Take a box of chocolates........

Both Teachers gifts side by side

Miss Marr's Altered Tissue Box

I'd bought these fabric flowers some time ago for cardmaking classes I used to host and knew they would eventually become of use!! The only colours I'd bought were white flowers and pink flowers. I'd pondered on whether inking the white flower using the Dew Drop ink pads ...... and it turned out not too bad!! Papers were from a DCWV pad. Sizzix font used is "Cherish".

Altered Tissue Box & Altered Memo Block for Mrs Mistlebrook

Angled view of tissue box with 2 flowers + brads:

Side close-up of Sizzix flower and brad on box side panel:

Both tissue box and memo block showing Sizzix font [Nouveau]:

Close-up of layered Sizzix flower and brad on box lid:

To decorate both items, I've used PP from both these 6x6 pad from Paper Mania:

Altered Memo Paper Block for Teachers

I came across these memo blocks in Lidls the other day when I was in doing some shopping. I bought 3 of them - 1 for myself [of course!] and the other 2 for Alwynne's teachers, Miss Marr and Mrs Mistlebrook.Now altered, this is side 1 complete with paper:

Side 2:

I thought this memo block is more suited for Mrs Mistlebrook :o) as she doesn't strike me as a girly girl if you get my meaning.

Altered tissue boxes

These are the colour tester pots I bought for this project following a wee trip to B & Q ..........

The boxes are now painted, ready for the next steps:

End of term school staff and teacher thank you gifts

Just a small few of 2-step stamping on these thank-you cards:

Those paper bags were recycled from the school staff room ages ago - I had this in mind when I acquired them lol!! Hand stamped with SU! stamps:

I bought a few little storage boxes from Hobbycrafts, a few thimbles, needles, fancy dressmaking pins, sewing machine bobbins etc and filled the storage boxes as emergency sewing kits. Using my sewing machine, I wound white, black and navy blue thread on individual bobbins rather than cards. Yeah I know, you can indeed buy tiny sewing kits for around £2.00 odds but the threads are never up to much and neither is the packaging! I think in total the sewing kit I made up cost between £6 and £8 as the items are more substantial than what you would normally purchase as 1-off kit!

I apologise for the 'puckering' of the coated paper on this clipboard - 1st coat dried brilliantly! however, the 2nd coat didn't and I proceeded to a 3rd and gave up once it had dried, still 'puckered'. The little flowers were rub-ons. In fact the patterned papers/cardstock where what I have left from my days of being "Top Line Creations" scrapbooking consultant.

I also altered a bingo clipboard in similar colours [for same teacher] and added a few notepads too. PPs and c/s again from my TLC days.

All wrapped up in cello and gift bow:

I had bought those little dainty metal plant pots from Ikea some time ago with the view to doing this - just filling up with a few choccies and wrapped in cello and bow:

A close of my small hand-made bow ribbon:

All wrapped and presented in the stamped paper bags:

Ella's thank you token

Small gift tag:

Package open a little with bagged contents:

SU grossgrain ribbon closure:

Not quite finished:

Whilst I was on annual leave and off to Stobo Castle last weekend, Ella, my work colleague, covers a tiny fraction of my post typing reports and urgent docs for our consultant whom we both work for. Having worked full time in the GI Unit a few years ago, I know only too well what the workloads are like - it's certainly not reduced these days! Anyways, just enjoy with a wee cuppa Ella and thank you!

Mini gift bag

This is my first time completing a mini gift bag - making it by hand all by myself :o) It is quite small - I think it would be an ideal size for even wedding favours! The 'bag ' is actually made out of 1 x sheet of A4 cardstock.

It also gave me a chance to use my new circle punches from Woodware. They arrived this morning - I only ordered and paid for them yesterday - what superb service!

I used the SU scallop punch, Circle of Friendship stamp [hence the need for the circle punches] and 3 stamps from the "Simply Said" collection.