Mini Magazine Holders

My friend at the high school switched jobs this year from being a history teacher to the school librarian. She's been working hard getting the library all organized this year. Her birthday was last week so I made her a little gift...library themed. This is a little mini magazine holder. I got the template HERE from Becky Roberts' blog called Inking Idaho, such a fun idea!! I used my Just Rite *from the library of* border stamp and the Times New Roman alphabet for the initials of my friend. I used the small wooden stamper to hold my border and alphabet stamps. What perfect stamps for a librarian!! I decorated my box with Jenni Bowlin papers, vintage looking black ribbon and some Prima flowers. The size of the box is just perfect to hold a few small notecards. I used more papers from Jenni Bowlin, some black and white gingham ribbon, Spellbinder's scallop circle dies and the same monogram stamper and border for the notecards. My friendLOVED her little gift!

Lockhart Apple Card....Jenni Bowlin inspired

I'm subbing today at the high school. It's my first official day....I went in Tuesday to sub and I was a month early! They didn't need me til September 19th. I'm sure I wrote it down correctly....it wasn't my fault....I'm always right....just ask my husband. LOL! Anyway, I thought a nice teacher card would be appropriate for today. I'm using Jenni Bowlin's cool papers from yesterday's post and the Lockhart Apples in Chintz Bowl stamp. I colored my image with Copic markers...love how you can shade so effortlessly with Copics! This photo is a little blurry on the closeup...again, not my fault, it's the camera's!
Here we go, this one's better. I cut my image out with a new Spellbinder's die and layered it onto my patterned paper background. Love those polka dots! I added buttons and a flower for embellishments.
And here's the bottom of the card, all tied up pretty with a Papertrey Spring Moss ribbon and an adorable Spellbinder's ribbon slide tag. I love it! The sentiment words are from Papertrey.

I love the idea of making teacher cards a bit more sophisticated than the typical primary colored cards. My girls are in middle school now...I still love to send stuff for the teachers but this type of card seems a little more grown up for the girls to give. Hope you enjoy and wish me luck today!