Teacher Cards

I spent most of yesterday cleaning house since I barely touched it last week. And believe me, it showed!

I feel much better about it now.

So much so, I spent this morning working on a couple of cards for the girls' teachers to go along with their end of year gifts.

I wanted to try my hand at crocheting an apple motif. I made these late last week after find the pattern (for free) here at Maggie's Crochet. I used bedspread weight cotton thread, size 10, instead of the yarn called for in the pattern and I couldn't be happier with how they turned out.

To get them to stick, I just used pop dots. Not a permanent solution, but one that will work. By popping up the apple, I was able to attach the leaf kind of below the apple using a clear glue.

Because I kept the front so simple, I spent a little time stamping on the inside of the card, 

which you can see here.

The paper I got from Kathi C a long time ago. I'm not sure which stack it came from, I just felt like it had the apple feeling I was going for. As you can see, I added just a little bling.

The stamp set is from Papertrey Ink and the ink colors are all CTMH (Holiday Red, Topiary, Chocolate and Black). 

I need to share that the score lines were made using my new Martha Stewart scoring mat. Yes, I splurged because I already own a very good scoring mat. What sold me on the Martha Stewart one is the fact that the score lines are 1/8th of an inch apart! Love that. Also, there is a piece that helps you score paper to make your own envelopes and that piece slides into the base for storage. With a coupon, it sure made it affordable for me!

Here's a blog post I found comparing the two versions of the scoring board. I guess I didn't realize that the MS scoring board has been around for a while. (I haven't really scoped out the scrapping aisles recently, either, which probably explains it) 

I have a couple of other crafty things I want to work on while I can, so I'll sign off for now.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Final Teacher Gift Wrap-Up

I spent the morning working on this project (I had to make 3 of each). I’m pretty pleased with how they turned out. I went round and round in my head about how best to wrap up the gifts and ended up with your basic bag. I was going to decorate it all up, but what I was seeing in my head was not translating well to paper.  Oh well. I think simple is good, too. And the teachers can re-use the bags if they want. *Ü*

My inspiration for the card came from Nichole Heady’s post here (scroll down just a bit). I used the Teacher’s Apple set (such an awesome set for this purpose), Polka Dot Basics and the little apple from the Limitless Labels set. I used some brads from Hobby Lobby’s Spare Parts line, some hemp from CTMH, some ribbon from my stash and Nestabilities, Label One dies. The colors are Holiday Red, Garden Green, Olive, & Chocolate. I used just a bit of Kraft cardstock, too.

Now I need to get some housework done, so I will close for now. Hope you have a great rest of your day!

Jeanne