3D Project Using Black

Yet another Teacher Appreciation Week gift.  I made this for Challenge Me Monday #10 at Fantabulous Cricut.  The challenge was to make something that is 3D and to use the color black.  Oh, and it is filled with covered Hershey's Nuggets.  So here is my entry:

Front View:

 Side View:

Thanks for looking. Questions & comments are always welcomed. Lori

Something Round & Recycle, Renew, Reuse

I made this for my daughter's teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week.  It fit for 2 challenges.  They are:
Practical Scrappers May Monthly Challenge - Recycle, Renew, Reuse and Cute and Some - Showcase #7.
For the monthly Challenge at Practical Scrappers we had to recycle something.  I used an old spool from some ribbon.  For the Showcase #7 for Cute and Some we had to use something round.  So this fit the bill on both challenges.
Side 1:

Side 2:

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Teacher Appreciation Week Day 1

I made this card for my daughter to give to her teacher. This is the first card I have done using the Just Because Cards Cart. I used my Gypsy to size & cut all of the pieces including the envie (not pictured). The largest size that the envie would fit on a 12x12 mat was 6 1/2" (I think). So all pieces were cut @ 6 1/2". I honestly think the sentiment could have been a little smaller. But, I do like how the card turned out and her teacher loved it. We also sent her the apple paperclip bookmark, see HERE. I used the Cuttlebug w/ the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder for the "EWE" and the Divine Swirls Embossing Folder for the sheep's fur (debossed). I them Pop dotted the sheep to the card.

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Teacher Appreciation Gift 2010

Last year I made a few gifts for my daughter's teacher. She brought her gift almost everyday. This year, I am trying to get together some inventory to do my first craft fair. So, I decided to make just one really good gift for her 3rd grade teacher.
I put all the teacher related items, her name & a fleur di lis on it. She is a huge N.O. Saints fan, so I knew there had to be something on it to represent that part of her personality.

I used my Gypsy, Cricut, Pooh Font Set Cart., Locker Talk Cart., George & Basic Shapes Cart., & Accent Essentials Cart.

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Lori

Teacher Appreciation Week: Day 4 - Certificate & Day 5 - Book

I finally finished up the Teacher Appreciation gifts for my daughter's teacher. For Day 4 (Thursday), she is giving her a certificate made from the Cricut.

Details:

Cricut Cartridge: Plantin Schoolbook

I backed it with blue cardstock. I cut the certificate in yellow then cut the letters using Plantin Schoolbook to cut the words. I used Cricut Design Studio to weld the teacher's name, from, & my daughter's name.

For day 5 (Friday), she is giving her a book. I got the idea for the design of the cover from a Cardmaker's Sketch Book. They had a card with a very similar design on it.

Details:

I cut out the shape of the covers using the George & Basic Shapes Cart. For the cover pages I used 140 lb. water color paper & covered them on both sides with patterned cardstock.

I used the Bind-It-All to bind the book. I ran a brown stamp pd over the bight green cardstock to add some texture. I stamped the flowers and colored over some of the stamp parts with yellow and blue glitter pens. I also made stitch marks with the glitter pens. I finished it off with green ribbon and prima flowers in green, brown, blue & a green brad. I had some silk leaves & placed one behind the flower. I also added blue & green skittles to balance it out.

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Lori
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Teacher Appreciation Week: Bouquet - Day 3

This is the bouquet that I made for my daughter to give to her teacher for the 3rd day (Wednesday) of Teacher Appreciation Week.

Details:
Apple, Ribbon, & #1 Teacher was cut from the Cricut Sampler Cart. (I think)
Bag, A+, & Teacher's name was cut from the Plantin Schoolbook Cart. Also Cricut Design Studio was used to weld the letters together.
Flowers & leaves were cut from the Home Accents Cart.
I cut strips of paper & ran it though my crimper to make the grass filler in the bag.
I still have to make a tag to put on it, but that will be done before my daughter has to bring it to school.
Close up of top:
For the flowers: After I cut them, I crumpled them & rubbed a ColorBox Pigment ink pad over them. I layered them & put a yellow brad in the middle to hold them together. I attached all of the decorations to the painted skewers with Terrifically Tacky Tape.

Close up of bag:

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Lori
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Teacher Appreciation Gift: Note Card Set (20) - Day 2

I made a set of 20 note cards and envelopes for my daughter's teacher for Teacher Appreciation week. These will be given to her on Tuesday. I am still working on projects for the rst of the week. I did them in the school colors, so she can use them for notes to parents. I also put her monogram on them so that can be used for personal reasons too.

Details:

Ultimate Crafter's Companion was used to make the cards.

Mini Monograms Cart was used to cut the scallop circles. i added pop dots between the scallops for some dimension.

I used the MS Threading Water border punch for the yellow layer & added ribbon with a faux bow for some decoration.

For the monogram, I used my 1 5/8" wooden stamper and small & large letters from Just Right. You can get them from The Stamp Castle. For the entire month of May you will get FREE SHIPPING when you use the promotional code: Lori1.

I also made a box to put the cards in.

Details:

The UCC was used to make the box.

I made a belly band to wrap around the box to hold it closed.

I used the Cuttlebug for the tag with the Stamp Die & the 4 You Stamp embossing folder. With the edge of the Stamp negative, I made another tag for my daughter to sign.

I punched a hole in the tags & in the belly band with my Crop-a-dile & tied them on with some curly ribbon.

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Lori
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Teacher Appreciation Week: Card - Day 1

This is the card that my daughter will give to her teacher on Monday for Teacher Appreciation Week.

Details:

I used a pre-made card & envelope.

I used DCWV paper for the flower & the background. It was from the Nana's Kids stack.

I used the Beyond Birthdays cart for the Thank You.

The inside is stamped with the sentiment "For all that you do".

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Lori

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