Rainbow card set for teachers

My son's last day of pre-K was a couple of weeks ago (sniff, sniff), and I made a colorful but simple set of cards for each of his teachers.

All of the cards use the pencil image from Papertrey Ink's Happy Trails.  Three of the cards have the sentiment "just a note" from Ribbon Tails.

Cardstock:  WPlus9 Design Studio (White), Stampin' Up! (Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Happy Trails, Ribbon Tails)

Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Tangerine Tango)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Double Ended Banner die, Linen & Canvas impression plate), corner rounder

The other three cards use the "thank you" sentiment from Papertrey's Vintage Picnic.  I added texture to each card base with the Linen & Canvas impression plate.

Cardstock:  WPlus9 Design Studio (White), Stampin' Up! (Not Quite Navy, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Happy Trails, Vintage Picnic)

Ink:  Stampin' Up! (Not Quite Navy, Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Double Ended Banner die, Linen & Canvas impression plate), corner rounder

I wrapped the stack of cards and envelopes with some baker's twine and slipped them into a kraft bag, which went into a gift basket with flowers picked out by my little guy.

Here's a closer look at the tag, made with Papertrey's Tag Sale #3 die and Vintage Picnic.

Cardstock:  WPlus9 Design Studio (White), Stampin' Up! (Concord Crush)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Vintage Picnic)

Ink:  Memento (Tuxedo Black), Copic markers

Tool:  Papertrey Ink (Tag Sale #3 die)

Other:  The Twinery (baker's twine)

My daughter is still in school until June 26, so I may be doing another set of cards for her teacher later this month.  I'll be sure to share if I do.

Thanks for visiting today!

Card sets for teachers 2012

Hey there, friends!  Happy Memorial Day to those of you in the U.S.--I hope you enjoyed a relaxing day and found some time to remember those who have served or are serving in the military, especially those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to keep us safe.

I promised to share the card sets I made for my son's teachers this year, and chances are I'll be making a third set for my daughter's teacher in a few weeks.  They're super easy and came together in no time, though the folders I put them in took a little longer.  The folders are a slightly larger version of the one in my tutorial HERE, larger because I included 8 cards in each.

I chose 4 images from PTI's Year of Flowers Collection and stamped them in 4 of Stampin' Up!'s 2011 In Colors:  Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, and Pool Party.  I added a strip of coordinating cardstock to each card front for balance and stamped one of 2 sentiments from PTI's Happy Trails in black.

Card supplies

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (White), Stampin' Up! (Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Year of Flowers Collection, Happy Trails)

Ink:  Memento (Tuxedo Black), Stampin' Up! (Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade)

Here's the inside of the folder, with pockets that have been debossed with PTI's diamond impression plate.  I wrapped each one with some of this pretty ruffled ribbon from SU!

Folder supplies

Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink (Aqua Mist, White)

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink (Year of Flowers Collection, Happy Trails)

Ink:  Memento (Tuxedo Black), Stampin' Up! (Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Linen & Canvas, Diamond impression plates), Martha Stewart (Scoring Board), We R Memory Keepers (Corner Chomper)

Accessories:  Stampin' Up! (ruffled ribbon)

My little guy and I went to pick out some flowers and a candle, then nestled everything into a basket.  I made tags that read "Thanks for helping me grow" using PTI's Simple Alphabet and Outline Alphabet.  I masked the letters before stamping the morning glory image, then colored the letters with a Copic marker.

Tag supplies (All Papertrey Ink unless noted)

Cardstock:  White

Stamps:  Year of Flowers Collection, Simple Alphabet, Outline Alphabet, Happy Trails

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Calypso Coral (Stampin' Up!)

Tool:  Tag die

Accessories:  Aqua Mist ribbon, DMC floss

If you're looking for a last-minute teacher gift, this is a really versatile card design that would work with lots of images, not just florals.  If you're pressed for time, just bundle them up with some pretty ribbon or baker's twine rather than packaging them in a folder.

For a star teacher

Hooray for Friday!  I can't wait to get my weekend started, how about you?

I have a card to share with you today that I submitted to the latest Paper Crafts call, but it wasn't picked up.  No worries, though, because I really love how this turned out and can't wait to give it to my daughter's teacher for all of her hard work!

I started with a Harvest Gold card base which I stamped repeatedly with the pencil from PTI's Happy Trails.  I colored each of the erasers with a Copic marker, then stamped the sentiment above the border.

I used PTI's star dies to make a star frame from Berry Sorbet cardstock, added a bit of turquoise baker's twine, and popped it up with foam tape, trimming the right edge flush with the card base.

For inside of the frame, I die cut another star from Harvest Gold cardstock, stamped it with ledger lines from Scrapbook Series:  Library Ledger in Versamark, and heat embossed the lines with clear powder.  The tiny sentiment was stamped by selectively inking two different sentiments from Tiny Tags.

All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless noted

Cardstock:  Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet

Stamps:  Happy Trails, Scrapbook Series:  Library Ledger, Tiny Tags

Ink:  Black (Inkadinkadoo), Versamark (Tsukineko), Copic marker

Tools:  star dies

Accessories:  clear embossing powder (Stampendous), Caribbean baker's twine (The Twinery)

I hope you're having a fantastic Friday, even if it is the 13th!  Thanks for stopping by!