Thursday, August 21, 2014

The CCEE Stampers Go Back to School.......


Well......that is not completely true.......I am NOT going back to school, but I will be attending my 9th First Day of School Breakfast for Retired Teachers that we have each year.  It is a great day when all of the retired teachers gather to celebrate that we are NOT going back to school.  Sounds terrible, doesn't it.......but most of us put in 35 or more years of teaching, and are now onto new and less demanding adventures now.  (I find it amazing that this will mark the start of my NINTH year of retirement.  Time has truly flown by.

Not much stamping here......The sentiment is all the stamping I had to do and it is an SU stamp.  The rest of it is designer paper from DCWV.  The scissors are buttons.  I cut the shank off and glued them as 'decor' on my card.

Be sure to check out the other Back to School 'treats' at the CCEE Blog.

9 comments:

Lynn McAuley said...

Awesome papers of this fabulous back to school design, Joanne! And what fun scissor embellishments!!

I beat you to retirement by a year. This is my 10th!

Sabrina said...

Fab papers and I love the white sentiment on red. And no, I don't think your Not back to school breakfast is horrible - sounds great to me! We had a lot of teachers in the family and it was not a career that every appealed to me, but I have enormous admiration and respect for those who made a vocation of it. I remember several inspirational teachers with very fond memories.

StampOwl said...

Oh what fun designer paper, love those cute scissor embellishments too. What fun that you go to a breakfast with other retired teachers

jdmommy - Anne Harmon said...

What fun paper and buttons!! Those little feet are so cute! My DH is celebrating his 12th year of retirement, so I know how you feel about NOT going back to school. He put in 40 years teaching high school math, and even though he goes back to tutor for free where he taught, it's not the same!!!

Vicky Gould said...

Could your card have been any more perfect~ Love the colors, the chalkboard, those adorable scissors...what's not to love!!!

Lois said...

What a great reason to celebrate! And your card is really cute -- love the scissors!

Maryann said...

I could cut and paste all the other comments as they are the same as my thoughts, Fantastic paper and embellishments.

Liz Williams said...

New shoes and new supplies, isn't that what a kid is most excited about when school starts?? Love those scissors.

Benzi said...

This is such a wonderful back-to-school card, Joanne. What great paper and the scissors are just too cute.
Happy 9th year retirement. Hope you enjoyed/will enjoy the breakfast celebrating NOT going back to school. Funny, funny, but I can imagine that is a good feeling. All your years of educating is really appreciated.