Teacher Gift with a Sense of Humor from Lori

I will be the first to admit that this is not an appropriate gift for every teacher - heck, probably not even most teachers! But you know the one: the teacher with a great sense of humor, who's probably been around the block a few times... she's the one who will appreciate this.

(I'm thinking I may keep this one for myself and use it for PTO meeting notes!)  I think these papers from Graphic 45 with the oversized images are perfect for covering composition notebooks.  After trimming down the main image to fit, I added a "ruler" strip along the binding edge.

I find this portion of the image pretty hilarious, so I wanted to highlight it.  I used an old paper tole technique, and cut around a portion of the image then adhered it using the Kool Tak clear 3-D foam squares.

Finally, I wanted to add a fun touch and cover some extra images on the main paper.  I cut out some of the flash card images from a paper, and adhered three of them directly to the paper below.  I wrapped the remaining two with Doodlebug Doodle Twine and popped them up using the 3D clear foam squares.

I can't wait to make another of these with the Christmas papers to keep me organized through all the shopping, baking, and entertaining coming up!

Supply List:

• ABC Primer 12x12 paper pad, Graphic 45
• 3D Clear Foam Pads, Kool Tak
• Cutter Bee Scissors, EK Succcess
• Advanced Tape Glider, 3M
• Doodle Twine Assortment in Primary, Doodlebug Design
• Composition Notebook

St. Patrick's Day Card with Chris

I wanted to make a special St. Patrick’s Day card for a very special friend. I knew it had to have two elements—a step card and another stained glass embellishment—and it had to fit in an A2 envelope (4.25x5.5 inches).


I started with the step card. Taking a piece of cream cardstock and my Scor Pal, I measured out a center step card. Laying the card on my Scor Pal I scored and folded as shown below. (Note the red-dotted lines should be folded as mountain peaks and the blue ones as valley folds.)


My stained glass element is the rainbow. I found a coloring book page that had one I liked and shrunk it down to a 5.5 width and then printed it out. I took a sheet of acetate and taped it over the rainbow and filled in the colors with my Stickles. I used Christmas Red, Orange Peel, Yellow, Green, Midnight Blue, Dark Blue, and Lavender. The cloud was colored with Icicle Stickles. I set this aside to dry for the night and moved on to making my background paper for the rainbow. To make this I took a scrap of cream paper and cut it 4.25x 5.5 and my homemade cloud-maker. To make your own just cut several scalloped circles at different sizes and tape the smaller ones around the largest one at varying depths.


Then using Broken China Distress Ink and my Tim Holtz blending tool, I laid it near the bottom of the paper and inked the edges. I then shifted the cloud-maker slightly to the right and slightly up the paper, inking as I covered the sheet. (Save the cloud-maker; it can be reused.) Once done, I trimmed it to the shape of the front of the card and glued it down with Scor Tape.


Going back to my computer, I found the Wish for a Friend , printed and mounted it on a piece of cardstock 2 7/8 x 3.5. Edges were inked with Shabby Shutters Distress Ink. I also put a small strip of magnetic tape on the back so it could be put on her refrigerator. I put this aside and took out my Copics and colored in a Phee McFaddell image from the internet: Greens: G05, G07, G09; Browns: E13, E17; Shirt: E0000; Skin: E000, E01. I used the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge to cut the pot at the end of the rainbow (4 inches) and the shamrock (2 inches). The leprechaun and the shamrock are attached to the middle step using Glue Dots. Then using SCAL and my Cri-kits pens I wrote Happy St. Patrick’s Day (1.75x.5). I used the same label from the Embossing Plus Fanciful Labels to cut both the sentiment and a piece of cardstock. I used my Cutter Bee Scissors to trim out the middle of the cardstock tag, so I could layer them and glue them together. This was mounted on the front of the card using Glue Dots. Then I trimmed around the rainbow and used Glossy Accents to glue it to the step card and used Glue Dots to put the pot over the end of the rainbow.

May you all find a pot of gold at the end of your rainbow, Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!

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