Late for the 4th

Well these 4th of July projects did not get posted on time, but better late than never. LOL

The card is a regular A2 sized card that I made a chevron cut file for along with a 3D star. I thought it was a cute take on the traditional stars and stripes.

The firecracker is a little treat box.

I also had high hopes for another card. It started out as a "good idea" ...

  

Striped paper with 3D stars. But then I thought it would be so cool if I made the front of the card with star cut outs and had the stars attached to the back layer.

It was not until I had the card made that I realized my mistake. If the stars are cut from one side of the card and more stars are attached to the other side, THERE IS NO ROOM LEFT TO WRITE! LOL

Oh well, live and learn. :)

Fourth of July Decorations

I made some cute July 4th party decorations. 


You may remember seeing the card files I gave out last year with the star cutouts. Well, I simplified the star cutouts and made these cute rockets.


The rocket sitting down is a treat box that is 4 inches by 2 inches without the lid.

It is about 6inches by 3 inches with the lid. 

I added some cute little curls to give it a little something extra. I put Stickles on them but it does not show up in the picture.

Then I came up with the idea that the rocket could be put on a stick to be added to a party centerpiece  or place in the ground to line the sidewalk.

It is a hollow tube and the cone is glued on top. It would also look great suspended from the ceiling and with streamers hanging from it.

Then looking at the star cutouts made me think of napkin rings.

Then when I was making the napkin rings, I thought they would make adorable bracelets!

(Man, if you give a crafter an idea, she will think of 5 more...LOL)

The backdrop is 2 pieces of scrapbook paper that I bought YEARS ago and have had stashed away just for an occasion like this. (Asky page and a grass page.)  I love how it added some pep to the pictures. :)

The files for these Patriotic Party Decorations are available on my Etsy shop.

I have a lot more ideas for the Fourth' but I don't know if I will get to them all. We will have to see.

Seeing stars

Hello bloggers, hope you are having a great Memorial Day! I have a patriotic card for you. It is my DT card for the Paper Crafting World Memorial Day Challenge.

This cute little guy is made from one of Melin's cut files over at Paper Crafting World. He is actually the "boy bear blowing bubbles" file but I decided this pose was just perfect to hold up a little flag.

(you can click the name of the folder and purchase this adorable file of Melin's for just $2)

I made a cute little cut file for the "fun flag" behind the bear.(see link at bottom of post)  Memorial Day makes me think of picnics so I thought of the red and white checks. For the stars, I knew I could not fit 50 stars in that little space and expect my cutter to tackle the job. I decided to just use a few stars and vary the sizes.

While making the stars, I went ahead and made some simple card  and embellishment files that have stars cut out of them. I have not made projects with them yet but wanted to go ahead and share the cut files so here are some pictures of the files.

These cards start off as 8.5 by 5.5. Once you fold them they are 5.5 by 4.25 (A2)

These cards are 11 by 4.25 and fold at the top to make an A2 card.

These files include a cut out to put on a project, a front panel for an A2 card and a card that will fold over to make an A2 card.

These files are no longer available. If you really, really want them, you can email me at

papercompulsions@gmail.com 

and I will send them to you. 

Head on over and join us for the Paper Crafting World Memorial Day challenge. The theme is, of coarse, Memorial Day and you are just required to use a cut file on your project.