Color My World Teacher Appreciation Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some cards for Teacher's showcasing our Color My World Stamps and Teacher Appreciation Stamps.

For my first card of the day, I have a card using the paint palette and paintbrush from our Color My World Stamps. I started by inking a white cardstock panel with a rainbow frame (detailed below) and then die-cut it using our stitched Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I was feeling there was a bit too much white space so having the thin border of black cardstock show through helped ground everything and not make it feel like it was floating quite so much. I heat-embossed the greeting "You have brightened my day" in the bottom right corner using our Teacher Appreciation Stamps. I then adhered my paintbrush to the palette and added foam tape to the back of both pieces to pop them up and make them stand out against my colorful background.

To create my handmade stencil from printer paper, I cut my scratch paper in half and traced around my A2 card panel on the back so as I was cutting out my loose frame, I would have a general sense of where to center it and also keep it dimensional with roughly the same margins on all four sides. I then randomly snipped a wavy-edged window in the center with my scissors. More than once, I felt it was lopsided, so I cut a bit off to make it more balanced with the other sides until I was satisfied.

I then added some sticky adhesive with my ATG tape runner to the four corners and the center of each edge. This helped me keep it tacked down while I worked at inking it on my cardstock panel and kept it from shifting. I also made sure to not to rub it into my cardstock when laying it down so I could carefully pick it back up without damaging my cardstock afterward. I then blended Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet Distress inks on the diagonal before gently removing my handmade stencil and rubbing off any left behind adhesive with the Xyron Adhesive Eraser. Surprisingly, my little stencil appears strong enough to make several more cards with the same piece!

For my second card, I focused on the adorable layered crayon image from our Color My World Stamps, stacking them into a handmade crayon boxy using our Gift Card Pocket Dies, layered with the chevron "v" using our Fishtail Banner Dies. To the right of my crayon box, I layered Stitched Heart Die, die-cut from black cardstock (I was imagining to look a bit like a chalkboard). I then heat-embossed the second half of my sentiment using a greeting from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps. The "thank you" phrase stamped on the crayon box also comes from that same stamp set.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:

Paintbrush 
Pinkfresh Studio Warm Buff (3a)
Pinkfresh Studio Doe (3b)
Gina K. Warm Cocoa (3c)
Hero Arts Soft Granite (3d)
Hero Arts Charcoal (3e)
Hero Arts Soft Sand (3f)
Gina K. Sandy Beach (3g)

Gina K. Kraft (3h)

Paint Palette (card no. 4)

Gina K. Sandy Beach (4b)

Gina K. Kraft (4a)
+ 3-color groupings to match the crayons below

Pink Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Ballet Slipper (2d)
Hero Arts Soft Pink (2c)
Hero Arts Bubblegum (2b)
Hero Arts Ultra Pink (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Red Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Coral Reef (2d)
Hero Arts Pale Tomato (2c)
Gina K. Red Hot (2b)
PinkFresh Studio Berrylicious (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Orange Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Clementine (2c)
Concord & 9th Marmalade (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Persimmon (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Yellow Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Lemon Whip (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Sunshine (2c)
Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Mustard (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Green Crayon
Hero Arts Green Hills (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime (2c)
Gina K. Lucky Clover (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Olive (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Teal Crayon
Gina K. Ocean Mist (2d)
Gina K. Turquoise Sea (2c)
Gina K. Blue Lagoon (2b)
Gina K. Tranquil Teal (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Blue Crayon
Hero Arts Dusty Blue (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Slumber (2c)
Pinkfresh Studio Blue Jay (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Sapphire (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Purple Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Soft Lilac (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Candy Violet (2c)
Versafine Clair Purple Delight (2b)
Hero Arts Grape Juice (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

As always we have layering guides as the second image on each of these stamp product pages that are also available to download with links in the product descriptions.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used:

Fishtail Banner Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Heart 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Xyron Adhesive Eraser Shop at: Sunny Studio