This year I decided to mail the kids in my life cards at the beginning of the school year to encourage them in the adventure ahead! I then gave them a gift card to a local ice cream place because some days just require ice cream!! Each kid got a card that fit them and their grade in school.

Had a couple 2nd graders and then for the Kindergarten and 1st grade I did the one below.

Supplies: Digital Image/Patterned Paper: Diane's Daydream Designs Metal Dies: Stitched Circle Sketch: Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #487
Those kiddos had younger siblings that aren't old enough for school but didn't want to leave them out so they got the ones below. Basically told them to be good and have fun while their older sibling was in school then they could all go for ice cream!

Supplies: Digital Stamps: Clear Dollar Stamps/Lisa's Doodley Doos (Ice Cream Sticks). I colored them to match the kiddo they were going to.
Then my nephew's and niece (Benedict kids) I adopted when a coworker got hurt 3 years ago got these. The younger are in same grade due to how their birthdays fell on the calendar. The older boy is in 8th grade this year.

This image is special not only for my bright young man it went to but because my husband drew it when he was making a few digital stamps for Clearly Digi Stamps. My nephew is also learning how to draw so extra special to have one of Uncle Patrick's drawings. Supplies: Digital Image: DunnitAgain Designs - (Time for School) Cardstock: Bazzill Patterned Paper:

Digital Image: Miss Kate Cuttables (5th & 6th Grade Title) *I just recolored mine. Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Embossing Folder: (stars)


This was the girl version for the older girls of a couple co-workers kids. SUPPLIES: Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Digital Image: Paper Trail Design (Free Emoji Faces for personal use) Cardstock: Bazzill This card I made several years ago and had extra supplies made into kits but never got time to make them. Well I got them made this year so this one went to several of the kiddos.

Stamps/Images: Sweet & Spicy Digital Image by DeeDee Anderson (Clear Dollar Stamps) Cardstock/Papers: Cardstock – Bazzill (Yellow base), We R Memory Keepers cardstock, Patterned Paper – We R Memory Keepers (Hall Pass) Accents/Tools: ribbons, stapler, Gina K Designs 1/16 Foam Tape Techniques: Paper pieced the apple