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Back To School Card Set

28
Aug
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Are you in the mood to make a back to school card set? I am!

When I think of my childhood school days, two images immediately come to mind – riding my bicycle to school, and chalkboards.  Anyone else?  I don’t think chalkboards are even a thing in schools anymore, but I sure can’t think of my school days without them!  Either way, I looked into my most recent favorite collection, “Girl Squad” and found two perfect pieces to use for a set of “back to school” themed cards – this awesome patterned paper with bikes, and the black “You Got This” 3×4 card.  Doesn’t that remind you of a chalkboard?!?

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

Here’s a step-by-step look at how I made this card.

I started with a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of the bicycle paper, and one of the pink chevron-ish papers.  I cut the pink paper in half diagonally.  And I cut two small strips from the black patterned paper as well.
"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

I layered the two papers as shown below:

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

Next, I placed the strips on the card front as shown.

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

I used my scissors to trim off the excess black paper:

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

The next step was to mount the “chalkboard” piece on white cardstock – easy peasy."Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

I used one of my small punches to create little notches for stabilizing the twine bow:

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc. "Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

Finally, I added the chalkboard to the front of the card.

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

I wanted to add dimension to this fun little bicycle sticker, so I used foam squares on the back:

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

And I placed some coordinating enamel dots in the center of each wheel:

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

Add the entire thing to a white card base, and Ta-da!  That’s all there was to it – a quick and easy back to school card:

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

As a matter of fact, it was so easy, I made a second card since I already had the pink chevron paper cut to size!

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

Perfect to tuck in your child’s backpack, or even deliver to a teacher friend!  ‘Tis the season – welcome back to school, friends!

"Back to School" card tutorial by @WendySueA with the "Girl Squad" collection by @PebblesInc.

Enjoy your Day!

Wendy Sue

Supplies:

Girl Squad “Happy Day ” Patterned Paper
Girl Squad “You Got This ” Patterned Paper
Girl Squad 6×6 Paper Pad
Girl Squad Stickers
White Cardstock
Enamel Dots
Adhesive
Pink Twine
Small hole punch

Filed Under: Cards, Teacher, Uncategorized Tagged With: back to school, Cardmaking, girl squad, Wendy Sue Anderson

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Michelle Gallant
Terhi Koskinen
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