Teacher Thanks

Sometimes ideas can come in such a random fashion. I was watching a video in which some of the new Lawn Fawn release items were shown and when I the Forest Feast set came up, I saw that the food includes an apple, which I had not noticed before. This in turn reminded me that Paper Card Crew Craft challenge #257's theme is Back to school this week. I thought I could have the raccoon hold the apple, and an idea was sparked right there. I also remembered that the Fall Tiny Tags holds an apple die in it, and by then, the idea for the card had started to fully form.

I initially thought I would create a background with another die, but it was not working exactly as I thought, plus when I spotted the Leafy Tree Backdrop: Portrait die, it made so much more sense to use this one and turn it into an apple tree.

Lying on my table was a Boxwood Wreaths Embellishment from Stampin' Up! that I had previously unrolled into a line to try and work it into another project. I figured I could use the leaves to add texture to the tree, but in the end, I curled the embellishment into a zigzag and glued it directly over the top of the tree to create the leafage.

I cut the half-circle from the same die set to place underneath the tree, but as I looked at it, it looked like a hill to me, and I wondered how it would look placed on the ground instead. I liked the result, so I cut a second piece (placing the die on the white side of the patterned paper, so I could reverse the hill in a mirror image) to finish the hills.

The little animals were colored and die-cut, with the raccoon holding the apple. I found some blue striped paper in the Let's bokeh in the Snow paper pack to make my sky out of, hung the apple tag (which reads "Thanks Teacher") from the tree with cotton twine and the card still looked a little bare to me so I was trying to think of something to fill the space and decided, clouds! The Simple Puffy Clouds were die-cut out of vellum and the Simply Puffy Cloud Frames out of Whisper White cardstock, then layered. I cut the edge off the cloud to place it inside my frame, then turned the cut-off edge around and glued it on the other side of the card. Perfect way to make the card feel complete.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Forest Feast (Lawn Fawn), Tous mes remerciements (Thank You Kindly - Stampin' Up!),
Fête de famille (Family Reunion - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Vellum
Patterned Papers: Perfectly Plaid Fall, Let's Bokeh in the Snow
Ink: Early Espresso, Tuxedo Black Memento
Accessories: Leafy Tree Backdrop Portrait, Fall Tiny Tags, Simple Puffy Clouds, Simple Puffy Cloud Frames,
Forest Feast Dies (Lawn Fawn), Boxwood Wreaths Embellishments (Stampin' Up!), Cotton Baker's Twine (Stampin' Up!),
White Medium Envelope (Stampin' Up!), Copic Markers

 

Comments

[Cindy B Designs]

This is so fantastic! I LOVE what you've done with the LF die and then took apart SU or TH greenery to put on the tree with your other elements - this is nothing short of brilliant. Down to the vellum behind the oh so slim cloud dies. You so rocked this! Awesome coloring and just the right little critters.

Thank you so very much for joining us at the Paper Craft Crew this week. I certainly hope that you're back with us next Wednesday to see more of your beautiful work! Hugs, Cindy B Designs, Mid-Week Inspiration Ambassador for the Paper Craft Crew. I have a new video up for you too using various color mediums on SU CS. I hope that you enjoy it! August 2017 Paper Pumpkin GIVEAWAY at CindyBDesigns.com until September 2 midnight MST. I hope you enter!