Back To School Madness - The Paper Shelter

Hey all! It is that back-to-school time for my kids. Granted back to school is a little bit different for them than it is for most kids since they are homeschooled. However, my son still .... well is there a worse word than detest? Whatever that word is... that is exactly how my son feels about school. I keep trying to encourage him. I try to make everything as fun as I can.. but how fun can math be? I mean really... fun math? I did not like math until I was out of school and realized "Oh when I am not forced to do this... it is fun" I am hoping that he will come to the same conclusions later in life and all this fight will be worth it. Either way, I still think it will be worth it to homeschool them.

I found this super cute digital stamp "Back To School Madness" from The Paper Shelter. The stamp made me think of my son right away trying to escape from a backpack haha! Especially the look on the little boy's face looking back at the school supplies.

I knew that I wanted to put texture on this and make it with some back-to-school paper that i have been hoarding onto for the longest time. I think I have actually had the yellow with green stripes paper from a scrapbook kit from Stampin' Up! since my kids were just born haha!! That is 12 years... yes I think it is time to start using up that paper.

The corrugated paper I got from Hobby Lobby a few years ago. Sorry, I can't find it online to give you a link to it. I probably searched a good hour looking for it everywhere.  But the rest of it you can see that it has layers that I just love! The orange school paper directly under the back-to-school stamp is also from the Stampin' Up! scrapbook kit. sorry I know that doesn't help you much either. But when you have the perfect paper you have to hang on to even the scraps.

One thing I really like about getting The Paper Shelter digital stamps is it comes with a colored one as well if you don't want to color it and just want something quick. It even comes with the patterned paper as well. I love how they put so much passion and thought into all the images that they create. I love that the images online are colored too. I really needed the help when I was coloring the backpack because I just wasn't sure what to do so that really made it a lot easier.

It is also fun to follow them on Instagram because you can see the creations as they are made. It really tends to get you excited for the next stamp set coming out.

Copic Markers I used are:
R17, 24, 27, 29, 35
Y02, 06, 08, 17
YG00, 01, 03
YR00, 02, 04
E000, 00, 11, 21, 04, 19, 31, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 71, 74, 77, 93, 95, 97, 99
B000, 00, 02, 04, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99
N2, 3

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Until next time friends!!!

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