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Thanks to our Artists:

Card Samples: Barbara DeBose................................................ http://createdbybd.blogspot.com Carla Peicheff......................................................... http://moralia.wordpress.com Flossie......................................................................http://flofollies.blogspot.com Gloria Jewett....................................................http://gloriasgallery.blogspot.com Heather Strenzwilk............................................http://stampdetails.blogspot.com Jen R.................................................................. http://tennisgirl27.blogspot.com Melissa Machado................................................. http://mmachado.myctmh.com

Card Sketch: Michelle Dobbyn...........................................http://michelledobbyn.blogspot.com

Guest Artist & Cover Sample: Marlene Lo............................................................ http://marlenelo.blogspot.com ShortCuts FROSTED Card Blank; Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! (Basic Brown, Very Vanilla & Bordering Blue); Inks: SU! (Chocolate Chip & Blue Bayou); Stamps: SU! (Upsy Daisy & Priceless); Punches: SU! (1 1/4” Circle & 1 3/8” Circle); Accessories: SU! 5/8” Grosgrain Ribbon (Chocolate Chip); Brads: American Crafts (Chestnut)

Thanks to our Sponsors:

Featured Product: All of the samples in this month’s issue use the NEW ShortCuts Clear & Frosted Card Blanks! With a cardstock-like weight, these card blanks are sturdy, easy to use, and best of all they are fingerprintresistant! No more wearing white gloves when creating clear cards.

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Supply List Supplies Needed:

Paper: 6 - 8.5” x 11” Solid Cardstocks...........................CS1 (4 pcs), CS2 (2 pcs) 1 - 4.5” x 8.5” Solid Cardstock.............................................................CS3 2 - 8.5” x 11” Patterned Papers...........................................................PP1 1 - 4.5” x 10” Patterned Paper.............................................................PP2

Tools: Circle Punch, Paper Trimmer, Adhesive, Rubber Stamps (or printed Ink(s)

images),

Other: Any additional embellishments or fibers you would like to add.

Yield:

Eight (8) Cards Using this issue you can create eight (8) A2 cards. The final size of each card will be 5.5” x 4.25” when folded.

Double Up:

Need a lot of extra cards?! You can turn this into 16 cards by doubling all Cardstocks and Patterned Papers.

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The Sketch:

Sketch is not actual size - please use dimensions given below.

Individual Dimensions:

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Like the layout, but only want to make a single card? CS1: 8.5” x 5.5” (fold in half for card base) CS1: 5.5” x 4.25” (cut/punch/tear each side for a decorative edge) PP1: 4.5” x 3.25” PP2: 4.5” x 1.25” CS3: 2” Circle

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Cutting Guides Cutting Guides:

Solid Cardstock:

CS1 - 4 Sheets 8.5” x 11” Cut each sheet into 2 - 8.5” x 5.5” pieces

CS2 - 2 Sheets 8.5” x 11” Cut each sheet into 4 - 4.25” x 5.5” pieces Cut/punch/tear each side of each piece.

CS3 - 1 Sheet 4.5” x 8.5” Punch 8 - 2” Circles

Paper cutting guides are shown at 25% of actual size. October 2008

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Cutting Guides:

Patterned Paper:

PP1 - 2 Sheets 8.5” x 11” Cut each piece into 4 - 4.5” x 3.25” pieces

PP2 - 1 Sheet 4.5” x 10” Cut into 8 - 4.5” x 1.25” pcs

Paper cutting guides are shown at 25% of actual size.

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Guest Artist - Marlene Lo

Learn more about October’s Guest Artist, Marlene Lo, during a special episode of Meet The Artists; which will premier in early October on the SheetLoad of Cards blog.

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Patterned Paper: BasicGrey (Two Scoops); Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! (Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla & River Rock); Stamps: SU! (Always, Pocket Silhouettes & Think Happy Thoughts); Ink: SU! (Pumpkin Pie), VersaMark; Punches: SU! (1/2”, 1 1/4” & 1 1/2” Circles); Ribbon: SU! (Vanilla Grosgrain); Other: White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Make it Your Own: Marlene used a stamped heart, in place of the CS3 circle, for her focal point.

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Patterned Paper: BasicGrey (Infuse); Stamps: SU! (Always & Short and Sweet); Ink: VersaMark; Ribbon: SU! (Vanilla Grosgrain); Other: Tracing Paper, Straw Mat, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

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Make it Your Own: Barbara placed her CS1 on the inside of the card. A message could be written on this piece, and then it is hidden by the CS2 piece on the front of the card.

Artist: Barbara DeBose ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Cardstock: Papertrey Ink (Lemon Tart); Pattern Paper: CTMH (Boom-Di-Ada); Stamps: CTMH (Free Spirit); Ink: CTMH Hollyhock; Ric Rac: American Crafts; Punch: Fiskars (Threading Water)

Make it Your Own: Instead of punching/tearing all 4 edges of the CS1, Carla made a decorative edge on the top and bottom only, and trimmed a little off each side.

Artist: Carla Peicheff ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Papers and Printed Chipboard Embellishments: My Little Yellow Bicycle (Zach’ s Life); Chipboard Star: Scenic Route; Ink: Colorbox

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SheetLoad Artist Samples

Artist: Flossie

Artist: Gloria Jewett

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Cardstock: DCWV; Patterned Paper: DCWV; Ink: Versafine black – shading on Image circle, CTMH - Golderush; Prismacolor Pencils: Yellowed Orange, Orange, Olive Green Embellishments: Fibers from bernet eyelash knitting yarn, dewdrops; Stamp: The Angel Company

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Patterned Paper: Die Cuts With a View; Cardstock: sei; Stamps: Michaels $ Stamp; Punches: Martha Stewart (flower), Fiskars (Threading Water); Brads: Spare Parts; Other: Prismacolor Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirits

Artist: Heather Strenzwilk

Artist: Jen R

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Patterned Paper: Daisyd’s; Provo Craft; Ink: Versafine (Satin Red, Vintage Sepia); Distress ink (Tea Dye); Derwent Inktense Pencils; Punches: EK Success Paper Shapers; Embellishments: Stickles (Cinnamon); Stamps: gg Designs (Set of 9 cancellation stamps); Fred B Mullet (leaf)

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Ambrosia), K and Company (Fall mat stack collection); Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms (Rummage Bin Collection, All things fall set and Scrolls Scrapblock), Die Cuts: Nestabilities dies, Ink: Staz On (Timber Brown)

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It’s in the Details: Jen embossed her Frosted Card blank with a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. Giving the card base some texture and dimension.

Artist: Jen R ShortCuts FROSTED Card Blank Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Figgy Pudding), Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms (Mona Lisa Christmas Sentiments, Rummage Bin Beautiful stamp set), Die cut: Cuttlebug (snowflake and embossing folder), Punch: Martha Stewart (snowflake) Brad: Making Memories

It’s in the Details: Melissa used a Spellbinders scalloped square die to cut a window in her Frosted card. This gives a little peak as to what is inside.

Artist: Melissa Machado ShortCuts FROSTED Card Blank Paper: unknown; Stamp: CTMH (Card Commentary); Ink: CTMH (Black); Embellishments: tulle hearts, velvet scalloped ribbon (black), gems; Die-cut: Spellbinders Nestibilities

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Artist: Michelle Dobbyn

Artist: Barbara DeBose

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Patterned Paper and Cardstock: Stampin’ Up!; Chipboard: Maya Road; Stickers: Doodlebug; Bling: MAMBI; Ribbon: Unknown; Ink: Stampin’ Up!

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Cardstock: Xpedx (Kraft), Papertrey Ink (Lemon Tart); Pattern Paper: Heidi Grace (Harvest Row); Stamps: CTMH, Ink: Willow; Embossing: Cuttlebug (Just My Type), Nestabilities (Classic Circles); Punch: Martha Stewart (Flourish)

Artist: Gloria Jewett

Artist: Heather Strenzwilk

ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Cardstock: Die Cuts With a View; Patterned Paper: s e i Stickers: Sandylion Essentials; Border Punch: Martha Stewart

ShortCuts FROSTED Card Blank Patterned Paper: Daisyd’s; Miss Elizabeth’s (Braun); Embellishments: Miss Elizabeth’s (rub-on); Cloud9 (raindots); Darice (Self-stick gems)

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It’s in the Details: Heather added a DumDum to the front of her card. What a great way to give a lovely card AND a delicious little treat.

Artist: Heather Strenzwilk ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Cardstock: Hammermill; Ink: Versafine (Vintage Sepia); Markers (Creative Living Network); Edge: Fiskars Edgers (Leaf); Embellishments: Stickles (Diamond, Cinnamon, Black Diamond); Offray ribbon; Stamps: Studio G (Jeepers Creepers), Judith (Dots)

It’s in the Details: Jen stamped on her Clear card blank with StazOn Ink. A great way to add a pattern to the card base.

Artist: Jen R ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Patterned Paper: Cornish Heritage Farms (Mocha Chica collection), Daisy Bucket (Perfect Harmony collection) Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms (Polkadot backgrounder, U R A Hoot set) Ink: Staz On (Cactus Green), Versafine (Jet Black) Markers: Copic, Other: Stickles

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Artist: Melissa Machado ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Paper: unknown; Stamp: PaperTrey; Ink: CTMH (Barn Red); Die-cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities; owl; Embellishment: gems

Artist: Michelle Dobbyn ShortCuts FROSTED Card Blank Patterned Paper: Basic Grey; Cardstock: Stampin Up; Chipboard: Maya Road; Stickers: Doodlebug; Bling: MAMBI

Artist: Barbara DeBose ShortCuts FROSTED Card Blank Cardstock: SU! (Orange), DCWV (Green); Pattern Paper: DCWV (Fall Stack); Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Spooky Sweets II); Ink: Versafine (Black); Embossing: Cuttlebug (Spiderweb); Punch: Martha Stewart (Simple Scallop)

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Artist: Heather Strenzwilk ShortCuts FROSTED Card Blank Patterned Paper: Daisyd’s; Ink: Versafine (Vintage Sepia, Olympia Green); Distress ink (Tea Dye); Derwent Inktense Pencils; Punches: EK Success Paper Shapers; Embellishments: Offray Ribbon; Brads: Making Memories; Stamps: Studio G (Series 6); Fred B Mullet (leaf); Cornish Heritage Farms (SonLight Impressions – Crackel)

Artist: Melissa Machado ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Paper: CTMH (Enchanted); Stamps: CTMH (Creepy Cobwebs); Ink: CTMH (Black; White Daisy); Embellishments: CTMH Sassy Strands (Autumn Harvest Collection)

Artist: Barbara DeBose ShortCuts CLEAR Card Blank Cardstock: Cougar (80# White), StampinUp! (Pink Passion), Unknown (Pastel Pink); Pattern Paper: Doodle Bug; Stamps: Stampin Bella (Causabella), Papertrey (Trajan Monogram, Boxes, Bags & Tags) Ink: CTMH (Watermelon, Archival Black), Versamark, Bic MarkIt; Other: Rhinestone Stickers (Michael’s), Scalloped Scissors, 3D Adhesives

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