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Happy Independence Day!!!

I’ve been down with a little flu bug the past couple of days, but I just had to wish y’all a Happy 4th and I really wanted to get a card done for Taylor’s Friday challenge.  Check Taylored Expressions for the sketch and all the details so you can play along too.

What celebration activities do you have planned for today?  Our plan is to go to a big fireworks show at a local stadium with some friends, but I’m not sure at this point if I’ll be up for it.  Whatever you do, I hope it SPARKLES!

Recipe:

paper – Navy, Real red, White cardstock, dp from DCWV Summer Mat Pack

stamps – Stampendous Bee (yes I realize bees are not gray and red but I took a little creative license *wink*), Paper Trey Text Box, SU Sweet Serenipity (meant for Christmas, but I think it’s perfect for 4th of July! *tis the season to /SPARKLE/ believe*)

other – Copic markers, stickles, sparkle pen, red satin ribbon, white brads American Crafts, Ornare piercing template.

When you get over to Taylor’s place you can blog hop the whole Cupcake Crew to see what they came up with for the challenge too!  Thanks for stopping by.

Remember those little notebooks that I helped with at my friend’s daughter’s 16th birthday party (if not you can click here)?  Well, they were so cute that I of course had to run to not one, but two Big Lots to buy a bunch.  We’ll be playing with them in my next class, but I couldn’t wait till then.  In the meantime I challenged a couple of friends, Joy and Taylor, to do a little stamping just for fun!  I provided each of them with a notebook and the following rules for this Friendly Stamp For Fun Blog Challenge:

• use stamps you love
• use Copics (’cause we all love to color)
• use ribbon (’cause we all love ribbon)
• use colors you love
• no restrictions – STAMP FOR FUN!

So you wanna see mine? Do ya??? 

Since this challenge was all about having some fun I decided to pull out some stamps I love that hadn’t seen ink in awhile.  The notebook is Kraft and Black, so I decided to work with those colors (rather than cover the Kraft as I have sometimes done in the past) and just add Real Red.  That immediately reminded me of one my very favorite cards I’ve ever made and it featured Best of Cluck.  I still love that set, so away I went.  Instead of trying to cover the front of the notebook, I stamped directly on it with Flannel Plaid using Real Red Craft ink – it worked out great!  I colored my image with Copics and then decided it needed a sentiment of some sort.  I went through a bunch of sentiment sets before I decided to bring out the Snap stamps.  I thought this mama hen must be *One Busy Chick* with all of those babies.  LOL!  I had forgotten how much I really love Snap stamps.  That cute little font seems to work with so many images and I just love making up my own little sentiment.

In the process of making this I decided I’ll give it to a friend who turns 40 next weekend, so I used the capital Snap stamps to personalize the notebook with her name on a scalloped piece at the bottom.  The scallops were created with a large corner rounder.  Finishing touches include some sponging, Basic Grey Sultry matte brads, and a good amount of ribbon.

It’s super super simple, but I had a lot of fun which was the whole point!  I hope Joy and Taylor had fun too….let’s go see…The Joy Of Stamping and Taylored Expressions.

I got through a ton of that paperwork mountain yesterday and I feel so much better.  I still have filing and such to do, but at least I’m certain all the bills are caught up and all the miscellanous stuff has been taken care of.  Now if I could just stay on top of it.  Opening mail and sorting it as it arrives seems so simple.      Kind of like cleaning and putting away stamps after making a card seems simple….uh yeah…that’s not gonna happen!  I think I’ll try to start with the mail!

Thanks for stopping by.