I don’t normally make 4th
of July cards, but I had an idea brewing for a while now and I decided to try
it out and see if it would work. Plus I
had this red, white & blue ribbon that I had bought when I was a dem for
SU! (and that was at least 15 years ago) and I have never used it. So, what do you get when you have an idea
and old ribbon? This card! {Warning! Adorable cat picture at the end of this post!}
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| The orange is actually red |
What I Used to Make this
Card:
White Cardstock
Red, white & blue
ribbon, 3/8” wide (like I said, I used SU! but they discontinued it)
Crafters’ Pick glue
Karen Foster Design
Sparkle Brads
Acrylic Red and Blue Stars
Blue Cardstock Base
Silhouette Cameo Cut file
of rockets
Hand Held Hole Puncher
that has a very tiny hole (not the kind to make paper fit in a 3 ring
binder)
First I had covered a
spare piece of white cardstock with the ribbon. I did this a while before I made the card but all I did was glue
the ribbon to the cardstock. Once it was
dry, I trimmed it to the size I wanted and then “sealed” the edges with glue so
the ribbon wouldn’t fray. That was my idea to test, as I have a hoard of ribbon that I never use - I need to start using it! And it came out better than
I expected.
Huge spool of ribbon Ribbon attached to paper
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| Close up of the brads |
I literally have had the
Karen Foster brads for at least 10 years and I had to find them since they
didn’t fit where I had stored my other brads.
That wasn’t easy! But find them I did, so once the ribbon panel was
completely dry I figured where on the card I wanted the 2 brads to be placed,
punched a hole and attached them. The
next step was the rocket cut outs that I made with my Silhouette Cameo, using white
cardstock. It was a free file I got
from somewhere – I haven’t got a clue as to where. After fiddling with them, I glued them down.
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| Fiddling with placement |
Next, I stamped the full
stamp from the Simple Sayings set that said, “just celebrate” in the Jet Black
ink. I cut the “just” off and adhered
the “celebrate” to the lower left hand corner of the card. Lastly, I dug out some of my acrylic stars
in red & blue, placed them where I thought they looked good, glued them on,
then glued the ribbon panel, with all the attachments to a card base I made of
blue cardstock. It’s a simple card, but
I think it is pretty, with all the sparkles and such. I know the perfect little girl to send this to!
Also, I announced a couple
months back I would be having a giveaway.
My Blogaversary has passed, but I haven’t been able to get it together
enough to have my giveaway, yet. I do
have tons of goodies to giveaway, and I will be doing it eventually, but
honestly it probably won’t happen until September. I figure since this is my blog, I can have the giveaway any time
I want, despite it being a Blogaversary celebration. So stay tuned! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed
my card! Christi
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| Another View |
I am thrilled to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Girls Challenge - #21, Anything Goes
DL.Art Thankful Thursday - #135, Patriotic Challenge
Red Carpet Studio - #73, Born on the Fourth of July
Pumpkin Spice - #77, Red, White & Blue
My Sheri Crafts - A Star is Born (Use 2 or More Stars)
Cupcake Inspirations - #267, Picture Inspiration
Crafty Girls Challenge - #21, Anything Goes
DL.Art Thankful Thursday - #135, Patriotic Challenge
Red Carpet Studio - #73, Born on the Fourth of July
Pumpkin Spice - #77, Red, White & Blue
My Sheri Crafts - A Star is Born (Use 2 or More Stars)
Cupcake Inspirations - #267, Picture Inspiration
