Hey guys I'm up on the Blogger with my very first card as a Guest Designer for July. Since it's July 3rd and tomorrow is America's 250th Birthday I really wanted to make a card to celebrate that! I remember being a kid in 1976 when we celebrated America's 200th Bicentennial Birthday and there was such a buzz in the air leading up to the big day! I just remember being in awe of so much that was going on; the parades, the fireworks, the cookouts, all the neighbors out in the streets shaking hands and really celebrating our 200th birthday! It was AWESOME. So I am dedicating this card to America and her 250th birthday!
I started out with a patterned base card that picks up that blue in my color scheme. It's filled with colorful stars that was perfect for this card! I layered that with a white card stock and then layered red foiled card stock on top. That red really makes everything pop! For the "HAPPY" I used a Karen Burniston "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" DIE SET. I die cut in a heavy white card stock and inked it in red, and leaving some white of the card stock and then blue. I adhered it to the top and moved on to my focal point.
I'm not going to lie, for those flags, I cut up a 4th of July store bought card my sister sent to me years ago. It was in a bunch of unused store bought cards she no longer wanted. I mean who doesn't like to recycle...so I fussy cut them and adhered to the card base.
The coffee cup is from one of our Super Sponsors and a fav of mine, Crackerbox Stamps. This is from their Coffee 1 collection. I stamped the cup out and used a couple of Vickie Boutin color wheels (blue/greens and the red orange set) to bring the RED, WHITE and BLUE colors our flag is known for.
After stamping out and inking the cup, I stamped another one on that star pattern paper...it was the packaging from HOMETOWN SUMMER by Renne Lonney, again, recycling at it's best😋😊😊 I fussy cut the lid and the sleeve and adhered both to the cup, popping up the lid with some foam tape for some added dimension. I die cut the 250th, which are both from Karen Burniston, and added it to the sleeve and then adhered the cup to the card.
I reached into my American Crafts Thickers FLAGS & FRILLS and found the word AMERICAN so I cut the "N" off so I could use it as the word AMERICA.
Lastly I added some glitter stars from my stash and called it done.
Are you sending out any 250th USA Birthday cards this year? Are you as excited as I am to celebrate our 250th? I can only hope it is as FABULOUS as the Bicentennial 200th birthday celebration I remember as a kid!
Thanks for hanging out with me today and I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and make a handmade card for someone and put a smile on their face.
Stay crafty my friends,
Kimberly
