Back To School for CC2C!

It probably seems late for a Back To School card, but maybe not for all. My grandson’s high school didn’t start until today! I guess I consider all of September to qualify for Back To School, so I chose that theme for our CASEing Coast to Coast this month. Rosanne from Pennsylvania and I, from California, take turns once a month choosing a theme, stamp set, sketch, or color combo to make and CASE (copy and selectively edit), hoping to inspire you. AND, I don’t know if you are aware of this, but both of us spent our career years working in schools, so this theme hits close to our hearts ❤️. Here is my Back To School for CC2C ~

Recipe ~

• Real Red Cardstock, 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, scored and folded at 4-1/4″ for a top folding card
• Regals Designer Series Paper (Real Red) layer, 5-1/4″x 4″
• Basic White Cardstock, 4″x 3″, embossed with Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder
• Crumb Cake Cardstock for basket
• Real Red and Granny Apple Green for apples
• Smoky Slate for basket handle

Details ~

• Cut three pieces for the basket – one for the vertical boards, one for the horizontal boards, and one for the backing.
• Lightly color the edges of the basket with a Light Soft Suede Blends Marker to “weather” the basket.
• Color the basket handle with a Real Red Blends Marker.
• Stamp the schools supplies from Cheerful Basket with Memento Tuxedo Black and color with Blends, markers, or pencils. I added a touch of Fine-Tip Glue Pen to the scissors and pen tops for extra shine. Crop the colored piece with the coordinating die from Full Basket Dies.
• Stamp “BACK” from Garden Birdhouses with Memento ink to the lower right of the brick panel.
• Glue the basket and school supplies piece to the brick panel.
• Glue the white brick panel to the plaid DSP and then glue the whole thing to the red base.
• Add the apples with Mini Dimensionals. Stamp and fussy cut “Welcome” from Garden Birdhouses in Memento ink and adhere it with glue and Dimensionals.
• Stamp and outline color the flap of your envelope using the apple stamp.

OK, let’s head east and see what Rosanne has made. Click HERE to go to her blog post at Heartfelt Stamping.

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