Red, White & Blue Inspiration

Yep...the 4th of July is almost here!

It's always an interesting time in our home

as I am married to a 'very' British Englishman.

Yes, that is one redundant phrase, but it was

meant to emphasize just how 'British' he is!

He really enjoys the celebrations we have during

the holiday & after nearly 24 years here in the

U.S. he has come to love our patriotism.

Well today, I'm sharing this project over at The Twinery
& thought it would be fun to share here

how quick & easy it is to add an accent of

twine here & there to make your card 'pop'!

{no pun intended}

This is actually my second patriotic card in two days... I'll 're-share' the other
in a moment...

Once again, I used Authentique's 'Pride' Collection for my background
and this time, I stamped & die-cut my anchor using a Hero Arts set.
I created a border between paper designs using blue pearls from  
Zva Creative. The waves & sentiment are from Avery Elle.
My favorite cloud die still comes from Lil' Inker Designs.
I used an EF from LifeStyle Crafts appropriately called 'Waves'
to create the texture in the clouds and added a touch of
baker's twine in Denim from The Twinery.

Yesterday, I shared a card featuring bling from Zva Creative.
Here's a peek . . .

Make sure you stop by THAT POST to see the rest & leave a 
comment for your chance to win a terrific prize package from Zva Creative.
FIVE of them will be given away from random comments on any one
designer's blog, so don't leave without a quick hello!

Hope you enjoyed a little 'Red, White & Blue' Inspiration!


Project Recipe: 
Patterned Paper: Pride by Authentique

Stamps: Knotty by Avery Elle 
Embellishments: baker's twine in Denim

from The Twinery

blue pearls {PEW-03CB-118} from Zva Creative 
Tools: Tides EF from LifeStyle Crafts, Big Shot

Cloud die from Lil' Inker Designs

So 'Nauti-Cool' !

Happy Monday and what a fun continuation of my weekend!

I have had the honor being the Guest Designer over at

and today is a set that has quickly become a favorite

in my personal collection called 'Knotty'

I made use of some of my favorite die cuts from Lil' Inker Designs

and Die-Versions to spotlight these fun stamps.

I think the design speaks for itself and the recipe is at

the end of this post.

and of course . . .

I head back to the Clean and Simple design . . .

I love the colors using the kraft base and the beautiful

soft robin's egg blue.

I embossed the top panel using an EF from Lifestyle Crafts.

The accent lines on the base card were stamped along with the

anchor, waves & sentiment from the set.

Here's the fabulous set that has so many possiblities . . .

I love the tiny waves !

I'll be back for one more day {Wednesday}

with my final post for Avery Elle.

I've had a ball so far and I hope you will stop

by the Avery Elle blog

and say hello !

Nauti-Cool Project Recipe:

Cardstock: American Crafts
Stamps: Knotty by Avery Elle

Tools: Seaside Sunset die by Die-Versions, 

Rainbow & Clouds die by Lil' Inker Designs, Big Shot

Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill & The Recollections
Stamps: Knotty by Avery Elle

Tools: Circle EF by Lifestyle Crafts, Big Shot

 

Sailing with a 'Splash' of Color

Lots of black and white with just a 'hint' of color

can only mean one thing...

 It's 'Color Splash' week

over at The Play Date Cafe!

This week, it's a Player's Choice and you get

to choose your own 'splash'.

Each of our designers featured their splash of

 color using baker's twine from our sponsor...

 The Twinery has THE BEST baker's twine

on the planet!  Of course, you may think me biased as

I am the design team coordinator for them...

but if you want beautiful 100% cotton in very

saturated colors, then you want baker's twine

from The Twinery.

I have loved all the nautical-themed stamps and papers

this summer and thought it would be a good theme for the splash.

I grabbed this fabulous stamp featuring a Webster's Pages

design from Unity for my focal point this week and used

'Caribbean' baker's twine for the sailboat ropes.

We are saying goodbye to one of our fabulous 

designers this week.  Fiona Schultz has finished her term with

us and is moving on to do things in her country

of Australia, focused on family and her creative work.

I know I will miss her and I thank her for all the

inspiration and friendship she has brought to me.

I hope you will pop by her blog and wish her well

and join us this week in The Cafe.

I'll be back tomorrow to share a few photos from

the CHA Show in Chicago.

Project Recipe:

Stamps:  'Celebrate' by Webster's Pages for Unity

Embellishments:  'Caribbean baker's twine by The Twinery, 

Tools:  Embossing Folder by Quickutz, Big Shot