Teacher Thanks

This week's SCS clean and simple challenge is to use the faux letterpress technique on your project. I've been wanting to try this for a while, so I was really excited about the challenge. It was pretty easy once I figured out to go sort of easy on the ink . . .

I used one of Papertrey Ink's impression plates for my faux letterpressed panel. I inked the alphabet panel with some cream pigment ink and ran it through my Big Shot. Love how it turned out!

The rest of the card is very simple. I went with a school themed card to match my letter pattern. The "thank you" sentiment from Mint Motif's School Basics set is stamped on a strip of chalkstock in white ink. I used a strip of red and white striped fabric tape to make a notch-ended strip across my card, then attached the sentiment above it. The set's apple image is stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I cut it out and attached it to the card with foam tape. Now I just have to find a teacher to thank--and since I work with a whole bunch of kindergarten teachers (in 40 elementary schools!), this shouldn't be too hard . . .

Materials Used:

from i {heart} papers: Mint Motif School Basics stamp set, Canvas Corp. chalkstock, red and white striped fabric tape, Couture Cardstock white Copic blending cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (R12, R22, R24, R27, YG05, YG17, YG25, E37, Y23)

other: Fresh Snow and Vintage Cream inks, Book Print impression plate (Papertrey Ink); Real Red and Crumb Cake cardstock (Stampin' Up!); foam tape