Teacher Cards

If you read my blog....you would think I am crazy about Valentine's Day!  Actually the opposite is true, I have really never been crazy about the holiday but for my kiddos I usually try to go all out:)  Brett who is in 5th grade, is not crazy about giving his teacher a gift this year...I am sure I will be dropping that one off..but Andy is super pumped!  The gift I have not gotten together yet but that is the easy part...we had to get the card together first.  These are very similar to the Christmas cards I made for both teachers. 

I started out by cutting the layers for the cards.  I LOVE this size of card....I have created this card for so many things...birthday cards, invitations, and thank you notes.  It is a fun size, doesn't take much paper, and can be used later as a magnet or placed on a memo board.  The card is cut at 4x4, the second layer is 3x3, the third is 2 1/1x 2 1/2, and the fourth is 1x1. 

 The above picture does not show the first layer of paper...the base layer is pink.  The second layer I have stamped around the edges with pink.  Each piece of paper I sand paper across at least once and distressed the edges with tea stain distress stamp.   Next I used a printed piece of paper and attached with double sided sticky tape.  On the one inch square I used a Creative Memories stamp from my collection.  At the bottom I half-stamped the paper with another stamp from the collection, on the one inch square, I distressed the edge with pink instead.  Spray glitter was used on the entire card after it was taped together.

 I will print out something for the back of the card and of course will use a font from my favorite place Kevin and Amanda.  They have the best fonts on the web, so check them out!!!

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Gift Card Holder

While digging through some of my scrapbooking supplies, I came across this template to make a card/holder/envelope.  I started with pink paper, traced the template and cut out the shape. 

 

I measured the inside to cut a square, used double sided sticky tape to attach the paper to the inside of the card.  This is the inside of the card and can be used for the personal message.  

On the outside of the card, I stamped a smaller card with a stamp that reads "always loved", it resembles a postage stamp and I love this entire stamp set.....I threw away the packaging but I'm sure it was a cheap set from Michaels.  After stamping, spray glitter was applied, punched a hole in the top of the small card and tied a ribbon to the top.  The small card was attached with double sided sticky tape to the larger card.  It is the perfect size for a gift card, throw it in, and send off to your Valentine:)  This one is going to my mother!

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Teachers Pet

Andy's teacher is a wonderful lady....but she has been keeping me SO busy! To not be working...I am working ALOT!!!!  So she wanted bookmarks made for the parents with their child's picture.  She gave me blue paper for a background, I painted silver and white snowflakes all over it with spray paint.  Then we hung it up, put a snowman by the kids and started snapping away!  I edited the pictures with Picnik by creating a border around the picture.  I ordered the generic white cards from Sam's Club.  

Picked up the cards, then mounted them to card stock, laminated each with heavy duty lamination.  Added a grommet to the top of the card and attached a tassel.  This little project seemed to take forever but the kids loved them and wrapping them for their parents made them super happy:)

Spray Glitter!

is the coolest thing EVER invented!!!!!  I absolutely love it, love it, love it!!!!!!  Only bought one can and going back for several more....very soon.   The cards below, I made for the boys teachers.  I have been creeping around The Graphics Fairy for several months now, let me tell ya.....she has some awesome talent!  Check out her page, tons of vintage graphics.  The pics below I printed out to attach to teachers gifts.

I printed these out in black and white....as luck would have it, my color cartridge happened to run out the day I decided to print. I think the black and white looks great!  Using the paper cutter I cut out each card,  and attached a background card.  

On  the opposite side of the card, I printed out another card with a message for the teacher from the boys.  I used the Girls are Weird font from Kevin and Amanda, where you can find fonts galore.  

After attaching everything, I  sprayed with spray glitter from Michaels. Hopefully you can see the glitter in this picture, it was very difficult to photograph.  I used ribbon from another project and finished the card up with a bow on top.