Friday, July 4, 2014

Happy 4th of July!

Making a card this morning wasn't on my agenda.  But since my agenda doesn't really start until this afternoon with my grandson's 3:45 baseball game, why not?  Besides, ever since I saw this photo in the Birds and Blooms Magazine,





I've been meaning to put one of these colorful birds on a card,  a perfect specimen for 4th of July and an Operation Write Home card.  The bird and nest are old CTMH stamps and the saying is a stamp from Cracker Box Palace.  Generally cards without a lot of extra fru fru, make good guy cards, which was my intention here.  

 

Challenges to which I am submitting this card include:

Splendiferous Creations Happy 4th! Bloggers Challenge - Red, White, and Blue
Brown Sugar Challenge #101 - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge #238 - Stars or Stripes or both
JellyPark Friends Friday Challenge - Red, White and Blue
Sister Act Card Challenge #64 - Anything Goes
4 Crafty Girlz Challenge #21 - Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs July Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenge #266 - Things with Wings
The House That Stamps Built DCC#72 - Fur or Winged Things
Word Art Wednesdays Challenge #139 - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations Challenge #98 - Anything Goes, Patriotic Colors
The Kraft Journal Challenge #178 - Red, White and Blue (The nest is stamped on Kraft paper.)
Come and Get It Challenge - Animals
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge #6 - Anything with Wings
Scrap It Girl Color Challenge July -  Navy, Cream, Red, Kraft

Ahhh.  The sun has come out;  it's not too hot;  a bit of a breeze is blowing;  should be a lovely day for picnics and my grandson's baseball game this afternoon.  We had wicked weather last evening and that game was rescheduled for 8:15am Saturday.  It's a good hour from where we live.  That means we'll need to get up @ 6....  oh my,  that's early!  One thing's for sure.... I won't be making a card tomorrow am!

23 comments:

  1. Love your creation......
    Thanks for sharing with us at CraftyCatz this week....
    Hope your 4thJuly celebrations are going well.x

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  2. Fantastic card hun, thanks for joining our red, white and blue challenge at Jellypark friends, Gaynor xx

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  3. LOL...love the sentiment! Great card~
    Thanks for playing along this week at Come and Get It!
    Julie

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  4. Love your little bird, great sentiment, thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar this week

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  5. Great 4th of July card. Love it. Thanks for joining us at Come And Get It challenge. Bunny- DT

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  6. Wow, I never knew these birds existed! How cool! What a fabulous card. Happy 4th! Best, CG

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  7. Such a lovely card. Love the sentiment. Awesome! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrap It Girl!

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  8. LOL Love, love, LOVE it, Debi!! Perfect for red, white, and blue combos.

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  9. Gorgeous!!

    Thanks for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams and I hope we see you again soon!

    Hugz

    Laurian
    Owner Dragonfly Dreams

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  10. Hi! Great card! The bird is so adorable. I like the stripy paper too! Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Catz! Ingrid, the GDT x

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  11. Love your card, thanks for joining us at Artistic Inspirations. Louise x

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  12. lovely card, and image perfect for this challenge, Thanks for joining us at artistic inspirations and good luck Pam DT x

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  13. Sweet card, Debi. :)
    Thanks for joining us at Crafting by Designs this month!
    Hugs,
    Sanja DT

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  14. LOL! I love the sentiment! And I love how you were inspired by the picture to color you bird red, white, and blue. LOVE IT! Thank you so much for joining us at Scrap It Girl! :)

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  15. very nice card, thanks for joining us at Scrap It Girl

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  16. This is such an adorable card!

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  17. Cool idea! Thanks for taking part at Scrap It Girl Challenge!

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  18. This is a wonderful card! Love the colors! Thanks for joining us over at Scrap It Girl!

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  19. So cute! I love birds, too. Thanks for playing along at Scrap It Girl.

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  20. Cute card! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrap It Girl! :)

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  21. way to find inspiration! Thanks for taking the Scrap it Girl challenge this month!

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  22. Adorable card! Thanks for playing along with Scrap It Girl!

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