Friday Friend Share

This patriotic 4th of July card is from my stamping friend, Tina. I am going to miss her, she is moving away from here.

Friday Friend Share

The second patriotic card that I have to share is from my friend, Fumiko. 

This stamp set goes back a few years when there were many Americana and country style images sold by stamp companies.

Thanks for sharing Fumiko.

Patriotic Thinking of You Card

I'm finally back! I have been having too much fun with my grandson.
First it was time to try selfies with Nana's phone...

then it was time to go to the playground....

Then it was time to feed the fish...

Yes, his mama is hanging onto him so he won't go for a swim with the fish.

Then is was time to find out how many batteries were in the remote...

We had more adventures and I will miss seeing him until the summer, God willing.

So here's the project share for today:

This paper is free (with purchase) through the end of March and it is very fun to play with. It is called Irresistibly Yours and you can stamp on it, spritz color on it, sponge it, and watercolor it. The white areas are embossed and will resist whatever color you put on them.
I used the striped paper and sponged it with Real Red and I used the star paper and sponged it with Night of Navy.

I used Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and Silver Foil paper for the stars. The ribbon looks gold in spots because of the flash, but it is actually silver ribbon. The sentiment is from the Occasions 4 You stamp set.

Thanks for not giving up on me while I was away playing with my grandson!
Have a blessed day,
Trude

Patriotic Banner

I finally finished this patriotic banner that I was going to hang up for the month of July. I guess I will have to wait until next year. I started it before I left for vacation, but didn't get it all done.

The Rosettes were made from retired Stampin' Up! Designer Series Paper. You can use the Brights Designer Series Paper stack instead. The banners were made with the Build a Banner Simply Created Kit.

The banners are real easy to make with the kit. The kit includes the stencils for the dots, lines, zigzags and letters. The kit also comes with 3 different banner shapes (6 each for a total of 18) and the twine to string them on.

The last time I used the kit was for a Christmas banner and I used the Stampin' Spritzers. They worked okay, but were a bit messy. I decided to try using the Stampin' Sponges to sponge on the ink this time and I think it worked just as well or better.

The huge rosettes are a bit tricky. I tried using some hot glue to hold them together. I punched a 2 1/2" circle and applied the glue to the circle, then tried to place it on the back of the rosette. Finally I tried using some Scotch quick dry tacky glue and my heat tool to warm it up, just a little, and then when it was set and not moving I applied hot glue under the circles where it met each ridge. What I really wished that I had available was the Jumbo Sticky Rounds from Stampin' Up! I could have just slapped it onto the back of the punched circle and then onto the rosette and voila' instant success! I am going to have to get some in my next order!

On the fronts of the rosettes I glued red and silver glimmer paper stars. I cut the stars with the new framelits.

Thanks for stopping by and checking it out!
Trude

Red, White and Blue Patriotic Star Card

Here's the card that I was going to share for the 4th of July.

I used the Stampin' Up! stamp set, "Be the Star", to create this card. I used the layered stamp to stamp on the back of the glimmer paper and cut out the different layers, then piled up the glimmer layers.

The background stars were created with the new Decorative star mask (#133777). 

The layout is a Mojo Monday sketch from several years ago. I like to challenge myself to come up with cards using past sketches. There are so many sketches that I haven't tried yet that I am sure I won't run out any time soon!

Paper:
Whisper White card stock, Night of Navy card stock, Regals Designer Series paper, Maritime Designer series paper, silver glimmer paper, red glimmer paper

Ink:
Whisper White craft ink, Smoky Slate classic Stampin' ink, Jet Stazon to stamp the stars on the back of the glimmer paper as a pattern for cutting them out.

Stamp set: Be the Star

Other: White embossing powder with Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' glitter mixed into it.
Basic Rhinestone jewels colored with cherry cobbler blendabilities marker (darkest value).
Decorative star mask, Dimensionals, corner rounder punch

Hero Patriotic Card

I used the Words of Courage stamp set from Stampin' Up! to make this card. This set is great for any patriotic holiday.

Techniques used: Sponging and embossing

Stampin' Up! Words of Courage Card

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I made this card with Stampin' Up's! Words of Courage stamp set. I also used the polka dot embossing folder, the lattice embossing folder, the top note die, and a rhinestone.

 

See the current selection of stamps and paper at my 24/7 Stampin' Up! store. 

Have a blessed day,

Trude

June Stampin' Up! Club Cards

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These are 3 of the cards that we made at the June Club meeting.

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Two Card Day

Birthday Card

Patriotic Card

Today I decided to post 2 cards. The first one I used a square piece of paper to stamp the cake on and then used corner shapers to shape all 4 corners. It reminds me a little of a fancy die cut but this card was made several years ago, before there were all the Spellbinder die cuts available. 

The Patriotic card is not complicated, but I used shimmery paper. All the plain papers are shimmery and then I added the one printed paper. The sentiment is stamped on the ribbon. This card could be used for any patriotic occasion; July 4, Veteran's Day, Memorial Day, etc.

Patriotic card

This card is quick, a 10 minute card. It  is perfect for any patriotic holiday. There are many coming up, Memorial Day, Flag Day, and Forth of July. The stamp is from Rubberstamp Ave. It is a stamp of the song America the Beautiful. I stamped it on a folded white card, then I stamped it on a piece of red card stock. I cut the red piece around the outside of the stamped area, then I cut it into strips and adhered the strips over the same place on the white card. Finally I placed a blue paper square in the upper left corner and added a punched star. See, told you it was quick!