An apple for the teacher (and my first try at designing my own sliceform!)

I wanted an apple sliceform but couldn't find a file for one so I decided to try playing with my Silhouette software and design my own.  I used an ornament design by Kenzie Daley as my inspiration because every one of her 3D designs that I've ever tried has totally rocked so I figured it would be a good example for me to start with.  The trickiest part was sizing the outside rings but even that wasn't too bad.  My apple is a little taller than 3" and ready for my daughter to deliver to her new teacher on the first day of school.

Now I need to try to create one that folds flat to tuck into a card...


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School's OUT!!

Today is my daughter's last day of Kindergarten.  It seems like just yesterday I was trying to figure out if she would even be brave enough to step foot on the bus that first day it stopped at our house.  She did, and she smiled so big and proud while signing "I love you" in the window as it drove away.  Ok, now it seems like a lifetime ago too.  Time flies.

I made some cards and post it note holders for her teachers, the secretaries and the bus drivers.  Just simple ones since I waited until this past weekend to start them, ugh.  How can someone who likes to have things planned out be such a procrastinator anyway??  LOL!

Dustin Pike saved me once again with his pre-colored digis.  I used his fun freebie from a few weeks ago and added a caption and mat.  The insides of the cards simply say "Have a great summer!".

And I found a nice simple post-it-note holder pattern on Wendy's blog.

My daughter signed each of the cards herself using all of the colored note holder gel pens because she said she had to be sure they all worked good, lol!  A few of the cards are even signed in "rainbow colors".

I am still trying to process that today my little princess becomes a First Grader.  Wow.



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Snowmen note cards

I made four sets of blank note cards for teacher gifts using these adorable stamped SU! snowmen.  I colored them with my Bic markers, added a touch of stickles and matted them on cardstock embossed with my Cuttlebug folder.  Each set included two of each design and were bundled inside some SU! flat tin boxes that I covered in wintery DCWV papers.  The tins are a smidge smaller than A2 size so the cards are too which meant hand making the envies.  Thank goodness for my Kreate-a-lope envie template - the "RSVP" size was perfect! 

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"Just A Note" card gift set

I wanted to make a note card set for a Kindergarten teacher and I decided to use a bunch of Dustin Pike images that I've been collecting.  I colored them with my Bic and Copic markers - no fancy shading, just simple solid coloring and a little "texturizing" on a few with the colorless blender.  I made a basic box to hold them from some very thick cardstock and added another image to the box top. 

These are pretty basic and only took a couple nights in front of the TV to finish.  I really should make a set for myself to have on hand too  ;)

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Frosty The NOMAN

My daughter still has a few cute ways to say certain words with one trend being that she usually skips the "s" sound if it is in the beginning.  Last week when I asked her what I should put on the front of the holiday cards for her teachers she told me "Put a NOMAN on them mommy!"  LOL!  How could I resist that request?!!  

So I made 6 of these Frosty cards for my daughter's teachers and bus drivers.  The design is by Hero Arts and was cut with my Silhouette.  At first I thought I was gonna whip out these cards quickly because the design was one piece and just a silhouette outline cut with no layering.  But when I put them together they just looked like they needed a little something.  So I added googlie eyes...  Then buttons...  Then ribbon... and feathers.  So much for the quickie cards, LOL!  But I know the recipients will enjoy them so it was worth it.  The ribbon was the trickiest part because when I cut it the little rope part that makes loops kept winging out and I had to glue and hold til they behaved. 

 

This aqua blue card stock is one of the prettiest color in my stash.  It's from CTMH and is textured and very thick with a lighter shade of this color on the back side.  LOVE CTMH two tone!  And even though it is thick it cuts like butter in my Silhouette.  Frosty is cut out of Georgia Pacific cardstock which I also used to make the 5"x5" card base.   

I will be proud when my daughter eventually gets all her words right, but for now I will giggle and enjoy hearing her singing Frosty the Noman because that is one thing I will definitely miss.


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Teacher Appreciation Gifts

I have one of those pretty calendar frame holders for my calendar that I keep track of appointments and birthdays and such, and I love it except that I can't flip the pages up to peek at the next month which means I always seem to miss or almost miss whatever is happening the first week of each month - like Teacher Appreciation Week, ugh.  I already had an idea of what I wanted to make for my daughter's 4 teachers but now I only had a couple days so I was feeling the pressure.

I've never made these stationary sets before but after the first one they were pretty easy.  I found instructions on the Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot HERE and the only note you should make is for Part B Step 1: the instructions say to score at 1" on three sides but you should actually score at  1 1/4" instead or your shelf will be too wide for your box.

I didn't have time to add extra embellishments other than a ribbon on the lids, but the papers are so pretty that I think they work ok alone (yay K&CO!).  The cards I made had to be pretty basic too since I had to assembly-line them 16 times for each size.  And just to keep things interesting the night before I had to have these ready a tree fell onto some power lines next door and I had no power from the afternoon till after 9pm!  OMG!  So old school methods had to replace my fancy Silhouette's designs that I had been working on and I pulled out my Epic6 and some embossing folders and got busy by candle light.  I also used my new distressing tool from CTMH - ohgosh this is my new favorite must-have! 

The pencil cards are a Silhouette design.

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... I forgot to take a pic of the last box closed,

 oops.