Apple Thank You Cards

Hi friends! It’s Zsofi here today and I am sharing a simple but stunning teacher appreciation card idea with some older favorites. I love when a design can work in various colours and this one would look stunning in yellow and green too!

First I used the Layered Apples stencil on Bristol Smooth cardstock with Distress Oxide inks. For the first layer I used Candied Apple for the red and Seedless Preserves for the purple. I made sure to fade out the colours towards the right lower corner simply by using less ink and a lighter hand. I find blending brushes easier to use for this technique. 

For the leaves (Layer B) I used Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks and for the stems (Layer C) I chose Ground Espresso. I love these layering stencils, they make multiple coloured designs so easy!

To step up the cards, I put the first layer back in its place and sprayed the apples with a clear shimmer mist for a subtle sparkle. I also added some diluted ink splatters and some white and black acrylic paint splatters too. It adds so much to the design!

When the panels were dry, I trimmed them down a little and gave them a slightly bigger mat in coordinating cardstock colour.

For the sentiment I chose the Everyday Greetings stamp set. I love that pretty handwritten font, and the size is perfect for this design. I stamped it directly on the stenciled background with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat set it with my heat gun. I also added an extra sentiment under it which I stamped on thin strips of coloured cardstock using the Simple Sentiments stamp set. I mounted these with 3D foam squares for added dimension.

As a finishing touch I adhered a few Lime Shimmer Confetti all around the card, it matches the leaves perfectly.

I hope you liked my card and got inspired to make a couple of stenciled cards like this. I will need to make more for my kids’ teachers this year!

Thank you for stopping by and see you soon, Zsofi