Celebrating the 4th with CC2C

Welcome back to another cross country creating adventure with Karen Hallam in CA and myself here in PA. This month we’re traveling West to East, so Karen chose our direction. She chose to celebrate our country’s 250th birthday with a patriotic theme. Here’s Karen’s celebratory card…you can head over to Karen’s blog to get all the details HERE. And here’s what I came up with… To create this 8″x 3 1/2″ slimline card, I once…

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Celebrate Freedom for #tttc294

It’s time for a new Tic Tac Toe Challenge. Take a look at the fun challenge board Cindy created this week. I chose the bottom row across: Gems, Stencil, Word Die With Memorial Day designated as the “unofficial” start of summer, we here in the US celebrate a few patriotic holidays. I don’t send out patriotic cards nor do I receive any. However, I do make one each year to display at home. So here’s…

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Stars and Stripes Forever – PP646

  With June winding down and July quickly approaching, I thought it would be fun to create a patriotic card in honor of the 4th of July.  I don’t necessarily send cards for the 4th, so this one will just be displayed amongst my patriotic decor.  Perhaps I’ll put it in a simple frame to use year after year. I used paper that I had in my stash for the distressed wood background and the…

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Patriotic Cracker Boxes for #TTTC209

I’m sharing a 3D project today for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #tttc209.  It’s been a while since I created a 3D project, so I was happy to use the “Anything but a Card” element on the board.  In honor of the upcoming Memorial Day holiday and unofficial start of summer, here’s what I came up with… Take a look at the challenge board, created by my friend, Jeanie, HERE.  I chose the center column down:…

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