Patriotic Cocoa

2nd post of the day - please scroll down for the Lasting Memories blog hop post!

This is my one and only card that I made to celebrate the 4th of July. When I saw Patriotic Cocoa the other day, I just had to have him!


I used sketch ICS72 for the layout.


And here's some yumminess to share, Mike and I made it last night! It's delicious!


Card Supplies:
Stamp: Patriotic Cocoa ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Memento (Rhubarb Stalk)
Copics: R46, B99, T1, T3, RV21, E53

TFL! I'll be back later with my Christmas in July card!

A Hop for the kickoff of Lasting Memories!

Good morning and Happy 4th of July!

Welcome to the Lasting Memories blog hop! You should have arrived here from Kelli's blog, if not please start back at the beginning HERE.

The first challenge is to create a layout using red, white & blue theme. Be sure to leave comments on each stop during your hop because there is blog candy hidden along the way - to be eligible, you must enter your red, white & blue layout on the Lasting Memories blog, in addition to leaving the comments.

Here is my creation ~

I had such a fun time putting this layout together. I drew a sketch of what I wanted to do the other day and was so pleased that it turned out just the way I envisioned! The large star was cut from the Cricut (George & Basic Shapes cartridge) and the 'firecrackers' were embossed with the Cuttlebug stars embossing folder. The 'New Haven' was cut from the Cuttin' Up cricut cartridge.

Your next stop on the hop is Mandy! I hope you all enjoy the wonderful creations that the team has come up with, I'm excited to see them too!

I'll be back later with a patriotic card and then another Christmas card!

Other challenges entered:
The Cuttlebug Spot - Celebrate Independence Day
For Fun Challenges - card or project showing your country's spirit
Paper Cutz #48 - 4th of July

Happy 4th of July!

I hope you all had a great day with family and friends. I had a nice quiet day at home and then I went to the fireworks with my mom and boyfriend. IKEA (where Mom works) was a sponsor and had a tent and front row seating for us, it was very cool!

Here are a few cards that I created a few weeks ago. I'm not sure who makes the images as they were sent to me by a friend, I think they are very cute.


I used sketches for these but I can't find my notebook to give credit, sorry!

Last night, my boyfriend and I went to see his hometown fireworks, here are a few pics:

Not too bad...I think tonight's were better, but I'm too tired to download and resize them right now. I think I got enough decent shots to have some good scrapbook pages for this year.

Goodnight!