Mix it up Monday!

Hello Friends! It's Mix it up Monday!  In this series I'll be using products from various companies to hopefully come up with a cohesive card design. Today's card features products from four different companies! 

If you've been following me for a while, you know that I LOVE teachers! We have been so blessed to have fabulous teachers for Paige from pre-school to until now. She's in the second grade and her teacher is just lovely! About a year ago I was reading a post from Jennifer McGuire and if you follow her you know she does A LOT for teachers! I decided in my own little way, I wanted to thank more than just Paige's classroom teacher, so I made thank you cards for all of the 1st grade teachers and a few staff members. They absolutely loved it and it made me feel so good to put a smile on someone's face (many of whom I had never met). Fast forward to this year and I'm doing the same thing. I'm making this sweet card for all of the 2nd grade teachers, the Principal, Assistant Principal and the school nurse. Shout out to school nurses! They really are going through a lot with all of the COVID protocols and I commend them so very much!

Let's talk about the card, shall we? I used the Apple stamp set from Kitchen Sink Stamps for that awesome multi-step apple. It looks so realistic! This was my first purchase from Kitchen Sink but it will certainly not be my last. I don't know about you, but I always have trouble lining up layering stamp sets. Not the case with this one, all of the images line up perfectly! So, I don't have a bunch of red inks, so I used a soft pink, light red, mid red, dark red and a light brown for the last stamp. LOVE!! I also pulled out the Teacher Thank You stamp set from Simon Says Stamp for the sentiment as well as a stencil from Echo Park. To finish off the card I cut the image using a great die from Pink Fresh called diagonal stitched rectangles. I know I say this all the time, but I love how this card turned out! And I truly hope the teachers enjoy it as well!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a great start to your week!

Hugs,

Carol

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