You Color My World {Shades of Blue}

It's Teacher Appreciation Week and for day 1, they wanted the kids to dress up in their teacher's favorite color. My son's teacher's favorite color is blue, so I decided to whip up a fun card and tag to go along with a blue-themed gift as well. They had the teachers list some of their favorite things so luckily some of those things came in blue packages. 

To begin, I created the shaped card using the Paint Your World Die collection from Spellbinders. It appears to be retired, unfortunately, but I wanted to share my project here anyway and maybe it will spark some ideas with products you already own! I cut the paint palette twice; once from white cardstock and once from Fine Linen to offset it a bit for added detail and depth.

Next, I added some ink to a scrap of white cardstock in a few different shades of blue and then cut it out using the Simon Says Stamp Fancy Teacher Die. I cut the shadow from vellum and then glued it together. I temporarily positioned it where I would place it so I could do the stamping. I chose the "thanks for coloring in my world" sentiment and I love how it fits in the curves of the teacher word so nicely. I used clear foam squares to attach the teacher word and then got to to work on the paint tube and brush.

I cut the main portions of the tube from Spring Rain cardstock and then added some ink around the edges to give it extra color and depth. The metallic bits are cut using silver cardstock and everything is attached with liquid glue. Back when I got these dies, I bought the entire collection, so one of the die sets had the flowers and leaves so I added those to the paint tube as well. 

The paint brush is cut from Fine Linen, silver cardstock, and white with ink blending at the tip to mimic paint. I attached everything with foam squares. I wanted to add all of the main larger elements so I would know how much "paint" spots to add. I colored them with different shades of blue and then popped them up with foam squares. A bit of ink splatter finishes it off and then I added it to the shaped base using liquid glue.

I created a quick tag with some of the same elements to attach to the bow on the gift.

I added Stickles to the paint and flowers for some sparkle! Thanks for fluttering by!