Ingenious Inkling

Independence Day

I found a few sets of 4th of July stickers when I was cleaning out last week, so I decided to make a few cards today.  I keep all of my red, white and blue (or ivory, white and blue) paper collections in a 12" container, so I can pull them out this time of year.  It's amazing how they are all paper collections for the same holiday ... but how the colors are all so slightly different that they don't always work together very well.

For the first one I used a sketch from Crazy for Challenges.

I combined three different papers, a journaling cards and several of the stickers I found on my cleaning binge.

 

 

The next one I turned into a birthday card for my stash using the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

 

The sentiment is a vintage Happy Birthday woodblock stamp from Hero Arts.

 

 

The third one used the rest of the polka dot paper together with pieces cut from another paper in the stack and an Independence Day sticker.

 

I took my inspiration for all of the layers from the table setting in The Card Concept.

 

I finished with some glittery star stickers and a few wraps of soft nubby yarn ...  and then I got them into the mail.  I wish I was seeing people in person for the long holiday weekend ... but hugs across the miles with have to do this year.

USA Fireworks

The theme at The Male Room is Fireworks, which is the perfect inspiration to make some patriotic cards.

I started with the sketch from Retro Rubber and We R Memory Keepers Red, White & Blue Collection (one of my all time favorites for Independence Day).  I used two different papers with beautiful fireworks designs.

My sentiment is from Tim Holtz Mini Blueprints 2 that I've had since 2013 (and have never used ... just had to have a lot of these Blueprints stamps, but for some reason haven't used them much at all).

America the Beautiful

In honor of Memorial Day, I made a patriotic tag inspired by the Tag You're It Challenge.

I used a journaling card as my base and added some ribbon to create a tag.  

I embellished with foam glitter star stickers.

Saluting Your Awesomeness

This week's Fusion Card Challenge is some Nautical Patriotic Inspiration, so there are all sorts of possibilities.

My card is for a Veteran who will be making an honor flight.  I used the Lawn Fawn Say Cheese Lawn Cuts Die to frame some words cut from designer paper.

 

I finished with some stars & sequins for embellishment.

I hope you'll come join us.

Patriotic 1776

I decided to make another card for today's Splitcoast Stampers 500th Inspiration Challenge inspired by this Patriotic Courthouse Wedding of Kehrin & Jason.

I used this week's Retro Sketch together with Echo Park Stars & Stripes papers and stickers.  

 

I'm also joining the Patriotic Challenge at Addicted to CAS.

A simple white die cut, and this card came together quickly.

With my Firework Sticker embellishment, I'm also joining the *POP* theme at CASology.

Get Fired Up!

Tonight I was inspired by the Get Fired Up! Challenge at Retro Rubber to break out some Echo Park Stars & Stripes paper and a vintage A Muse Sentiment (this stamp might be 10 years old ... just can't part with those great tiny sentiments).

I combined two papers, a sticker and my sentiment stamp.

The layout is this week's Freshly Made Sketch.

With my trio of balloons, I'm also linking-up at The Male Room.

Hooray for the Red, White and Blue

This afternoon I put together a quick card using paper scraps from We R Memory Keepers Red White & Blue and the Sketch from STAMPlorations.

My nephew heads to basic training in a few weeks and I wanted to make a card to send him on his way.  The sentiment is from SRM Stickers We've Got Your Border - Patriotic.

Hooray for the Red, White and Blue

I've been a bit remiss on making cards for Independence Day (hmmm I've made none), so with all of the 4th of July related challenges floating around the blogosphere this week, I figured I should at least make one and quickly get it in the mail.

The CASology Challenge this week is fireworks ... so I combined Fireworks paper from We R Memory Keepers Red White & Blue Collection with some SRM Patriotic Border Stickers.

This all came from last year's 4th of July Stash, which was perfect for the Red, White & Blue Challenge at Shopping Our Stash.  My design was also inspired by this great photo at The Pink Elephant Challenge ... loved those circle stars, so I added a few rows to my design, as well as incorporating chevrons.

Patriotic Birthday

Patriotic papers aren't only for Independence Day ... they also work well for birthdays (or any celebration - they're featuring red, white & blue celebration cards at Sentimental Sundays this week).

I used Bo Bunny's Liberty papers together with this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch for a birthday card for someone who loves red, white & blue all year long.

I love the contrast I get with the white vinyl rub-on sentiment from EAD Designs (white stamping never stands out enough for me, particularly with patterned papers) ... did you know any time you use EAD Products in one of your creations, you should link-it-up to their Customer Showcase for a chance to win some goodies.

I'm also playing along with the Patriotic Challenge at the Party Time Tuesday Blog.

Let Freedom Ring

I'm sneaking in just under the deadline at Freshly Made Sketches today.  

I used some die cut fireworks and papers from We R Memory Keepers Red, White & Blue Collection (perfect again for Sentimental Sundays).

This card reminds me of all of the fun my brother & I had shooting off fireworks when we were younger ... hundreds of bottle rockets into the sky.  It's also another for Sentimental Sundays.