Jun 30 2008
100,000 hits and some Neighborhood inspiration!!!
Amazing! Almost overnight we FLEW by 100,000 hits on my Blog! Thank you for being so supportive and checking frequently on my Blog. I hope I provide inspiration for you. I’m going to hold off to do Blog Candy until next week because my son is in town and my husband is on vacation this week. We have some mini getaways planned. Stay tuned!
Funny how inspiration comes from things around us. I saw this house ad for Pier One and immediately thought about recreating it into card form. (A scrapbook page would be cute done with this idea, too!)
I had purchased the Neighborhood wheel a couple months ago, but hadn’t used it. So I wheeled it in Basic Black across some white cardstock. Then I wheeled it again across Brilliant Blue cardstock. I stamped one small star from Classic Backgrounds randomly with Whisper White all over a couple houses on the Brilliant Blue. Then paper pieced the Brilliant Blue star houses onto the Whisper White copy. I used a red marker to hand draw the stripes and colored in roof lines and Barely Banana marker for the windows. Oh yes…I cut out each small window in the Blue houses with my paper snips. I used Garden Green, Sahara Sand and Bashful Blue markers for the bushes, steps and clouds.
I finished the card by stamping Time to Celebrate in Basic Black ink. Then punched a large and small star with a center white mini brad. I still have almost a full roll of the red/white/blue ribbon that Stampin’ Up! used to sell, so I pulled it out to wrap around the card, too. I added a quick row of piercing under the word Celebrate. I think it turned out CUTE and a fun way to celebrate the 4th of July holiday.
I hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July holiday!
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What a great interpation of your inspiration. Love your ideas. I just became a subscriber to your blog. Enjoy your mini getaways. Happy 4th to you and yours! Darlene L
This is a great card!!!
Way too cute! Enjoy your son while he is here and enjoy the holiday as well!
Connie, Truly an inspired card! Don’t you just love it when the lightbulb comes on like that! Love the card, so cute!