Friday, July 3, 2009

Oh Say Can You See Blog Hop

I'm so glad you could join the SNR Card Universe Blog Hop today. If you came from Lorie Ames blog you are on the right track! If you didn't, you may want to hop to SNR Card Universe and start at the beginning.


Let's get started, shall we? Today I have a red, white and blue card to share with you.


I know you have a lot more blogs to check out, so we'll keep this short and sweet.


1. I adhered aluminum foil to a piece of cardstock. Then I applied alcohol inks in denim and red pepper, leaving some of the silver showing through. I spritzed it with alcohol to get splatters.


2. I ran the cardstock through the cuttlebug with the diamonds in the rough embossing folder. Then I took a staz-0n pad in ultramarine and smooshed it over the raised diamonds.


3. I stamped "U.S.A..." onto white cardstock, and cut it out with a nestability oval die. I took a red staz-0n pad and distressed the paper, with spatters and edging. Set aside to dry.


4. I stamped the large awareness ribbon onto white cardstock, coloring with a red marker and a blue marker. Then I cut it out and adhered pop dots on the back.


5. I cut a piece of red cardstock 4" x 3/4". I punched a whole and secured a blue star brad. Then I adhered it to the front of the card.


6. I had a silver flag charm, which I colored with blue and red alcohol ink, rubbing some off to give it a distressed look. I adhered that to the bottom of the oval with a silver brad. Then I adhered it to the red cardstock with adhesive.


7. I adhered the cut out awareness ribbon to the front of the card, and layered it onto red cardstock, white cardstock, and blue cardstock.


Today I would like to give away the awareness ribbon stamp, along with the U.S.A. ... because of the brave stamp to a lucky person who leaves a comment on this blog. I will take comments until 11:00 p.m., Sunday, July 5th. The winner will be drawn by a random number generator. Please leave a way for me to get in contact with you in your comment, as blogger does not furnish me with any information as to who you are, and I would hate for you to win and then me not be able to contact you.


I hope you have enjoyed my blog today, and I hope you have a safe and wonderful 4th of July. Next on the hop is Melissa Banian, so be sure to visit her blog.

81 comments:

  1. I already have those great stamps, but wanted to tell you your card is fabulous!!!

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  2. Great card! I love your background technique!

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  3. Very cool technique! Super duper fun card! Have a great 4th!

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  4. Happy 4th. Great card...now back to the hop.

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  5. Awesome card!! I LOVE that stamp!!! Happy 4th!! sillyscrap@aol.com

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  6. What a fabulous background and great card! TFS! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies! Have a Happy 4th of July!

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  7. Love the card and the stamp- I can see so many uses for it!
    Happy 4th
    Dawn in SC
    http://dawnluvs2scrap-dawn.blogspot.com/

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  8. Love your card TFS! Love the stamps

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  9. oooh I luv luv the card and the folder you use :)

    Giving away a cuttlebug machine and new folders, don't forget to enter your card in the challenge it fits the patriotic theme this week.:)
    Maggie
    http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com

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  10. What a great card. It looks more complicated than it is. Thank you for the explanation. I will have to try it....

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  11. what a great card- thanks for playing!

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  12. WOW!! What a spectacular card, and so perfect for this spectacular day!! Gorgeous!!

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  13. Love your card! I've never seen any technique like that. Happy 4th!! dennicookie@embarmail.com

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  14. Such a stunning background. Thanks for taking the time to share this fun technique. Really wonderful patriotic card. Happy 4th.

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  15. BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE......I love it.

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  16. Thanks for sharing how you made that great background! I hope you have a very happy and safe 4th! akagreenhouse@hotmail.com
    Cathy

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  17. Very nice card...HAPPY 4th...HUGS...SK :)

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  18. wonderful project. I gotta try this technique. Thanks for sharing

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  19. what a lovely card!!! How's Sebastian these days?? Hope the humidity isn't too bad. margaeli at aol dot com

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  20. I love your card. It is absolutely beautiful! Great Work!
    Have a great 4th of July!

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  21. Great card and what easy to follow instructions.

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  22. Wow... aren't you super creative. I'll be back to follow the instructions. Thanks for participating in the hop.. enjoy your holiday.

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  23. terrific card! love that embossed BG and technique with the inks! it looks super!
    Thanks for playing along at cuttlebug challenge blog!
    michelle.
    http://www.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/

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  24. This is a great card. Thanks for the instructions. Thanks for sharing and being a part of Scrapbook News and Review Card Universe's Oh Say Can You See blog hop!

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  25. Great card TFS

    Happy 4th of July

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  26. great cards, Becky and a beautiful blog layout! Thanks for the candy offer, too. Donna B. berkhof@bresnan.net

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  27. I'm going to have to try embossing foil--very cool!
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  28. Awesome card!

    jtaylorsmom at yahoo dot com

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  29. Wonderful card and lots of work involved in this one, the embossing foil looks great, haven't tried it out yet...
    Happy 4th of July....

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  30. Love what you did with the stamps. Lots of work was put into this card.
    one_who_crops at hotmail dot com

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  31. What a clever technique!! Love the end result! I have BIG blog candy on my blog, too, and would love for you to hop on over and enter!!

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  32. I do like this card......bookmarked and will come back later to review how you did it. Thanks for sharing.
    Diana Enns
    dj_enns@yahoo.com

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  33. what a unique card.

    Happy 4th of July!

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  34. Lovely card thanks for letting me hop visit awhile and enter the blog candy giveaway!Happy 4th!Ina

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  35. Love your card and background technique. Happy 4th

    diane
    tdharris1@cox.net

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  36. very pretty
    sondra agathakis
    boogirl50@msn.com

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  37. I love it. It's very unique card.

    Happy 4th of July!

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  38. Amazing what you can do with Aluminum foil!

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  39. Absolutely STUNNING card!!!!! Great tutorial too! Have a wonderful 4th! I'm in Florida too - near Ft. Lauderdale! Where are you? gassgirl340@yahoo.com

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  40. happy card for a happy fourth! rush8888@att.net

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  41. What a cool background technique! Thanks for sharing!

    freida38801@yahoo.com

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  42. Love your card. It is beautiful! Thanks for the giveaway!
    kweight@byu.net

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  43. so fancy! Thanks for the instructions. I will definitely have to try this.

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  44. Amazing card. Thanks for sharing. Nnitabugg@gmail.com

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  45. Great idea to use aluminum foil with alcohol inks and then emboss it! I love, love, love the look.

    Thank you for sharing.

    Helen Onulak
    My blog: http://www.hookedonstamping.com
    My email:
    heleno@myctmh.com

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  46. Oh My your card is `gorgeous`

    `Thanks` for joining the Cuttlebug Challenges !!!!
    Enjoy the rest of your weekend:)

    Terrie@
    http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/

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  47. Love your card and the very cool technique. Thanks for the instructions.

    mrssgbj@yahoo.com

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  48. Terrific card. Thanks for sharing the technique. Have a great 4th.

    Sheila
    n2kids61@yahoo.com

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  49. Lovely card...those stamps are too cute...

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  51. forgot my e-mail
    Mcavoy_carolyn@yahoo.com

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  52. Great tutorial! Love the idea and it's great inspiration to try something new. Thanks and
    Happy 4th to you and yours.

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  53. Love the background, very cool. Must get out my alcohol inks.

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  54. A beautiful card and that background is just fabulous. Many thanks for the tutorial! Another way to use my alcohol inks and embossing folders!!

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  55. Gorgeous card!! I LOVE the awareness ribbon!!
    nwise@metrocast.net

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  56. Thanks for the fab tutorial and your wonderful card...great eye candy!

    simplyelegantpapercrafts@hotmail.com

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  57. Great card. Happy 4th of july. Thanks for giving us a chance to win. Just click on my name and you should have my email. I'll come back to check,

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  58. The foil and the diamonds looks so cool! Awesome card!
    funkyj25@yahoo.com

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  59. Happy 4th of July!
    Love your card.
    Betty B
    jmbbjb1@msn.com

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  60. Great card ~ I love the embossed foil ~ what a fun idea!

    jstanisch(at)aol(dot)com

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  61. Love your card and the technique you used.

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  62. Very cool card! dclouser@gmail.com

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  63. Great card!

    Thanks for playing along with us!

    Hanneke,
    Proud DT member @ Cuttlebug Challenge Blog

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  64. What a great stamp to give as a prize. Thanks and happy 4th from the UK

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  65. I love your card! It is so unique and beautiful! Hope you're having a wonderful 4th of July weekend!!

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  66. What a lovely technique you featured.

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  67. I love how you used aluminum foil here...that's a fantastic idea. Thank you so much for sharing!

    Kristina
    alteredtome@gmail.com

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  68. I love the background on your card! What a great idea! my email is tugboat318@aol.com

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  69. Thanks for sharing your patriotic 4th of July card. Please enter me in the drawing & thanks. Nelda Deakins
    nelda mc765 @ charter .net

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  70. OOPS! Sent before I got my name on it! Thanks for sharing your patriotic 4th of July card. Please enter me in the drawing & thanks. Nelda Deakins
    nelda mc765 @ charter .net

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  71. WOW!!! Look at that fabulous background!! It's stunning!!

    Thanks for playing along with us at the CCB!!
    **Jackie**
    http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com

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