Thank You Gift in a Mini Muslin Bag

My daughter's preschool celebrates their preschool teachers a few times a year...Thanksgiving, Christmas, February, and at the end of the year.  At Thanksgiving, the Preschool Parent Association organizes a Cornucopia of Thanks.  A time for preschoolers and parents to tell the teachers how much they appreciate them in a small way.  It could be a homemade card or picture, a gift card or something off the teacher's favorites list.  One of the parent volunteers decorates the basket for the teachers and places it in the hallway for the preschoolers and parents to put their special thank you for the teachers.

Close Up of stamped images...I LOVE this look on the muslin bags!

Every year I decorate the baskets and always include a special treat from my little preschooler.  This year I decided to use the mini muslin bags from Stampin' Up! to make a special gift card holder.  The mini muslin bags made it so easy for me this year!  I stamped the Magnificent Maple stamp in the middle of the mini bag and stamped a Thanks So Much image on the bottom of the bag.  I just LOVE how the stamped images look on the mini muslin bags!  Then, I added some ribbon to the mini bag's pull and placed a tag through the ribbon as well.  Finally, I added a Starbucks gift card to each Thank You bag since both teachers like coffee.  What an easy and simple way to dress up a gift card this holiday season!

Ingredients

·         Stamps:

o   Magnificent Maple

o   Oh, Hello - "Thanks So Much" greeting only

·         Ink:

o   Calypso Coral

o   Early Espresso

·         Tools and Accessories:

o   3/4" Chevron Calypso Coral Ribbon

o   Mini Muslin Bags

January Club Cards & Leadership Swap Cards

Our Stamping Club cards this month used lots of new goodies from Stampin' Up!'s Spring and Sale-A-Bration catalogs.  I also made these cards for my Leadership Swaps and loved how different each one turned out.  Take a look and let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.

Sale-A-Bration Open House Card uses Sycamore Street DSP, Wishes Your Way stamp set and Pinwheel Sizzlits S Die

Thank You Card (CASEd from p. 4 of the Spring Catalog) uses Print Poetry DSP Stack and Oh, Hello stamp set

Valentine's Day Card uses Print Poetry DSP Stack, You Are Loved and Vintage Verses stamp sets

Banners are everywhere these days so I took advantage of this trend and added it to this card.
 Feels Good stamp set and Two for Tea DSP

SAB Open House Card used...
Pinwheel Sizzlits S Die - item #129411
1/8" Mini Silver Brads - item #122941
Wishes Your Way stamp set - item #129153 WM or item #129156 CM
Sycamore Street DSP - SAB item #127540

Thank You card used...
Print Poetry DSP Stack - item #129312
Oh, Hello stamp set - item #130730 WM or item #130733 CM
Apothecary Accents Framelits (for cut out layer where DSP comes through) - item #127003
Ovals Collection Framelits - item #129381
Rhinestone Basic Jewels - item #119246

Valentine's Day card used...
Print Poetry DSP Stack - item #129312
You Are Loved stamp set (for heart image)- item #123777 WM or item #123779 CM
Hearts Collection Framelits(for heart image & DSP heart) - item #125599
Vintage Verses stamp set - SAB item #129633 WM or item #129636 CM
Apothecary Accents Framelits (for greeting) - item #127003
Vine Street Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (Very Vanilla layer) - SAB item #130492
Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon - item #126844
Pearl Basic Jewels - item #119247

A Day As Perfect As You Are Card used...
Feels Good stamp set - item #129681 WM or item #129684
Two for Tea DSP - item #129311
Labels Collection Framelits - item #125598
Subtles Designer Buttons - item #119745
Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine - item #125572