Oh My, Its Fourth of July

Can you believe we are half way through 2013.  Time is just flying!  Here is my 4th of July card this year.  Just a little celebration fun.  Have a wonderful holiday with your friends and family!

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - Pennant Parade, Sketched Birthday
Card Stock - Whisper White, Real Red, Pacific Point
Ink - Pacific Point, Real Red
Accessories - Pennant Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Big Shot, Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Bitty Banner Framelits, Linen Thread, Dimensionals, Glue Dots

Fourth of July Swap

Recently I had a swap with my downline.  Check out there awesome Fourth of July cards!

 Kathy Johnson

 

 Sherri Barker

 

Jill Perkins

 

 Marge McGuire

 

 Dotti Hansen

 

4th of July Birthday

Another idea from the Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Community Website (I have spent a lot of time here lately because my google reader had gotten out of hand and it scares me :D).  It uses a technique that I just love but always forget to use, Rock n' Roll.

To get the dual colors on a stamp is very easy.
1.  Gather your materials :)

2.  Color in the center of the stamp with a marker of the lighter color.

3.  Roll the stamp on the ink pad of the darker color making sure not to touch the middle of the stamp to the pad.

4.  Stamp the image

5.  How Fun!

The top layers of Cardstock are "popped" up from the card with Dimensionals.  I keep looking at this card trying to figure out if it stands alone or if it needs something like a punched design with a saying on in on the middle of the top rectangle.  What do you thing?  Would you add something else?

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - July Fourth, Sincere Salutations
Card Stock - Real Red, Brilliant Blue (retired), Whisper White
Ink - Real Red (marker and pad), Brilliant Blue (retired)
Accessories - Real Red, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals

4th of July

Well I start a new day job tomorrow.  Though I will miss all this free time I have had it will be nice to get back to a structured routine.  Strangely, I get more done when I have less time to do it.  Perhaps I will get back to a better schedule of posting too :)  Another great thing about tomorrow is that my husband comes home.  I have missed him terribly and dont like being away from him.  Can you tell we are still newlyweds?

Today I have a card using the July Fourth Set from the Summer Mini Catalog.  I just fell in love with this set and its versatility.  I got the idea for this set from the Stampin' Up! Community Website.  In the card I used the retired Brilliant Blue; however, it would look really good with the new Pacific Point as well.

Supplies:
Stamp Set(s) - July Fourth
Card Stock - Real Red, Brilliant Blue (retired), Whisper White
Ink - Real Red, Brilliant Blue (retired)
Accessories -5/8" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Polka-Dot Embossing Folder