Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July to all my U.S. friends!  Today we celebrate our country!  I hope you are enjoying your 4th with friends and family.

Both of these projects are inspired by the new Darkroom Door Stars background stamp.  I paired them with the New York Volume 1 by Darkroom Door.

I thought the canvas bag would look cute with painted stars in the background.  Both projects have an embossing paste #4 with a layer of red spray/ink.

Have a wonderful 4th!

Suzz

We the People

Anna-Karin suggested a challenge where we make our own flowers this week at  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.  That inspired May into suggesting  – how about making some project element from scratch? It could be an embellishment with layers, a rosette, a flower, or perhaps you build something or otherwise craft a piece by starting with little more than simple paper or other raw materials

I was inspired by our 4th of July holiday this past week to create a mini rosette on a patriotic tag.

I used some red and white striped ribbon and bunched it together by running a piece of thread down one side and pulling it tight.  I attached it to a glue dot to hold the center together.

This tag started form a journal page painted white.

I used the stencil to apply white embossing paste.  While it was still wet I sprinkled crystal ultra fine sprinkles in the center.

After that dried I laid the stencil back over the embossed stars and sponged on blue and red dye ink on either end.  I cut the the tag from the center.  I sponged the edge with brown dye ink.  I then stamped the We The People stamp on tissue paper and sponged the edges using brown dye ink.

I stamped the ink pot using black ink and embossed with black embossing powder to give it a nice shine.  I cut it out.  I inked up the feather to turn it black. 

Products:
White Acrylic Paint, Ranger Dye Ink - Fired Brick, Broken China, 
   TIm HOltz Layering Stencil - Stars, Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste White, Impression Obsession - We the People, Darkroom Door - Vintage Office,   Idea-ology Pen Nibs,  Idea-Ology Mirrored Stars,
Hemp, Feather, Kraft Cardstock,  Tim Holtz Filmstrip,  TIm Holtz Mini Numerals

I am looking forward to seeing what people create from scratch. If you play along you have an opportunity to win a   Simon Says Stamp $50 Gift Voucher.   There is a new release coming out on the 11th of July from Simon Says too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July!

For my American friends, I hope you are having a safe and blessed 4th of July.  Here is a little card created for Stampendous using the adorable House Mouse.  The buttons are molded from Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel.

Products: Stampendous - Star Spangled Mice , STAEDTLER Karat Aquarell Watercolor Pencils, Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel

Suzz

Tag Tuesday Challenge #57 - Postage

Louise's challenge this week is to use Postage on the Tag.  I really wanted to play since I made a tag last week and didn't share it as it didn't work out the way I had planned.

I actually used some postage from a package that Deborah sent me from Canada. I had some lovely stamps from Indonesia that I was going to use but these worked with the colors better.  The bell and Forever are from a package of stamps we purchased. They include a large sticker that emulates the stamp and I cut it up and used the images.

The train image is from some Graphics 45 paper that I purchased with tags. I loved the colors and decided to create a coordinating tag. I started with an ivory tag and added red, orange and brown distressing to emulate the Graphics 45 paper.  The map is a Hero Arts stamp which I love and don't get to use often enough.

I also wanted to share a card I made for the Card Patterns Sketch and for the Cards Blog challenge this week.  I unfortunately missed the deadline for the Card Patterns challenge. :(

This is for my youngest DD birthday. She has a July birthday and thinks any red, white and blue card for the 4th of July is for her. So I like to make her a card with the 4th of July mixed in.

Sorry I haven't been around to visit. I have been having issues with my wrists due to too much typing for work, so I have been taking a little of a break from commenting. I will try to get around soon!

Thanks for stopping by...

Suzz