Early Bird Teacher Cards with Angela

Hello Everyone!

It's Angela here today and I'm so happy to share with you what I've made with the beautiful new BoBunny collection Early Bird.

May is Teacher Appreciation month and here in Italy we're about to the end of the school, so this is the theme of my project. What's better than handmade cards and gifts for your child's teachers?!

For the cards, I chose to experiment the Eclipse technique, that I never tried before, but with a few steps up.
The first card has a glittery heart made using the BoBunny Glitter Paste in blush color. To make it, I simply spread the Glitter Paste on white cardstock using a spatula; when dry I adhered the patterned paper flat on the cardstock and the writing Love with foam adhesive to create dimension.

In the close-up, you can see the pink glitter that appears through the cut of the writing Love and the stitching all around the card.



The second card has got the same writing Love and a fun shaker heart. Like the previous card, I adehered the written with foam adhesive, to give dimension and to make space for the rhinestones of the shaker heart.

For the gift packaging, I made two Pillow Boxes using the WRMK board; some twine and a few embellishments and voilà, the result is super cute.

For the other two boxes, which contain a small book, I went for something different. The first box has got a sewed garland wrapped all around and a knitted flower on the top.
The garland is very easy to make; I punched several circles using two punches, a simple circle punch and a scalopped circle punch, then I sewed them together with my sewing machine.

Here you can see the detail of the banner and the flower. OK, I admit I didn't make the knitted flower myself, it's a BoBunny DoubleDot embellishment :)

The second square box has two paper ribbons wrapped around, a few embellishments and a cute tag made always with the eclipse technique.

For the tag, I used again the Glitter Paste but this time in gold color.

That's all for today. I hope you liked my project ideas and that you are inspired somehow.
Thank you so much for stopping by and see you soon.
Love,
Angela

BoBunny Suplies:
12" Early Bird, Flutter, Fanciful, Songbird
Early Bird Noteworthy
Early Bird Layered Chipboard
Gold and Blush Glitter Paste
DoubleDot Gold Glimmer Spray
DoubleDot Jewels Citrus, Pink, Blue Hues
Nested Terrific Tag Dies
Sentiments Stamp

Back To School Teach Gift Ideas

It's that time of year again, it's time for our children to get ready to head back to school for another year of learning. This week we are sharing Back To School projects here on the BoBunny blog. Today, our designers have created some fabulous teacher gifts that are sure to inspire you!


Shadow Box by Denise van Deventer

I thought a shadow box, for the wall of a teachers classroom, would be a really nice little gift. I also wanted to put a little saying on it, that could be inspirational too. If I just think of an entire class of aged 6/7 pupils...I would need a LOT of inspiration too!!

The little quote of inspiration says: A Teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge and wisdom in the pupils - Ever Garrison.

I double embossed this little Kraft wood apple, as well as the chipboard corners on the box frame. The result was really pleasing.

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Pop Quiz, Midterm/ Pop Quiz
Stickers: Cardstock Sticker/ Pop Quiz
Noteworthy: Pop Quiz
Buttons: Pop Quiz
Jewels: Pop Quiz
Chipboard: Layered Chipboard/ Pop Quiz
Blossoms: Wildberry Daisy
Kraft Wood Shapes School



Gift of Time Coupon Book by Rhonda Van Ginkel

When given the assignment for a teacher gift, I reflected back on last year and what seemed to be asked for most often in Kindergarten. It was always time, either volunteer time for special days or to assist in classroom activities. My idea is to give your commitment of time to the teacher so they know they have a little help. The coupon book was created using a Silhouette cut file.

I decided to create nine pages and label them each for the school months of the year, September through May. There are six pages of coupons for one hour of time. The teacher can redeem them by sending them back in the kids traveling folder to let me know when they would like help.

There are three months where I thought it would be fun to include a small gift card. It would be easy to do ones in small denominations for Coffee, Lunch or an Ice Cream or Department Store. At this time I do not yet know our teacher assignments, so I've kept the book gender neutral. The Somewhere in Time collection was really perfect for my project!

BoBunny Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Somewhere In Time, Antiquity, Beauty, Chrononaut, Evening Mist, Memento and Passage / Somewhere in Time
Chipboard: The Avenues 12x12, Somewhere in Time 12x12, Somewhere In Time Layered Chipboard
Brads: Somewhere In Time
Stickers: Combo Sticker, Somewhere in Time
Misc Me Stickers: The Avenues
Washi Tape: Kraft Patterned



For You - Tea Wallet by Bernii Miller

I love the start of a new school year. It is a time to start a new , with new goals , new lunch boxes and a chance to create some fun and thoughtful gifts to all the teachers out there that will be spending the next year with your precious child.

Being a teacher myself I can tell you now that all the gifts are so thoroughly loved and we love nothing more than knowing you appreciate what we do. So when I heard this weeks assignment I knew right away that I wanted to create a little tea wallet , for all those times that teachers are just too busy to each lunch on breaks and only have time to quickly grab a drink on the go. So this little gift is filled with different flavours of teas , but it could also be filled with little chocolates or even different coffee flavours.

I decided to attach the tea bags to some tags, that I made from the Somewhere In Time collection, which I found really matched my project idea/theme. I attached the tea bags simply using a sticky glue dot so that it would stay adhered , but also remove easy at the time of use without ripping all the papers apart.

This was a super fast and fun gift to make for that special teacher in your child's life.

BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned Paper: Memento, Evening Mist, Antiquity, Imagination / Somewhere In Time

6 x 6 Paper Pad: Somewhere In Time

Stickers: Combo Stickers/ Somewhere In Time

Jewels: Fright Delight , Ambrosia

Doily: Small 4"

Teacher Gift Ideas

"A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination, and instill a love of learning" - Brad Henry

We all remember our GOOD teachers. Be sure that you get an early start on a GOOD teacher gift for all those GOOD teachers in your life!


Teachers Clipboard and Pen Holder by Denise van Deventer

I wanted to create something that would be really pretty but also functional.  So I decided to alter a clipboard and also a pen/pencil holder.

The clipboard holds a pad of sticky notes (the square just above the pencil) as well as the white little notes at the bottom and also the large paper clips. The bottom part of the clipboard is actually a little pocket and so really, a number of things can be held in there.

I used the gorgeous new washi tapes to decorate the pencils and then I altered the tin. I even re-used a really cute little BoBunny tag that had been on the Kraft burlap pleated lace.

I will have to hide the pencils as my son has already had his eye on them. He says he loves the design on them and that they will come in very handy in his pencil box!!!

Please pop on over to my blog here, if you would like to see some more details.

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Class Clown, Homework, Library, Study Hall/ Pop Quiz
Stickers:  Combo Sticker/ Pop Quiz
Noteworthy: Pop Quiz
Buttons: Pop Quiz
Brads: Pop Quiz
Jewels: Pop Quiz
Chipboard:12 x 12/ Pop Quiz
6 x 6 Paper Pad: Pop Quiz
Blossoms: Buttercup Daisy, Denim Daisy
Petals: The Avenues
New Kraft: Wood Shapes School
Washi Tape: Pop Quiz

A is for Apple by Keri Babbitt

The Pop Quiz collection is full of vintage learning-themed goodies, perfect for getting a headstart on those end-of-year teacher gifts!  At my kids' school, the teachers are always on the lookout for fun board games to add to their collection.  So, I created a little box, sized just right for an Apples to Apples snack pack card game.

The new washi tape is a great way to trim out the sides and top of the box, and I finished off the project with some apple-themed accents, perfect for my daughter's A+ teacher!

BoBunny Supplies Used:
Patterned Paper: Pop Quiz, Pop Quiz Chalkboard/Pop Quiz
Stickers: Pop Quiz Combo Sticker; Pop Quiz Sticker
Noteworthy: Pop Quiz
Buttons: Pop Quiz
Jewels: Lil' Monster
Chipboard: Pop Quiz 12 x 12
Washi Tape: Pop Quiz