Happy 4th of July! CTMH With Love, 4th of July Card

Here's to a safe and happy 4th of July!

Remember to keep a bucket of water on hand for the kids to dip their spent sparklers in! Sparklers burn hot enough to melt gold and they aren't fun to step on (yes, this is from personal experience!).

This oldie was lifted from a fellow CTMH consultant (lifting is when you copy a card pretty much exactly). I made it a while ago so I don't remember who I lifted from but it is a GREAT 4th of July card!

Materials Used:

• Paper: Dutch Blue cardstock, White Daisy Cardstock
• Stamp Set: With Love
• Ink: Cranberry, Dutch Blue
• Other: Liquid Glass

CTMH Deal of the Day FREE Spool of White Organdy Ribbon Sunday, 21 June/ Birthday Card using CTMH With Love for Underwater Fish Card

Happy Father's Day!

Close to my Heart's Deal of the Day for Sunday, 21 June is a FREE 25 yard spool of White Organdy Ribbon 3/8" ($6.95 value!) with any Acrylix stamp set purchase!

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Organdy ribbon adds such a soft sparkle to projects its sure to come in handy for all your projects. Did you know you can also custom dye your ribbon? Just take a bit of ribbon and either re-inker (in a small plastic jar like our Craft Jars) or your regular ink pad. If using re-inker simply dip and let dry. When I use a stamp pad, I take something like a sponge dauber and press the ribbon into the pad to pick up the color. Let the ribbon dry and I'd also suggest for polyester based ribbons a bit of heat setting with your iron.

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The Happy Birthday card above is one I made for my son's 10th B'day. He loves fish and this card was just perfect for him. I didn't have any Autumn Terracotta organdy for the photo clip fish's tail so I custom dyed some Taffy organdy ribbon to match by clip by pressing it into the ink pad. This stamp set actually uses the flower set "With Love" to create an underwater garden!

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Products used:

Paper: Heavenly Blue Cardstock

Inks: Hollyhock, Topiary, Dutch Blue, Gray Flannel, Autumn Terracotta

Stamp Sets: With Love, Happy Birthday, Simple Stitches (for the starfish)

Other: Autumn Terracotta Photo Clip, Liquid Glass, Organdy Ribbon