Reading Charts

I created these reading charts to motivate my students.  Every time they pass an assessment level, their animal moves forward a box.  Each star represents a level students need to pass, but the levels and student names are not posted on the chart.  Students will earn an ice cream party if they reach the final star.  This friendly competition has motivated my unmotivated readers!

Monkey Birthday Card

I made this card for my nephew's birthday using the monkey from the New Arrival Cartridge and scraps of monkey paper from his invitations.  It will be entered in the following challenges: Crafty Card Makers (Birthdays), Really Reasonable Ribbon (card for boy with ribbon), Tuesday Morning Sketches (keep it simple with a kid theme), Scrappy Moms (smiley faces), Paper Cutz Challenge (any challenge or theme), and Fantabulous Cricut (Happy Birthday).

Bee Mine...

The bee is from the Create a Critter Cricut Cartridge, and the heart is accented with glitter glue.  This card will be entered in the following challenges: The Pink Elephant (Be My Valentine), Paper Issues (bees), More Than Favors (Anything Valentines), Paper Cutz (bees), Die Cuttin Divas (Valentine), and Crazy 4 Challenges (hearts).

Love Bug Card

The image and words came from the Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge.  The back of the ladybug was embossed with the Swiss Dots embossing folder, and the heart inside the "o" was punched from a small EK Success heart punch.  This card will be entered in the following challenges: Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog (cricut image and love), Crafty Cardmakers (hearts), Really Reasonable Ribbon (pink, red, white, and ribbon), Scrappy Moms (Simply Charmed Cartridge) and ECP Challenges (love).

Birthday Card

I used an old sketch and flopped the colors to make this present card.  I also used the present border punch I found on clearance after Christmas.  The gift is from Doodlecharms, and it was embossed with the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder.  The card will be entered in the Cooking with Cricut challenge (Birthdays).

Spotted Sketch

The sketch is from CPS, and the green paper was embossed with the Spots and Dots Cuttlebug folder.  I love how the different shades of brown, green, and pink (More Than Favors) turned out.

Cards for Chalie Knuth

Angela from Cricut Crafts by Angela posed the following on her blog:

Hi Craft Friends,

I was wondering if any of you would be interested in sending cards to 4 year old Charlie. 

He is battling a rare skin condition called epidermolysis bullosa commonly known as EB, which causes his skin to blister.

Here is a link to his CaringBridge page.  I hope that you will take some time out of your day to read his story.  It's very touching and he is a fighter and will touch your heart. 

To send cards please send it to:

Ronald McDonald House
Attn:  Knuth Family
621 Oak Street SE
Minneapolis, MN  55414

If you can't send a card to Charlie, then would you just take a little time out of your day to pray for him & his family.  They need all the support they can get right now. 
If you need anymore information please contact me!  Thank you all so much! 

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I checked Charlie's Caring Bridge post today, and his mother writes, "I showed him all the beautiful hand-made cards that are being sent to him from all over the United States."  Charlie is from WI where I also live, and we have been following his story on the news.  I could not resist the opportunity to make him a card to brighten his day.  Please consider making a card for Charlie and posting his story on your blog.  I mailed this card:

I used the sketch from Jitterbuggin Challenge (yellow, stripes, and a Cricut shape) and used pop dots (Card Cupids) to raise the monkey from Create a Critter.