Back To School!

After seeing several very cute backpack cards and treat boxes online, I decided I wanted to try making a backpack shaped card to include with our "Back To School Care Package" that we sent to our granddaughter as she prepared to enter second grade.                                                                              First, I found a simple coloring book image of a school backpack and used Make the Cut Design program to create a svg cutfile for a shaped card. Next, I asked my daughter to send me a photo of the backpack our granddaughter would be using for her new school year so I could maybe try to create a card that would look similar. 

 Honestly, I expected her to send a photo of a backpack with Pikachu or some Pokemon character, but instead this is the picture she sent saying, "Your granddaughter thinks she's a 'nature girl' this year..."

Okay, so this is the card I came up with. I found digital paper on Etsy from designer PrintPatternPapers that I thought looked similar to the floral design on the actual backpack and I added  paper pieced deer which I die cut from now retired Eline's Deer die set. 

Scissors, paint brush with paint set and pencils were die cut from MFT's "Just Add Paint" and "Tools of the Trade" DieNamics. Composition notebook and ruler were created as a print and cut in Make the Cut. These school supplies were then tucked into the front and side pockets of the backpack.

I made my shaped card to be a bottom fold card and inside, I used a red pin striped patterned paper to mimic the lining of the actual backpack. For a quick and easy pop up, I followed Karen Burniston's video tutorial on how to install a double Lorna Label pop up mechanism. However,  because of the height of  my card, I substituted the Lorna Label with a slightly taller bracket style label which I created in Make the Cut.

Our personal  message to our granddaughter was added to the labels using 212 Baby Girl font and the print and cut function. Also added a few flowers cut from Spellbinders "Sealed Blooms" and "Flowering Tree" dies and another deer.

And finally, I made a simple gift card holder embellished with the same die cuts to slip into one of the front pockets of the backpack.                                                                                                                       I really enjoyed making this shaped card; nothing fancy but I think the challenge of trying to recreate a paper version of our granddaughter's new backpack made this so much fun.