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It’s April Already!!

April 1, 2010 by Robin

Aloha, all!

Oh, my!  I can't believe that March slipped away from me as fast as it did!  I also can't believe that this week has flown by so quickly.  Our son and his family are here for Spring Break, and we have been going a mile a minute.  Today I was supposed to have some time for some scrapbooking with the boys (ages 7 and 9), but it looks like there will be outings again today.  Then they leave (sniff!).

Strip Card 1But just before they arrived here, I had a chance to play around in the craft room.  I was supposed to be cleaning up – and actually I was!  Part of that was putting my stash of Designer Series Paper away.  I had four or five DSP packs out, and I couldn't find anything until I got all that 12" x 12" paper put away.  While I was in the process of collecting and organizing, I also had to make a design for a "Chat and Challenge" I was hosting for one of my demo groups (SUDSOL.org).  The light bulb went off and I started snipping strips of DSP to put into a quick design.  This first card is made with strips of papers from the Designer Series Paper Set, Cottage Wall.  I added a double bow of Whisper White and Old Olive 5/8" Satin Ribbon and "tied" it all up with a greeting from the very versatile stamp set, Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Strip Card 2The next card I made with Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper.  I also punched a Scallop Circle and some smaller circles out of the paper to make the faux flower in the upper left corner.  I scrunched the paper up into tiny balls, reflattened them out, layered them up and put them together with a Rhinestone Brad in the center.  For this card, I moved the strips off to the left side a bit and added some more rhinestone brads (I had to put the brads away, too, so why not use them in the process!?

 

Strip SketchHere's a sketch you can use to make a card out of Designer Series Papers that you might have lying around!  I cut the strips in the following widths, from left to right:  3/4" – 3/4" – 1" – 3/4" – 1/2" – 1/2" – 3/4".  I like the variety of widths scatter among all of them for the visual interest.  The Cottage Wall card uses these measurements.  I varied it a bit for the Razzleberry Lemonade card.  Once you have your strips cut and arranged as you want them, use a small bit of transparent tape to anchor them together.  Then measure your final arrangement and make a layer 1/8" to 1/2" larger in both height and width to mat it.  The Cottage Wall card has a 1/2" larger mat, and the Razzleberry Lemonade has a 1/4" mat.

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Filed Under: Announcement Tagged With: Big Island, Cottage Wall, Designer Series Paper, East Hawaii, Hawaii, Rhinestone Brads, Satin Ribbon, Stampin' Up!

Robin Messenheimer

I have been stamping and paper crafting for over 30 years, and have been an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator for 14 years.

My favorite part of being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is teaching others to enjoy crafting themselves. Not only do I conduct classes in person, I write tutorials for teaching anyone who has internet access. No matter if you're in my area in The Villages in Florida or anywhere else in the world, let me know if there's something you'd like to learn! Read More…

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