Another teacher gift idea is a set of handmade Thank You cards. Once you have the basic card base created, all you have to do is decorate them and put them in a nice box. Designer Grace shows you how.
Time: Approximately 45 minutes
Level: Intermediate
Size: Cards- 4 ¼ x 5 ½”; Gift box- 6 x 1 x 4 1/2”
I like giving teachers gifts that they can use during the school year. These handmade thank you cards will make it easy for them to thank classroom helpers throughout the year. Plus since it comes with its own gift box, all the cards, along with envelopes are stored together.
Here's what you need:
- 1" Glue Lines®
- Mini Glue Dots®
- Patterned Papers
- Cardstock (White, Red and Espresso brown)
- Vellum
- Letter stickers
- Sequins
- Staples and stapler
- Envelopes
- Velcro
- Dies- (thank you) Heidi Swapp; (frame) Nestabilities, Spellbinders
- Die cut machine- Cuttlebug, Provo Craft
- Corner rounder
- Star punch- Fiskars
- Scissors
Here's how you make the cards:
- Create the card bases with white cardstock, with the opening of the card on the bottom.
- Pick 6 patterned papers from the pack and run them through a manual die cut machine with the "thank you" die. Set them aside.
- Cut 6 strips of patterned paper measuring 5 ½" x 1 ¾".
- Cut 6 strips of vellum measuring 5 ½" x 1 ½". Lay the vellum over the patterned paper strip and the “thank you” paper. Use the stapler to add staples onto parts of the word die and attach it to the papers.
- Cut 6 patterned papers measuring 5 ¼" x 4" and adhere them to the card fronts using some 1" Glue Lines.
- Adhere the paper strip with the vellum and cut out word on the bottom half of the card using more 1" Glue Lines.
- Punch out three stars from patterned paper and adhere them to the card in three different places with Mini Glue Dots.
- Finish the cards by adding sequins to the centers of the stars with Mini Glue Dots.
Here's how you make the box:
- Cut out a 12" x 6" piece from espresso brown cardstock. Cut two 1 ½" x 4 3/4" pieces from the same cardstock.
- Score the 12" x 6" piece of paper at 4 1/2", 5 ½", and at 10". Fold on the score lines. Meanwhile, score the two smaller pieces, vertically on the ½" mark and 1 ¼" mark, then horizontally on the ½" mark. Score the lines as well.
- Cut out patterned papers that are ¼" smaller than the gift box measurement and adhere them to the box piece using 1" Glue Lines.
- Round the corners of the top flap at this time.
- Build the box by adding the side panels using 1" Glue Lines.
- Add a ½" piece of Velcro on the top fold panel using more 1" Glue Lines.
- Decorate a frame shape with letter stickers and adhere to the center of the box using 1" Glue Lines.
- Slip the cards, along with envelopes into the box.
~Grace
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