The Sweet Simple Cards

I've been planning to give two of my oldest daughter's teachers some gifts as Emily's graduation was near. She graduated from middle school last Friday and I've got the perfect gifts for them. But all the school activities toppled on top of another and filled up my days that I couldn't get to create the cards for them. When Friday morning came, I woke up early and spent some times to make two simple cards. Nevertheless, I could only did so much in a short time, so I chose to make just two simple cards. I cut-out images on the front part of the cards then decorate them with metal flower for one card, and another with some rhinestones. While at the back of the card front, I adhered patterned paper to accentuate the card, so they wouldn't look too bland. We decided to give the gifts to Emily's firs grade teacher, as she was her first teacher at her elementary school, and to her eight grade teacher, as she was her last homeroom teacher in middle school. For your information, Emily has been in the same school through her elementary and middle school for eight years there. Her teachers loved the gifts and the cards very much.

Thank You Card The Stamping Way

When my oldest daughter competed in a solo competition in 2009, we weren't sure of the outcome. We thought it would just another experience, but it turned out this event was a surprising one. Our daughter, Emily, performed well and wasn't really expected anything special. But then when Emily's name was being called as one of the winners, we cheered beyond control. Everybody was so happy. One of the people who cheered with us, was a music teacher who became Emily's pianist. She was so helpful towards the rehearsal and very supportive of Emily, though we only knew her in a short time. For her help being Emily's pianist, I made her a thank you card using clear stamps to decorate it. The card was an accordion card, with the part of the stamped image being cut off in certain way and I colored the images with markers. This thank you card was one of my favorite stamped card.

Thank you card with stamped images

Handwritten sentiment on the front

Emily posing with the other winners, juries and the people who sponsored the competition