Going Grey With Scrap-Creations June challenge

Hi stampers!  I made this card for a Red, White and Blue challenge on Scrap-Creations.  I needed a dog congrats for a custom order so I went with the red, white and blue stars.  This is a retired stamp set called Hot Diggity Dog.  I also used the Be a Star stamp set & Star framelits, and the brand new Thoughtful Banners bundle for the sentiment.

I can't wait until the Fourth of July!  Our neighbors put on some amazing firework displays.  We don't even need to leave the house!  We are up so high that I can see a couple of surrounding towns' displays.  It's great not having to deal with bugs and crowds!  Anyway, what do you do on the Fourth?

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I love this fabulous sketch from Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains!  I don't use my Stars Framelits enough so I stuck with the shape.  I noticed that one particular card of mine gets pinned a lot and it's in red and black so I thought I would do another to see if it gets the same attention. 

I used Real Red with Back to Black dsp.  I think it's a sharp combination.  I recently watched a video and saw someone using the Eclectic Paper Piercing pack.  I suddenly realized I had that in my stash and I thought should use it.  It's been sitting on a shelf getting dusty!  I like how the piercing packs give another detail to your card.  I will be using these more often.

Thanks for looking and commenting!  Your feedback means a lot to me.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!  It's been so long since I've posted.  I've been too busy to get to my craft room.  We had a fun Christmas!  I'm looking forward to New Years Day.  We are hosting my husband's family since we weren't able to get together for Christmas.

I have not been able to do any challenges for quite a while!  I went up to my stamp room today and cleaned up quite a bit.  I filled my Stamp n Storage ink pad holder.  I need another one already! Some day I will reorganize my room so that I can fit everything and be able to move.

I was really stumped with this sketch for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge at first.  I had some leftover pieces on my craft desk and I made myself use or put them away.  I had these stars sitting there so I decided to make a birthday card for a future date.  I don't know why, but I tend to go for the masculine cards.  Let me know what you think!

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Oh my stars!

I saw a cut out of stars on a white panel on Pinterest and it inspired me to make this.  I used the Maritime dsp beneath the star.  I am expecting my Stampin' Up! order today and it contains the Lucky Stars embossing folder from the holiday catalog .  I've been thinking about using the new one and remembered I had this Cuttlebug one.  I cut the stars out with the Stars Framelits.  I pulled out Itty Bitty Banners framelits & stamps for the sentiment( #136606).

I don't use red, white and blue very often, except when I am making a card for a soldier.  I'm going to try and stamp a stack of these to send off.  I do like the crisp look of red, white and blue!

I can't wait to get my Big Shot today!  I might have to wait to use it as it is my birthday gift.  I still have a couple of weeks!  Oh well, I can use the other fun products I'm getting!  Stay tuned.