A new technique

Pin It Now! I have seen a new technique showcased on quite a few other stampin' blogs & finally decided to try my hand at it. I don't know what the proper name of the technique is but the name I've heard in several different forums is Triple Mat. To be honest I was a bit intimidated when I first saw the technique & filed it away in the back of my mind with all those other "looks amazing but I can't do that; it's too much work" techniques/projects. Do y'all know what I mean? ;)  Well after watching an easy to follow video over at Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie I was determined to try it. She broke it down & had everything measured out so I went ahead & did one after the video was over. In fact it's a whole lot easier than I originally thought & now I'm addicted to making these! Here's (one of) the first ones I've done ~ so far ;)

All of the cards I've seen using this technique have all been with flowers & leaves; I have (as of this posting) not seen any that are kid-friendly so I wanted to see what one would look like. I'm really happy with the way it turned out & I can use it for nieces & nephews birthdays by just changing up the color combos.

I didn't take step-by-step pictures but if you'd like a visual Brian King has pictures walking ya through it. You can go check out Frenchie if you'd like to take a peek at the video that helped me get through it ;) Go on & give it a try but don't say I didn't warn ya: they're addicting! :)

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Pin It Now! One full week of school is behind us already & I think we've all settled into our new routine by now. Our 4 year old keeps thinking he's going to be late since he doesn't leave for school until 11:15 but hopefully one of these days he'll stop asking "What about my school Mom!? I don't want to miss it!"

Today I'd like to show you the little gift I made for the Pre-K teacher for the first day of school. It was soooo easy peasy that I wish I had more to make! However our big-shot sophomore & 6th grader did NOT want to give out first-day-of-school gifts so I had to be ok with making just one ;)

Isn't this adorable!? It's made using a 10" x 3 1/2" piece of card stock scored at 2", 2 1/2", 6", & 6 1/2".  I also used some Poppy Parade DSP to decorate the front 2 panels. The stamp set is the only scholastic set I have but it's retired :( I stamped the row of apples twice & colored them in using my Poppy Parade Stampin' Write marker. This holds a pad of post-it notes perfectly on the inside. I used Sticky Strip on the back of the note pad to make sure it stayed in place. You could add some velcro to keep the flap closed but I didn't have any on hand. Our youngest felt so proud carrying this to school & giving it to his teacher; he was definitely a big kid! ;)

I hope you enjoyed my little project today :) I may just make one for myself to keep on my workspace & decorate it without school stuff ;)

Happy Monday!