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Hello my fellow card-makers, My downline, Adrienne, hosted a card class featuring Canada Day cards using the Colorful Seasons stamp set. Adrienne designed four fabulous cards, one of which featured a cute beaver using the Fox Builder punch. So cute!!! This stamp set is perfect for Canada Day because it has two different sized maple leaves with coordinating framelits. Check out Adrienne's blog post here . One card is scored multiple times along the horizontal edge and then folded to create waves in the flag. I made another card using this same folding design and am sharing it here with you. To make this card cut a piece of Thick Whisper White card stock to measure 4-1/4" x 11 and score and fold at 5-1/2". Along the horizontal side, score at 3-3/4", 5-1/2" and 8-1/4". Flip the card stock over and score at 6" and 8-3/4". Now, to avoid the card stock from cracking, be sure to fold and burnish on the mountain sides of each score line. Your card should ...

Welcome back to this month's blog hop - the month of weddings. My parents were married in June, June 24 to be exact and they would have been married for 64 years if they had lived on into their eighties. My husband and I will have been married for 30 years this August, August 15 to be exact. Today, with so many couples already living together, they already have so much of the basic items that were traditionally given as a wedding gift. Now couples seem to be struggling to make ends meet so a gift card or cash seems to be appropriate and much appreciated. And for this reason I chose to create a gift card wedding card in monochromatic tones using Whisper White and Tranquil Tide. The gift card is held in place by a panel that slides into the envelope. The envelope is made using the designer series paper on top of which you layer a piece of Tranquil Tide. Then, rather than a flat one-dimensional greeting piece, I decided to create a small card for the front.  Here are the card supplies...

Exciting news to share - the products featured in the new catalogue are now live Click on the image to view the online catalogue or come to my Open House on Sunday, June 4 from 1:00 - 4:00 to get your own copy. Make sure to register for this event by noon on June 2. Register here . Registration ensures your catalogue is reserved along with a catalogue survival kit, supplies for the make & take and a thank you gift for attending. If you like to feel and touch before you buy, I will have a number of products and projects on display To wet your appetite for the exciting new products check out several videos by Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper Stacks Designer Series Specialty Papers Exciting New Products Not Seen Before New to Stampin' Up! - a planner Embossing Paste Bundles (stamp sets and framelits/thinlits/embossing folders)  A Little Wild Bundle At Home With You Bundle Coffee Cafe Bundle Eastern Beauty Bundle Home Life Bundle Oh So Eclectic Bundle Suites Color Theory S...