monogram journals & notecards

I taught a stamping class this past winter at the school. It was a 5 week course with K-5 grade students. It was really *SO* much fun to teach. It was a PTA sponsored/coordinated event which was to allow students in the school to experience some really fun new activities which they may not normally be exposed to. I taught stamping, my friend Mr. Twisty taught magic/balloon twisting, there was jewelry, clay art and bowling. All kinds of fun activities for the kids. I had 3 moms who came in and volunteered every week to help me out. I initially set my class number at 15 kids. I ended up having 28 sign up. You would be amazed at HOW wonderful these kids behaved. They were respectful and listened so intently. They were able to create wonderful projects in record amounts of time. Week one - 2 cards (in an hour). Week 2 - three cards. Week 3 - boxes (easter baskets) and bags. Week 4 - bookmarks (yes, we made 2 kinds of bookmarks - the paperclip ones with chipboard and regular bookmarks with patterned paper). Week 5 we made domino pins and washer necklaces (for mother's day)

Because I could not have done it alone, I felt the need to give my helpers wonderful presents for their presence! {heh heh} Each helper got a fabriano monogrammed notecard set. Each notecard had their first and last initial. I was able to do this (and make it look elegant) with the help of Kitchen Sink Stamps Mix it Up! alphabet

I used blue bayou and soft sky ink on the fabriano notecards. The gift card holder is a large fabriano card, folded back on one side to create a pocket. The brads hold the pocket together. A small bit of mayarts/starlitstudio ribbon is wrapped around the pocket. The ink is classic Blue Bayou and Soft Sky (Stampin' Up!). The prefolded Fabrianos (starlitstudio) are so easy to work with. They take the ink SO well and the matching envelopes are wonderful to stamp on. This is a great stamp set for all your monogrammed needs.

I also created journals for the moms who helped me out. There were pretty journals at the target dollar spot right before easter. They were soft sky and barely banana. I used a scalloped punch (Stampin' Up!) to create the base of the monogram attachment. I used blue bayou paper. The circle is punched with an SU! punch as well. The monogram is done in soft sky and blue bayou ink. I overlapped the letters to make them intertwine. FUN!

This in the yellow target journal which uses saffron paper, saffron ink and banana ink. Again, scalloped punch and circle punch, intertwined letters. What a great, simple and elegant gift to give. The moms were thrilled with their presents. I was thrilled with their presence!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Supplies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stamp set: Mix it up! Alphabet {kitchen sink stamps}
{notecards}
paper: fabriano prefolded notecards & envelopes (starlitstudio) (plus a large one to make pocket)

ink: blue bayou, soft sky
misc: brads, mayarts ribbon/starlistudio

{journals}
paper: so saffron, blue bayou, whisper white
ink: saffron, banana, soft sky, blue bayou
misc: Journals (T$S), punches (scalloped circle, circle - SU!)