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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

Star Spangled Star ~ Happy Independence Day!


Happy Independence Day to all!  I hope you are having a good holiday!  I dislike the fact it is on Tuesday this year, as I had to work yesterday and tomorrow.  Wouldn't it have been dandy to take off Monday? I am sure some of you got to do just that.  I did get to knock off a couple of hours early at least.  I have not posted in a few days but that doesn't mean I haven't been hard at work on design team projects and previous commitments.  I really like to get them all out of the way before I play with other challenges.  I still have a couple of swaps to do but I was playing with some stars and stripes and had to make more cards than I needed...here is one of them.

I just purchased this stamp a month or so ago at an antique store.  I often check out thrift and antique stores, I had been eyeing a bin of stamps at this store for a while but I just felt they were too pricey...and let's be honest, do I NEED anymore stamps?  No, did I buy some yesterday at a thrift store, yes...  Anyway, this one was really neat and the price was right when they were reduced 50%.  I bought about 6 or 7, some great sympathy sentiments that my collection could use and this one.  I was just enamored with the lyrics in the star and own very few 4th of July stamps.  Buying with purpose!  Now yesterday's purchases maybe not so much..

Here's the ingredients I used:
Little Yellow Bicycle Vintage Summer 6x6
Our Daily Bread Designs Double stitched star dies
Kiwi Lane templates Mini Madison 2A &2B
Stampabilities Star Spangled Star
Quick Quotes Navy and Barn Board chalking inks

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.ca/2017/07/challenge-13.html until 7/9x

http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.ca/2017/07/shopping-our-stash-310-flag-day.html until 7/10x

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/ until 7/10x

http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2017/06/challenge-118-anything-goes-with.html until 7/15x

http://cardsinenvy.blogspot.com/2017/07/patriotic-please-red-white-blue-card.html until 7/16


Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great holiday!

Alicia

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8 comments:

  1. WaleskaJuly 4, 2017 at 9:21 AM

    Love it! hey Everyone needs more stamps... right! Thanks for playing along with us at Always Fun Challenges! happy 4th of July!!
    DT Waleska

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  2. LizJuly 4, 2017 at 5:15 PM

    Happy 4th of July from across The Pond, Alicia. Fabulous card, the star stamp is stunning and makes a great focal point. xx

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  3. DonnaJuly 4, 2017 at 7:16 PM

    Happy 4th of July to you!
    Love your card, the stars, the stripes, just awesome!!
    Thanks for joining the SHOPPING OUR STASH crew for our Flag Day challenge this week!!

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  4. SandraJuly 6, 2017 at 6:38 AM

    Such a pretty card, love the pattern stars with the faux stitched edges. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

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  5. lauren bergoldJuly 7, 2017 at 9:44 AM

    absolutely GORGEOUS card, every detail is just so totally RIGHT! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR (patriotic!) STASH with us this week!

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  6. Marilyn's Cricut CraftsJuly 9, 2017 at 8:45 PM

    What a wonderful patriotic card! Love the stars and the great stamp you found. Thank you for joining us at Cards in Envy! ~ Marilyn

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  7. MimiJuly 11, 2017 at 1:44 AM

    That star stamp is fabulous... I'm way jealous of your find! Thanks for sharing a couple wonderful patriotic cards with SOS this week!

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  8. Sherry HickeyJuly 16, 2017 at 2:38 PM

    Love your card and have been searching for that star stamp ever since!

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