Red, White and Blue Wish Big

How's your June going so far? I hope great! The summer is here and the outdoors is calling me, which makes it difficult to stay focused on things that I need to get done, because I keep looking for a reason to be outside. Apart from feeling a bit distracted, I've been getting ready for my son's 19th birthday and graduations of friend's that are coming up this weekend, which means cards.
I thought that I'd join in the Friday Blogger's Challenge with this card.

I did stay focused yesterday and got all my cutting and prepping done for this month's card classes. I'm looking forward to getting back to stamping with everyone again this month especially since we're making the Patriotic and Masculine themed cards. I used the Square Lattice textured embossing folder on each card, along with the Inlaid Embossing Technique (click here for a how-to video tutorial) for a couple of the cards. The stampset for this card is  Word Play . It's loaded with great sentiments, especially the "Wish Big" sentiment. The fact that it's big and bold makes it a great focal point for a card. If you'd like to join us this month for any of my classes, check out my calendar for details. My first class for the month is this Tuesday, 6/14, at Tumbleweed Recreation Center.

Have a great day and thanks a bunch for stopping by :-)

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Uncle Sam Want YOU...

I used Dawn Olchefske's cute, punched Uncle Sam as the theme for one of the cards for my June Patriotic-Masculine themed class and changed him up a little bit. I thought I'd leave the sentiment up to the stamper's in my class. The "Happy Birthday" from Messages for Mom fits perfectly, but I also printed up some other sentiments. Since it's definitely Patriotic looking, I created a "Happy 4th of July", also an "Uncle Sam Wants YOU..." with a card insert that says, "...to have a Happy Birthday!" Just some fun options to personalize the cards a little bit.
I ventured a tad from the traditional Red, White and Blue, and used River Rock in lieu of White, Not Quite Navy and Cherry Cobbler, with So Saffron and Very Vanilla accents.

Hand Stamped Sentiments is having a Paper Piecing challenge this week, so thought that I'd enter this card into the challenge. Lots of cute cards and inspiration in this week's challenge.
Thanks so much for taking a look...hope that you're having a great day!

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June Masculine-Patriotic Card Class

This month's card class features Masculine and Patriotic themed cards. I'll be offering this class at Tumbleweed Recreation Center on June 14 (306TW.431 - 10 AM; 307TW.431 - 7 PM) and again at my house on June 21 (10 AM; 1:30 PM; 7 PM); Class Fee - $15. You can view my calendar for more details. If you can't make any of the classes, but would love to make the cards, let me know and you can stop by and pick up a kit. Just allow 10 minutes to get your stamping done and then you can be on your way :-) I'd love to have you join us this month, if you can. 

If you live long-distance but would like to make these cards, you can purchase the PDF tutorials for this class below. My PDF tutorials include a thorough and detailed list of supplies and dimensions along with step-by-step instructions and photographs to give you written and visual instruction for creating the cards above. The cost of the PDF class (which includes directions for all of the above) is $3.95 and can be purchased by clicking on the "Buy Now" button. The PDF will be emailed to you within 24 hours. Thanks for stopping by :-)

Masculine and Patriotic Card PDF - $3.95