Teacher Gift

Today, I'm sharing a gift I created for my son to give to his teacher on the first day of preschool.  I wanted to go with an old fashion style and the paper piecings and paper were perfect!

 

 

The sticky note holder file was purchased from the silhouette store.  I decided that I really wanted to dress it up and the scrappydew files were exactly what I wanted!

 

 

To create this sticky note holder I used a couple files from Scrappydew Creations.  For the school building I used the Back 2 School 2011 set which can also be found in their vault. For the apple I used the Back to School 2013 set.  Scrappydew just came out with a new school file which has both a school building and an apple. So, which ever files you have will work perfectly! 

 

The school measures 3" and the apple measures a little more then 1".

Other products used: Back to Old School digital paper from etsy store and irock jewels.

~Melissa~

Bus Driver Thank You Card

Hello all!  Happy May Day!  Today I am sharing a very quick project that I made for my son's bus driver.  He is such a good bus driver...couldn't ask for a better one.  Since school is over very soon here, I knew I had to get something made for an end of the year thank you for bringing my son to and from school safely every day.  So here is what I made:

The card is very simple and I used the school bus SVG from the Back to School set at ScrappyDew.  For the card base I just flipped one copy of the bus background and welded it at the front in SCAL2.  Easy peasy!  Instant card.

Then I made a bus key chain using a 1" circle punch, 1" epoxy circle and a bottle cap.  Another super simple project.

Throw in a box of chocolate...because who doesn't like chocolate?  And you have a cute and quick gift!

Back 2 School Clipboard Calendar

With school right around the corner, I thought I'd make this cute calendar for my sons aid.

I used the Back2School Palz set by ScrappyDew. I purchased a package of clipboards from Walmart. They are sold 2 to a pk. for $1.88, they are nice and sturdy. Layered some white cardsock and some patterned paper and inked all the edges. I used a punch by Martha Stewart called Cherish and punched the edge of my white cardstock. 

I download some 4x6 calendars from www.calendarsquick.com/, printed and trimmed them. Be sure to print both 2012 and 2013 calendars. I punched holes in each of the sheets and joined them together using heart brads. You need to center the calenders on the layered patterned paper and mark with a pencil where the brads are. Then you will punch your holes so you can adhere the calenders using the heart brads. I used my hot glue gun to adhere everything to the clipboard. 

When using the hot glue, be sure to firmly press down on your background paper to the clipboard fairly quick. You don't want to have thick spots under you project where the glue is. Once the glue sets up, then you can decorate how you wish.

I used some flourishes, flowers and rhinestones.

This is a very inexpensive project to make, and would make a great back to school teacher gift. 

Supplies Used: ScrappyDew Back2School Palz, Trendy Twine, Cardstock, Cherish Punch, Recollections Jar and Package Flowers, CalendersQuick.com, AC Cardstock Silver Foil, Ancestry Paper, Studio G Ink, Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Making Memories Heart Brads, Rhinestones.

Thanks for looking

Michelle

Back2School NotePad Holder

My son starts back to school on wed., I wanted to make a little something for his aid. She is a very special person . While picking up some school supplies I grabbed a couple extra Post-it Notes and decided to make a note pad holder. I needed some inspiration and found a it Here

I first started out with the Back2School Digi Stamp, I colored the bear with my colored pencils using the Gamsol Technique. I added some Glossy Accents to the eyes and the pencil tip. I also applied some Pink Cotton Candy Stickles to the ears, nose and eraser. But I still felt something was missing, so I decided I was going to use Flock. I have all kinds of glue but not something to use with the flocking. I tried the Glossy Accents and got mixed results. It dried shinny in spots. But in the end it turned out OK. I also used a Micro Sharpie to add some definition lines between the flocking and then ended up doing the whole bear once the glue and flocking were dry.

I set my bear aside and created some flowers. I used a mixture of flower files I have. I applied some Tsukineko Stain to them and once they dried I applied some homemade Glimmer Mist using Pearl Ex Powders, a couple drops of glue and some water in a Mini Mister. The leaf is from my stash of left over cuttings. I believe it is from one of the cartridges, I will have to check my handbooks to see which one. Used some Platinum Liquid Pearls in the center of the flowers. Sprinkled some Martha Stewart Holiday Glitter, Crystal on the rolled rose.   .


The cover is an empty Keebler Town House Flatbread box, Italian Herb to be exact LOL. I used the stain again to add some distressing around the edges. I cut some card stock and embossed it using one of my embossing folders. Punched some photo corners and added a border to the inside using Martha Stewart border punch.

Some additional photos:

Supplies:
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Reflections Card Stock Spice Market, additional card stock
Liquid Pearls Platinum
Brown Flocking
Glossy Accents
Post-it Notes
Glimmer Mist
Tsukineko Stain Terracotta, Walnut
Martha Stewart Border Punch, Holiday Glitter Crystal
Flower cut files
Empty Town House Box
Micro Sharpie
Cotton Candy Stickles

Thanks for looking,
Michelle