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By: Becky Lemire
Off-Road Inksters
Intermediate Scramping Designer

Supplies:
School Days rubber stamp set (All Night Media ~ Plaid)
My Favorites rubber stamp set (TAC)
Burnt Umber Palette Ink Pad (Stewart Superior)
Lined Designer Paper - 12" x 12"; 2 1/4" x 6 7/8"; two
   pieces at 1 7/8" x 4" (Creative Imaginations)
Red Designer Paper - cut to 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" (Karen Foster
   Design)
Blue Cardstock- cut to 6" x 8"; 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"; 2 1/2" x 8";
   two pieces at 3" x 4 1/4" (Stampin' Up)
Black Cardstock (unknown)
Word Window Punch (Stampin' Up)
Photo Corners Punch (Stampin' Up)
Cricut Die Cut Machine (Provo Craft)
George & Basic Shapes Cartridge (Provo Craft)
Black Glaze Jelly Roll Pen (Sakura)
Red Gingham Ribbon (Offray)
Striped ribbon (Michael's)
Red Grosgrain ribbon (Stampin' Up)
Chipboard Sticker (unknown)
Stapler
Scotch Double Sided Tape (3M)
Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive (3M)

Instructions:
1.  Cut all papers as directed in the Supplies.

2.  Die cut the letters for "KINDERGARTEN" using the Cricut Die Cut Machine set at 1".  Use the red paper for the shadow cuts and the lined paper for the regular cuts of the letters.  Adhere the lined letters onto the shadow letters.  Adhere these on the bottom of the page as shown in the photo. 

3.  Write "My" and "CLASS" for the rest of the title using the Black Glaze Jelly Roll Pen. 

4.  Stamp the alphabet stamp in brown ink on the lower right and the upper left of the page.

5.  Punch the Word Window Punch along the long side of the two blue cardstock pieces that measure 3" x 4 1/4".  See photo for placement.  Punch the same punch along the short side of the 2 1/2" x 8" piece and the long side of the 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" piece.

6.  Adhere the lined papers you cut to the blue pieces.  Tie and/or staple ribbons as shown in the photo through the Word Window punched areas.

7.  Adhere the red piece to the large blue piece.  Stamp "my friends" around the border that is left in blue.  Adhere the photo to the red piece.

8.  Punch photo corners out of black cardstock and adhere over the corners of the photo.

9.  Adhere the punched blue piece that has no lined paper under the left side of the photo mat.

10. Apply adhesive only to the corners of the photo mat and adhere to the center of the page.  Write your journaling on the lined/blue tags and slide these under the photo (the long one goes under the right side, the other two will slide under the top and bottom of the mat.

11. Apply the chipboard sticker to the top left of the page.

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