The TGIF Challenges team has challenged us to focus on Back to School. My first step for this challenge was to check with my daughter. My 3-year-old grandson is returning to his day care/school in a couple of weeks after spending his summer home with his dad, who is set to return to his teaching job. Katharine and I decided that it would be nice to give Easton's two teachers a little chocolate treat as they welcome Easton back to his classroom and help him get used to the school routine again. If it was up to Easton, these treat bags would be all about dinosaurs. However, I thought the teachers would rather have something pretty:
I pulled out two retired Ombre Gift Bags--one in Fresh Freesia and one in Polished Pink for the treat bags. I decorated them using my new favorite and already well-used Season of Chic Bundle (#158816), which includes the Season of Chic stamp set (#158810) and the Chic Dies (#158815). The netting die was used to create the background for the flowers out of Brushed Metallic card stock (#153524). This card stock is now a FREE Sale-a-Bration product choice with a minimum $50 purchase using the SAB Item #163103.
I used the two-step stampin' flower images to create the flowers on each card. The flower base image was stamped in the color of the bag (Fresh Freesia or Polished Pink). The flower outline image was stamped in VersaMark ink (#102283) and then heat embossed with Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder (Metallics Collection, #155555). The leaves were die cut out of Soft Sea Foam card stock. The greeting was also stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with gold. It was die cut using the Stitched Rectangles dies (#151820).
The bags were finished with Brushed Metallic adhesive backed dots (#156506) and tied closed with Open Weave ribbon: Fresh Freesia (#155615) and Polished Pink (#155714). Inside each bag is a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" Basic White card stamped with a two-step flower. This card is for Easton to "sign". And, just because something couldn't be from Easton without a dinosaur, it will also be stamped with a coordinating dinosaur image from the retired Dino Days stamp set.
I misplaced the Dino Days stamp set after making a 4th of July card for Easton, so I couldn't stamp the dinosaur image for this challenge. I'll have to find it hidden among the chaos that is my stamping room while I am decluttering and reorganizing. This process is taking me a very long time! But that stamp set is around here somewhere. I'll find it again before I have to mail the treat bags for Katharine to fill with chocolate.
Find more Back to School Ideas over at the TGIF Challenges Blog here.
Have a great day!
--Sara Nell
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