Monday, August 27, 2012

BBTB2 Back to School Challenge

Well, it's starting to feel like Fall around here and the kiddles are going back to school so that's the  BBTB2  theme chosen by our talented DT sister Brenda this week.  This theme isn't the easiest for me as I have no kids and it's been a bazillion years since I've been in school so I went the CAS route using Animal Kingdom and Car Decals to make a little bookmark.  I welded the shadow of the  reader to the bookmark base in DS and cut it 3 times for sturdiness.  Thought I'd add a little humor with the sentiment ( also from Car Decals) since the kids I do know stay up to all hours all summer long and sleep past noon.  First day of school is a pretty rude awakening.  LOL
Ok, so maybe it's the subject matter that makes him want to snooze.  The color scheme is one of my faves.
The style of the bookmark fits over the page like this, so I glued the sentiment on first and used a craft knife to carefully cut each letter along the slit.  I set it up in DS for the Cricut to do that for me, but I kept losing the little pieces so I decided to cut my losses and do it by hand.  The polka dot mat was done in DS by taking the original bookmark and hiding the outside contour, then pasting a resized one on top and hiding the inner contours so they would match up.  Got that?  I always wonder if I'm giving TMI.  In any case, there you have it.  My DT sisters came up with a wide variety of BTS projects so go have a look and leave them some love.  We'd also be thrilled to see your Cricut cut Back to School projects so please join us but remember to follow the rules and note that our challenges are only open for one week from now on.

I'm also adding this to the Back to School Challenge at Simon Says Stamp, Lollipop Crafts, Lexi's Creations, My Graphico and My Sheri Crafts.

16 comments:

  1. bookmarks, I love bookmarks, and this is no exception, what a great page marker this one is, hugs

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  2. If that were my book I think I would agree!
    Love your bookmark.
    Jayne x

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  3. Very cute, Donna. Your sentiment made me chuckle as I'd rather read than sleep.

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  4. Sandi is the Queen of making unique bookmarks and now you have been given a gold star from her... Love this little bookmark...not only the design and I love the sentiment, but I love the whole design of it.
    Carole

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  5. Hey, we've both got bookmarks on the brain! OMG, I love this whacky looking fella! Reminds me of Danny back when he was in school and your sentiment says it all! Love the color combo too!

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  6. Super super cute bookmark!!! This little guy is just to to cute!! :)

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  7. Oh Donna that setiment gave me a right chuckle! So true about the kids staying up all hours my Connor is no exception I showed him your bookmark and he loved it as do I!
    HUgs
    Juliexx

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  8. That's so cute. I love your sentiment. My boys would have loved this.

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  9. Gosh Donna, do you know how amazing you are with the Cricut?!! I really need to rub elbows with you!! This bookmark is amazing and so funny!! Oh and so true too. Yes, the kids seem to want to stay up all hours of the night and then sleep past noon. My own son included, only he gets a rude awakening many times. lol Thanks for making my challenge so special with this adorable bookmark! Hugs!!

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  10. Great idea Donna, I am a bit stuck here too on this challenge need to go through my cartridges.
    You asked me about the cart I got my owl from, it is called Noah's ABC Animals, it's one I won at Everyday Cricut a few months back. Not sure if it can be purchased outside the blog, but if you need an owl, yoller and will send some to you in any colour....cheers, annie xx

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  11. I am sooo jealous! :D You got a gold star from Sandi??? Wow!!

    I think this bookmark is adorable - the face just cracks me up!!

    Susan

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  12. LOL so funny. I love the Decal cut with the little guy reading the book and love the sentiment. These days I have a hard time reading in bed as I always fall asleep.

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  13. This is adorable Donna, and just too perfect for the kiddos heading back to school! I know mine went through the first couple of days of school as being "walking zombies"...lol!
    :Dxx

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  14. Donna..I am a total bookworm...I love to read..My Little Belle loves to read so this bookmark is so cute....We have so many bookmarks laying around..Love it:) Krista

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  15. What a cute cute project, this bookmark is a perfect back to school project, and the sentiment is sooo true....


    Hugs
    Penny

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Thanks for making my day!