DIY Teacher Journal and Schedule

Hi there!!!

Elisa here form Italy!! We are in August and it's holiday time, of course! But, September is coming and soon we will say "It's time for back to school".

I decided to dedicate my "back to school" project to teachers. I thought to create a journal, with a weekly timetable part and a school program schedule part too.

Boulevard is the perfect collection for this project.

This collection speaks to me about timeless memories, kindness and lovely people.

I also decided to make a box for the journal. I searched for a vintage look, but with a bit of "harvest" touch.

I think that this is the best quote for a teacher:

I chose this closing system to give a vintage look to the box. Bur I also used some magnets for a stronger lock.

Opening the box, we can see the embellishment: roses on the burlap; and three square stickers in the inner part: other two good quotes and a rooster

On one side, I used a long stickers with a roses composition.

On the other side I used the thicker numbers to write the school years.

Inside the box we find the structure. Two rectangular shadow boxes. The bigger depth  is 1 inch; the smaller is 1/2".

I used the gold alpha thickers to write the word Timetable

A red ribbon keeps together the months for the School Program Schedule

Behind the Months group, in the base of the shadow box, I wrote the word Program:

There is a file for every school month.

Behind each of the, we have space for notes.

And we have space also inside every month file, because they are like "envelope".

BoBunny Supplies:

Banner Year 12x12 collection

Boulevard 12x12 collection

Boulevard Stickers

Boulevard Chipboard Stickers

Boulevard Thikers

Other AC supplies:

Bazzill kraft

Sticky Thumb

Hope you enjoy this project!!

Till next time!

Back To School Journal with Elena

Hello BoBunny Friends,

Back To School Season is right near the corner and since my both of my kids are students, I have already started my preparations for it.

This time I decided to create a journal for my daughter.

For my journal, I used Double Dot Chevron papers and many of the BoBunny Stamps.

and for my favorite fall season I had to use all of the fall leaves for sure!

I stamped on the background as well as stamped the images on the papers, I 've used for my spreads, and then cut out them with my scissors.

I used the fall hues colors mostly as well as stamped a lot with Color Wheel inks from Vicki Boutin and added red, orange, yellow and green for my stamped images.

I like how it turned out and the ombre shadow it has too.

I made the book binding for my journal and left the chevron side of the papers with no stamps.

And played a lot with the colors on the other pages

I combined several stamp sets and they complement each other perfectly for this kind of project.

I hope I have inspired you to create your own journal! Happy back-to-school time!

BoBunny Products:
Patterned Paper: Double Dot Shevron/  Maize, Decaf, Coral, Charcoal, Berry, Citrus, Kiwi, Turquoise.
Stamps: Perfect Petals, Butterfly Kisses, Be the Light, Falling Leaves, Simply Flowers, Pocket Full of Posies.

American Crafts:
Inks: Vicki Boutin Color Wheel

Paper Backpack Tutorial with Emmy

Hello BoBunny fans!

Emmy here today sharing a brand new project I created for BoBunny using their fabulous Celebrating Freedom collection.

With the school starting soon, what could be better then to create a surprise paper 'backpack' for the littlest students.

To create the backpack I used two different pattern papers. For the body I used the stripy side of the Pinwheel pattern paper. Here is the sketch with the measurements. 

Once you cut it out, it should look like this. 

Adhere the sides using double sided tape.

For the cover, I used different pattern paper. Here is the sketch.

Before adhering it to the backpack body, round its corners using a corner punch.

For the back stripes I used two 3 x 20 cm paper stripes. I folded 1 cm of each side to be able to adhere them to the back of the backpack.

To decorate my backpack, I used various die-cut shapes and pre-cut embellishments from the Noteworthy package. There is also space for the name.

I hope I managed to inspire you today!

Have a lovely creative week!

BoBunny Supplies: 

12 x 12 Paper Pad: Celebrating Freedom
Pattern Paper:  Pinwheel, Stars and Stripes, Constitution / Celebrating Freedom

Noteworthy: Celebrating Freedom

Double Dot Brads: Ruby Red

Craft Dies: Basic frames

Other: 

American Crafts Permanent Tape Runner and Refill

American Crafts Foam Dimen Dots

Corner Punch

Getting Ready for Back to School with Desktop Decor and Organizers

As we continue our week of Back To School projects, we wanted to share some ways to decorate and organize your child's desk with all the things they might need during the school year. From art supplies to school supplies, they will have it all right at their fingertips.

Desk Organizer by Gabrielle Pollacco

Who says organized has to be boring?  I used the beautiful and whimsical Enchanted Garden collection to add some 'pretty' to a desktop organizer.  I began with a bare/simple cardboard magazine/file holder and covered it with some of my favorite Enchanted Garden papers (Periodical).  I trimmed the edges with some lace trim from the Natural Earth Lace package.

I then created a tray for it all to sit in using some cardboard boxes I had in my stash.  I lined the tray with some Island Mist Double Dot paper.  I also made another tiered tray and covered this with the 'Spellbound' paper.  I added some stamping with the Distressted Textures and 'It is Written' stamp sets.

I wanted to stick with the 'nature' elements you see in the Enchanted Garden papers, to embellish this project, so on the spine of the magazine holder I fussy cut one of the frame designs from the 'Pixies' paper and then made a little nest design with some Spanish moss and added an egg I made from some air dry clay.

For the pencil cup I chose to use the striped paper from the coordination 6x6 paper pack so that I would get a thinner strip design on the cup.  I continued with the nature theme and made another small egg/nest design with some more Spanish moss and some little eggs that I made from air dry clay.

This was such a fun project to make and I think it would make a wonderful teacher's gift....or you might, like me, decide it looks just perfect on your own desk :)

Bo Bunny products used on this project:

Patterned Papers:  Periodical, Pixies, Spellbound, Moonlight/Enchanted Garden, Timeless/Somewhere In Time (backside of the magazine holder)

Cardstock: Island Mist Double Dot

6x6 Paper Pad:  Enchanted Garden

Lace: Bo Bunny Natural Earth Lace pack

Blossoms: Clover Bouquet package

Stamps:  It is Written, Distressed Textures

Jewels: Powder Mountain

Jewel Flourishes: Frosting

Back To School by Tracee Provis

What better way to brighten up your desk than a fun desk tidy to keep all your supplies close to hand.

The Pop Quiz collection is perfect for all things school related and I loved creating this project with it.

I started by painting this wooden cutlery holder from Ikea, I added some Washi tape around the bottom and some rulers from the Pincushion Collection along the top edges to cover up some of the plain wood. Using the Library sheet from the Pop Quiz Collection I created a perpetual calendar that hangs on the front of the tidy. I added tabs to the month stickers from the Zip A Dee Doodle collection to make them interchangeable and the ones you aren't using can be stored in the drawer underneath, along with all of your smaller supplies.

I used all 4 sides of the holder to hold my supplies, on the back I created a cork board for notes. I took the pencil chipboard sticker from the 12 x 12 pack and added a magnetic strip to hold the paper/tickets/notes. As it's cork you could also add some push pins as well.

For the drawer I used another of the 12 x 12 chipboard pieces on the front and as well as looking awesome it acts as a strengthener for the drawer front. I covered the rest of the drawer with the Graduation sheet using the houndstooth patterned side.

As a final touch I fussy cut some of the sweet monsters from the Our Lil Monster collection and they just peek out from here and there putting a smile on my face every time I see them.

Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper; Graduation, Pop Quiz, Bookworm, Hall Pass, Library/Pop Quiz; Our Lil Monster/Our Lil Monster

6 x 6 Paper Pad; Pincushion

Cardstock; Charcoal Dot, Licorice Dot, Wildberry Dot

Stickers; Pop Quiz, Zip A Dee Doodle

Chipboard; 12 x 12 Pop Quiz

Brads; Pop Quiz

Noteworthy; Pop Quiz

Misc Me; Notepaper/Zip A Dee Doodle

Washi Tape; Black & White Patterned, Pop Quiz

Lunch Box Treats and Notes

Can you believe it's already time to start packing lunches for your children again?! Make your kids sack lunch extra special by adding a crafty touch! Your little darlings will smile when they have a fun note, or a crafted lunch sack!

What other fun things do you do for your children to remind them you love them once they start back to school?

Schoolday Treats by Ulrika Wandler

My country, Sweden, is one of the few countries in the world that offers school children free lunch every day. It's healthy and nutritious food, and I think it's great! So this was quite a challenge for me since I never provide my kids with lunch boxes. But if I did, maybe this is what it would look like? A paper bag filled with yummy sandwiches!

And two small boxes to put some treats in!

As you can see I have used BoBunny's cool school themed collection Pop Quiz. The papers are perfect for this one!

Maybe a couple of granola bars for a snack?!

 

I also altered a box with chewing gum.

BoBunny supplies:

Patterned paper: Pop Quiz, Bookworm, Library, Hall Pass/Pop Quiz;

Stickers: Pop Quiz Sticker, Pop Quiz Combo Sticker

Noteworthy: Pop Quiz

Chipboard: Pop Quiz 12x12

Doilies: 4" small

 

 

Lunch Notes by Keri Babbitt

 

During the school year, I find myself scrambling to find notepaper for my kids' daily lunch notes.  I start out the year well, but I have to admit, by halfway through, they are lucky to get a note scribbled onto a paper-towel-heart or the back of a grocery list!

So, this year, I'm getting it done right, by preparing the entire year's worth of notecards in one day, ready to go.  I covered a wooden box with some pretty paper and washi tape, to match my kitchen countertop, and then filled it with left-over journaling cards from various Misc Me kits.  The 3x4" size is perfect for slipping into their meal container.  I added a few pens, and the result is a quick, attractive set of note cards ready for each day's lunchbox.

BoBunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper:  Fairies/Enchanted Garden

Cardstock: Deep Sea Dot

Stickers: Lemonade Stand Combo Sticker; Pop Quiz Sticker

Jewels: Modern Miss

Chipboard:  Pop Quiz 12 x 12

Misc Me Contents: Baby Bump Journal Box Set, Modern Miss Journal Box Set, Pop Quiz Journal Box Set

Misc Me Notepaper: Baby Bump, Primrose

Washi Tape: Pop Quiz