Our weekend is supposed to have temps climb with more sunshine. We are having a 4th of July cook-out at our home.
Mike & Joellen will be coming over with the boys for the day. Our community has a fab fireworks display that we go and watch every year. Lots of fun, family time as we celebrate our nation's birth.
I am on my way shortly to watch Ethan in a tournament baseball game. It's about a 35 min drive from here, but I wanted to post my card before I left.
Don't know what time we will return this evening. Sometimes we go out to eat after the game.
This card is for 6 challenges:
1. The Wednesday sketch challenge on splitcoaststampers provided my card layout. This was a great sketch to show off my designer paper and the embossing folder I used.
2. The curtain call challenge #36 provided my colors for this card. We were to use kraft, night of navy, red and white. This was a great color combo and I thought it lent itself to a patriotic card for this time of year.
3. The inspiration for my card came from the pals paper arts blog. It was a 4th of July inspiration challenge.
4. The Friday free for all challenge on splitcoaststampers was to to create a card with a star and add some gold. I used a gold glitter pen on my fireworks.
5. I found a new challenge today on the create with Connie & Mary blog. This week it's a theme challenge and it's the 4th of July. My card definitely fits that theme.
6. The last but not least challenge is from the stampin sisters in Christ. This week we were to use stripes anywhere on our card. Randi Barrett shared some inspiring thoughts from the book of Isaiah 53:5. Drop over to her blog and take a minute to read it.
I wanted to be a part of all these challenges so it makes me happy when one card will do all of that.
My background embossing is done with a cuttlebug folder and the designer paper is from creative imaginations. The fireworks is a stamp[ from great impressions and I highlighted it with a glitter pen. The sentiment is from the Stampin-Up set "just celebrate". I punched out a couple of stars and that completed my card.
I have to run for now. I hope all my American friends have a great 4th of July celebration.
This is fabulous for the Fourth!! I love patriotic cards and I am an American history fanatic. I always manage to incorporate some of this into our family vacations for my son since it seems they just don't get around to learning about it in school anymore. I was just listening to the radio and they were interviewing people here in Seattle about the significance of July 4th and like 3 out of 5 just didn't know what it was a celebration of. Some of the answers would have been funny if they weren't so sad. Anyway, off my soapbox now.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend, Mary. Thanks for sharing your lovely tribute card to the good old USA! Love it.
This is wonderful, Mary. Love the layers and layout. Fabulous July 4th card! Sounds like you have a wonderful weekend planned, too!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully festive card - love your fireworks display! Thanks so much for joining us at Pals Paper Arts!
ReplyDeleteLove the fireworks! Great layout! Thanks for playing @ PPA!
ReplyDeletebeautiful, mary! thanks so much for playing along at the Curtain Call!
ReplyDeleteHi Mary - what afabulous card - I love that Patroitic flavour that you have happening! Well done combining all of the challenges!! LOve it! Your weekend sounds great - enjoy and celebrate! Thanks for joining us at the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge this week, we look forward to seeing you again next week! {{{hugs}}}
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Mary, this is a wonderful patriotic card and so true to the challenge. I love all the papers and layers. Thank you for sharing your art with us at Stampin' Sisters in Christ.
ReplyDeletePerfect 4th of July card! Love those fireworks. :o) Great paper choice!
ReplyDeleteHope your 4th celebrations are as sparkly as this card Mary!
ReplyDeleteYour card is wonderful, Mary...love the paper and the great stamps you used!!! Hope you and your family have a fun filled 4th!!!
ReplyDeleteMary! 6 challenges! Girl, you are amazing! I love this cars for the 4th...so patriotic in color, wonderful images. Great job!
ReplyDeleteHappy 4th Mary.... Glad to visit for a little while today... but back to being with son this afternoon... having a blast.. and enjoying out Brett... Love this 4th of July card... great colors!!!! Love it... and hope to be back in the swing of things soon...
ReplyDeletePerfect fourth of July celebration card, Mary! Love the images and your wonderful papers!
ReplyDeleteGreat card. Love the bursting Fireworks. Hope you had a great 4th.
ReplyDeleteSuper card Mary! Hope your holiday was fun and you were able to stay cool!
ReplyDeleteNice card. Love all the red, white, blue patterns and how the blend together.
ReplyDeleteGreat fireworks images! Love your card. Thanks for playing along with Create with Connie and Mary this week!
ReplyDeleteFabulous 4th card! Hope you are having fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Independence Day card, Mary! I love your blog header, too!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to read that you're spending quality time with your family. I've been trying to get perspective on the priorities in my life and stepped back a bit from all the blogging and commenting I was doing. It was taking too much time away from my family. It doesn't mean that I don't think of all my stamping friends, though. I still love looking at all the beautiful work everyone does and how each of you inspires me!
Love the fireworks Mary - a very festie 4th card!
ReplyDelete6 challenges in one card! Wow you did a great job. I like all your pattern papers together.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your input on my blog about state birds. No cardinal and magnolia combo. Oh well, I guess they just put them together because they looked good. Thanks a bunch!