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

Proud to be an American!

Hey there! Today is my Design Team day for SVG Cutting Files Cut Club. 

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Today I used a card sketch layout from the June bundle.

I replaced the circles on the sketch with stars and added the ever so cute Uncle Sam

Here's a complete list of items I used today....

SVG Cutting Files Page sketch 53
SVG Cutting Files Chibi Uncle Sam
My creative time My Little Firecracker stamp set

Have a crafty day!

Wishing you Sunshiny days!

It's my design day over at SVG Cutting Files
I am sharing a new file being released this week all related to summer and the pool. I am using the new chibi snorkel boy. 

The base of the card is also from SVG cutting files. Love all those card sketches for easy card designs. 

Here's the list of files and stamps I used on these cuties.....

SVG Cutting Chibi Snorkel Boy

SVG Cutting Files card Sketch 27

Jaded Blossom Happy Summer

Have a crafty day!

Father's Day card.

Stopping by quickly today to share a Father's Day card I finished this week. 

This is officially my first shaker card. 

Don't forget to recognize all those Dad's out there...it's Sunday!

I was inspired by this card that Jennifer did as well as many others on Pinterest using this fun Fisherman stamp set. 

I discovered this new to me Stamp Company, Your Next Stamp. 

They have some really fun stuff.

There is a stamped fish within all those sequins in the lake. 

I think I need to pop him up with more foam tape next time so the sequins don't sit in front of him. Right now he is barely peaking through the mass of blue-Lol!

Thanks again to Jennifer for the great inspiration. 

Cool stuff used to make this card...

Your next Stamp -Keeping it reel.

Jaded Blossom Stitched circle dies

Jaded Blossom Spring Dies V2

Food Fare Recipe Page

Hey there! Today is my Design Team day for SVG Cutting Files Cut Club. 

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Today I used a page layout from  new June bundle to make my recipe page.

The recipe is for French onion dip so I thought a little French flare would be in order so I added the Eiffel tower and the poodle.
Once I had the page designed in the Silhouette design studio,
I grouped it all and then resized it to 8x8.

The great thing about the page layouts is though they are designed for 12x12 they are easy to size for those 8x8 books as well.

Here's a complete list of items I used today....

SVG Cutting Files Page sketch 29
SVG Cutting files France
Jaded Blossom Baked with Lovc

Have a crafty day!