From my blog post title, you can tell I am Team Oxford Comma ; ) I thought I wasn't going to have a card to share today--I started something yesterday and it ended up in the bin and then I was so busy this morning while Ryan was at farm camp that I didn't even get into my craft room at all until after lunchtime so here we are at 3:30 in the afternoon and I just finally made something and here it is:
I had to add the gold embellishments because I dropped a stamp on the card front as I was cleaning it and it made a little mark on the top of the card. The recipient will never know that, but now you do!
Today is my mom's birthday so happy birthday, Ma! My sister's birthday is a few days from now and my dad's birthday (and his twin's, obviously) are later this month, so a Fourth of July themed birthday card is always a good idea in my family. Which works out nicely for the current Retro Rubber Challenge:
July Fourth is the stamp set with the fireworks and stars, and it is now 15 years old; the birthday greeting is the single stamp Birthday Wish which is at least 10 years old, so all my stamps today are very retro. I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts:
And the red, white, and blue color challenge from Shopping Our Stash. I already sent out birthday cards to my mom and Adrienne (trying so hard to get them out on time, something new and different for me), so this will either go to my dad this year (though I already had a different card picked out) or else it will go in my birthday card file for next year.
So now let's hope I have worked through my creative block and that I can go make something else while Ryan is playing with his friends. I hate it when I don't have much time to craft and then when I do finally get in my craft room that I just can't get anything done that I like, does that ever happen to any of you? I've been having a block for a while now where it just feels like a lot more work than usual to come up with something that I like, not sure what the deal is. But anyway, that's it for me today. I'm going to go back up to my craft room while I can : ) Cheers!
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: July Fourth, Birthday Wish
Ink: Blueberry Bushel, Real Red
Paper: Thick Basic White, Blueberry Bushel, Real Red DSP scraps
Accessories: Layering Circles dies, Dimensionals, Gold Starbursts
Oh, this is so fun! I have that stamp set - how cool to see it in a fresh new card! Beautiful! Thanks so much for playing at Retro Rubber!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love this!! So fun! My son's bday is July 2--this would've been perfect for him! Thanks for playing along at AHS!!
ReplyDeleteLoving the patriotic colours for this fun birthday card Christy and excellent embellishment placement of course (yep, we all do it!) Hope you crack your creative block - it usually happens to me when I'm under pressure to do something for a DT deadline, or if I've not managed to craft for a week or so, or worse still if I have a big preorder when the 'new' is overwhelming. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteRed, white, & Birthday perfection for any of your many July celebrations! Thank you so much for joining the challenge at Atlantic Hearts. And imperfections are embellishment opportunities :-)
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