Back to School Bus

Happy Friday everyone!  It's Jeanne posting today with a card that celebrates that most wonderful time of the year - back to school! This card is perfect to commemorate the first day of school.  I used the sentiment "ABC, 123" but you can also swap that out for "1st Day".  Since I don't know any wee ones who were having a "never-been-to-school-before" first day, I chose the more general sentiment.

 I used the Party Animal Bus from the new birthday release and cut out the pieces in various shades of browns and grays - a great way to use up scraps.  I used a dark yellow and a silver for the bus.

Using a fine tip multi-liner pen, I completed the eyes and noses on the critters and glued them together.

I cut the numbers and letters from primary color card stock using the Stitched Letters and Stitched Numbers dies.

This card is a little larger than usual.  It's an A6 - 4.5 x 6 inches.  I stared with a piece of black cut to 9 x 6 and then scored it in the middle for my top-fold card base.  Using wood look paper, I cut four strips .5 x 6 inches (the paper was 6 x 6 inch paper).

I glued two strips to the sides and snipped off the ends (so I didn't have to measure!)

Then I glued on the top and bottom strips, forming my school slate.

The bus went on next with all the animals.

Finally I added the ABC, 123, the bow and enamel dots in all four corners as nails or rivets.  I used foam dots to adhere the fenders over the wheels and wheel wells.

Dies:

Thanks for stopping by today and have a fun, creative weekend!

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