Thoughts of a Grasshopper

Another birthday card for the OWH blog tour. I seem to be stuck on using crumb cake with the red, white and blue theme. Stamps: Punched Posies, Occasional Quotes CS: Night of Navy, Real Red, Crumb Cake, WW Ink: Night of Navy, Real Red (pad & marker), Garden Green, Crumb Cake Misc.: 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain, rhinestone brad, dimensionals, 3/4" circle punch, scallop edge border punch Don't forget to check out the OWH blog for the tour. I hope everyone has a great Independence Day celebration.

Today is the day for the OWH blog tour . It goes live at 3 p.m. PST. I just got my OWH stamp to use on the back of my cards so they don't end up in the "hospital" when I send them in. The day the stamp arrived, my son stamped his arm and said it is his tattoo. He is trying to show off some muscle in the pic. *grin* For this tour, we were asked to make a red, white & blue birthday card or a birthday card in general. I wanted to make a ribbon flower and ended up using it as the center for the paper daisy. Details below. Stamps: On Your Birthday CS: WW, Crumb Cake, Night of Navy, Real Red (base for ribbon flower) Ink: Real Red marker Misc.: Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Border, Texturz Backgrounds #1, 5/8" Real Red grosgrain, Paper Daisies, Sticky Strip, Glue Dots 1. The base of the card is made with Crumb Cake. I cut a piece of crumb cake 3" x 4-1/4" to run through the Big Shot with the texture plate and then sponged. 2. Punch a piece of Night ...