Pinwheel July 4th Card

Here's another Fourth of July card using CTMH's Tommy paper pack and their matching canvas complement stickers.  Love this nautical-themed paper that can do double-duty, patriotic style!  In addition to the pinwheel canvas stickers, I adhered chipboard stars to the card front, which I had rubbed in Riding Hood Red ink and then covered with glitz glitter gel for a bit of sparkle!  Sentiment stamp is from Michaels (brand unknown).  Hope you have a wonderful holiday!  God Bless America!

July Fourth Cards

Hi there!  Back today to share with you some patriotic goodness in my two favorite forms--handmade stamped cards and Scentsy warmers!  I am in LOVE with Scentsy and their fragrance bars which you warm in their adorable ceramic warmers--this one I HAD to have and has our American flag and states "God Bless America" in script underneath it--perfect for the entire summer, as I like to decorate patriotic style from Memorial Day to Labor Day!  I am also featuring a few July Fourth cards I made using the American Celebration stamp set (CTMH) and the Tommy paper pack (CTMH) stamped with Outdoor Denim (CTMH) and Riding Hood Red ink (SU).  I paper pieced the American flag image and used the honey colored canvas complement stickers for the star accent--and popped it up with 3D foam tape.  Then, I used a little bit of glitz glitter gel for the center of each firework.  Everything is layered ontop of White Daisy card bases (CTMH)--I am super excited to celebrate this year as my hubby has a FOUR day weekend!  Woo hoo!  Hope you have a blast this week celebrating with your family as well!

July 4th Cards

Hope you all had a fantastic July 4th holiday!  I enjoyed some great time with my hubby and kids and also got to do some crafting beforehand to send some happy mail to some out-of-town family.  I didn't want to post these on the blog until after they were received and enjoyed, so here it goes now!

For these cards, I used scraps of patterned paper (retired) and cardstock from CTMH, and then used the American Celebrations stamp set from CTMH for the images and sentiments.  Ink colors used were Riding Hood Red (SU), Pacifica (CTMH), and Daffodil Delight (SU), and black. 

One of the cool and unique features of cardstock from CTMH is that it is white-core.  So, for these cards, I used a rectangle of Pacifica cardstock and scored lines in it using my Martha Stewart score board at regular intervals.  Then, I flipped the cardstock over and, using a fine-gauge crafting sanding block, I sanded over the scored lines until the white core peeked through.  As a final touch, I used glitter glue to give some sparkle to the stars and fireworks.

Here's my last version using a CTMH die-cut card base (love these!).  The foam numbers are also from CTMH (retired).

God Bless America!!