Red, White and Blue Congrats

Happy Thursday!

I am back at the craft desk today.  Yesterday I spent in front of or under a fan since our A/C was out.  Thank goodness it was a cooler day (85 tops … that’s cool for Texas in July), but it was one of the most humid day in days … ugh!  The A/C went out Monday evening and was out all day Tuesday.  My furry felines had a great time running from window to window chasing birds and squirrels.  At night they slapped at geckos on the window screens when I had the lights on … too hot to keep lights on.  I am so thankful for the A/C guy that came out to repair the A/C.  Bless his heart he had to come out twice because of a faulty part.  Just a few hours after we were blissfully cool again the A/C went out … again.  David, our A/C guy had to make the long trip back into town to get us operating again.  I am thankful for a working A/C and the cool it produces.  Well, let’s get onto the project from the craft desk.

I decided to play around with Red, White and Blue for this project.  Can’t celebrate in July without a little Red, White and Blue, so here is a little ‘Congrats’ card. 

I pulled out the Chalk Talk Framelits dies to make the sentiment pop off the page with some Gold Foil paper.  I added a star and some stripes for a subtle nod to the celebration of our nation.  One of the stamp sets used here was from the Paper Pumpkin Birthday Bundle kit.  I really love those balloons.  And here is an inside view:

On the inside I added another balloon with a star and a banner for the sentiment.  The red and white stripe DSP was used as the foundation for the sentiments banner.  I had a lot of fun playing around with these stamps and paper choices.  Although I love red, white and blue color combos, I don't play with them often.  

Here are the details:

Stamp sets:  Paper Pumpkin Birthday Bundle and SAB2015 Simply Wonderful (retired)

Card stock:  Pacific Point, Real Red, Whisper White, Gold Foil and Fresh Prints DSP stack (retired)

Ink:  Pacific Point and Real Red

Misc:  Chalk Talk Framelits dies, Banner and Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack punches, Cherry Cobbler and Island Indigo Baker’s Twine, Paper Snips, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, SNAIL adhesive and Stampin’ Dimensionals

This card is entered into the follow challenges:

Just Us Girls - #300, Congratulations

Dies R Us Challenge Blog - #28, Stars and Stripes

Less is More - #231, Red, White & Blue

Addicted to Stamps - #152, Mark, use anything that makes a mark

Addicted to CAS – Code Word:  PATRIOTIC

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Blessings and Happy Crafting,

Belinda