Teacher Thank you for GDP095 |

I decided to throw myself into this week’s Global Design Challenge by using the Pieces and Patterns stamp set and co-ordinating Designer Series Paper to make a fun Teacher Thank you card. This week’s challenge was a sketch challenge. I first tried to think what else could I use in place of the stripes in the sketch. My initial thought was the pens from Crafting Forever as I was thinking ahead to Teacher Thank you’s…. but the images didn’t seem young enough for my children – then I realised there was a pencil in the Pieces and Patterns stamp set. That was it, the card was born!

Here was the sketch itself by guest designer Marieke Bart

I decided to use my Pencil as the stripe and I used it first one way and then the other. The stamp-a-ma-jig was essential in stamping the pencil in even stripes and just wide enough to allow my Thank you sentiment.

I wanted to use the Thank you from the Why Thank You stamp, but it wasn’t it the right format. The stamp-a-ma-jig saved the day again. It is really simple to simple highlight the word or section of the stamp that you require with markers. You can then stamp wherever you wish by using the stamp-a-ma-jig.

Pieces and Patterns Teacher Thank you Card Video Tutorial

To make it easier to understand how to use the stamp-a-ma-jig for this card, I have made a quick 10 minute video for you.

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