These are cards I created for the 4th of July. I hope they give you some ideas.
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This was an awesomely fun card. I hunted down the polk-a-dot paper and found it at my local Michael's® store. The "flowers" started out as white cardstock. Each flower consisted of 5 pieces. I used my copic's® markers (Prussian Blue and Lipstick Red) to color the various parts of the Silhouette® cut-outs. The fence was a cut out, the "sun" was a punch and I created the grass using multi-bladed scissors I got from Oriental Trading®. The sweet patriotic 3d butterfly was a gift from my beautiful daughter. I plan to use the rest of them next year.
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This sweet card has clouds and a 2 piece sun with a button center on foam adhesive to add depth. The fence has a patriotic banner with pearl button centers and I added the white border with my favorite Uni Ball® white pen (I consider this the very best white pen).
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This is my own creation of a "From our House" card. Navy and white stripes give the illusion of house siding. The red door has "raised panels" a copper colored handle back ground and a small red brad from Joann's® for the knob. I used my silhouette to create a one sided 3d star.
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I recently went back to aqua therapy after not taking it for 12 years. (YES, I do hurt) So while talking to my therapist it came out that I am a cardmaker. She requested to "be put on my card list". This card seemed appropriate. I had the swimsuits ready and was trying to figure out what the heck I was going to add to tie it into my therapy. I went to my favorite source...Silhouette®! They had just added the wave and I knew what I was going to create. I started with a lemon yellow card and sponged on desert sand© ink on the bottom (doesn't it look just like sand?) and marine blue© ink in the sky. Both inks are Memento® products. I added the navy blue picot ribbon on the side and as an after thought I made the little USA directional sign. I love it and hope she and you do also.
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This card wasn't sent out and will be put back for next year but I thought I'd add it here. I used white cardstock for the card. The background paper I purchased 14 years ago at a scrapbooking expo. I punched the small red swirls and the corners of the background. The rocket is a Silhouette® shape and I added red stickles to the rocket and swirls and blue stickles® to the rocket for bling. I really like the way it turned out.
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Those are my offerings for this year!
