Thank God for Teachers

My little man started school this year; he is growing up so fast! So being his first year in school and knowing how hard it must for their teachers in a room full of little people who have never been to school before I really must give them praise!

So first year at school calls for a very special Christmas card. I was not after the traditional type of Christmas card, I wanted something that was children and school related and that really was going to thank them and I came up with this.

I love how it combines the red and white of Christmas but with the splash of the Orange and the yellow still really makes it ‘school like’ and a great little thankyou card.

The pencil boarder was from a School days scrapbooking page I had laying around and the red is corrugated cardboard that gives the piece some really nice texture and stands out against the white.  I taped it onto a yellow card stock for the base and to frame it.

The image is from Meljen’s Designs (I Love My Teacher).  I coloured the image in with watercolour pencils and to add focus to the sentiment I touched the TEACHER with Kindy Glitz and edged the edges in black ink.

Love this card and how the colours all came togther.

Challenges:
* Crafty Cardmakers (2nd entry) - use a freebie  (Mondays)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesdays – FTTC 89-focus on the sentiment (2nd entry do not know if this is ok or not, have left a comment in the comment section) – (Tuesdays)
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes (Tuesdays)
* Melijen's Designs - #30 Anything Goes (Thursdays)
* Lots to do-  Plain and Simple  (Fridays)
* Card Positioning Systems - #189 Sketch   (Sundays) 

Fair winds and following seas
The Navy Wife