Happy Hump Day! I need some inspiration after not stamping for two whole weeks so I opened the new May to August Catalog and found a card to CASE on page 50.

Eight of the strips are 3/4″ wide, and the top left on is 1″ wide. The longest strips need to be 7″ long. I just cut most of them 8 1/2″ long to make it easy.

The pretty flower is from the Lily of the Valley Bundle. The ribbon and gems used are retired items.

From bottom to top here are the paper colors: Fresh Freesia, Cloud Cover, Highland Heather, Basic Beige, Hydrangea Hue, Bubble Bath, Lemon Lolly, Balmy Blue and a second Lemon Lolly.

Watch my Paper Strip Background Video Tutorial to see this technique used.

Here is a version where I adhered the strips to a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Basic White paper and then matted it on a 4″ x 5″ piece of Basic Black before attaching to the card base. It made for a really heavy card and I preferred the original version.

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