Curvy Keepsake Box Teacher Thank You

It's almost the end of the school year once again, and time for those teacher thank yous! As a former teacher, I can categorically state that teachers do NOT need any more coffee mugs, but the sentiment behind those many and varied mugs is what really counts, and it feels really uplifting after a long and tiring year to have your efforts appreciated by your students and their families. The gifts I loved best came with something hand made by my student, and a note from the family, letting me know the difference I had made for their child. What better time to come up with a handcrafted card and treat box for your favourite teacher?

It's been quite a while since I last played with the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits, so it was good to get them out again. I don't know if you got the resemblance, but the little treat box is supposed to be an apple.

See the leaves on top?  And the chalkboard-like tag and the ABCs are to represent teachers. I actually found something similar on Pinterest created by Darla Watson. I simplified mine a bit as I am planning on using this design with a group of kids at a Mom & Me class coming up soon. This will be quick and easy to do (if I die cut the letters ahead of time)! The little tag is one of the Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits and the letters, of course, are from the Little Letters Thinlits which are retiring and tomorrow will be your last day to purchase them. I think I might be keeping mine, because they are really useful for smaller projects that need letters or words. If you are a scrapbooker, they are perfect for making titles. The leaves are punched using the Festive Flower Builder Punch.

Then, I saw on Pinterest again, a wonderful card idea, by Erica Cerwin, of Pink Buckaroo Designs. I loved the idea of a mini-clipboard on a teacher's card, so I CASed it, changing up some details to make it my own, for the same Mom & Me class.

• I thought Erica was so clever to make the clips on the clipboard from Silver Foil sheets, punching them with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch! Brilliant, Erica! Thanks for the idea.
• The Designer Series Paper was just made for school and kid related projects. It's from the School House Designer Series. Both the green chalkboard letters and the interlined notebook paper are from that same series. I believe it may be sold out however.
• The clipboard is my favourite. I made it from a piece of 3" x 4" Crumb Cake cardstock and rounded the corners, then sponged the edges with Crumb Cake. I took a short 2" wide strip of Silver Foil Sheet and punched both ends with the Scalloped Tag Topper Punch. I used Fast Fuse to mount the lower one and added the upper clip with a Stampin' Dimensional.
• The pencil was diecut from Crushed Curry cardstock with the Word Window punch, also retiring and, unfortunately, sold out now. The eraser and lead of the pencil were also punched out with the Word Window Punch and trimmed down. A small strip of Silver Foil sheet was added at the bottom of the eraser.
• The stamp set is one from the new 2016-17 Annual Catalogue called Thoughtful Banners*.

*New Products, available June 1st from the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue.

As if enhanced Hostess rewards during the month of June wasn't enough, Stampin' Up! also is offering a recruiting promotion! If you've been sitting on the fence about being a demonstrator, or if you've been a demonstrator and are thinking of coming back, this would be the time to do it. You get TWO FREE STAMP SETS* of any value with the already great deal that is the Starter Kit. If you have never even thought of being a demonstrator, this is the time to consider it! Check out the details below, and let me know if you would like to join my team! You can also click on Join My Team in the top menu and follow the cues to get your free stamp sets!

*Offer excludes bundles and kits

And there are only two days to order from the 2016 Occasions Catalogue and the 2015-16 Annual Catalogue! See these sad puppy dog eyes? Don't let that be your look because you forgot to order something you really wanted. There are a lot of sold out items. Check with me before you order or go to my Online Store and see what is left to order there, but get your order to me before Tuesday, May 31 at 5 pm.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.


Product List

Teeny Tiny Wishes Clear Stamp Set [127802]	Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood Stamp Set [128748]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	Schoolhouse Designer Series Paper [138187]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]
Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102584]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]	So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105118]
Tangerine Tango 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111349]	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [120953]	Pink Pirouette 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [111351]	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199]	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115318]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Heat Tool [129053]
Linen Thread [104199]	Punch Corner Project Life [135346]	Window Word Punch [119857]	Tag Topper Scalloped Punch [133324]	Festive Flower Builder Punch [139682]
Little Letters Thinlits Die [133730]	Big Shot [113439]	Curvy Keepsake Box Thinlits Dies [135853]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]	Glue Dots [103683]

*New Products used, available June 1st from the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue: Thoughtful Banners*

Stamp Club Rewards

I am really thankful for my faithful Stamp Club members! They come at least once a month to our Technique Night classes and many of them come more often than that. They have committed to spending $20 minimum a month for 12 months and then each of them has an assigned month where they will win the Host Stampin' Rewards for the total of everyone's orders! We have become good friends and I look forward to Stamp Club night each month.

This month is our Christmas Party and, along with stamping some great projects, we also have games, prizes and more food than usual. It's a lot of fun! Each year I make my stamp club members and my down line little tokens of my appreciation for their loyalty and support. It usually involves candy and some jewelry fashioned from whatever the Christmas embellishments are for that year. This year I continued with the black, white and gold theme and came up with these designs.

My downline members get earrings and a necklace, my stamp club members get the earrings and ordinary attenders get the little reindeer paperclip along with all the candy to fill the Fry Box.

These were made with the Winter Wonderland Embellishments and the Fry Box Bigz L die and decorations made from the retired Snow Flurry Bigz die, which I am glad I kept!

The white snowflake is die cut from Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper while the black on is from Basic Black card stock like the fry box (which is SOOO easy to put together - two strips of fast fuse is all it takes!) I like the Bigz dies because you can cut two or three layers at once - two is better - and for a project where I need to make multiple items, it saves a lot of time.

The gold label is a two inch strip of Gold Foil Sheet punched at both ends with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch.

I bought the jewelry findings at a local craft store and it was simple to put together the earrings and necklace ensemble. I found that because the embellishments are a little smaller this year, I needed to use the tip of my closed Paper Snips to clear and widen one of the holes on the embellishment so it would be wide enough to fit the wires or split rings through.

My 1/16" inch Circle Punch came in handy to make the little holes through which to attach the earrings to the panel.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!


Product List

Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper [135315]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	1/16" Circle Handheld Punch [134363]	Snow Flurry Bigz Die [127813]
Big Shot [113439]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Winter Wonderland Embellishments [139621]