Happy 4th of July, my friends!! I’m sharing today a July 4th Table Decoration that I made using the old Stampin’ Up! Petal Cone Die. I made a similar decoration in 2012, and the complete instructions for creating one is found HERE.
One of the interpretations of the Dirty Dozen’s June Theme, Keeping Score, was to use score lines on a project. This 4th of July Hand Fan has many score lines. It is sturdy enough to use in hot weather while outside enjoying a concert and/or watching fireworks on the Independence Day. This photo is of the fan when open.
1 Timothy 2:5 & 6
For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men — the testimony given in its proper time.
This Wednesday is Independence Day, July 4th, and I love cards made to celebrate the occasion. This card is a gate fold card in the shape of a star. I made the card for the Splitcoaststampers Dirty Dozen’s June Theme, “Keeping Score”, and it fits the theme in two ways. One is the special card fold, and the other is the 20 strips on the card front in blue.
Revelations 3:20-22
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.”
Special card folds is a category for the Splitcoaststampers.com Dirty Dozen June Theme, “Keeping Score”. One of my favorite card folds is one that I created in 2013 and that is a gate fold card in the form of a die. I have created many cards this way and thoroughly enjoy it. This is a gate fold card in the shape of an ODBD die, the largest die from the Lavish Layers Dies.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-4
Apostle Paul’s letter to the Thessalonians says, “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come UNTIL [emphasis added] the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction. He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God’s temple, proclaiming himself to be God.”
Flowers!! Beautiful flowers come to my mind when springtime arrives. It is a time when perennial plants emerge from the ground, grow, and bloom into beautiful flowers. Thinking of this, my first card for the Dirty Dozen’s March monthly theme was to include flowers. The card features the Aletnew Beautiful Day Stamp Set, and I could not release it until I finished my time as a Dirty Girl!
The blending colored pencil shavings technique is one that I have not tried before creating this beach scene card. I created the card for the Dirty Dozen Fan Club April Monthly Theme of “Perfect Blend”. It is a birthday card for my special grandson.
Romans 12:3
“For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.”