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I am excited that I got to choose the Use It Challenge this week. Go check it out and I hope you will play along.
Here is my card and gift item I did for it. I made this to give to Patrick's teacher on his first day.
I forgot to take a photo of the inside of the card but it reads "in advance for all you do"
I filled the bottle up with kisses. Because well we all need a little chocolate especially with 17 kindergartners...lol

supplies: Two Busy Moms pp, Bazzill cs, Heidi Swapp, Prima and Making Memories flowers, Autumn Leaves stamp, Cricut Zoobaloo cartridge, Ranger distress ink and stickles, various gems

Thursday was Patrick's first day of school. It is so hard to believe that it is that time of year again. Here is a pic of my snaggletoothed kindergartener! There are many more but I add a few more later.

I realized that I forgot to post the teacher gift we made for Patrick's teacher this year. Check the kits 2 remember krew blog for more ideas.

This is Patrick's first year and I don't know that any other teacher will ever live up to Miss Michelle. I tend to help out alot in her class so I have tons of photos of all the chicklets.

My plan was to make a 6x6 album with those photos. I started out with 4 pieces of k2r acrylic and 3 pieces of chipboard. I altered the pages starting and ending with acrylic. I kept the covers very simple. I added a strip of paper on the inside of the front cover and added a frame that I cut with my cricut to the cover. I simply added the class and year to it. I did a little bit of doodling through out.

I wanted to keep it bright and cheary so I used these fun Paper Trunk papers (plus her fav color is orange...hehehe). I kept the basic layout the same through out. I wanted some of the acrylic to show on the inside pages so I used a border punch on cardstock and then added pattern paper to the center. It is the perfect size for a 4x6 photo. I added bling to the scallop borders on both sides.

I haven't added the pictures yet because I wasn't sure how all the parents would feel about them being on the web. The plan is to add a multiple pictures to some of the pages but we will see. I will probably add a few buttons as well. I want to keep it simple since I am added so many pictures. I let the kids sign the last page with a simple message of "we love you" in the center. I also added some faux hinges to the sides, which is just grungeboard with a light amount of distress ink to add a rustic feel to them.

You would know that I forgot to take a picture of it with the photos in it. I also made a 5x7 card with a 4x6 photo of Patrick and her together. It turned out great and he drew a photo on the inside for her. Of course I forgot to take a photo of that as well...duh