Thank You, Teacher

This card is for Challenge #1 of Splitcoaststampers' Fall CAS DT search as well as Wplus9's Color Cue {7}. For the CAS DT Challenge, we have to use one or more punches and incorporate a Teacher's Pet theme. The colours for for Color Cue {7} are shown at left. I immediately thought to use the pretty apples from Unity's July 2010 KOTM. Is it true that teacher's love to receive apples, do they actually eat those apples, and does the student who gives them an apple win brownie points? ;) I love the vividity of aqua, gold and red together so I used a white background to show them off.

I stamped the three apples in different colours and set them aside. Then I used a square punch to punch out matching backgrounds for those apples. I put those aside and punched scallop borders for each of the squares. I decided to place the apples in the order of the colours shown in the Color Cue {7} image. For the squares, I shifted each colour to the right, and then I did the same thing with the borders. When completed, each square has exactly all three colours! I love this trick.

All of the papers I used have different textures. The red is plain, the aqua is striped and the gold is plaid. The borders are attached to the backs of the squares which are popped. The apples are also popped off the squares. Of course I had to use more of my new baker's twine from The Twinery. This card features the Lemondrop colour. After experimenting with both a knot and a bow, neither looked right so I just tied it off on the reverse side to show two straight lines. Besides, it's much more CAS this way! Since I used gold for the twine, I used the other two colours for the sentiment.

Sources: GinaK 120lb pure luxury white cardstock; SU Real Red cardstock; Bazzill Basics textured aqua cardstock; AC textured yellow cardstock; Unity July 2010 Kit of the Month; PTI Up, Up and Away; SU Taken With Teal & Summer Sun inks; Vivid Red ink; McGill 1-1/4" square punch; SU scallop trim border punch; The Twinery Lemondrop baker's twine; Forever in Time pop dots