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Hello Stamping Friends,<\/p>\n

Hostess Code for August:\u00a0 WRQKTXMA with Joy as our hostess!<\/p>\n

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Thank you for giving me some of your precious time as I share inspiration to bring a pinch of creativity to spice up your crafting world!<\/p>\n

Today’s inspiration comes from the July swaps!\u00a0 Let’s look at the red, white and blue ones first!\u00a0 I love to decorate the house with cards for the season and now I have some to save forever and put on the end tables and shelves around July 4th.\u00a0 Do you decorate with cards?<\/p>\n

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Joy’s card feels like a 4th of July picnic with a plate of goodies on a red and white tablecloth amidst a garden of flowers!\u00a0 Love it! She used the ‘Encircled In Friendship’ stamp set and the ‘Encircled in Beauty’ dies with Basic White, Paper Blooms DSP, Berry Delightful DSP,\u00a0 Crinkled Seam Binding and Opal Rounds.<\/p>\n

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Jo’s card is another ‘save forever to decorate’ card.\u00a0 She used the ‘Ornamental Christmas’ framelits for the stars, the ‘All Around Wreath’ dies for a red and white layered wreath, the ‘Playful Alphabet’ dies for the lettering of July, and ‘Family Party’ for Happy 4th.\u00a0 Inside she used the ‘Celebrate You’ dies.\u00a0 She sponged with Pacific Point ink to get the shaded blue look on the base!<\/p>\n

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The inside of Sharon’s card was as decorated as the outside and both were beautiful!\u00a0 She used the’ American Celebration’ holiday stamps from Close To My Heart and a 4th of July block stamp for the inside.\u00a0 She used silver, white and aqua tinsel embossing powders with Carousel & silver sparkle embossing glitters.\u00a0 She has a silver star embellishment on the flag, a gold star brad on the fireworks, and blue and red stars from a roll of stickers for the inside.\u00a0 She used a Spots and Dots cuttlebug embossing folder and square dies from Hobby Lobby.\u00a0 Her cardstocks are Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and blue.<\/p>\n

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Lori’s swap card would put a smile on anyone’s face!\u00a0 She made watermelons from the ‘Layering Circle dies’ and a ‘Tasteful Label Die’ for the sentiment.\u00a0 She also used ‘Create With Friends’ stamp set and a Close To My Heart ‘August Word Puzzle’ for sentiments.\u00a0 She used a small flower punch and the ‘Pattern Party’ hostess DSP with Whisper White, Polished Pink, Garden Green and Blushing Bride card stock.<\/p>\n

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Prepare to be wowed, awed and inspired by Ann’s fabulous diorama card!\u00a0 She used the ‘Mountain Air’ stamp set and ‘Majestic Mountain’ dies with a sentiment from Happy Trails by Simple Stories.\u00a0 Her cardstock is Old Olive, Crumb Cake, and Basic White with inks of Early Espresso, Shaded Spruce, Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue, Pool Party and So Saffron.<\/p>\n

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My card is a ‘sort of’ case of one I saw Frenchie Martin post at Frenchie Stamps.com.\u00a0 I used her idea of the ‘Stitched Stars’ with the medium ‘Daisy Punch’\u00a0 and ‘Daisy Punch’ to layer red, white and blue on top of the stars, but I cut the stars in half so they covered more of the card front and I added a different sentiment and ribbon.\u00a0 \u00a0The dies cut out stars that I used on the top of a 1\/2″ Basic White circle and on the inside red and white strips.\u00a0 Do you recognize that Stampin’ Up! red, white and blue ribbon?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 It is the 1\/4″ ‘Quilted Ribbon’ in red and green and I used our ‘Dark Night of Navy Blends’ to color the green to make it blue!\u00a0 \u00a0The sentiment is from the ‘Hey Birthday Chick’ stamp set stamped on a ‘Stitched So Sweetly Die’ with a sponged edge of real red.<\/p>\n

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Recipe for 4th of July Card:<\/h2>\n