Back To School Gift Bags

I made some gift bags to match the tags that I made to welcome the teachers back to school.  I just used some lunch sacks.  A square was cut out of the bag and clear acetate was adhered to the inside.  I found this "desk tape" at the teacher store and I adhered it to the bottom of the the bag.  The apples were cut using a Papertrey Ink Die.  One was cut out of chalkboard paper then stamped with white ink with a sentiment from the Lizzie Anne Designs School Days stamp set.

I filled the bag with one of my pencil notepads, a little bag of cookies, and a decorated water bottle.

The water looks green, but it's just the other side of the designer paper.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts My Type stamp set.

The bag is held closed with a clothespin that I decorated with washi tape and a few more stars.

Supplies:

Stamps:  My Favorite Things-Talk Nerdy To Me, Hero Arts-Just My Type, Lizzie Anne Designs-School Days

Paper:  October Afternoon, Recollections, Bazzill

Ink:  Memento, CTMH

Misc:  Lunch sack, desk tape, buttons, baker's twine, pop up dots, clothespin, My Favorite Things Stars Die-Namics, Papertrey Ink Apple Die, paper punches, water bottle, clear acetate, cookies, notepad, sewing machine, typewriter

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Teacher Fries

These fries are guaranteed fat, calorie, carbohydrate, and sugar free! They are perfect for any diet!

The fry box is from Quickutz/Lifestyle Crafts. I was able to cut it with my BIGKick without any special platform. It's a smaller fry box, measuring approximately 2 1/2 inches x 4 inches x 1 1/4 inches. First, for the french fries, I tried to sharpen down some pencils to fit in the box, but it was taking forever, so I ended up buying some small mechanical pencils. They fit perfectly. I put a small piece of floral foam in the bottom of the box, and then arranged my fries. Paper shred was added to cover up the foam and fill the box out a little bit. I wrapped a piece of yellow ribbon around the box. A simple tag was made using Lizzie Anne Designs School Days stamp set and an apple brad.


Supplies: Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs-School Days
Paper: Best Creations Inc, Recollections
Ink: CTMH
Misc: Pencils, paper shred, pop up dots, floral foam, apple brad, sticky strip, ribbon quickutz/lifestyles fry box die

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Little Lizzie Note Pads

I saw these little note pad covers on Nichole Heady's Blog, Capture the Moment. I have spent way too much money on her sets at Papertrey Ink. I know that I'm not the only one, though. When I decided to make the note pads, I thought the Little Lizzie combined with October Afternoon paper would look cute.

You can download the pattern for the note pad cover and the pencil cozy here on Nichole's blog. She even provides a great way to jazz up a pencil by using modge podge and designer paper. A little hint, only put the modge podge on the pencil, not on top of the paper like I did! I thought it would look really cool if the pencil was shiny. But, it stuck to the clothespins! So, I had a pretty shiny pencil that had three clothes pins sticking out. I had to throw them out and start over again!




Supplies:
Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs-Little Lizzie
Ink: Versafine, Memento
Paper: October Afternoon, Bazzill, Bo Bunny
Misc: Paper punches, buttons, dmc floss, pencils, modge podge, copics, note pads, pop up dots, sticky strip

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Beth

Little Lizzie

My favorite part of going back to school was buying the school supplies. I think that is why I love making these desk organizers! The template is from Lauren Meader's, My Timeless Templates available at Papertrey Ink. I stamped Little Lizzie and paper pieced her dresses. The set includes six cards, a notebook made with my Bind-It-All, with some pens and pencils.




Supplies:
Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs-Little Lizzie
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, The Paper Company, Recollections
Template: My Timeless Template-From the Desk Of
Ink: Memento, Versafine
Misc: Sticky strip, ribbon, corner punch, buttons, embroidery floss, copics, pop up dots, coasters, bind-it-all

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Beth

Pack A Picnic for your Teacher!

Say thanks to your favorite teacher with this great picnic basket. The basket template is from Papertrey Ink, Lauren Meader's, My Timeless Templates. I made the larger basket and filled it with some teacher goodies. There is a set of four cards, a note pad, some crayons (in case she gets bored this summer!), pens, candy and some popcorn. The sentiment is computer generated. For those of you that have male teachers for your children, this can easily be adapted. The stamp is a digital stamp from Sweet 'n' Sassy, and there is also a boy, School Boy Seth.

This would also be perfect for the first day of school, just in case you want to get an early start for next fall.

Supplies:
Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs-School Days & Sweet 'n' Sassy Designs-School Girl Sally
Template: Pack A Picnic-My Timeless Templates at Papertrey Ink
Paper: DCWV, Recollections, Bazzill
Ink: CTMH
Misc: Nestabilities, ribbon, brads, crop-a-dile, copics, pop up dots, assorted school supplies

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Beth

Teacher Appreciation

With the school year wrapping up and teacher appreciation days, this is a super cute and quick little something for your child's teacher. The template is from Gem's Cottage. Check out her website, she has lots of fun digital images and templates. Instead of using the digital paper, I used some paper from DCWV Grade School Paper Pack. I used the pencil from the Lizzie Anne Designs School Days set to embellish the tag. The basket is made with an empty cereal box, so it's also a good way to recycle.

Supplies:
Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs-School Days
Paper: DCWV, Bazzill
Template: Gem's Cottage
Misc: Soda, straw, popcorn, brads, cropadile, paper punch, pop up dots, empty cereal box, sticky strip

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Beth