Happy Independence Day

Hello Stamping Friends,

Happy 4th of July to you. Hope you have enjoying your days with friends and family while cooking out and waiting to see some fireworks. Today at Sisters in Stamping we are sharing projects with a Red, White & Blue theme for the occasion.

 

This is a banner I made for a class in June. I do the banner class monthly so be sure to make time to come to one. They are great decorative accents for each holiday, season or occasion.

 

Of course, there are some close-up's for you so you can see the detail better. The four pieces without a letter were sponged with the stars stencil and the three pieces for each of the letters were sponged with the stripes stencil (that comes with the banner kit).

 

The pinwheels behind each letter came from June's My Paper Pumpkin Kit. You can subscribe to My Paper Pumpkin and get a kit each month delivered right to your door. It includes everything you need to make cards, mini scrapbooks, home décor, and gift items (each month is different) except scissors. You can subscribe monthly or purchase a 3 month, or 6 month subscription. You can even get a subscription for one month, just to try it out.

 

A few pieces of ribbon were a perfect touch in between each of the banner pieces.

 

This banner was made by one of the ladies in the class. It uses all of the same pieces I used, but she put it together a little differently. I love when class attendees get creative and use the same class pieces but come up with something that looks so different from mine. Great job Nicole. I love it.

 

Don't forget to visit Sisters in Stamping to see some other great red, white, & blue projects.

 

Stamping Supplies Used:

Stamps: None

Ink: Real Red and Night of Navy

Paper: Read Red and Night of Navy Cardstock and Silver Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Big Shot, Star Framelits, Reitred Alphabet Dies, June My Paper Pumpkin Kit, Scrap pieces of ribbon, Hearts & Stars Decorative Masks, Stampin' Sponges, Build a Banner Simply Created Kit, Hot glue, glue gun

 

A Little Red, White & Blue for You

Hello Stamping Friends,

It's been a bit of a crazy, busy time here at the Yurkanin home.  We had some house guests for 2 weeks. We loved having my brother, his wife, and children visit us for a week and then they found out their house wouldn't be ready when anticipated (he's in the army and was relocating). So they got to stay with us another week. We enjoyed having them here and just wish they lived closer so we can see them more.  They left last Friday and then on Monday we began demolition in our kitchen and foyer. New tile, new cabinets, new countertop and everything else new that comes with changing that stuff out. So needless to say, I've been busy cleaning, packing and picking things out.

Then today, the contractor was tearing out the soffit in the kitchen (good riddance) and we find plumbing for the two upstairs bathrooms that needs to be relocated because it was hidden by the one area of the soffit. Yes, I had a meltdown at this point.  I just cried. I felt defeated. I felt guilty (for making the contractor have more work). I felt frustrated. I felt angry at the builders (whom I've never met, our house was 7 years old when we bought it) for being lazy and just putting it there instead of where it should have really gone.  And some other feelings were mixed in there too. 

So, if you were wondering what happened to the Fabulous Friday posting at Noon, well there you have it, that's what happened.  Once I got over my bump in the road (I know, it's totally expected during remodeling) I was ready to face the red, white and blue challenge for the Sisters in Stamping's post for today.  I had it all worked out in my head I just needed to make it come to life. Hope you think it was worth the wait.  I love how it turned out.

 

A little red, white and blue "firecracker" candy holder. I just covered a recycled can with the Polka Dot Parade designer series paper and stamped and embossed some stars to accent the can.

 

I also added a rhinestone to the center of each star to make it sparkle. You can see on the top small star the embossing. I clear embossed them so I had the star pattern there but didn't loose the polka dot look of the paper.

 

I also snipped across the whole top of the red paper so that I could curl it over and make it look more like a firecracker. Fill with some kisses and this would be the perfect hostess gift for that 4th of July party you're going to or just to keep on your own table or counter to be a little festive for the holiday.  I also think a set of three (maybe different heights, too) would be good tied together for those plastic forks, spoons and knives for any barbeques you would have.

 

So what do you think? Worth the delay?

 

Stamping Supplies Used:
Stamps: Simply Stars
Ink: Versamark

Paper: Polka Dot Parade

Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, Heat gun, Paper Snips, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Basic Rhinestones