Happy 4th of July Everyone!

Hope every one had a wonderful and safe 4th with friends and family. We had a great block party, getting to know our neighbors which was great! The kids got to set off some fireworks and had a ball doing it. Good food and great conversation! Today I decided to be a little crafty and really wanted to do something patriotic to commemorate the day. I don't have any military stamps or ones with eagles so I had to improvise. I was looking through the images I had left from my last swap and came across the cutest most perfect little girl stamp for what I wanted to do. Talk about luck!!! Because I got this stamp from a swap I am not positive of its name but I think it is called Boat Tilda. Isn't she just adorable.

I first colored here jeans using B91-97 getting the shading just right. I then used some of the colorless blender on an old patch of jeans and laid it over where I colored for just a minute. Look at how great the design showed up on her jeans. Love this technique! Her scarf was colored with R24-29. Also the stripes on her shirt. To add some shadow to her white top I used C-1 to add some shadowing in on the shirt. Her hair was colored with Y21, Y26 and YR24. Her skin was done with E50, E51 and E53 with R20 for her cheeks. Her shows were colored with C1, C2, C4, and C6.

I used Basic Gray cardstock and my nest-abilities to cut out the porthole and then pierced with and added brads to complete the look. The white piece that was added behind the porthole was airbrushed with B41. I remembered that I had a cute little flag in an old boyscout stamp set so I pulled that out and used it so she could be holding the flag. I just love the Bo Bunny paper I used on the card, super cute!!! Finished off the card by adding a sentiment and some ribbon and we are good to go!!!

Well hope you are inspired by what I have shared today. Any questions, let me know. Hope you all had a wonderful and safe 4th of July!!! Happy Birthday America, 235 years young!!!!

Happy Stampin and Scrappin,

Ronda