• Prepare a 7″ x 3-3/4″ card base from textured Bermuda Bay, scored at the top.
• Select a 6-1/2″ x 3-1/4″ piece of Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper and wrap with Bermuda Bay Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon. Mat onto Soft Suede and adhere to the card base.
• Ink the “Floral” image from the Razzle Dazzle stamp set with Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write Markers. “Huff” and stamp onto Very Vanilla. Mat with Bermuda Bay followed by Soft Suede. Position and adhere to the card base.
• Ink the “It’s Good to Dream” sentiment with Bermuda Bay and stamp. (Tip: Because I used a lighter selection of Designer Series Paper, I actually stamped the sentiment onto a small piece of it for a coordinated look. If I had used darker paper, I would have elected to stamp onto Very Vanilla, to match the image block.) Punch out with the Word Window Punch. Mat onto Bermuda Bay which has been punched with the Modern Label Punch.
• Punch a second Modern Label with Soft Suede. Cut off the ends and layer behind the Bermuda Bay label. Adhere to the card with a Stampin’ Dimensional.
• Extra bling was added with three Yellow Circle Fire Brads!

Maybe tomorrow I will get around to making the Lots of Bots card…unless I get distracted by another In-Color “Dynamic Duo”!

I know that I always end my posts by saying that your comments are important to me. They truly are! And this morning I received an email which was a day brightener on this cool and rainy Iowa Fourth of July. It is so rewarding to know that people are out there and that they are reading my posts! Thank you to S. in Canada!

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Stamp Set: Razzle Dazzle (116714)
Ink: Bermuda Bay (115655), In-Color Stampin’ Write Markers (116329)
Designer Series Paper: Razzleberry Lemonade (115675)
Card Stock: Soft Suede (115318), Bermuda Bay (115317), Bermuda Bay Textured (115314—In-Color Assorted Pack), Very Vanilla Textured (108693—Neutrals Assorted Pack), Very Vanilla (101650)
Tools: Word Window Punch (105090), Modern Label Punch (116630)
Embellishments: Bermuda Bay Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon (115610), Circle Fire Brads (109110)

I love the Fourth of July! The parades and the food! The fireworks and the food! Well, you get the picture! In my small community, the Fourth of July celebration is the highlight of the summer. Literally and figuratively, everyone heads uptown for an entire day of entertainment, content to bask in the companionship of their neighbors and friends. Beginning with the Fire Department’s Pancake Breakfast, and ending with a fabulous fireworks display, the Fourth of July in this small Midwestern town is a scene right out of a Norman Rockwell illustration and served as my inspiration for this Americana-style card. Enjoy this slice of American Pie!

• Prepare a 5-1/2″ by 5-1/2″ card base from textured Whisper White card stock. Use a Corner Rounder on the bottom corners.
• Layer with Night of Navy card stock followed by Whisper White and Real Red. (Tip: A Corner Rounder used on opposite corners breaks up the angularity of the card, adding visual interest.)
• “Flick paint” this base with slightly diluted white acrylic paint and a tooth brush. (Tip: When flick painting, I always test it on scrap paper to make certain that the paint is the right consistency and that it is producing suitable flecks.)
• Paint a large chipboard star from On Board Essentials with white acrylic paint. (Tip: After allowing the first coat to dry completely, I lightly sanded with a Sanding Block before applying the second coat.)
• Flick paint with navy blue acrylic paint.
• Position and adhere the star in the middle of the card base.
• For a finishing touch, I added a red button which I had “threaded” with a snippet of Night of Navy card stock.

This was a “Do-I-add-more” card. I debated on whether to add more buttons, or whether to tea-stain it to age it. Should I add more stars? In the end, I decided to keep it clean and simple!

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Card Stock: Whisper White textured (108693—Neutral Assorted Pack), Night of Navy (100867), Real Red (102482)
Tools: Corner Rounder Punch (109047)
Other: On Board Essential Chipboard (112085), vintage Stampin’ Up! button, White and Navy acrylic paints, toothbrush

• This layout incorporates 1- 5″ x 7″ print, and 2- 4″ x 6″ prints (cropped). The prints are matted on Barely Banana, and the 5″ x 7″ is matted again with Certainly Celery. Photo corners are punched from Regal Rose and applied as shown.
• For my page base, I used textured Certainly Celery. Because I wanted to use up some of my retired Designer Series Paper, I pulled out two selections from Bella Birds. I ran a very wide block horizontally the width of the paper, and a narrower block vertically.
• Three circles (4-1/4″, 3″, 2-1/2″) are cut from Certainly Celery using the Circle Scissors Plus. Three slightly smaller circles are cut from Barely Banana.
• Selected stamps from Circle Circus are inked with Close to Cocoa and randomly stamped onto the medium and large sized Barely Banana circles, which are then offset layered onto the Certainly Celery circles.
• Regal Rose 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon is ran across the bottom of the page base, and also down the vertical strip.
• The photographs and circles are now positioned and adhered to the page base.
• For finishing touches, the Flower, Daisies #2 Bigz Die and the Big Shot are used to cut the larger petals from Regal Rose and Pretty in Pink. A Filigree Brad, with a pink Circle Fire Brad through it’s center, serves as the center of the flower. The daisy is adhered off-center on the smallest of the layered Barely Banana-Certainly Celery circles. Three brads from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware are attached to the lower right hand corner.
• As a final step, I used my computer to print “Missy and Mom” onto Whisper White card stock, punched it out with the Designer Label Punch and mounted in a Raised Dot Designer Holder, also from the Hodgepodge Hardware collection.

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