July Cards Should Be Posted Soon

We are looking forward to getting all of the cards next week. We've already received a few of them and applaud you on your early punctuality! Otherwise, they should be posted by Wednesday, July 1st. If you were planning on dropping them by our houses, we will both be out of town until next Thursday night (or you can leave them with the husbands). Thanks!

Card Candy #1: Summer

Taina and I were talking today and decided to start posting some sample cards with tutorials that we make to get your creativity going and to keep the blog moving, too.

Here's the first one I'd like to share. I like to send cards to the girls I work with at church (my Beehives). I usually send one with the holidays, but since Memorial Day isn't really a card holiday, I made cards for summer. I like how well they turned out, plus, I used paper and scraps I already had (hence, they all look a little bit different). I love the colors I used too- totally fun!

(sorry about the busy background- it's my summer tablecloth)
Here's one up close.
How To:
1. I used my Fiskars running water border punch on the orange and green. (a new toy that I first used from one of the ladies in my scrapbook club and then had to run out and purchase.) Some of the cards have more than two strips, some have three, maybe four, I can't remember....
2. Then used another new toy, my Fiskars daisy punch to punch out the flower twice. I layered the flower and put a green sparkly brad in the center (sorry the photo doesn't show the sparkle, but it's pretty, trust me).
3. Attach red paper and green and orange strips to the card.
4. I used a Scenic Route border paper for a lot of the cards, so I had the strips of summer sayings that I trimmed down and attached about an inch from the bottom.
5. Ink and attach flower.
6. Round corners on card and voila!

Cards for July

Here are a few things we wanted you to know about the card swap for next month:

• You can pick the theme for your cards. Anything goes! Have fun with what you decide.
• All cards should be postmarked by Wednesday, July 1st. Taina is going out of town July 9th and I go out of town July 6th. So, this is what this means to you. As long as all cards are in Taina's possession by the 9th (which should be easy if they are all mailed on time), all cards will get mailed out before she goes to the family reunion. If any cards have not arrived by the 9th though, she will hold off on mailing them until she returns after the 13th. We'll let you know when they get mailed.
• Please send 14 cards. That includes your card and one for the 13 other participants.
• Make sure your SASE has enough postage for the cards coming back to you. Also, make sure it is larger than 5x7 to fit all of your cards coming back.

I think that's everything! Thanks! We're excited to see these cards.