Hello ,

Are you ready for the unofficial beginning of summer - Memorial Day weekend? The past week of good weather in Wisconsin has inspired us to get the yard work, garden and flower planting started! 

My husband also got a flag for the front of our house. We found the perfect spot and now have it up daily, as well as, for the observance of Memorial Day, Flag Day, and the Fourth of July, etc... 

Speaking of the Flag - Stars and Stripes Forever...Two weeks ago, on Facebook Live, the broadcast was about using paper strip scraps in your card designs. I had created a card base with different widths of white paper strips to create stripes across the card front. I was stuck on what to do next...

I asked for ideas from you...here is what I ended up doing-

I used sponge daubers with Night of Navy and Balmy Blue ink to rub across the Basic White cardstock stripes creating a visible background with the two shades of blue. I added some "leftover" die-cuts and a sentiment banner. Plus a few gems for a little sparkle. I decided not to add any red stars...

Have you read your new Stampin' Up! catalog from cover to cover? How many times (haha)? I keep seeing new ideas and new things for my wish list...the challenge is to quickly find the stamp sets that I own when I'm planning a new project and then knowing what products are on my wish list so when I place an order, I don't forget something important. 

One of the practices that has helped me with each catalog is "flagging" the products that I own with one color post-it note flags and those on my wish list with a different color flag. This has been a great help when using my catalog as a reference tool.

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MAY 2023

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CARDMAKING HIGHLIGHTS - 

• Card bases (Basic White Cardstock) measure 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", scored at 4-1/4" or 4-1/4" x 11", scored at 5-1/2".
• Card fronts measure 4" x 5-1/4".
• "Multiple Small Punched Images Card" - Adhere a card front to card base. Create multiple small punched images from cardstock or DSP paper scraps. Arrange the images on the card front, as desired. Put one or more images on the card insert inside the card. Stamp a sentiment on the card front in a coordinated ink color or Tuxedo Black.
• "Brick Wall with Glitter Card" - Adhere 4' x 5-1/4" piece of adhesive sheet to a Basic White card front. Remove the adhesive covering and place the small scrap paper pieces on the adhesive sheet. Insert a paper strip for the stamped sentiment. Sprinkle glitter on top of the card front to fill in between the cardstock scraps. Adhere the card front to a card base.
• "Glitter Banner Card" - Use adhesive sheet scraps to create banners. Attach banners to the card front and remove the adhesive covering. Cover the banners with glitter to embellish the card front. Stamp sentiment on the card front, as desired. Adhere the completed card front to a card base.

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