Bird Ballad Embossed Quilt

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Besides cooking and baking, my first crafting love was quilting.  I never did as much with it as I had hoped since I was busy working for pay at the time, and then I had my babies.  Paper crafting fulfils the same need to play with pattern and colour, on a much smaller scale and shorter time span - perfect for my life now!

This card uses inch blocks of Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper (DSP) to make a paper quilt.  After glueing the squares to the Blushing Bride layer I ran it through the Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder to simulate a quilted look.  A few more layers of cardstock and a sentiment cut with the Well Written Dies and done.  This is a nice technique to show off and use up scraps of our retiring DSPs.

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Upcoming Classes

FREE Double Wonder Social Crafting Session with Tutorial – use your own supplies or purchase a kit!
​Let's get together and craft via Zoom!  Shannon West, a Stampin' Up! staff member, created a fun template to transform 2 half sheets of Designer Series Paper (DSP) into 11 cards.  I will provide the template/measurements in a tutorial (for either Letter (inches) or A4 (centimetres) cardstock, and we can all meet up on Zoom to cut and assemble together!  This is a great way to use up some of your paper hoard and get a bunch of cards ready to send out or give as a gift pack.

Zoom Session: Saturday, 16 May, 10:00 am AEST.  Check the time for your location.

Get the Double Wonder A4 (cm) Tutorial

Get the Double Wonder Letter (in) Tutorial

If you're in Australia I can also send your choice of kits

• Your choice of 2 half sheets of uncut DSP, 11 shapes for sentiments, 11 unscored coordinating card bases and Whisper White inside panels, 11 envelopes, $25.00
• Your choice of cut DSP, 11 shapes for sentiments, 11 scored coordinating card bases and Whisper White inside panels, 11 envelopes, $30.00

Shipping via Parcel Post is an additional $8.95.
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Kit ordering and pre-payment deadline

• Shipped: Wednesday, 6 May
• Melbourne pick-up: Sunday 10 May

Order your Double Wonder Kit

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Kit Sampler Class
Have you been wondering about Stampin' Up!'s kits?  Here's an opportunity to give some of them a try.  You'll receive 8 cards from these four kits:

• For the Love of Felt (Annual Catty p. 201)
• Notes of Kindness (Annual Catty p. 202)
• Three Cheers for You (Jan-June Mini p. 59)
• Seriously the Best (Jan-June Mini p. 60)​ ​

Online (Zoom) Group Assembly Session: Saturday, 30 May, 1:00 pm AEST (optional).  Meeting link will be shared when you place your order.
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Class Kit:  includes all the pieces and printed directions needed to create 8 cards.  You will need to supply your own stamps and ink for sentiments, as well as having basic adhesive (like Multipurpose Liquid Glue) for assembly. 
​Cost: $35 + $8.95 optional shipping (Australia only)
RSVP & Payment Deadline is Wednesday, 20 May to ensure timely delivery.

RSVP for Kit Sampler Class

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