Jumbo clothes pin decorated

Hi all,
What a rainy day for us here in the east. Last night I painted this jumbo clothes pin I bought at AC Moore for 1.00 with Apple Barrel antique rose paint.

Cut Stampin' Up Designer series paper to cover the front and the back, added SU rhinestones to the center of some of the locations.

I recently bought 6 different colored ribbon also from SU (this ribbon I love - it's softer and easy to tie) added the two step punch bird on foam dots.

I will be giving this to my friend for her birthday this week.

CRICUT CARD FAIRY 2nd BLOG Hop today

Welcome to the 2nd Cricut card Fairy Blog hop!!! Going on Now - Sept 3rd - 5th.
Do you need some last minute back to school ideas or gifts? We hope you enjoy what we have for you. Go grab a juice box and an after school snack and enjoy our Second Cricut Card Fairy Back to School Blog Hop!

Our hop is sponsored by Regina from CUTTING CAFE. She is very talented and amazing. She has donated a great grand prize for this blog hop AND each one of us were given an item of images to work with! Thank you so much - I couldn't wait to create and share the following projects with you.

So while you are hopping and getting lots of inspiration make sure that you leave comments on all of our blogs to be entered to win THREE CUTTING CAFE STAMP SETS OF YOUR CHOICE from Regina.

You should have come from KarelJCreations. After my stop you will go to visit LarelynSartini

Here is the order in case you get lost -
Caitlynsmommy http://crystalscraftycreations.blogspot.com/ *** START HERE ***
GRKIDDO http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com/
LYNNE http://www.scrapthiscraftthat.blogspot.com/
ScrappyJess http://scrappyjess.blogspot.com/
Kat/Bluerose http://katzdesignz.blogspot.com/
DDDCort http://www.dawnsaddiction.blogspot.com/
KarelJCreations http://www.karelj.blogspot.com/
SherylGreene http://sherylscraftingcorner.blogspot.com/ **** YOU ARE HERE ****
LarelynSartini http://www.handmadefromtheheart-designsbylarelyn.blogspot.com/
Kisatrtle http://www.kisatrtleskreativekorner.blogspot.com/
AJoy713 http://adreatravis2008.blogspot.com/
BeeJay http://www.beejaysstudio.blogspot.com/
Pamela http://blog.pamelaosterday.com/

So on to my items in which I used the ALL ABOUT SCHOOL stamp set that Regina graciously gave to me to use. Please enjoy these crafty creations.

First is a charming large clothes pin that I picked up at AC Moore for 1.00! As soon as I saw it - I thought I had to add the ruler from the set I used.
I first painted the item in Americana Red paint.
Then Mod Podge the ruler image on. Let it dry and did another layer of Mod Podge.

I love it! And hope you will give it a try.

The second items are book marks.
I used a scallop punch to punch out the sentiment and added a red heart to the center.
Used my Stampin' Up office punch to create a little notebook paper for my niece to write down what books she read.

The third item is a post it note pad cover. I printed the image onto yellow card stock. Adhered it to a piece of card stock measured at 8 1/2" x 3 1/4". Scored at 3 1/8", 1/2", 3 1/8".
I adhered the 3 x 3 sticky note pad and folded it up into a little keeper. I added a fab SU! ribbon and a button in the shape of a crayon. The inside was a little plain so I added a Tim Holtz label.

Now on to my Blog Candy. To win the following you MUST be or become a follower and leave a comment on THIS post.

I am entering this in a few challenges as well - one is back to school items at Paper Garden Projects and at The Sisterhood of Crafters - anything but a card. At a new blog I found - Bee Crafty whose theme is anything goes as long as it's a digi.