2013 Teacher Card Sets

Hello there!

How are you all this fine Monday morning?

My boys and I are enjoying our first official day of summer vacation! 

It's raining -- but that hasn't hampered our moods too much.

Friday was their last day of school,

and as usual, I was working late into the night

on Wednesday and Thursday to complete the teacher gifts. 

I always wait until the last minute! Procrastinator. ;)

Anyway, each of my boys has two teachers in their Montessori class,

and I always do card sets of six as their gifts, which totals up to 

36 HANDMADE CARDS!!!

Whew! That's a lot to crank out in two days -- 

but I can't complain because it's my fault for not starting earlier.

So when you're making 36 HANDMADE CARDS

in two days, you have to keep the design simple.

Or at least, I do.

I loved the chalkboard image from Lawn Fawn's A Good Apple,

but I knew they were going to take too much time

to really achieve a realistic chalkboard look.

So I had the brilliant idea to use it as a whiteboard!

Some colored ink, a quick line drawn on the chalk stick, 

some selective coloring and I had a dry-erase marker.

Here's some samples:

I also used Lawn Fawn's Lucky Stars on the middle card.

I used up the entire 6x6 pad minus two sheets from

the Simple Stories Vintage Bliss collection.

I think they turned out cute, and the teachers always tell me

how much they look forward to receiving them.

I hope you enjoyed them too!

Have a great day!