Happy First Day of School!

Daniel went back to school today -- can't believe he's already a second grader!  I tucked a special note and treat in his lunchbox today so he'll know I'm thinking of him and missing him.  We actually made these matchbook treats at my hostess club this past Sunday, along with another card, which I'll show you tomorrow.  (Had meant to show you the autograph books I made for our recent Disney trip, but wasn't able to post earlier this week, so will have to wait til probably this weekend or sometime next week for those.)

Anyway, here's the matchbook treatholder:

This treatholder is somewhat larger than the tea holder I showed last week.  For this one, I started with a 3.25" x 7" piece of card stock, then scored at 2.75", 3", and 6.25"  The shortest end of the matchbook is punched with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

The owl was created with the fun new Two-Step Owl Punch -- the body is Chocolate Chip, his beak is Pumpkin Pie, eyes are Whisper White and Basic Black, and his tummy is made from More Mustard.  I added some Moonlight Smooch Spritz on his eyes and to make the squiggles on his tummy.  Here's a close up of this cute little guy:

The moon behind the owl was created by sponging Frost White Shimmer Paint onto the Cherry Cobbler cardstock, using a 1-1/4" Circle mask.  At hostess club, we found out that it was very important not to have too much Shimmer Paint on the dauber when doing this, or the shimmer paint might leak under the mask! Not so good for achieving the desired effect!

The apples on the Cherry Cobbler card stock piece are from the First Day set in the Summer Mini (only available until the end of this month!)

The designer paper strips on the matchbook are from the Play Date Designer Series Paper (so much fun!!!) 

The "happy" stamp is from the new set Fabulous Phrases, and was punched out using the Jewelry Tag punch.  The cute flower button is from the Brights Designer Buttons, and has a piece of linen thread through it. 

Here's what's inside the matchbook:

The Whisper White scallop circle was created using the new 2-3/8" Scallop Circle Punch.  The images on it are from the First Day stamp set, and are stamped using Cherry Cobbler classic ink.  Then, the finishing touch was adding some doodles with the Moonlight Smooch in each of the scallops. 

I actually ended up having to switch out the chocolate for a lollipop for Daniel because he's decided lately that he doesn't like dark chocolate (gasp!) 

Hopefully he likes his little treat, and hopefully you enjoyed seeing it, too, and will be inspired to create something special for someone you know who is heading back to school!

Thanks for stopping by!

-- Michelle