The new challenge at Craft Us Crazy is Back to School! Our sponsor for this challenge is Meljen's Designs. I used the Back to School circle sentiment to create a teacher gift card holder. Nothing like giving a little gift to say looking forward to a great year!
This gift card holder is very easy to make: Cut a piece of 81/2 x 11 paper in half lengthwise. Then score and fold at 2 3/4 inch intervals. Bring the middle sections together and glue or sew around the edges.
Die cut an opening large enough to slip in a gift card.
Cute and easy! Be sure to check out the Craft Us Crazy blog for all the prize and challenge details. And, of course, to see the other DT projects. Hope you're having a wonderful week!
Hi there! Hope you've had a nice Monday... This is a repost of a card I did a little while ago. It's going to be featured at Paper Issues sometime soon ( I think this week).
The theme is learning curve. Be sure to check out the blog and link up your own "learning curve" creation.
I'm really looking forward to the holiday weekend. Lauren will be coming home, so you know I'm excited!
This week's inspiration at The Cutting Cafe centers around school. I thought back to when I taught school to decide what to make. When I taught first grade, I used these boy and girl shaped craft sticks for bookmarks. I created an apple box using the apple from All About School.
The heart sentiment is from The School Years set.
I printed two apples and then used the bottom of the smallest nesting box template (adjusted the size a little) to create the box inbetween.
I painted the boys and girls and stuck them into styrofoam. This would be a sweet little teacher gift that could be kept right at hand to "save your spot." Be sure to check The Cutting Cafe blog later this week for all the other school projects. Hope you saw the dress projects last week, they were awesome!
If you're like me and you're stuck in this amazing heat wave, I hope you find a way to stay cool this week! I'm glad you stopped by...
Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend! Now it's time to get back to work... I had a request for a tag to give a teacher for an end-of-year thank you. I really like the shape of the apple from The Cutting Cafe set All About School.
I printed the apple on red cardstock and then stamped it and distressed it with black ink and white paint. Then I printed the leaf on green and the stem on brown. The circle sentiment is also part of the same set. The little green worm is from a school stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms.
My friend was delighted with the tag and reported that the teacher loved it, too!
