Back to School Cards

 

My kids went back to school this week so I made each of them a special back to school card for their first day. I used the adorable Pack It Up die from Spellbinders to make custom backpacks! 

The backpacks actually open up to reveal all of the school supplies inside. How cute is that?!

The inside flap is stamped with the grade each of my boys started this year. The paper backpack also matches the color of their real book bags. 

The stamping was done with some older Papertrey Ink school themed sets and the notebook paper in the background is actually pattern paper, also from PTI. 

These were so fun to make and I think the kids enjoyed them. Thanks for looking and have a great day!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: School Days, Teacher Tickets, Back to School (PTI)

Paper: Pencil Me In Pattern Paper Pad, Soft Stone, Bitty Big: Soft Stone, Enchanted Evening, Bitty Big: Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, True Black, Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Green Parakeet, Stamper's Select White, Luxe Silver (PTI)

Ink: Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening, Smokey Shadow (PTI), VersaMark

Dies: Pack It Up (Spellbinders)

Just bee-cause

 

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! If you are an educator, thank you SO much for the many things you do! I made this to give to one of my son's classroom teachers this week. I've had the idea to make some fun themed packaging for this Burt's Bees Honey lip balm for quite a while, but as I was putting it together I just kept pulling things out and ended up using quite a few different products!

A while back I purchased the Lip Balm Pouches from MFT, along with the coordinating Lip Balm Window & Frame die namic. Knowing the size of the lip balm pouch, I created my card around that. I thought it would be fun to use a hexagon shape to tie in with honeycombs, so I used the Hexagon Solid Stack dies from Honey Bee Stamps. It is actually a top folding note card, I just placed the top cutting edge of the larger hexagon die over the score line while die cutting. 

The bee is from Altenew's Mini Delight: Bee Kind set. The sentiment was actually created from three different stamp sets from three different companies! "For you" is from MFT's Itty Bitty Gifting set. "Teacher" is from Sunny Studio's Teacher Appreciation set and "just bee-cause" is from Hero Art's Bee and Flowers Wreath set, selectively inking just the portion I wanted to use. The little hexagons in the background are also from Hero Art, from their Beelieve set. I didn't take a picture of the inside, but I used Papertrey Ink's Zipper Border die so that the recipient can get into the lip balm without tearing the whole card apart. 

This was super fun to put together and I hope my son's teacher likes it!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Mini Delight: Bee Kind (Altenew), Beelieve, Bee and Flowers Wreath (Hero Arts), Teacher Appreciation (Sunny Studios), Itty Bitty Gifting (MFT)

Dies: Hexagon Solid Stack (Honey Bee Stamps), Mini Delight: Bee Kind (Altenew), Lip Balm Window & Frame die namic (MFT), Zipper Border die (PTI)

Paper: Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise (PTI)

Ink: Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise (PTI), VersaFine Onyx Black

Other: Lip Balm Pouch (MFT) 

Cozy Cup Coffee Card

 

Hello! This is the first card I've made in the new year and it felt great to be creating again! I have a gift card to a coffee shop to give as a thank you gift so of course I needed to make a coffee themed card to go with it. The Greetery's Cozy Cup set was perfect for this. 

I began by stamping all my pieces onto Stamper's Select White card stock using Pinkfresh Studio inks. For the cup and saucer I used Slumber and Stargazer, the latte art was stamped with Doe and Gathered Twigs, the spoon used Misty Coast and Rocky Slope, and the greenery sprig was done with Olive and Evergreen. For the coaster I blended Slumber onto another piece of white card stock using a very light touch, and then die cut it out with the Cozy Cup Coaster die. 

I also used the Knit Wits stencil using Misty Coast ink to lightly stencil a knit pattern onto the background. I also added a few gold paint splatters. 

For the sentiment, I used the Opposites Attract Hot Foil plates and coordinating dies. I'm still fairly new to hot foiling and had a little under foiling, but as they say, it's handmade not Hallmark! 

Thanks for reading and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Cozy Cup (The Greetery)

Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Hammermill 100lb

Ink: Slumber, Stargazer, Olive, Evergreen, Doe, Gathered Twigs, Misty Coast, Rocky Slope (Pinkfresh Studio)

Dies: Cozy Cup, Cozy Cup Coaster, Opposites Attract (The Greetery)

Other: Opposites Attract Hot Foil, Knit Wits Stencil (The Greetery), Gold Glimmer Hot Foil (Spellbinders), gold paint