Drinks Well With Others

Not all teachers, just all the teachers I know (said completely with tongue planted firmly in cheek)! This is for my teacher friend Yaz who had her birthday on Dec. 20th, 2011. She was in Mexico for it. We usually go out for drinks on the last day of school to celebrate her birthday but she had a pretty poor excuse for missing that this year if you ask me ;o)  I used a Bugaboo Stamp, JJ Tequila. I wanted to make it look like a report card so I used some lined school paper as my patterned paper. I ran the background paper through my printer to add the black square and the sentiment. I printed the image out on white cardstock and used my new heat embosser that I got for Christmas to set it. Colored her with EK Success pencil crayons and a blue glitter marker for her dress. Then I colored her glasses light pink and then added glossy accents to them. I thought rose colored glasses went nicely with a stack of drinks. I also added glossy accents to the martini glasses. I outlined my cardstock with a light blue marker. I used a red Zig marker to add the check mark and the A+. Inside I added that I am one of those 'others'!
My lessons learned: my heat embosser works really well to dry my printer ink, but it can curl the paper up a bit. I also used my new Ott Lite that I got for Christmas to take the picture. With sunlight always a gamble in January and the fact that it's usually well after the children have gone to bed that I finish my projects, I can't tell you what a great investment that light was!

I would like to share my card at:

Fab'n'Funky Challenges something new (digistamp), closes Jan. 10,

Fussy and Fancy Challenge Happy Birthday, closes Jan. 13,

Catch the Bug Challenge anything goes, closes Jan. 14,

Sentimental Sundays sentiment, blue and glitter, closes Jan. 15,

Totally Stampalicious funny, closes Jan. 15,

Aud Sentiments sentiment and use scraps, closes Jan. 17,

Creative Craft Challenges what's your resolutions (to drink more...I mean less, or at least with other people), closes Jan. 17,

Southern Girls Challenge show us your sparkle, closes Jan. 19,

Card Makin Mamas something new(digistamp), closes Jan. 19.