You're Appreciated

Here's my card for the current challenge at The Paper Players. I took a few liberties with the sketch, but I think you can still see the bones there! One of those liberties was the shape of the focal panel. Instead of using a rectangle, I went with a stitched apple cut with the Apple Shaker dies from Lil' Inker Designs. After assembling the apple, I used foam tape to position it on a kraft stitched rectangle, angling it for interest. Again, I went with a different "slant" than the sketch, but the idea is there! For the sentiment, I stamped the "you're appreciated" from LID's Teacher Talk set in black ink on a strip of green cardstock matching the color of the leaf on the apple. The sentiment strip was adhered to the card so it overlapped the right side of the apple image. The finished panel was adhered to a red card base matching the die cut apple. I'll be taking this card to school with me this week since I'm sure there will be an occasion (or more) to thank another staff member for helping to welcome me to the building and to my new role as the library media specialist!

Materials Used:
Teacher Talk stamp set, Apple Shaker and Stitched Rectangles dies (Lil' Inker Designs); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Simply Chartreuse and Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); foam tape