Soft Colored Happy Birthday

I love the soft look of this card.  The background paper was printed using my Imagine and the Blossom cartridge, then mounted it on kraft card stock.

The banner I cut using my Art Philosophy cartridge and stamped it with a CTMH stamp using Olive ink.

I cut the tic-tac-toe kind of grate using my Gypsy and some lines I welded together.

I placed them on the paper but thought it looked to plain behind them so I took one of those crazy little foam thingies that come in the box when you get a new cartridge and inked it up with some light ink and stamped it, came out perfect just what I wanted.  Then all the flowers are stickers I placed inside the squares.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog, I love to read your comments.

Red, White & Blue........

................FOREVER!  Seeing as tomorrow is the 4th of July I thought I would share this patriotic card with you.

The center star/circle was cut from a piece of paper that is in the K & Company Americana stack. I added Crackle accents to the off-white area leaving the star part as is.  I mounted it on a couple of scalloped ovals I cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  The random stars I cut from Stand & Salute.

 Here is a closer look at how that Glossy Accents look, I am pleased with how it turned out.  The red,white & blue banner is a sticker which must be a K & Company (lost the packaging) because it has a star in there that matched this one perfectly.  

Now if you visit my blog regularly (thanks :) you know that I have a couple of grandsons in the Navy, one has already finished his schooling and is a Sonar Tech and the other one will also be a Sonar Tech but is just in the beginning of his schooling.   Now this card is particularly special to me as just this morning we found out that grandson #1 will be going out on his first deployment/underway on a submarine.  He will be gone for 3 months over the holidays, we are so very excited for him as he finally gets to see first hand what a Sonar Techs; duties are.  After a year of training it is so very thrilling to finally get to go underway.  His sub that he is assigned to is in Portsmouth undergoing an overhaul so he will be a "ghost rider" on another sub.  I had already started this card yesterday not knowing the news so I will be sending him this card to wish him well on his journey.  It is rather bittersweet as he has a wife and a 17 month old daughter, but they will be fine.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak at my blog, would love to hear what you think of my card.

 And a very very Happy 4th of July to all especially those serving our country.

Challenges for this card

Sentimental Sundays   Patriotic Colors   ends  7/7

Make it Monday  Always anything goes  ends 7/8
Cute Card Thursday Patriotic   ends 7/4
Simon says Stamp  Patriotic or Sporty  ends 7/4
Mr Sheri Crafts  I love America   ends 7/6
Tammys Scracpin Corner Celebrations/4th of July  ends  7/8
Sisterhood Crafters  Stars  ends 7/8
Hiding in my Craft Room  anything Goes    ends 7/7

Spots and More Spots

Hi, I have a fast post here to share with you a birthday card I made a couple of weeks ago.  Sorry I got so far behind on posting my cards.

It was a fun card to make and has a a few different textures.  I Cuttlebugged the white strip with the Spots & Dots folder, then Cuttlebugged each of the circles with one of the images on the clock folder.

Here is a closer look at the embossing.  I added a piece of bling to the center of each circle.  The happy birthday is stamped on a cut from Art Philosophy that I welded back to back so it would have the banner/ribbon cut on each end.
Well thanks for stopping by and hope you have a fabulous week.

Challenges for this card
Make it Monday  Always anything goes  ends 7/8
Creative Inspirations  Anything goes   end  7/3
Charisma Cardz  Anything goes   end  7/4