Wednesday, August 24, 2011

My Teacher

My son starts preschool in 2 weeks, so I made his teacher a card last night, that he can "sign" to tell her how excited he is for the start of the new year!  I'm also making her a gift to go with it, that I'm hoping to finish up this weekend - so you will be seeing that soon! 


I love using primary colors when it comes to school cards/LOs, all the paper for this card were from my stash!  I used Locker Talk for the 'My Teacher' sign and CTMH Art Philosophy for the card base and front/inside layers - I LOVE this cart!  I embossed the front layer with my Cuttlebug using the Cuttlebug embossing folder 'Traffic Jam.'  I wanted to add some twine but I didn't have the right color - it will be here soon though, with the order I placed for their newest colors that I couldn't resist over the weekend!  :-)

And when I went to make an envelope to go with it, I realized that even though I have my 12x24 mat to make bigger envelopes, I don't have any 12x24 cardstock - oops!  So I will add that to my list of things to get so I can get an envelope made soon for this card!  I had intended to stamp the inside of the card and the envelope with a small apple but I didn't have one - so I will either cut one with my cricut or see if I can get lucky and find an apple stamp in the dollar bin at Michael's!


I left the inside blank so we could write a message to his teacher and he could sign it!

I'm entering these challenges...
Chatter Scene: School Time challenge
Cricut 360º:  Challenge #8 - Back to School
You Had Me At Craft: Week 12: Made It Myself Mondays

Thanks for stopping by!  And don't forget to visit my friend Chris' blog for her 400 follower giveaway - she's giving away a great book!

7 comments:

  1. She's going to love your card!! Glad you joined us at Cricut360 this week!!

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  2. I just love this card!!!
    The colors are perfect!

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  3. I've been trying to view your blog for 2 days now. Your post are in the extreme left portion of my monitor. Is it my computer?

    Candace
    mypassion4scrappin.blogspot.com

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  4. This is so cute! I love the shape and the embossing! What an awesome card for your son's teacher :)

    Lisa
    http://indymermaid.blogspot.com

    PS - responding to Candace's comment...your page is fine on my computer

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  5. So fun! Great colors on this! She is sure to love it!

    Carri~abusybee
    www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

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  6. Your card is very cute. Colors are very bright and cheerful. Thanks for joining us at Cricut360.

    Leirad
    leiradcardmakingcorner.blogspot.com

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  7. Cute card! Thank you for thinking about his teacher!

    I am now a follower! I am visiting the participants of the Cricut Circle Blog Hop. I look forward to seeing your entry!
    Carolyn
    http://cccscraproom.blogspot.com

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