Posted on January 11, 2009 by cardmaker
The first class of a trimester is always a bit hectic and confused. There are twenty-four students registered for the class (18 attended this first class). That’s a pretty big class, but manageable with two helpers.
For this week I provided 3 1/2″ by 2 1/4″ templates to cut the rectangles used to make the card. [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by cardmaker
Card Blanks
We always have a tight budget for the card classes. This trimester we will be using white cardstock and making envelopes. A 250 sheet ream of 8 1/2″ by 11″ white cardstock makes 500 cards and a 500 sheet ream of white 20# paper makes 500 envelopes. That works out to less than 4 [...]
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