HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!
Some of my favorite memories are of the Fourth of July block parties in our Portland, Maine neighborhood on Wellington Road. The police always put up barricades for us and blocked off the street for the day. The kids had a bicycle parade from one end of the street to the other. Everyone brought their picnic tables, grills, and folding chairs to the biggest yard. In the event of inclement weather, we took over someone's garage. There was music on boom boxes, sparklers, good conversation and lots of laughs. There was always badminton, woofle ball, bocce, croquet, and other games. We usually started around noon and hung out all day into the evening when we would walk to the end of the street to the Cheverus High School athletic fields to watch the fireworks over Casco Bay and Back Cove. The two cards I made first were ones that I thought would work as invitations to a block party and a BBQ.
CARD #1 BLOCK PARTY JULY 4th Wellington Rd. 12 noon--?
Stamps
- A1797 Little Banner
- D1289 Neighborhood
- B1731 Fence with Little Cloud on the side
- B1209 Bright Sun
- B1079 Come Rain or Shine
Inks
- Archival Jet Black
- Memento Dandelion
- Memento Danube Blue (third stamping to get a lighter blue for the clouds)
Other suppiles
- gold Mizuki cord and Diamond Glaze for adhering it
- Brioche 6X6 paper
- Bluebird Moroccan and Gingham papers
- white cardstock
- Hyacinth notecard
- blue Prismacolor pencil for drawing the rain drops
- black pen for lettering
CARD #2 BBQ invitation
Stamps
- A1797 Little Banner
- B1731 Fence with Little Cloud on the side
- B1209 Bright Sun
- B1079 Come Rain or Shine
Inks
- Archival Jet Black
- Memento Dandelion
- Memento Danube Blue (third stamping to get a lighter blue for the clouds)
Other suppiles
- gold Mizuki cord and Diamond Glaze for adhering it
- Brioche 6X6 paper
- Current Distressed Dots paper
- white cardstock
- Hyacinth notecard
- blue Prismacolor pencil for drawing the rain drops
- black pen for lettering
I made this card, too, so I could play with this Bitsy Branch C1703 stamp as a tree.
Stamps
- C1703 Bitsy Branch (leaf on the side)
- B1731 Fence with Little Cloud on the side
- B1209 Bright Sun
- B1079 Come Rain or Shine
Inks
- Archival Sepia
- Archival Olive
- Memento Dandelion
- Memento Danube Blue (third stamping to get a lighter blue for the clouds)
Other suppiles
- Bluebird Distressed Dots paper
- white cardstock
- Hyacinth notecard
- blue Prismacolor pencil for drawing the rain drops
Hope you have a happy holiday!!!
Happy Stamping!
So different.....love the colors!!!
Posted by: Suzanne Rivard | 07/05/2011 at 06:21 PM