Happy 4th!

Before I get to my card, I took a picture of some home decor I have in my home. I actually bought these at a yard sale last year for $1.00!! I love country charm and vintage items and I was glad to obtain these. I have them on the steps going up to the main level of our home and oddly enough my cat does not play with them!

You could easily replicate this with wooden starts, wire and floral. Ok, on to my card.
You have seen me use this image last week, but this time I made it as a thank you card!

The base is embosses with the star embossing folder from Cuttlebug. The image is from a 1999 set from Stampin' Up which I purposely off centeredin the upper left corner to replicate the American Flag. Sentiment and punches are from Stampin' Up!

Have a Happy and Safe 4th to mu American bloggers!

4th of July card

With 4th of July coming up real quick, I made this card very late last night.
This is a very old stamp set from Stampin' Up (1999) it was purchased at a consignment store.

A love of bears I have, so I was thrilled to have a couple bear stamps. I colored the image with my SU ink pads and the blender pen.

Embossed the A2 card with the Stars Cuttlebug embossing folder
Cut our the doily from Stampin" Up Sizzix Die
Punch our a flower border with the Martha Stewart doily punch
Raised the image (matted in black cs) using foam.
Mailing this to my daugher today, she's finishing her first clinical at an out patient PT office. She got raved reviews on her performance! Wahoo.

Freedom LO

4Th of July LO for two challeges at http://practicalscrappers.blogspot.com/ and The Cuttlebug Spot Challenge # 48: Confetti Creations

I cut strips for the confetti, embossed it using the new Stars Cuttlebug Folder and inked them.

For the LO I followed that was posted on the Practical Scrappers blog (created by Scrapsketch)

I cut the flag and title from Cricut Graphically Speaking, misc ribbon and Martha Stewart border punch used on accent stripe.