It's that time of year again when we start thinking about what to make our kids' teachers as a thank you gift, so here are my ideas. What's in the bag? Here you go:
From the top of the picture clockwise we have a card, a small packet of chocolates, a Post It note holder and a notebook with pen. You could make all of them, or just one. The Post It note holder and sweets are so quick and easy to make you could make one of them for each of the whole army of teaching assistants they seem to have in school these days!
The stamp set I used is called Teacher's Apple and is from Papertrey Ink, but you could use any set to decorate in any way you want. Cardstock and patterned paper used is Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado and Lemon Tart from Papertrey. The inks I have used are Real Red, Certainly Celery and So Saffron from Stampin' Up!
So here's a quick run down on each item. First the notebook.
Take a piece of cardstock measuring 22cm x 18.5cm. Along the 22cm side, score at 10cm, 11cm and 12 cm. Fold in half along the 11cm crease, and then make two small cuts half way down as shown. Push the bottom and top folds inwards and the middle one outwards, this makes your pen holder.
You can then decorate the front of your notebook however you like and then stick your notebook inside. I bought mine as a pack from Asda - plain shopping list type pads. You could use any pad, but you would have to change the measurements accordingly. It's quite straightforward to do, just make sure you have 2cm extra for the pen holder in the middle.
The Post It note holder is made in exactly the same way as the notebook. Just measure around your block of notes and make your cover accordingly. For a square 7.5cm block of notes, the measurements were 17cm x 8cm, scoring at 8cm and 9cm - 1cm allowance to make the spine. You could always make a Post It note holder with a pen, just make the spine 2cm!
For the sweet packet, you need a piece of cardstock measuring 20cm x 10cm. This needs to be scored along the 20cm edge at 3cm, 10cm and 17cm.
Fold the cardstock in half along the 10cm score line and using an oval punch, punch out a half oval as shown. This makes the hole for your bag to go through the top.
Decorate the front of your package any way you like. Then take a small cellophane bag (card bags are ideal) and fill with the sweeties of your choice. Thread through the hole and tie with ribbon. Fold along the other two score lines and stick at the bottom to form a triangular shape. Sweetie box done!
The card is self explanatory, the bag is just a brown paper lunch bag stamped with the apples. Once folded over, holes were punched with a Cropadile and ribbon passed through and tied.
Hope this gives you a few ideas! TFL! Joanne xxx
I so want to make some of these - love the notebook holder so much
Posted by: Scrapdolly | July 09, 2009 at 08:55 AM
Gorgeous! I did post it note holders for Christmas and thinking of getting the girls to do cookies this summer so the sweetie holder would be ideal. Thanks :)
Posted by: Suzanne | July 09, 2009 at 09:19 AM
Oh dear, not more stamps I need, lol.
The notepad and pen is a simple make in quantity too, good to give out at a boring meeting as a little 'thank you for coming' gift.
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Posted by: Eleanor | July 09, 2009 at 02:10 PM
love this... you are so talented.. love love it!!!!!!
Posted by: bonnierose | July 09, 2009 at 02:10 PM
Love it all. I too need an apple stamp!
Joy
Posted by: joy aitman | July 09, 2009 at 09:07 PM
BLIMMIN' GORGEOUS!!!
Posted by: GlitteryKatie | July 10, 2009 at 07:58 AM