Teacher Gifts

In March a co-worker asked me about making teacher gifts for her son’s teachers. I immediately thought of the cute treasure chests that Gretchen Barron had featured on her blog using the matchbox die. So I worked up a couple samples, which were a big hit.

Aren’t they fantastic? They both use a lot of retired or soon-to-be-retired paper and ribbon. To make the tags I folded a rectangular piece of cardstock slightly bigger than the tag on the die in half, and carefully placed it so that the fold would stay intact when the tag was cut. It created the perfect little gift tag. I then glued a full tag from DSP on top, and stamped with the Elegant Thank You stamp.

Thankful Rooster

I guess this rooster is happy that I didn’t cut his head off and eat him (har har).

This card features stamps that are new to the Summer-Spring catalog. Three are from the fantastic new Level 2 Hostess set, Rustic Rooster. It is a French themed set that has a script background stamp, a rooster, and two other accent stamps.  As soon as I saw this set I knew that I had to have it! That rooster just spoke to me. As a demo I was able to preorder the set, but you can earn it by hosting a party with $300 or more in sales. Talk to your demo to learn more!

The other stamp is the Thank You that is embossed in the center of the card. This is one of  the individual stamps  that are new to the catalog. I love this thank you because it is simple and classy. It also works great with our Scallop Square Punch and I can’t wait to use it more! (more…)