I do not have a green thumb. My mom does. When I was growing up there were always plants everywhere; many were in macrame hangers. The hanger in this set totally reminds me of all those macrame hangers!

Putting this pot together took some effort. First I die cut and stamped all the images; then, I played around with positioning/layering. Once I had it the way I wanted, I had to glue it together (this was the tricky part – not much overlapped enough to hold it together). I glued some of the greenery together and then, from the back, taped it to pot. To hold it all together, I strategically positioned dimensional adhesive.

I did a twine frame around the card – thought the twine was a good compliment to the “macrame”.

The happy word die cut is a perfect match for the same word in the sentiment! I die cut a couple and glued them together and then over the sentiment for a little more dimension.

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This is my last July 4th card. I used an old set, but one that I know is perfect for my father-in-law.

I love the inspiration piece for this month’s Papertrey Ink Blog Hop:

The colors are what strike me first, and then the soft watery feel. Those are the things I used when making my card:

The background and shells are done on watercolor paper – all my supplies are listed below. The background was washed with a few different distress inks, splattered with a marker – I loved the speckled background in the inspiration photo. One of the first things I decided when making the card was what I was going to use for the background plant – it is actually a Mistletoe image!

The shells are also first washed with a pale color, and then wet stamped with the 2nd and 3rd images for each shell. I do wish I had an outline image for the shells, I think that would have set them off from the background much better.

I struggled with how to do a sentiment (I didn’t even have a sentiment picked out when I started). Eventually I decided the banners with the shells on top helped the shells to stand out.

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In my search for inspiration for July 4th cards, I found a few gorgeous flower cards and that got me thinking out of the box. When I saw the flip flops in my index, I knew this would be a perfect set to use for my sister. When I saw this card by Kara, I had to CASE it.

I changed up the colors to make it patriotic. The thongs are glitter paper – her flip flops are always full of bling! And instead of hearts, I used stars to keep with the theme.