Teacher Appreciation: You Deserve high "Marks"

Hello crafty friends - Sizzle here.  Today I am going to share with you an idea I came up with for a teacher gift.  I am on the teacher appreciation committee at my son's school and every month we take turns leaving something cute for the teachers just to show our appreciation for all their hard work.  I got assigned January and though of bookmarks. 
I read a lot in the winter because...well it is COLD and I want to go outside as little as humanly possible so I thought I'd make bookmarks for all the teachers. I came up with the saying"
You deserve high "marks" - thanks for making ____{your school}___ great. 

They turned out so cute!  I wish you could see them in real life.

I used the bookmark die from Papertrey ink and the Mehndi Medallion Stamp set ($5 - this is a steal of a stamp set!).   I stamped each one twice with a coordinating ink color.  I discovered that I love the look of Navy on colored cardstock!  After stamping the front, I decided to add a little something to the back too.  I added little sayings to the back of the stamps: "This is where I fell asleep", "Just until I finish this chapter" etc... These stamps are from the All Booked Up stamp set from Papertrey ink.  I use this set a lot. 

I then got them laminated - the home laminator I have wasn't industrial enough for a bookmark so I'd recommend taking them somewhere.  I tried to do it myself but it came off.   It cost me 4 dollars to laminate 30. 

I made little tags cut at 1.5 with my cricut using the George Basic shapes cartridge in navy.  This curvy little tag is my favorite.  I used it on my sisters wedding centerpieces too - I will have to show you those sometime (when I get the photos from Nertz). 

I used embroidery floss for the tassels.  I cut three strings the size I wanted when folded in half.  I actually cut one extra and used it as a guide for cutting all the others - 3 strings per bookmark.  I attached the tag to one of the threads - they out all three through the whole and tied a knot. 

Recipe: 
Papertrey ink card stock: assorted colors (from sampler pack)
Ink colors: SU: Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Melon Mambo, Wild Washbi, Perfect Plum
Bookmark die: Papertrey Ink
Stamp sets: Mehndi Medallion and All Booked Up - Papertrey Ink
Cricut: George and Basic Shapes tag at 1.5
Other: Embroidery Floss, laminate, corner chomper