So Refreshing: Summer Drinks Scrapbook Borders

When the sun is beating down, there’s nothing better than a tall glass of lemonade — or staying inside making these summer drinks scrapbook borders and card! The materials from the Summer Break collection listed below are the perfect match for the Thirst Quencher Chain BMC and helping you remember your peak moments of summer. Keep reading to see three different ways to use the BMC!

To create the borders and card you will need:

Refreshing Border:

Border by **Krislyn Mattei** — CM Independent Advisor

Step 1: Cut a 12” x 3” strip with waves paper for the base. Cut a 12” x 1-1/2” strip with dots paper and adhere 1/4″ from the top edge of the base. Cut a 12” x 1” strip with gingham paper and adhere 1/4″ from the bottom edge of the base. Adhere a lemons border sticker along the seam.

Step 2: Using the Original Border Maker System and the Thirst Quencher Chain Cartridge, punch borders with waves, cool tonal colorblock (from both aqua and green sections) and warm tonal colorblock (from both orange and yellow sections) papers. Adhere the blue waves border on the dots strip. Adhere the orange border on top, but slightly offset. Using Micro-Tip Scissors, cut apart the aqua, green and yellow pitchers and mugs from the borders. Adhere on the orange border, alternating colors.

Step 3: Adhere embellishments and stickers, popping some up with Foam Squares for dimension.

Slices of Summer Border:

Step 1: Using the Scallop Blade and the 12-inch Trimmer, cut a 12” x 2-3/4” strip with citrus paper for the base. Using the Straight Blade, cut a 12” x 2-1/4” strip with strokes paper and adhere on the base.

Step 2: Cut a 12” x 1-7/8” strip with good times paper and adhere on the border. Cut two rows of watermelons from the watermelon paper and adhere on the top and bottom edges of the good times strip.

Step 3: Using the Original Border Maker System with the Thirst Quencher Chain Cartridge, punch a border with Blue Solid Cardstock. Adhere on the border. Punch additional borders from the yellow and orange sections of the warm tonal colorblock paper (or use scraps) and fill in the pitchers and mugs, alternating colors.

Step 4: Adhere stickers and embellishments, popping some up with Foam Squares for dimension.

So Berry Special Card

Card by **Krislyn Mattei** — CM Independent Advisor

Step 1: Create the card base. Cut an 8-1/2” x 5-1/2” piece with White Solid Cardstock. Using the Scoring Blade, score along the long edge at 4-1/4” and fold in half.

Step 2: Cut a 5-1/4” x 4” piece with gingham paper. Cut a 4” square with ice cream cone paper. Cut in half at a diagonal. Using one triangle, trim a 1” triangle off the corner. Adhere the small triangle on the lower right corner of the gingham piece with a small strip of strokes paper on top. Trim edges as needed.

Step 3: Cut a 2-1/2” x 6-1/2” strip with strokes paper. Adhere the rest of the triangle piece on top. Using the Original Border Maker System and the Thirst Quencher Chain Cartridge, punch a border with cool tonal colorblock paper. Cut in half and adhere both on the strip. Adhere the strip on the gingham piece as shown, trimming the edges as necessary. Mount on the card.

Step 4: Adhere embellishments and enamel stickers, popping the title up with Foam Squares for dimension.

Which summer drinks scrapbook project did you like best?

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