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Thanks everyone for joining me in this class, and a special thank you to lauralooloo for creating this project. I hope everyone enjoyed!

Heidi will be around shortly with the name of the winner for the Canvas Corp prize

Create a layout about yourself and the women in your life! Be creative, be detailed, be expressive! Submit to our You And The Women In Your Life Challenge #9 Gallery You have until midnite (EST), May 13, 2012! Randomly selected winner will receive a fantastic prize pack! See NSD Challenge Rules. He...

There are a number of ways you can attach your pennant to a thin dowel - I chose the easiest way I could figure. . . .HOT GLUE! (You could also punch a hole in the top and bottom, and feed the stick through.) The simple layout of this gift bag and card could be duplicated for any occasion, with any ...

You'll use this same process to create your pennant. I created mine from dark brown cardstock, to coordinate with the rest of my ensemble. Then I created a just slightly smaller pennant from patterned paper, to coordinate with the matting on my other projects. Embellish your pennant with stickers, a...

This is what you'll be left with. One perfect pennant!

Next, line up your paper along the cutting edge of your trimmer, with your mark at one end, and the corner of your paper at the other end. I drew lines all the way, for clarity sake, but you don't have to. After you cut one side, go back to the top where you made your mark, and cut all the way down ...

Okay, onward to the pennant. I love the way this looks sticking out of the gift bag! I'm showing you a sample created on white cardstock, so it's easier for you to see what I'm doing. First, start with a square or rectangle of cardstock. Mine was 5.5x6 inches, but you can make pennants in any size y...

Here's a closeup of the finished card!

I wanted a dark brown matting on my sticker sentiment, so I stuck it down on a scrap of cardstock, trimmed around it, and then attached it to my card with foam tape.

Now that you've done the bag, the card will be a cinch. . .. it's the exact same process. Cut strips of patterned paper, dark cardstock matting, and adhere it to your card.

After adhering strips to the matting, affix stickers (I chose a sentiment and a really cool globe from the Echo Park stickers.)

Then, trim a piece of dark cardstock, slightly wider than your strips, for matting. Lay the strips out and play with order until you arrange it how you like it.

Let's start with the gift bag. Either pick up a solid gift bag from the store, or do what I did - recycle a shopping bag. (Or recycle a gift bag given to YOU!) Trim strips of patterned paper, in assorted widths, as shown in the photo below. (I chose the most neutral newsprint to be the widest, becau...

Today I'd love to share a little gift ensemble that I created, featuring a gift bag, a pennant, and a card. It's perfect for Father's Day, but it would work well for a masculine birthday, or even a graduation gift. To create this project, here are the supplies you'll need: -Echo Park Charming 6x6 P...

isn't this cool? I'll walk you through this step-by-step

Masculine Gift Card Ensemble Hey everyone! This is our last class today, don't miss it! Thanks to lauralooloo for this incredible tutorial. I think you'll get some great ideas that you can use for any gift card set. Say 'Hi' in here! we want to know that you're here. Besides, we'll be picking a ran...

WRAP IT CHALLENGE There are so many cute ways to wrap a gift with your scrappy supplies, show us what you can do! It can be a gift box/parcel, bag, or any other gift wrap/gift presentation idea that you can come up with. You may only use products from your stash, no real wrapping paper or bows. But ...

Use the same shade (or as close to it as you can) as those in the image

ALTER IT CHALLENGE We want to see what you can come up with for this challenge. Just look around your house -- or even better yet, look in your trash bin or recycle bin. I bet there are treasures waiting to happen. Surprise us with something really unique. Then submit to our Alter It Challenge #6 in...