Teacher Appreciation Week {You Are So Special To Me}

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and this year my son's school went with a country-western theme. I have EXTREMELY limited supplies in that category, but I got creative for today's card and tag! 

I own THIS die, but I didn't want the stitching lines along the edges so I bought a cheap die on Amazon to do the trick! I die cut it from Blueberry Sky cardstock and then added some Blueberry Sky and Enchanted Evening ink around the edges using a blender brush. The silver "rivets" are included in the die and I cut them from silver cardstock and adhered them with liquid glue. 

I pulled out a few of my favorite flowers and leaf dies that had a country feel. For the flowers, I used the Into the Blooms Die; this is the original set in the series so it was fun to pull it out again! The wheat and one of the leaf sprigs comes from the Beautiful Cornucopia Die and then the leaves around the flower coming out of the pocket is from the Into the Blooms: Sunflowers Die. 

I cut everything from white cardstock and then used my PTI dye inks to color everything with blender brushes. I glued the flowers together with both liquid glue and foam squares for dimension. The "jeans label" was cut using the Just Tags Die from Kraft cardstock and then I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Just Sentiments: To & From Essentials Mini Stamp Set, using Classic Kraft ink. I wanted it to look as realistic as possible and I think it turned out great!

For the background, I used the Woodblock Prints Stencil Collection; Blueberry Sky cardstock cut to an A2 panel and then used Blueberry Sky ink and Enchanted Evening ink around the edges. The panel the pocket is adhered to was cut using the Love to Layer: Torn Edges Die from white cardstock. I added Classic Kraft ink around the edges and then added the smaller print around the bottom using one of the other stencils included in the Woodblock Prints Stencil (linked above).

I added the pocket using foam squares and then attached the flowers, leaves, and wheat using both liquid glue and foam squares.  I decided to make a coordinating tag using the pocket die to attach to the gift that will be sent along with the card. This particular sentiment is from the Thankful For Fall Sentiments Mini Stamp Set and fits with one of the largest labels from the same Just Tags die set.

I have been saving the old SU! Wanted Stamp Set for YEARS....I think we're actually at decades if I'm being completely honest! Yikes! That being said, I have been saving this set for a project JUST like this! ha ha! I stamped the big WANTED sentiment using Blueberry Sky ink and then used the Just Sentiments: Just Because Mini Stamp Set to finish off the sentiments. I thought about selectively inking the "just wanted to say" portion to omit the wanted, but it seemed like the risk of messing up was too great! ha ha! I stamped a few of the accent images also included in the old Wanted Stamp Set for some additional western flair! My plan is to have something each day of the week, but we'll see if that actually happens, but stay tuned! ha ha! Thanks for fluttering by!