TIOT - 4th of July Style!

For all of my friends here in the U.S. I want to wish you all a Happy 4th of July!  We are celebrating our Independence Day today!  Last night, hubby and I had a fun night at our friend's house, a fun cookout and watched the local fireworks display!  Today we are going to an antique car show and maybe watching the parade at my hometown! :)  I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

Today I would like to share my TIO"T" card with you!  I know I am a tad late....last week was crazy with school stuff!  My card was made for the couple who hosted our party last night as a thank you for having us over every year for their 4th of July party!  Over at SCACD, Suzanne had an awesome sketch for us to play with this week!  You can get all the details -->HERE<--!  Make sure you go over to the SCACD blog to check out what the other girls have made this past week...there projects are fabulous!

Here is my card!  I decided to make my focal point on the front of the card a fun American flag, which I cut strips of paper and then punched some stars to make my flag.  My friend LOVES red, white, and blue (she has a whole room of her house dedicated to these colors) so this was so much fun to make for her!  The whole front of the card has been sprayed with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz to give it an amazing frosted and glitzed affect!  This is the first time I've used this product and I have to tell you I absolutely LOVE it!

Here is a close up of the flower collection with flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  First I've stamped my baroque motiff stamp and embossed it with  TH silver embossing powder.  Then I put the flowers on top.  I've used Classic Red Rose, 25mm rose, aster daisies (that I airbrushed to match the blue in my paper), 10 mm roses, 5mm rosebuds, Red Stamens, pearl sprays, and the dark blue flower is from my stash.

This is the inside of the card, where I used the same baroque motiff stamp, heat embossed with the silver embossing powder again, and added some punched red and blue stars to carry through my patriotic affect.   This was where our thank you message was written.

My main stamped image was placed on the inside of the card on the left hand side.  This cutie is Go Green and she is from the NEW Sampler Collection #5 by Elisabeth Bell exclusively for SCACD!  I took this fun cutie pie image who was holding her pot of flowers and turned her into the patriotic girl for the day!  I added the punched stars to her flower pot and to the top of her hat.  I think she looks perfect for this festive day!

Here is a close up so you can see Miss. Go Green better!  She was colored with Copics and then accented with a white gel pen.  I've added Viva Decor Glitter liner in Ruby, Sapphire, and Hologram to the stars on her hat and in her flower pot.  Her apron lace was also treated with Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Hologram for some extra bling to her outfit!  I so love how she turned out!

I'll leave you with one more image of the front of the card where you can see more of the sparkle from the Smooch spray and also the Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Ruby that was used around the whole flag edge.

Sorry the pictures are a little washed out!  We are getting a new air conditioner, so the main countertop I use for taking pictures is where out patio door is located.  However, we had to put our old air conditioner in that patio door and then block the rest of the door with some foam board (because our new air conditioner will be going where the old one was and the wall had to be fixed up for the new unit) so there is no way I can use my perfect picture coutnertop because there is no light there. :(  I can't wait for our air conditioner project to be done so my house can get back to order and so I can take normal pictures for my blog! :)

I will be back later tonight to edit and add the recipe information!  We are headed out the door to the 4th of July parade and car show! :)

Edit to Add: Card recipe is now complete! :)

Susana also has some new products in the store....make sure you head on over to check them out!  They include: NEW Kraftin' Kimmie Mermaid Stamps, NEW Lockhart Stamps, Basic Grey Oliver and Olivia paper pads, and NEW Webster Pages paper!  Happy Shopping!  

Recipe:
Stamps: Go Green from Sampler Edition #5 by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, Baroque Motiff (SU)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen,
Copic Colors Used: G14, G16, YR00, YR18, YR24, Y23, E000, E00, E08, E09, E11, E21, E99, R02, R22, R46, R59, B21, B24, B26, B29
Papers: SU cardstock
Tools: Fiskars star border punch, Fiskars star punch, Sizzix embossing folder, corner rounder,
Embellishments: Viva Decor Glitter liner in Ruby, Sapphire, and Hologram, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts - Classic Red Rose, 25mm rose, aster daisies, 10 mm roses, 5mm rosebuds, Red Stamens, pearl sprays, dark blue flower from my stash, Karen Foster brads.

♥ Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your day!♥

Milestone Day!

First I want to start by welcoming Elaine, Lori, Alex, and Jacquie to the SCACD DT!  These girls do amazing work, so make sure you stop by their blogs and say hello!  Along with our new members we did a little rearranging with our TIOT teams, so instead of me being on the Tues Team I will now be on the Thurs Team! Again we all do the same challenge, we just split up the inspiration into two days for you!

This week's challenge is the first challenge of the month so that means if you play along you get the chance to win a stamp from Susana's Store!  For the details click, -->here<--.  This week Suzanne has challenged us to create an invitation with a twist...and that twist is to use only RED, WHITE, and BLUE!  In case you haven't noticed the theme this week on my blog is BIRTHDAYS....all of my cards this week have a BIRTHDAY THEME to them because today marks a HUGE MILESTONE in my life:

TODAY is my 30th Birthday!!!!

Seeing how it's my birthday today I thought I would make my invitation a pool party invitation and what better then with a fun beach pail shaped card.  You can find the tutorial, here.

And you can't have a card without some fun Viva Decor Glitter!  I've used the Viva Decor Ruby Glitter Liner to edge my shovel.

Here is the fun inside!  Of course I couldn't resist using the NEW By the Sea by Victoria Case exclusively for SCACD!  I think this is my ultimate favorite one in the collection!  The image has been cut out with my Labels 4 Nestie. The invitation wording has been computer generated. 

This cutie was of course colored with Copics, and accented with a white gel pen.  Of course I had to "paint" her toenails too!

And from this view you can see the shine to the water, water drops and her eyes that has been created with Diamond Glaze.

I hope you have enjoyed my invitation!  Make sure you head over to the SCACD Blog to check out what the other girls have made!  I have school this morning but then I am off to enjoy the rest of my birthday...heck you only turn the BIG 3-0 once!  Good think my weekend starts at Noon TODAY...no more classes until Monday!  Yee-Haw!!!

Recipe:
Stamps: By the Sea by Victoria Case for SCACD, Sentiment (Heidi Grace)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen, SU Markers,
Copic Colors Used: E000, E00, E11, E13, E25, E29, E30, E34, E35, E53, E57, E59, R02, R11, R12, R17, R20, R22, R29, YR00, Y35, Y38, YG95, G85, G99, B000, B21, B24, B28, B32, B45, B91,
Papers: SU cardstock and retired dp
Tools: Spellbinders Labels 4, SU scallop oval and oval punches
Embellishments: Viva Decor Ruby Glitter Liner, Diamond Glaze,

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥

Double The Fun!

This week over at Embellish-Online we have 2 Friday challenges for you! First Danni is hosting the normal weekly DT Friday Challenge which is to "Bring on the Fireworks!" Make a creation to celebrate the 4th of July!

I have used this cute Sarah Kay - Picnic of Daisies stamp! I love how the little girl is looking over her shoulder....so when I created the card I made it as if she is looking over her shoulder to see the fireworks! Cute? Every year friends of ours invite us over to their house to watch the annual fireworks in their city. We always have a great time, and after the fireworks they have a campfire with lots of treats and goodies. For their kindness I have made this thank you card for them!

A close up of my Copic Coloring:

The 2nd challenge is put together by the whole design team! We snuck around behind our Head DT IT-Girl's (Suzy) back and surprised her for her Birthday! We gave her, her very own challenge! So, our second challenge this week is: Happy Birthday Suzy! (Create a Birthday card for Suzy! ) Happy Birthday again hun...I hope you had a wonderful day!

Here is my Birthday card that is going postal to Suzy:

Bring On the Fireworks Card Recipe:
Stamps: Picnic of Daisies by Sarah Kay, Oval All by SU, Background stamp by Inkadoo

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Versamark Dazzle in Champange

Papers: Misc. cardstock and dp from my stash

Tools: SU scallop oval punch

Embellishments: Ric Rac by May Arts, Holographic embossing powder (used on the background stamp), Flowersoft, Ribbon by Walmart, and Firework brads and glitter stars from Archivers

Suzy's Birthday Card Recipe:
Stamps: Swiss Pixie Heidi by CC Designs, SU sentiment
Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Papers: Stampin' Up cardstock, Basic Grey Urban Prairie Collection dp
Tools: MS butterfly punch, EK Success border punch, SU label punch
Embellishments: Roses, Primas, tulle from HL, and diamond stickles used on pixie wings

Don't forget that if you go to my side bar and click on the Embellish-Online link you can get to the shop to get your goodies, and by using the code: GLITTER you will get 20% off your total order! Happy Shopping!

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!