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Back to School Greeting Card Using Fabric

Gather together all the supplies you will need:

Red and green patterned fabric scraps

Apple stencil or template

Blue lined school paper

White cardstock 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" folded in half

Blue ink

Chipboard or sticker "A+"

Permanent ink pen in color of your choice

Jumbo Brad Buddies "pencil"

Glue or tape

Computer and printer

Instructions

First step: Stencil the apple and leaves onto the red and green patterned fabric. Cut out the images

Note: Remember to stencil on the back side of the fabic and also take into consideration the pattern will be reversed when you flip it over.

Second step: Tape or glue the blue-lined school paper to the folded cardstock.

Third Step:

Glue the apple to the bottom, left of the card front. Glue on the leaves by pulling the very top of the apple off the paper and placing the leaves under the apple top. Let dry

Fourth Step: Glue or stick the A+ to the upper, right corner of the card front. I used regular alphabet stickers and used an "x" for the + mark since I was unable to locate any plus marks anywhere.

Fifth Step: Once the apple is dry, draw small dash marks around the entire inside edge of both the apple and the leaves. This makes it look as if the fabric has been sewn but without the work.

Step Six: Ink the edges of the card with the blue ink or chalk.

Step Seven: Usinging MS Word or similar program, print out the saying (see below). Tear the saying out and attach to the inside of the card using tape or glue.

Step Eight: Attach the pencil brad below the saying.

** I will not yell in class

I will not stomp my feet when I am mad

I will not throw things

I will not tease the other kids

I am the teacher, I am the teacher, I am the teacher

Final Product

Last Updated August 2, 2009