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Easy Teacher Gift

May

Hi friends, Becki here, to share a quick gift that you can put together for your child’s teacher within just a few minutes. Today is the last day of school for my kids. I’m so excited for the lazy days of Summer but before Summer begins I want to make sure the teachers in our lives know how much we appreciate them. I put together a gift for each of my kids teachers with some refrigerated cookie dough and some supplies from the Home Grown collection.

I gathered a few supplies and got started. It only took me 20 minutes to put these gifts together.

I created a tag to go on the gift first. I used the frames from the photo garland kit to create the tags. To create the sentiment I used Thickers and printed the rest of the sentiment by printing on the patterned paper with my printer.

I laid out the Thickers on the frame and measured it so I knew where to place the printed text.

After I got the tags finished with printing, Thickers and a few other stickers. I covered the tubes of cookie dough with patterned paper.

I punched a hole in the tags so I could attach them to the cookie dough with a piece of ribbon.

I’m so thrilled with how these turned out! My kids are so excited to take these to their teachers today.

Thanks for stopping by the Pebbles blog today!

Supplies:
Home Grown Photo Garland 732818
Home Grown Thickers Coral/Ivy 732822
Home Grown Layered Flowers 732815
Partly Cloudy Patterned Paper PHGP-32805
Home Grown Puffy Bee Stickers 732814
Family Rules Patterned Paper PHGP-32807
Home Sweet Home Patterned Paper PHGP-32804
Family Time Patterned Paper PHGP-32800

Teacher Thank You Cards

May

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Hi, Renee here to share a couple of teacher thank you cards. It’s that time again. The school year is ending in just a few weeks and I wanted to get started on my teacher thank you cards. These cards are for Caitie and Payton’s main teachers. I used a combination of the Home Grown, Home+Made, and Cottage Living collections for them.

I used white cardstock for the bases of my 5″ x 7″ cards. This card is horizontal and will be for Payton’s teacher. His favorite color is blue. I trimmed the Family Rules pattern paper to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾” and adhered it to my card.

I added a layer of gold trim with this Gold Chevron Foil Accent Cardstock paper. I trimmed it down to 4 ½” x 6 ½” and adhered it to the card.

I really love the stripes of the Family Rules pattern paper so I decided to use it again and just have the stripes go the other way. I trimmed it down to 4 3/8″ x 6 3/8″ and adhered it to the card. I love seeing the gold foil around the card.

To finish off the card, I added a big “Thanks” to the card. These Large Gold Alpha Stickers are just awesome.

Here’s the final card. Since it’s for a male teacher, I wanted it to be fun and simple but also have a striking design. Inside, my handwritten note of thanks for being an amazing 2nd grade teacher for Payton!

The card for Caitie’s teacher is vertical. I trimmed the Ombre Waves and Dotted Blossoms pattern papers down to 4 ¾” x 6 ¾”. Using a craft knife, I cut out a few of the triangles to allow the Dotted Blossoms paper to show through a bit. I layered the two papers together and adhered them to my card.

I added machine stitching around the card, a “thank you” sentiment, a few gold triangles (I used a cut out triangle as my template), and some gold sequins. Now, I can add my handwritten note of thanks for being an amazing 4th grade teacher for Caitie!

I hope you enjoyed these teacher thank you cards. Stop by my blog for five more teacher thank you card ideas!

Supplies:
Cottage Living Ombre Waves (732757)
Cottage Living Dotted Blossoms (732758)
Cottage Living Gold Foil Accent Cardstock 12″ x 12″, Chevron (732773)
Cottage Living Imprint Thickers, Black & Gold Foil (732775)
Home Grown Family Rules (732807)
Home+Made Large Alpha Stickers, Gold (732641)
American Crafts Cardstock Pack 12″ x 12″ 60/Pkg, White (71259)
American Crafts This To That Adhesive Runner .313″ x 8.75 yd, Strips (61712)

Awesome Teachers Layout

Apr

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Hi, Renee here today sharing a layout of my girls’ teachers. We have been so blessed with absolutely amazing teachers ever since the girls started Kindergarten. This year is no exception. No doubt these girls adore their teachers and vice versa. Teachers do so much for their classrooms, and we appreciate all they do.

I was inspired by this circle print I found on Pinterest.

Sort of Circles, Open edition giclee print

I used the Home Grown collection simply because these teachers help my children grow everyday, not only as students but as people. The wonderful words on the Family Rules and Busy Bees patterned papers also apply to my girls’ lives at school.

I started with the Flower Garden and Nature Walk patterned papers because green and blue are their school colors. Perfect. I layered these two papers and trimmed about a ½ inch off of the green paper for the blue to show just a bit at the top and bottom.

I punched out a variety of patterned papers into circles along with my photos. My photos measure 3½” and my other circles measure 2″ and 3″.

I arranged my circles on the page and adhered them down.

I added part of my title using these pretty coral foam Thickers.

I finished off my title using the “awesome” Puffy Phrase Sticker.

I added embellishments and hand stitching on my page.

I stamped a bit of journaling and my page is done. Love it! I also stamped the year “2014-2015” on the page after I stamped each grade and classroom i.d. which I kept private.

Supplies:
Home Grown Flower Garden (732801)
Home Grown Foliage (732803)
Home Grown Home Sweet Home (732804)
Home Grown Partly Cloudy (732805)
Home Grown Nature Walk (732806)
Home Grown Family (732808)
Home Grown Quilt (732809)
Home Grown Front Yard (732810)
Home Grown Icon & Phrase Stickers (732812)
Home Grown Puffy Stickers, Bees (732814)
Home Grown Dimensional Flowers (732815)
Home Grown Ivy Thickers, Coral (732822)
Cottage Living Puffy Phrase Stickers (732791)
From Me to You Roller Stamp (732278)
American Crafts This To That Adhesive Runner, Strips .313″ x 8.75 yd (61712)
American Crafts This To That Dimensional Dots (61709)

Teacher Appreciation Card Set

Apr

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Hi friends! It’s Wendy Sue here today, sharing the cards my boys will be giving to their school teachers to remind them how much we appreciate them! I always like to create cards in sets of two or three, and considering the fact that I needed two cards, this seemed very do-able. And then I remembered that the cards couldn’t be too feminine OR too masculine – as one of my boys has a “Mr.” for a teacher, and the other has a “Mrs.” Still, I wanted to use a similar design for both cards. I was inspired by a piece of patterned paper to create these cards for the teachers:

Teacher Appreciation Cards by @wendysuea for @pebblesinc with the "Home Grown" and "Happy Day" collections

Do you know which paper inspired me? Yep, the “Pick Me Up” paper from the Happy Day collection!

My Silhouette Cameo came in handy as I was able to find and download a cup shape that matched the cups on the paper. I used various papers from the Happy Day and the Homegrown collections to cut the pieces for the cups – one for the main cup, one for the wrap, and one for the lid. I made sure to use more feminine colors and patterns for one, and more masculine colors and patterns for the other. Here’s a look at the pieces for the “Mr.” card, before I pieced them together:

Then I trimmed down the “thanks” piece from the “Thinking of You” paper, cut it into a banner shape and added it to the wrap as well.

The “Ivy” foam letter thickers were perfect for adding words to the cup wrap:

Next, I attached the wrap to the cup with foam adhesive squares:

Teacher Appreciation Cards by @wendysuea for @pebblesinc with the "Home Grown" and "Happy Day" collections

To finish up the cup, I added some stickers and a bow around the lid. And I placed the completed cup on a piece of coordinating paper and then attached the entire thing on the front of an A2 sized card.

But wait, there’s MORE!
I used my handy dandy 3×4 punch to create a coordinating pocket for the inside of the card. Remember to add adhesive along the left, bottom, and right edges – but leave the top open!

Add additional thickers and/or sentiments to the pocket and tuck in a gift card!

That’s it – two teacher cards – similar but different. But both will be sent with much love and appreciation for all of the things they do for my boys!

Be sure to let the teachers in your life know how much they are appreciated too!

Supplies:
Happy Day “Thinking of You” Patterned Paper
Happy Day “Pick Me Up” Patterned Paper
Happy Day “Wood Fire Pizza” Patterned Paper
Happy Day “Icons & Phrases” Stickers
Home Grown “Flower Garden” Patterned Paper
Home Grown “Foliage” Patterned Paper
Home Grown “Home Sweet Home” Patterned Paper
Home Grown “Partly Cloudy” Patterned Paper
Home Grown “Nature Walk” Patterned Paper
Home Grown “Family Rules” Patterned Paper
Ivy Vanilla/Foam Thickers
Ivy Coral/Foam Thickers
This to That Foam Adhesive
This to That Adhesive Dispenser
White Cardstock
3×4 Picture Punch
Paper Trimmer
Twine/Jute

Teacher’s Gift Box with Bow Tutorial

Apr

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It’s Mendi here today with a quick and easy gift idea for the special teachers in your child’s life. I love creating handmade gifts for my own kid’s teachers and I thought the Wooden Recipe Box from Pebbles Homemade collection was the perfect object to alter for this fun present.

I think personalizing gifts with the Teacher’s name is always a nice touch and it was easy to achieve this using the darling foam thickers from the Homegrown collection. I adore mixing my fonts and THIS cutting file was the perfect way to achieve this. I think it’s pretty cool that it covers all the acronyms you might need.

The colors in Pebbles Homegrown collection are a perfect fit for a school themed project. I love how well the colors compliment the school supplies that I added to my box and it’s a wonderful bonus that a basic box like this is able to serve so many different purposes from a recipe box to a phone/address box to a basic container to hold a multitude of different office supplies.

To embellish my gift box I created a simple 3-D bow using a tool you might already have in your stash: The Envelope Punch Board by We R Memory Keepers! I have included simple instructions below with a step-by-step picture tutorial.

Step 1: Cut (2) 6″ x 1″ strips. Line up the strip at the 3-inch mark on the punch board and punch notches from both sides of each strip.

Step 2: Adhere two sides of bow (wrong sides together) with liquid adhesive. This acts as a lining for your bow as well as adding stiffness to maintain it’s shape.

(Note: You can also reverse step 1 & 2 punching out the center after the 2 strips are adhered together).

Step 3: Line up the center of the bow at the 3-inch mark, punching each side on both ends.

Step 4: Gently curl each end toward the center. I used a pencil to gently curl it.

Step 5: Adhere the ends in the center with a bit of liquid adhesive or hot glue. I chose to staple the center afterwards for extra stability.

Step 6: Cut a 4.25″ x 1″ strip for the ribbon tails. Center the strip in the punch and notch each end as shown.

Step 7: Line the strip at the 2-1/8″ mark and notch each side of the ribbon tail in the center.

Step 8: Add liquid adhesive or hot glue to center of bow and adhere bow portion to ribbon tail.

Step 9: Thread twine through button using an embroidery needle, add a bit of glue to center of button and wrap button & twine around center of bow, knotting on the back.

Step 10: Use finished 3-D bow to embellish your favorite DIY or Home Decor project.

I hope I’ve inspired you to try this quick and easy gift! The 3-D paper bows are so much fun to make!

Supplies:
Homegrown Flower Garden Patterned Paper
Homegrown Home Sweet Home Patterned Paper
Homegrown Partly Cloudy Patterned Paper
Homegrown Coral Foam Thickers Alpha Stickers
Homegrown Ephemera Flowers Pieces
Homegrown Bees Puffy Stickers
Homegrown Layered Flowers
Homemade Wooden Recipe Box
We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board