Mickey Flash Cards

Hey all! 

I took on two pretty big projects over the summer.  The first was the 200 Birthday Cards that I made for two elementary schools in my area, and the second was Flash Card Sets fir Five teachers.   About a year and a half ago, my sister in law asked me to make flash cards of the Sight Words in the Kindergarten curriculum for her daughter (my niece.)  And of course, I said yes!   I made a regular rectangle set, and a FUN set!!  They are Disney fanatics, so I decided to make the flash cards out of Mickey Mouse Heads!  They turned out great, and my niece loved them! 

To view the post where I made the original set of Mickey Flash Cards, click HERE


Well, my sister-in-law was having a teacher meeting at her house, and the other teachers saw the flash cards and asked where she got them.  She said that I made them, and they asked if I would make a set for each of them.  I said yes, of course!  And I had NO IDEA how much work I would be taking on!! Lol!

I didn't really remember making the first set, I mean, I DO remember how I made them, just not how long it took,etc.  So I think I started them back in July??? Yeah, around there.  And I hoped to have them done for the start of the school year.  That didn't happen.  I was sick a lot more than usual, which means...no crafting!  But I finished them this past Sunday.  So here's a video of them:

Here are a few pictures showing the process of how I made each card:
First I used my Gypsy to put the sight word inside the mickey head.  The size of the font (from the Pooh Font Cartridge) varies from 0.85" to 1.5: depending on how long the word was (it did have to fit inside the head, afterall!  ha.)  And the Mickey Heads are sized at 4.25" tall.   Next, I welded the words into the Mickey heads, and the Cricut cut out everything it was supposed to! 
I then discarded the letters that cut out, and just kept the "negative" cut. 

I then placed a 3 inch white circle behind the word, so on the back of the mickey head:

So that the front now looks like this:

I probably should have used a different word for my example.  Because in this word, there were no inside pieces that I needed to save. Let's say I used the word, "some."  Instead of discarding the letters, I would save the middle part of the "o" and hte "e" so that I could glue them in the proper place on the flash card.  (I hope that made sense!!  Eek!)

Then I glued a plain black Mickey head onto the back of the flash card, to hide the white circle, and to make the flash card more complete and solid. 

I used Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive for all of these, and it works WONDERFULLY!  I love how when it dries, it hardens.  The finished project feels almost like chipboard!   And, again here's a picture of  what the finished card looks like:

I then punched holes into the left ear (ha, I pierced Mickey's ears!) with my crop-a-dile to put them on a binder ring.  (I first welded a hole where I wanted it using my Gypsy, and for some reason it would cut out in a different place every time.  Even though I copied the entire mickey head. ODD!  So I just went old school and punched the holes myself.)

I also made Mickey paper clip bookmarks for the teachers, and added them to the top of the ga le boxes that I cut out to put the flash cards in:

 That is a horrible picture, I know.  I forgot to take pictures of the bookmarks alone, and also forgot to take pictures of the individual gable boxes that I made! ARG!  I hate when that happens!  But you guys can get the idea. 
I also made each teacher a quick, simple card just apologizing that I didn't have them complete by the start of the school year. (I feel HORRIBLE about that!!) And giving my contact info in case anything is wrong with them.  :)  So here's the cards I made:

I just LOVE that pencil cut from the My Community Cricut Cartridge.  It's probably one of my top ten favorite cuts!!

This was a super long post, so thanks for hanging in there with me!  Let me know what you think about my flash cards!!   Have a grand week everyone!

"Don't glue anything I wouldn't glue!!"