Update on Teacher Appreciation and Graduation Projects

Hello crafty friends!

I have been really busy with projects but have not posted many of them. LOL
Some of them will be coming up soon on the Scrapadabadoo blog.
I thought I would post and update on some of the other projects though.

I made a couple of apple boxes for a customer who needed teacher appreciation gift boxes. They ended up being pretty big (8 inches by 4 inches). I used chipboard to construct them so they were very sturdy.  Then I covered them in paper.

Speaking of the paper... I found this stash of school themed pattern paper recently. It has been packed away in a box in the garage for SEVERAL years. LOL It was perfect for the box so I used it all up.

Any guess how old this paper is???
5 years?...no
10 years?...no
I bought it in 2002! Yes, it is 12 years old. 
Can you believe that!
My only excuse is that it got packed away years ago when we moved back to Texas from New Mexico and just never ended up getting unpacked, LOL

Oh well, I found a nice place to be now and looks great for this project. haha
I used my old school cut files but if anyone is interested in how or wants new cut files, let me know and I will add them to my Etsy listings.

I also made cut files for graduation luminaries and made several. (just never posted LOL)

Added some cutout pieces to them too.

Those pieces would make great decorations too.

Made a few of my grad cap boxes too.

Made an ADORABLE little chick with Flower Soft and a plastic egg but was hurting too much to post it around Easter.

So CUTE!

More projects coming soon.

I may even dig up a few more that have never been shared.

enjoy

Apple gift box and card

Looking for a quick and easy gift box and card for a special teacher?
I just listed the cut files for this cute little box and card on my Etsy store. 

Card 

I also have a chalkboard card that comes with an easel.

And this adorable apple mini album

Chalkboard card and apple card

I made this adorable chalkboard card for a back to school project.

If you look closely you will see the apple file that I offered the other day. There is also an eraser and a piece of chalk. (I still remember oh so well how messy chalkboards were when I first started teaching. Chalk got everywhere! My clothes, my papers, my hand, face, and hair...I really don't miss those days...LOL I absolutely loved dry erase boards when I finally got one in my classroom :)

I made 8 different pre-cut messages for it

...as well as a blank piece that can be written on with chalk or a white pen.

And here is the CUTEST part...

 I made a little easel for it!

It is literally an easel card... LOL! How fun is that!

The card is A2 size and the easel is 8.5 inches tall and 4 inches wide when open. It also collapses and can fit in an 8.5 by 5.5 envelope.

I also made an apple shaped card that comes with 3 different school themed tags.

No, I did not stitch them, the tags have faux stitch marks ;)

Here is a free download for the tag with the little apple cut out.

Everything else is for sale on my Etsy store for $2.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81003224/chalkboard-and-apple-cards-svgs-and

Apple and school bell svg

Hello, I have not done much with these two files I made a while back. I thought I would share them.

It is a teacher's bell and an apple just in time for going back to school.

These files are no longer available.
They are now included in a card kit I have in my Etsy shop for $2.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81003224/chalkboard-and-apple-cards-svgs-and