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

Happy Fourth of July!

Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe 4th of July. 

Here are the last few cards I did this year. 

I used a digital stamp I had in my collection. Sorry- cannot remember where I got it right now. 

I colored it on the silhouette and then did a print and cut. 

I used the dame digit image for the cards below. I used a card design from JB designer, Candace. You can see her card here that I used for inspiration. I love this design she did. 

I used the JB tags dies 2, card mat dies and celebrate america stamp set once again.

Have a crafty day!!

Patriotic Kisses

Happy 4th of July! I have a few treats that I did for some friends and neighbors this weekend. 

The first one is using the 4th of July theme wrapped chocolate kisses. 

I did a simple treat topper using the JB Scallop Slider and Topper Die.

I added a poem from the JB Celebrate America stamp set and finished it off with 4th of July svg  from Miss Kate's Cuttables.

The next treat is a krispie treat pop. I put store bought krispie treats on paper straws. Then dipped them in white chocolate so I could add colored candies and sprinkles. 

Once the chocolate hardened, I wrapped them in treat bags tied with a bow and tag. 

The tag is made using the Pretty Papper, Pretty Ribbon Layered Tags 2 and Fantastic Fireworks svg files and sentiment from the JB Celebrate America stamp set. 

Hope you enjoy the lovely weekend. 

Have a crafty day!!

Let Freedom Ring!

The holiday weekend has officially begun. 

One of the very first files I ever used from SVG Cutting files is this Chibi Uncle Sam. 

It's still a favorite today and I seem to use it every 4th of July for cards and treats. 

This year I did a shape card. 

I used a sentiment from the JB celebrate america stamp set and stamped it on a banner using the JB Dimensional Banner Dies. 

The papers are all from Doodlebug. 

Have a crafty Day!!

Getting Ready for the 4th of July!

I've been working on some 4th of July cards this week. I am using one of my favorite images from SVG Cutting Files, Chibi Statue of Liberty. 

I used traditional red, white, and blue papers which are a bit non-traditional 

colors for the Statue of Liberty but I think it works. 

Here are two card versions using this cut file.

All papers are printed using Echo Park Sweet Liberty digital papers.

The sentiment is from My Creative Time My Little Firecracker

This card I used digital papers once again but this time they were from Echo Parks 4th of July paper  I also used the Jaded Blossom Flag Die for the banner strips.

Have a crafty day!! 

Celebrate America!

It's time for the Jaded Blossom's July Challenge!

This months challenge theme is Crafter's Choice! 

If you're new to Jaded Blossom, be sure to jump over to their blog now and become a blog follower so you don't miss out on all the super fun stuff. 

Also, visit the Garden of Creativity in Facebook and "Like" the JB Facebook Page.

Challenge Guidelines: 

1) Project must be new for this challenge, no back linking

2) Project must have a Jaded Blossom stamp somewhere on it. 

3) Only one entry per person

4) Link it up by 7/31

Its a long Holiday weekend, so let's keep the celebration going with some patriotic treats!

I found the Uncle Sam in the silhouette store and sized him to fit the Jaded Blossom 1"x8" treat bags holding my patriotic candies. You could size this for any size treat bag depending on the treats you have. 

I used the Celebrate America stamp set for the sentiment.  

I hope you will join us and link up your JB stamp inspired project on the Jaded Blossom Blog. Please be sure you check out the challenge guidelines before linking. 

Prize:

This month's prize for a randomly selected winner is:

While you're there, check out what the rest of the design team created. They are so extremely talented. 

Have a crafty day!!

Jaded Blossom July Release Hop- Happy 4th!

Hi Everyone! Welcome to 

Jaded Blossom's July 2015 Release Blog Hop!  

Now if you're here from Candace's Blog you're in the right place, if you just happened to stop by, you'll want to start at the beginning so you don't miss anything.  I have the complete line up at the bottom of this post.
It's a holiday weekend coming up and I have a treat box for the kids this weekend.  I used the Scallop Circle Dies and Stictched Circle Dies to make a topper for the treat box.

If you don't have the clear boxes, fold the circles in half and its a great topper for a bag as well.

Jaded Blossom Stitched Circles Jaded Blossom Scallop Circle Dies Jaded Blossom Mini Tag Dies 2 Jaded Blossom Celebrate America Jaded Blossom 2x2x3 clear box

I hope you enjoyed this weeks release projects as much as we have. 

Not only is it Release Day for the new dies, but it's also starts our amazing July Sale Event!

There is also a ticket raffle for the July sale! Earn tickets based on how much you spend... winner will with the August Stamp Release package!

And of course we have to have a deal for you right? You can purchase the entire release package for $89.99

Regular Price for the Release Package is $97.99

BLOG CANDY

1 Lucky Winner will get to pick a stamp set of their choice!

 Just leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop!

The more blogs you comment on the more chances you have to win!

Now on to the HOP....

Next up is Cindy

Just in case you get lost here is the Entire Line Up:
Candace 

Gigi
Candace O.
Barb
Cindy
Cassandra
Mel
Jamie

Sara
Anne

Michelle

Jaded Blossom July Release Day Two- Let Freedom Ring!

Welcome to day two of the Jaded Blossom  July Release week! 
It's hip to be square today with today's release of the Scallop Square Dies and Stitched Square dies. 

But first a sneak at the Amazing Sale coming up on July 1st!

Along with the sale there will be a ticket raffle! Earn tickets based on how much you spend during the sale, the winner will win the August stamp release package! 

Now onto the New Dies for today!!! Each set includes 7 nesting dies!

Stitched Square Dies- $22.99

 Scallop Square Dies- $25.99

As a hostess gift for the 4th of July, I did a wine tag for a nice bottle of wine. I used two of the scallop square dies together to make a fun border behind Lady Liberty.

My project also used the following:
Jaded Blossom Wine Tag Die
Jaded Blossom Dimensional Dies
Celebarte America
Chibi Lady Liberty from SVG Cutting Files

To visit the Jaded Blossom Store HERE

and for Favor Boxes HERE

"Like" us Facebook and share your Jaded Blossom Stamps Creation with us in our Garden of Creativity.

Let's Glow!

Wow- the 4th of July is only a couple days away. We waited so long for warm summer days and now it's going to fast!

I came across this tube of glow necklaces and bracelets at the grocery store of all places. 

A simple tag and I have a safe treat on the eve of the 4th of July for the neighbor boy. 

I used the Jaded Blossom Treat Tag die for the base of my tag. 

I used the Jaded Blossom Celebrate America stamp set to make my own subway art sentiment on the tag and finished it off with a print and cut rocket from Pretty Paper Pretty Ribbons here. 

Have a crafty day!!