Teachabella

Our school year is finally ending. ET is enjoying his last day of school today. We were lucky this year he had an amazing teacher! She loves working with special needs kids, and it comes across in her classroom. ET really enjoyed being her class, he learned a lot, and made many friends this school year. I wanted to make her a card expressing our thanks for all her hard work this year.
If your not familiar, this image is teachabella by Stamping Bella. I got her from a image swap. Swaps are an easy way to acquire more images in a way that's easy on your pocket book. The down side is you don't know what kind of paper or ink the other people use. The image is colored with my Copics. Except for the chalkboard which is done with Kol-I-Noor pencils & OMS. I used my Copic multiliner to draw the wooden floor. Then colored the floor with more Copics. This is a handy way to ground your image. If you're interested in learning how to do it, there a great tutorial on the MFT forum at SCS. I've included the link here. The patterned paper is from DCWV's Grade School stack. I used scissors, crayons, & ruler stamps from School for Changito set by Stampendous to create the subtle background on the blue. The polka dot ribbon is from the $1 Target bin.
Can you believe it is already mid-June? We're "leaving on a jet plane" tomorrow. We're going to my hometown for my 20 year high school reunion. The boys & I are staying 3 weeks, but the DH is only able to join us for 5 days. The visit should be a lot of fun. I'm sooo looking forward to it. The boys will get spoiled rotten by Grammie & Papa. Plus they will get to play with their cousins. Wish me luck, I usually have a panic attack when I fly with the kids. I always keep my fingers crossed that this time it won't happen. If I don't get packing now, I'll be up all night.