Happy 4th of July!

by Sue

Welcome!

Thank You for spending part of your holiday with us!! I have a real quick project this week using these stamps ~


Here's my card ~


I wanted a little something different for 4th of July this year and since it is America's birthday celebration I thought the balloons were a perfect touch. For the U S A I stamped each letter individually and after embossing with clear powder I colored and layered it with both red and blue paper. Definitely a 5 minute card!

Thanks for stopping by - Have a happy 4th of July!

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Your Tip by Pat S. - I use sponge makeup wedges for applying chalks to large areas on non-glossy paper. The itsy applicators for smaller ones. Then after I have all the chalk on just a hint darker than I want the finished product, I tap off any loose chalk and finish it up with a clean make up wedge. I move it in small circular motions over the whole chalked image. It mutes the edges between colors and removes the remaining chalk which would come off on other items. The finished product has the depth of color I was trying for. (for glossy paper you need to use a sealer.)

My Trick - It's becoming more and more common to use only a portion of a stamp. Sometimes the easiest way to do that (when your stamp is unmounted) is to actually cut the rubber in 2 or more parts. My trick this week is that when I'm cutting a stamp into several pieces, I use a zig zag pattern between lines or sections so that when I want to put it all back together I know I'm putting it back so that it's centered.

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