Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy July 4th!

Hello there and Happy 4th of July!  I hope all my US friends are having a weekend filled lots of family and friends and thankfulness for our independence.

I'm popping in quickly to share a card for the current Paper Craft Color Inspiration Challenge.

This morning, Pat was dropping Ryan off at baseball and the little boys were all sleeping. I went down to my craft room which hasn't seen me for about a week!  I decided to punch stars out and tried to use my Hero Arts Envelope stamp.  I had to stamp it several times but the star image wasn't showing well, so I then added the blue color to make the stars clearer.  A little patriotic birthday card for today's celebrations!

I'll be back soon with a few pictures from our weekend...but I need to leave you with this one of my niece, Ella.  We were smiling about her 60s look with her headband and tied shirt that she wore for their neighborhood bike parade.  She was pretty intense with the watergun fight happening at Nana and PopPop's house earlier today!


10 comments:

Laurie said...

Lynn this is so pretty! I love the white layers and the stars!! Happy 4th my friend!

Laura Evangeline said...

Haha! I love that picture. It could not be more perfect!

Jen W. said...

Love how those stars turned out - awesome texture! And Ella looks like an awesome kid - that picture cracked me up!

Andrea M said...

Happy 4th Lynn!!! This card is AWESOME!!! Your mojo is kickin'!!! WOW! LOVE the pics of your niece!!! Too funny!

.adri. said...

that picture of Ella is GREAT! :D
& I absolutely love the card! it looks so crisp and pretty!
thank you for sharing!

-Adri
www.macheriecreations.com

Jenny said...

Fab card Lynne, hope you enjoyed the celebrations :)
Jenny x

Arlene said...

Lynn, this is beautiful! Love the clean crisp look...just beautiful! :)

Arlene.

Kim H. said...

Loved the card! So clean and festive! Your niece is a hoot! Hope you had a great holiday weekend!

Maureen said...

LOL, oh, I love how Ella has that "no one messes with me" look...I'll be sure to watch out for her when I come to visit! LOL Love this sweet and simple 4th of July card...I'm just thinking I can't wait to see your studio :) It's Day 2 of clearing out the basement...we had a good haul yesterday :) Day 16 of our countdown! The passport should come next week :)

Els said...

Gorgeous card, Lynn! Love how your stars turned out!!