Happy Fourth of July!

You may have seen the special on the patriotic stamp sets offered last month. That special is still good until the end of July. Click on the Current Specials tab at the top of this page for more details.

Here are a few cards I created to give you inspiration.

On this first card I random stamped the fireworks in the background and even included some bitty sparkles.

The Statue of Liberty needed a little TLC recently, but this card only needed a glitter banner and some stars to sparkle.

How about some twine and washi tape for this one.

 A couple of these cards were created with the intention to be donated to an organization that will make sure to deliver them to our troops. I am grateful for those willing to serve their country and ensure our freedom!

This was my son's favorite. He has a strong passion to serve in the military himself. It makes me nervous, but I will support him and undoubtedly be a proud momma!

This one was slightly aged with some cocoa ink and I love the sentiment over the blue medallion.

Parade of Pages {Celebrate USA}

Today on my Parade of Pages we're celebrating America! and Yes, that's really a pie that I baked in the picture above! It's a delicious berry pie with cherries, blackberries, strawberries and blueberries! Yumm~O!

My pages today have some older patriotic papers and many older stamp sets! Even the "DREAM" irresistibles chipboard was from a promotional kit over a year ago. Like I said though, if I don't use it, then I won't have room for the new stuff! Have a safe & spectacular celebration today!

If you love the Fanfare paper you can get a pack of it paired with the Fanfare Level 2 Assortment. Place an order online July 11-15 of $75 and choose this pairing for free! {a $17.90 retail value} Click here to start shopping!



July Back 2 Basics

The Back 2 Basics pages for July are patriotic and just plain fun. They are a perfect base for those 4th of July photo's. I love the color combination of Outdoor Denim, Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry and a crisp White Daisy base. Those attending will learn tone on tone random stamping, edge distressing, ink masking, color dragging and adding cute embellishments such as ribbon tabs.

Summer Banner

I created a "Spring" banner earlier this year and wanted to create a fun summer one too! It has some of my favorite images of summer from juicy sweet watermelon to flip~flops. It's all American with red, white & blue stars and an all beef hot dog!! This is also my contribution of Patriotism on the H2H Blog this week. {Check out the blog for more inspiration!}

The banner tags were made using Spellbinders, all other products and stamps are CTMH.