So, this is the first time in 30 years that I have not been preparing my classroom (as a teacher) or preparing a school (as a principal or assistant principal). It is…different. I miss the camaraderie; I LOVE my teacher friends!! But my husband is still teaching, so I am helping him by creating things for his classroom.

He has a garden theme in his second grade classroom, so for Meet the Teacher, I made him some Sweet Songbirds welcome treats! Yes, complete with gummy worms!

I started with the largest Celebration Labels Die (now retired), which I scored and folded in half. (You could use any large symmetrical die that will fold in half, or just a rectangle.) I had a full pack of Seaside Spray cardstock (now retired), but you could use Balmy Blue for this project as well. The branch and leaves are from the Sweet Songbirds stamp set, which I stamped in Soft Suede and Parakeet Party, one of the new In Colors. The bird wing is stamped with Sweet Sorbet, also an In Color, then punched out with the Songbird Builder Punch. The bird body is also punched in Sweet Sorbet, the belly is Whisper White, and the beak is Mango Melody. The eyes are stamped in black. The sentiments are stamped in Soft Suede and then die cut using the Stylish Shapes dies.

You can find this set and punch on page 31 of the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog. They can be purchased separately or as a bundle. When you buy the bundle, you save 10%.