Just a Note - a teacher gift

 

I made a few more note boxes to give as teacher gifts.
I decorated 3x5 notecard boxes and made small note cards to put in them.
I figure teachers always need cards to thank parents or to send reminders or something!
And this is small enough they can keep it on their desk or in a drawer and repurpose it when they are done.

This one is for Authentique's color challenge. I am just loving blues and yellows lately.

 I used Mod Podge to attach all my papers.
I love these flowers I fussy cut from the "You + Me = Bliss" Unity and Authentique co-branded stamp set. I also covered them in several layers of Mod Podge for extra durability before attaching to the box.



 

Some of the coordinating cards inside:

Thanks for stopping by! Hopefully I'll get the other boxes finished and photographed soon.


 

Supplies:

3x5 notecard box

Authentique Free Bird Endless & Fairweather 6x6 nest

Unity and Authentique co-branded stamp set - You + Me = Bliss

Unity Just a Note stamp set

American Crafts ribbon

Mod Podge

 

Growing in Unity, Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of Growing in Unity!

Remember to leave a comment every day this week for a chance to win your choice of two Itty Bitty stamp sets from Unity!

Today I've got a little teacher's gift.

 I made some 3x3 note cards to give the teacher so she could use them throughout the year for Thank You's and other occasions. I found these notecard holders and thought they would be perfect to decorate as note holders and she could keep it out on her desk as well.

I started by Mod Podging on some MME Darling Dear papers all the way around and on top.

I added a bit of ribbon around the bottom.

On the top I outlined the paper with some washi tape and added her name with stickers.

On the front I stamped a flower from the Best Wishes and Blooms stamp set and fussy cut them, then Mod Podged on as well. I stamped the frame and sentiment from the Just a Note Itty Bitty set and did the same.

Maybe I can even find a cute little pen tot hrow in there so that she has everything she needs in one spot.


Nw I just need to make 3 more of these by this afternoon! Wish me luck!


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Supplies:

MME Six by Six Darling Dear papers
Unity stamps: Just a Note, Best Wishes and Blooms
American Crafts Ribbon
SU Basic Black ink
Mod Podge Matte finish
Rockabye foam letter hickers in Powder

Teacher Survival Kits

Projects #25-#27 of 100 (I'm counting each card and box set as only 1)

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So this year for teacher gifts I decided to make a Teacher Surival Kit! I've seen the idea alot but stumbled on this one on pinterest and decided to try some.

We have 2 kindergarten teachers and 1 second grade teacher. These photos are horrible. I know. I literally took them in the morning last minute as we were scrambling to get out the door. They are crooked and weirdly colored and you can see my shadow. : ) I'm sorry!

Surprisingly, the boxes in my store's jewelry and craft section didn't have customizable inserts! Really? There is a new brand in there now and you can only work with the sections they give you.

As if! : )

So I searched all over the store and found these in the fishing section. Whew. Crisis averted.

I decorated the outside with some scrapbooking supplies. The third box uses a discontinued SU scrapbooking kit and the top two have a bit of that plus some AC paper plus those fun Thickers.

For the insides I filled it with a few necessities I thought they could use including Post-Its, paper clips, push pins, binder clips, hand sanitizer, hand lotion, some energy drink mixes and chocolates!

And here are the matching cards for each box:

(Also for ScrapbookSteals MCM #46 card challenge)

(Also for ScrapbookSteals MCM #47 card challenge)

This poor card. After I put it together I realized I should have inked the edges. So I took it apart and inked the edges and put it back together. It's barely together and looks like I let the baby play with it! Oops.

And I managed to get these to the teachers only 1 week after school started! One day, I'll have something made by the time school starts.

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**Linking this up to Think Pink Sundays over at Flamingo Toes. Go check out the linky party for some really awesome crafty ideas**

Mini magnetic boards

I scored these mini magnetic boards made by Boulder Innovations from ScrapbookSteals.com and used them to make teacher gifts this year. I can't find the pic I took of the raw wood product so I "borrowed" this one from the ScrapbookSteals site. I hope they don't mind ; )

They came with 5 boards that each had 1 magnetic sheet, 1 square magnet and a peg to stand it up.

This first one was for my son's 1st grade teacher who happens to have an apple theme in her room

I completely covered the board in patterned paper, then I covered the metal sheet with some chalkboard vinyl so that it could double as a chalkboard too! I covered the magnet with a green apple paper and made two more magnets as well. I painted the peg to match the paper.

One of the other magnets I made:

These are the other boards I made for my other son's preschool teachers:

I left the metal showing on these and made a giant flower for the square magnet. I painted each board brown and put a sheet of patterned paper on just the front of these. I made just one more coordinating magnet for each board:

These can be used to hold notes, photos, recipes, to-do lists, etc.