Patriotic Modified Tri-fold shutter card

Happy July!! Here's a fun card to kick off the patriotic holiday!!

You've got to love a little love for the Red, White and blue! The tri-fold shutter cards are so fun to make! I saw a modified tri-fold shutter card that was made for 12" cardstock. I adapted that using the OWH tri-fold shutter card for 8.5X11 cardstock and here's the result. The finished project is 5 1/2" X 10 1/2". Here's the template.

Stamp set: Let Freedom Ring
Cardstock: Kraft, Cherry Petite Polka Dot, Cherry Chevron, Cherry, Cherry Pinstripe and cobalt.
Ink: Cobalt and Cherry
Other: star trio die set, twinkle stickers - mini stars multi,  twinkle stickers - clear dots, cherry baker's twine, cherry grosgrain ribbon and petite daisies

Have fun playing with this template! You could do a lot of neat cards for holidays and birthdays and thank yous and more! :) I'm also entering this card in the Splitcoast Stampers CC433 Red, White and Blue color challenge. :)

All supplies are a muse studio and can be found in my webstore: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

One more thing - the specials for July are great. There's a ribbon sale and there are super cute stamps and papers on sale too!

Have a wonderfully creative day!!

4th of July B-day Card

Let Freedom Ring! Happy Birthday to the country and all of those 4th of July peeps out there! I'll be celebrating the 4th with a college friend and who knows where we'll end up! It's going to be a grand adventure.

 This card is perfect for a masculine birthday, don't you agree? A kraft cardstock base with Cherry, Navy and Sugar layers. The extraordinary background was stamped first and a sponge dauber was used to edge it with navy. Then the cherry stars (stamped first on scratch paper and then on the background) were added and finally the stars and bars which were carefully inked with the two colors and then stamped. Both of those elements are from Let Freedom Ring.  The kraft sentiment layer was edged in cherry and stamped in navy. The sentiment is from Hey Cupcake. Finally the cherry petite polka dot star was popped up and added. I love how this came out!

 Here's the inside!

Finally, here's a side view of the popped up star on the front of the card. What do you think?

And, here's a 4th of July luminary using the same "let freedom ring" stamp set. Put a battery-operated tea light inside and watch it glow. So cool!

Have a wonderful 4th of July to all my USA friends! and, for my other world friends, enjoy the day!

all products are a muse studio: www.amusestudio.com/seleise

Americana Party Rosette

Are you ready for your Memorial Day or Fourth of July parties? If not, this is a perfect decoration to put together to finish off your look! Pull out your die-cutting machine and start crankin' to put this fun rosette decoration together!!!

The A Muse Studio dies make this a super easy project! First I cut two strips of cherry petite polka dot cardstock with the pointed spellbinder rosette die. The, I cut two blueberry gingham strips with the scalloped edge rosette die. I trimmed the blueberry gingham strips to 1 3/4" width so that the two would layer well so that both colors could be seen. A little red-line tape connected the ends and a little hot glue held the formed rosettes to a base circle. Stars in cherry gingham and plain cherry cardstock were layered on the rosette with the banner die cut in cherry petite polka dot draped across the front. Party from cupcake companion was stamped in cherry ink and layered on as well (some are popped up as you can see in the side view).

What do you think? All supplies (except for the hot glue) are available at www.amusestudio.com/seleise Have a wonderfully creative day!!!