvonne Walker Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. 😊 I’m sure the current teachers would love to receive cards. You don’t have to have children in school to say thank you to a teacher. I love MFT dies and hope you enjoy them just as much. 🙂
So excited to see you posted another video with a paper pad - I just finished the Easter one. Again you are amazing and love the colors in this one - thank you so much for sharing
Yeah!!! You made my day again!! Love so many of your layouts on this video... favorites are OWH #183, OWH #23 and Mojo #162. There are many others that I loved. I can't wait to try them out. I am still working on your Spring Market video... love , love that paper. I loved your purple paper this video and the double matting of the sentiments, great idea. Your apple was too cute. You have such a creative mind. Thank you so very much for your inspiration and hard work to put these together. You are the greatest. On pins and needles for your next video :)
Sherrie Hughes Thank you! I really appreciate your kindness and support. This was such a fun paper collection. I really enjoyed using it. 😊 The Spring Market collection is so pretty. I hope you’re having fun turning it into lovely cards. 🙂
When I saw you add the stem and tiny leave to the apples I knew how much you love card making...those are the little extra things that are special and appreciated...thank you for another great video.....again looking forward to the next video...tfs
Terrie Rodrigue Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. I really do enjoy making cards and I love sharing my cards with others. No matter who the card recipient is, they deserve a quality card. Not something just quickly slapped together. 🙂
I am impressed how you use even the tiny leftover pieces of paper. Nice way of showing gratrudute to the teachers. I am an Early Years Teacher and a card maker. Thanks a lot for aporicatiaing us.
zareefa carrim The quilt die is perfect for using up the last of those paper scraps. 😊 Thank you for your dedication to the young minds in your classroom. You make a difference every day. 🙂
I was just thinking of you yesterday, Kristie, hoping for another of these videos soon. Thank you! And, leave it to your sweet heart to not want to exclude anybody from being appreciated when you give out your cards. You're such a dear. Have a great week! :o)
I was SO excited to see that you posted a new video today! Yipee!!! Wonderful set of cards for your daughters school. Very thoughtful. Tons of inspiration once again.
Yeeey a new video!!!!😃😃😃 i think its so relaxing to watch and gets so much insperation😃 havent really gotten to do this yet myself But Will soon 😅 with Echo park imaging that girl😃
I love watching all of your videos. It is amazing to see what you do, I am only starting in card making and only wish I will one day be as capable. I do have one question, I have seen you use a die cut not only here but in other videos that looks like a quilt block and would love to find one to buy......but have had no luck. Any advice??
Lori Otto Thank you! I appreciate your kindness and support. I absolutely love the quilt die and use it all the time. The one I use the most is called Die-namics Quilt Square Cover-Up and it’s made by MFT. The quality is amazing and I love the faux stitching on the quilt pieces. 😊
Great cards and technique!!! I have trouble cutting panels perfectly straight/square. They're close, but not perfect. Any advice you could share would be greatly appreciated.
Kay Honeycutt Thank you! 😊 I think having a good trimmer is key to getting straight cuts. I’ve owned others trimmers before that never seemed to cut straight. I’ve never had that problem with my Tonic guillotine trimmer. Although, sometimes the paper isn’t perfectly square. That’s very frustrating.
How do you like this cutter Tonic? Have you ever used Fiskars? Would you say the Tonic cutter is better I’m starting to think I need to upgrade to a better cutter.
caroll Garcia Hello. I love my Tonic trimmer! Many years ago, I used Fiskars trimmers. But I was tired of buying replacement blades that would only last about a week. So I switched to the Tonic guillotine trimmer. I’ve had it for probably 7 years and haven’t encountered any problems with it. Tonic did discontinue the trimmer I own, but they recently re-released it under Tim Holtz name. It looks the same except different colors. 🙂
Have you ever experienced your ATG glue to have a certain smell? I just bought one but I think I can't use because of the smell. It's not a really bad smell, it just smells gluey but very strong, it would be embarrassing to give someone a card that smells like that 😔
Eva Jonsson I haven’t ever had a strong smelling ATG refill before. Do you use the Scotch brand or a generic? I buy my refills from Tape Jungle online. I would suggest contacting the manufacturer.
Kristie Marcotte It's the ones that came with the "applicator". I noticed it at soon as I opened the package. I've used it on some scrap paper and now, like a week later, it still smells the same so for cards it's definitely a No. Maybe the generic ones are better?
Eva Jonsson I would definitely contact the manufacturer. It’s been years since I’ve used the Scotch brand refills. I really like the generic refills from Tape Jungle. They are way less expensive, especially if you buy them in bulk. 🙂
Kristie, what a wonderful way to express appreciation to all the staff! My husband used to be "the gardener" at a small elem. school district of 7 schools. He is a very outgoing, friendly person who speaks to everybody. He would have been thrilled to pieces if one of the kids (and parents) had given him something like this. I hate to say it, but no one did. He did have one teacher who was wonderful. She always noticed the special things he did, like plant pretty flowers outside her classroom. One year she asked him to give a little talk to her (4th grade) class. He was so excited, especially when she had each child make him a card or a picture. So congrats to you for being so thoughtful!!
Ruth Thomas A big thank you to your husband and all his dedicated years making the school a lovely place. That’s too bad he wasn’t acknowledged earlier for his hard work. I’m so glad at least one teacher finally made him feel special. I’ll admit, I don’t even know who the gardener is at my daughter’s school. But I know it takes more than just the teachers to run a school. That’s why I decided to give cards to the entire staff. 🙂
Another wonderful tutorial - and this one is for teachers and staff. Being a retired teacher myself I can't tell you how much these mean to us. Each one you made put a smile on my face (and I know the bus drivers will be thrilled.) You have a overflowing heart that comes out of the work you do. Thank you for letting us watch and learn.
Beth Hansen Thank you! I’m grateful for your kindness. And thank you for all your years of dedication to your students. My mother is a retired remediation specialist and my father is a retired school psychologist. I know the work continued well beyond school hours. 🙂
Wow! I don’t think there has been a card you have ever made that I don’t absolutely love!! The staff will loves these and they are so much more meaningful when they are handmade! Great job, as always!
Genevieve CreatedOnALark Thank you! I’m grateful for your kindness. I really hope my cards make the school staff feel appreciated. 😊
Oh, that last card was really stunning! But I really like all of them because of the primary colors used, they worked so well. Brilliant!
Kallisto Indrani Thank you so much! The bright colors were really fun! 😊
The teachers and staff at your daughter's school are sure to love these. Another great video!! I so enjoy watching you work..it's so relaxing and inspiring.
sashabelle728 Thank you! I really hope the staff enjoys the cards. 😊
Such cute cards! And...that quilt die - that one is always a winner with me!! I love your consideration of all the other people who work at the school! Hugs!!
Rene Price aka gabbysews Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. I always enjoy using the MFT quilt die. 😊
Loved them all but my favorite was the quilt design. Super cute!
mikhail114 Thank you! I love making quilt cards using MFT’s Cover die. 😊
What a wonderful thing to do for your daughter’s school.
Edna Schildroth Thank you! I hope the staff enjoys my cards. 😊
Loved every one of these cards made. Absolutely love these 6x6 videos, so therapeutic. Thank you for continuing to inspire me Kristie.
Rebecca McGregor Thank you! I appreciate your kindness and support. 😊
Awesome as always! Its a trying time for our teachers and giving a beautiful card letting them know that they are important and appreciated is always a wonderful thing!
Monica Sanchez-Conrad Thank you! I really hope my cards make the school staff feel appreciated. They work so hard. 🙂
Kristie, I am sure that they appreciate the cards and that you are thinking of them. I have family memebers that are teachers and they appreciate involved and caring parents. It take a village to make good human beings.
I have a quilt die - but I've never made it produce a card as effective as that! Thanks for a great set of ideas.
Pam Holloway Thank you! I own several quilt dies. But this one from MFT is my favorite. I never tire from using the die. 😊
I love the bright colors. These are so cute.
anneirenej Thank you! 😊
Your generosity is amazing and inspiring. Thanks for sharing your talents with us.
MegaDharrell Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. I’m just hoping I can bring a little joy to the school staff. 😊
I think your doing a wonderful thing for the faculty. My daughter is a high school teacher and I know she appreciates anything anyone does for them. Thanks for your kindness.
Carmen Chiapa Thank you! I really hope the staff enjoys my cards. My son will start high school next year. Maybe I’ll make cards for his school next time. 🙂
Kristie, Another wonderful group of cards. As an older viewer, I wish I was able to do this for my children's school "in the day". I love your cards and get so many ideas from you and the sketches you use. I hope to buy a couple dies you use from "My Favorite Things" soon. I hope mine look half as good as yours.
Yvonne Walker Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. 😊 I’m sure the current teachers would love to receive cards. You don’t have to have children in school to say thank you to a teacher. I love MFT dies and hope you enjoy them just as much. 🙂
What a wonderful way to support our teachers and all the others the are part of the group that help further generations.
Roxanne Tucker It’s the least I can do to show my gratitude. My daughter’s school has an amazing staff. 😊
So excited to see you posted another video with a paper pad - I just finished the Easter one. Again you are amazing and love the colors in this one - thank you so much for sharing
Debra Tunjian Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. Wasn’t the Easter collection so fun? 🙂
Once again, a beautiful set of cards that I have eagerly awaited to watch and be aspired to attempt just one of them.
Annette Hinton Thank you! I appreciate your kindness and support. 😊
So relaxing you do your cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
Look forward to the next video.
Wendy Thompson Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. 😊
Yeah!!! You made my day again!! Love so many of your layouts on this video... favorites are OWH #183, OWH #23 and Mojo #162. There are many others that I loved. I can't wait to try them out. I am still working on your Spring Market video... love , love that paper. I loved your purple paper this video and the double matting of the sentiments, great idea. Your apple was too cute. You have such a creative mind. Thank you so very much for your inspiration and hard work to put these together. You are the greatest. On pins and needles for your next video :)
Sherrie Hughes Thank you! I really appreciate your kindness and support. This was such a fun paper collection. I really enjoyed using it. 😊 The Spring Market collection is so pretty. I hope you’re having fun turning it into lovely cards. 🙂
When I saw you add the stem and tiny leave to the apples I knew how much you love card making...those are the little extra things that are special and appreciated...thank you for another great video.....again looking forward to the next video...tfs
Terrie Rodrigue Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. I really do enjoy making cards and I love sharing my cards with others. No matter who the card recipient is, they deserve a quality card. Not something just quickly slapped together. 🙂
I am impressed how you use even the tiny leftover pieces of paper.
Nice way of showing gratrudute to the teachers. I am an Early Years Teacher and a card maker.
Thanks a lot for aporicatiaing us.
zareefa carrim The quilt die is perfect for using up the last of those paper scraps. 😊 Thank you for your dedication to the young minds in your classroom. You make a difference every day. 🙂
What beautiful cards, going to a great cause!
Annette McGinnis Thank you! 😊
Love your videos! Thx for sharing! What a thoughtful gift to make every e cards for teachers appreciation week.
Ella Conner Thank you! I really wanted the entire staff to know how appreciated they are. 😊
Another inspirational video and amazing set of cards. Thank you for sharing!!!!
Betty Huffman Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. This is a fun paper collection. 😊
I'm always waiting for your wonderful videos, thank you for the inspiration.
Carla Arias Thank you! I’m grateful for your kindness and support. 😊
I was just thinking of you yesterday, Kristie, hoping for another of these videos soon. Thank you! And, leave it to your sweet heart to not want to exclude anybody from being appreciated when you give out your cards. You're such a dear. Have a great week! :o)
Cards Classic or Cute Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. Everyone does their part to help the school run smoothly. They all deserve thanks. 😊
I was SO excited to see that you posted a new video today! Yipee!!! Wonderful set of cards for your daughters school. Very thoughtful. Tons of inspiration once again.
Karen Gerek Thank you! I appreciate your kindness and support. I hope you have a wonderful day! 😊
More fantastic cards!
Val's Faves Thank you! 😊
loving these so much!
Gerriann Armstrong Thank you! 😊
Yeeey a new video!!!!😃😃😃 i think its so relaxing to watch and gets so much insperation😃 havent really gotten to do this yet myself But Will soon 😅 with Echo park imaging that girl😃
Papercraft Moon Thank you! I appreciate your kindness. Happy crafting to you! That’s a fun looking Echo Park collection. 😊
Kristie Marcotte Thank u😃👍🏻 yes it is xD
Wonderful cards. Thank you
Dianna Raney Thank you! 😊
I love watching all of your videos. It is amazing to see what you do, I am only starting in card making and only wish I will one day be as capable. I do have one question, I have seen you use a die cut not only here but in other videos that looks like a quilt block and would love to find one to buy......but have had no luck. Any advice??
Lori Otto Thank you! I appreciate your kindness and support. I absolutely love the quilt die and use it all the time. The one I use the most is called Die-namics Quilt Square Cover-Up and it’s made by MFT. The quality is amazing and I love the faux stitching on the quilt pieces. 😊
Great cards and technique!!! I have trouble cutting panels perfectly straight/square. They're close, but not perfect. Any advice you could share would be greatly appreciated.
Kay Honeycutt Thank you! 😊 I think having a good trimmer is key to getting straight cuts. I’ve owned others trimmers before that never seemed to cut straight. I’ve never had that problem with my Tonic guillotine trimmer. Although, sometimes the paper isn’t perfectly square. That’s very frustrating.
Thanks Kristie! Going to get one this weekend while everyone's having a sale! Best wishes for a great holiday weekend!
How do you like this cutter
Tonic?
Have you ever used Fiskars?
Would you say the Tonic cutter is better I’m starting to think I need to upgrade to a better cutter.
caroll Garcia Hello. I love my Tonic trimmer! Many years ago, I used Fiskars trimmers. But I was tired of buying replacement blades that would only last about a week. So I switched to the Tonic guillotine trimmer. I’ve had it for probably 7 years and haven’t encountered any problems with it. Tonic did discontinue the trimmer I own, but they recently re-released it under Tim Holtz name. It looks the same except different colors. 🙂
What was that tool you used to put the brads on the card
Amazing, inspirational
Taylor Woods Thank you! 😊
Can you show how you use the scraps on the quilt die
cyberblond9404 I actually just finished recording a video about using scraps for quilt cards. I just need to finish editing it. 😊
Have you ever experienced your ATG glue to have a certain smell? I just bought one but I think I can't use because of the smell. It's not a really bad smell, it just smells gluey but very strong, it would be embarrassing to give someone a card that smells like that 😔
Eva Jonsson I haven’t ever had a strong smelling ATG refill before. Do you use the Scotch brand or a generic? I buy my refills from Tape Jungle online. I would suggest contacting the manufacturer.
Kristie Marcotte It's the ones that came with the "applicator". I noticed it at soon as I opened the package. I've used it on some scrap paper and now, like a week later, it still smells the same so for cards it's definitely a No. Maybe the generic ones are better?
Eva Jonsson I would definitely contact the manufacturer. It’s been years since I’ve used the Scotch brand refills. I really like the generic refills from Tape Jungle. They are way less expensive, especially if you buy them in bulk. 🙂