Top Note Handbag thankyou for the teachers!

With two boys in primary school I now have two teacher gifts to make at the end of the year. We’ve been very lucky and I’ve been super impressed with all the teachers the boys have had so far. They are so dedicated and go above and beyond what is required of them. A big thanks to all teachers everywhere, you are very much appreciated.

Here are the gifts I made for Sarah and Anita this year (yes, at the boys’ school teachers can choose to go by first names if they prefer):

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These cute little handbags are made using the Big Shot with the Top Note, Circle & Scallop Circle dies. They look great but are actually pretty easy to put together when the die-cutting has been done for you. It’s hard to tell from the picture but I used a combination of Night of Navy and Bashful Blue cardstock. The stamps are from Papillon Potpourri, Make A Cake (love those tiny butterflies) and Flowering Flourishes.

I’ve made these gift bags before and put chocolates in them but this time I decided to make a set of eight Thank You cards instead. I sized them to fit inside the bag and then decorated with the same stamps and colour scheme. Now the teachers will have some handy cards to give when they have Thank You’s of their own.

And here’s a look at the bag with all the cards fitting snugly inside. I also put in a couple of recipes for yummy treats that the boys have made and brought into class to share – Triple Chocolate Brownies and White Chocolate Cupcakes! Yum.

These bags are one of the projects I’ve done with my 3D Template Stamp Club recently. For them we used the same colour scheme but the stamping was slightly different:

And here’s another version using patterned paper instead of stamping:

Cheers,

Genna

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