Happy Independence Day!

I've been working on some last minute holiday cards to celebrate

the U.S. Independence day. 

I see that watercolor backgrounds are all the rage in card making these days.

 Therefore, I have been playing around with water and inks to see what technique I like best or gets the  results that actually are usable vs those where the color all runs together to look like I rubbed mud on the paper. 

I don't have watercolor paint or pencils so limited to my Tim Holz inks and color burst powder in my stash.

I got three 4x6 pieces of red and blue color backgrounds that I felt were usable. One I used watercolor paper and the other two just plain white card stock

 I sliced and diced these pieces into to smaller pieces to use it all up to make 6 cards. Actually,  I still have a few tiny snippets left that I am challenging myself to see if I can get one more card done.

The uncle Sam stamp is one from Stampendous that I purchased at Michael's a few years go for only $2. one of my favs in my stash. 

Here's a list of what I used....

Stampendous Patriotic Pair stamp set

Jaded Blossom Flag Dies

Jaded Blossom Stitched Circle Dies

Jaded Blossom Scallop Circle Dies

Jaded Blossom Celebrate America stamps

My Creative Time My Little Firecraker Stamp set

Tim Holz Barn Door and Faded Jeans Distress inks