Cute Teacher Card Ideas

When I'm in the making groove I make dozens of cards a week.  Yes, I said dozens.  Since I only write five posts a week I have photos of dozens of cards that have yet to make it to the blog.  Today's cards are from the teacher cards I made a few weeks ago.

The layout for both cards is the same, with the exception of the card above having a few green heart embellishments.  These cards pull together several brands.  I used the Teacher from Waffle Flower, Kindness Matters from Neat and Tangled and one of the past Stamptember sets from Simon Says Stamps.

To add variation I colored the puppies in different colors, but the green combo is the same on both cards.  I had only intended for the difference to be the color of the puppy and the color of the card bases, that this until I dropped a green marker on one panel.  How better to hide a mark than with a green heart, but one heart looked very out of balance.  I gravitate toward odd numbers when using embellishments, so I opted for five hearts.  

These cards are the closest I ever get to one-layer cards.  My creative style is to create panels and then adhere them to a card base.  There are a few reasons why I do this.  If I'm Copic coloring it will hide and bleed through on the back.  It's easier to work with a single panel than a folded card.  If I absolutely have to give up on a design and toss it I'm only tossing a quarter sheet of paper.