4th of July Granny

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

In celebration of our freedom and this wonderful country we call home, I had to create one more card for this fabulous U.S. holiday. Thank you to all the brave service men and women who have fought for our country.  Your courage and sacrifice mean everything.  

Happy Independence Day to All!

This Granny is excited to be celebrating!  She's a rockin in her chair!

I placed her on a round card base, so she literally rocks.  LOL!

I stamped the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers, listed below.  The accessories were die cut with the corresponding dies from the #5494 - Front Porch Patriotic set but the Granny was fussy cut.  I also paper pieced her outfit using the #6090 - Patriotic PP.  This paper pack is SO full of beautiful papers in the Red, White and Blue.  

I placed the flag into her hand and curled her fingers around the pole so that she looked like she was waving it.  Just make sure to color the backside of her hand.  😀  I popped her up onto a white circle,

 cut with the #5064 - Double Stitched Circle dies.  I also popped up several of the accessories.

I die cut the numbers out of red cardstock using the #5911 - Large Numbers dies.  The sentiment is from the same set as the Granny (#5422 - Rock on Laugh Lines).

That's it for me today!  Hope you all have a safe and fun 4th of July weekend!

Keep creating!

Copics used:  E000, E00, E01, E11

E31, E33, E35, E51, E53

R20, R24, R27, R29

N0, N1, N2    B34    Y15, Y17

Group Selfie

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Doesn't this image just scream girlfriend fun?  Haven't we all tried reaching our arm out as far as possible to get the perfect group selfie only to see that half of our face is missing?  LOL!  

I used the #4130 Picture Perfect stamp set for a friend's birthday card.  I know she'll get a kick out of it cuz it will bring back fun times.

I stamped the image onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers, listed below.   I used the middle flag die from the #5133 Flag Double Stitched die set to cut the three colorful flags peering out the side of the image.  I mounted the image on a piece of black cardstock and backed with a larger white piece to imitate a polaroid picture.  I die cut the word "Smile" and the banner die from dies I had in my stash.

That's it for me today.  Hope you enjoyed my card and thanks for joining me.

Have a great day and keep creating!

Copics used:  E000, E00, E01, E11

E30, E31, E33, E35, E50, E51, E53

N0, N1, N2, N4

B000, B41, B45

Y13, Y15, Y17, R20, R22

V12, V15

YR12, YR14, YR16, YR21, YR24

Border flare

Good Morning!  It's almost Turkey Day!  I hope all of you are planning a nice quiet family time.  

The Art Impressions challenge this week is all about Borders.  I created my card today using the AI Full of Thanks set and the Flag Double Stitched dies.  I stamped the plump cute turkey on a card size piece of cryogen white paper.  I colored him with copic markers and stamped his shirt on patterned paper and cut it out freehand.  I love this look, it just adds personality to the image.  The border is designed using the flag double stitched die with the flag on both sides.  Then I cut each piece in half and placed off the card in various lengths.  After I was satisfied with how they fell to highlight the turkey, I glued them down and cut off the card sides to the dimension of the finished card that I wanted.

Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!  Stay safe and healthy!