Stamped Teacher's Gifts

Look at me, I actually used pre-printed, traditional papers! It has been AGES since I've pulled out my paper and it was such a rewarding experience too. I have to make four Teacher Appreciation gifts, and wanted them to be different. For this project, I pulled out my Angel Company supplies and had at it. I am an official demo again and might even decide to hold a demo or two in the near future. I loved being a demo in the past, but to be honest, since starting TAC five years ago, I haven't done any parties. That really needs to change!

I try to be a minimalist in my projects so this project is relatively inexpensive, using a lot of items I already had. Now, I will admit that the Scor-Pal is the big purchase here, but well worth it! I got this last year, but considering I haven't stamped in ages, I use this tool ALL THE TIME. Scoring projects has never been easier. It's definitely a purchase I have not regretted.

Product List:

Willoughby V-844

Coordinating Cardstock B-324

Thank You--Gift with purchase stamp

Scor-Pal F-359

Wonder Tape 1/4 inch F-241

Scallop Scissors

ink

Step 1

To begin, you need to cut your base paper to 7.5 x 10.5 inches. Your highlight papers can be any width, but keep the length 10.5. These will depend on the design you wish.

Step 2

With all your paper cut, you'll want to score your base at 1/2 inch and 5 1/2 inches. This will fit most microwave popcorn pouches well.

Step 3

With the paper scored, fold and seal with Wonder Tape. Any tape will work, really, but I have found this stuff to be the strongest. It doesn't tend to separate as other adhesives can.

Step 4

Assemble your bands and highlights. You can even stamp your base too, Versamark works great for this kind of work!

To finish off the gift pouch, I added a tag with my stamped greeting. I used gold organdy ribbon to wrap around the popcorn, making it easy to pull out of the pouch. In just a few easy steps, you have a cute, easy gift, especially great if you have several people to gift like those teachers.

Here is another example that I made. I used Bazzill cardstock and an older TAC stamp set--one of my favorites. For the greeting, I used the Mini File Tab Punch (D-881) and one of my favorite greeting sets, tagtidbits T-1186. This is a very versatile and inexpensive set. If you need to say something, it has it! I colored these cute characters with my new foound love, Copic markers. So glad I live in Japan.