Shana Gaff
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Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

Happy 4th of July weekend!  I know it's a day after, but I think a lot of people are celebrating the entire weekend so I still consider today as part of the holiday. :) This is why I chose this particular code word for our new challenge at Addicted to CAS, where I am the hostess this week:
All I can think of right now is fireworks, and I knew exactly what I wanted to do!  Never mind the fact that I woke up at 7:00 yesterday morning and realized I only had about an hour of time to make my card AND blog it before we got busy for the rest of the weekend!  YIKES!  This is why I love CAS challenges. lol
I used The Friday Mashup challenge to do a waterwash CAS card and the colors from colourQ on my card.

Exactly what I was looking for for my card!  I love it when things come together just as you had envisioned. :) 
I just love the new Flower Patch stamp set. It's photopolymer so you can see exactly where you are stamping and it has a coordinating framelit set. If you stamp the images on a piercing mat the images turn out perfect every time! I thought this particular flower could double as fireworks and they turned out pretty good! I added a bit of silver Dazzling Details and some rhinestones to add to the firework effect.

Thanks for stopping by. Make sure to stop by the rest of the design team, as well as our guest designer, Cathy. She has a beautiful card to share with us this week!

15 comments:

  1. Hi Shana and hope your are enjoying your 4th July weekend. Great code word and your flower/stars are beautiful against that gorgeous background.

    Marie

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  2. This is gorgeous Shana, love the sky and how brilliantly u used flower stamp for fireworks :)

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  3. Happy 4th of July weekend Shana - hope you are having a good time! I wish I could make a card as quickly as you do - it takes me days rather than minutes!!!!
    The end result is fabulous - love the fireworks in the sky, and your colouring is fab, Thanks for a brilliant Code Word!
    Sylvia x

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  4. Fun code word - beautiful use of the colors on this card!

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  5. How clever to use that FLower Patch floral for fireworks! Awesome! So glad you played with us at the CQC and used our colors!

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  6. such a cool take on the challenge and all done in an hour! I love you went with fireworks and the repeat stamping of the sentiment looks fab x

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  7. Fantastic design Shana. Love your fireworks for the July 4th celebrations! Loll xx

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  8. Great card, perfect for this holiday weekend! The watercolor wash looks fantastic.

    Thanks for joining us at The Friday Mashup!

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  9. I'd never have guessed that was from a flower stamp set - what a great idea using it as fireworks! Love the inky background! Thanks for playing along at Colour Q!

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  10. Fun card - love that you used a flower for fireworks!

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  11. Very cute card! You did a fantastic job at mashing up both challenges!

    Thank you for joining us at The Friday Mashup.

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  12. Hi Shana, gorgeous card, love the inky bg and that you used a flower stamp as a firework, cool idea, Cathy x

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  13. I say BRAVO for this card - the first thing I thought of was the line in the USA national anthem - Bombs bursting in air!! I am just so impressed with the patriotic feel I got from this card!!

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  14. I love your fireworks! Great card, lovely lady!! xx

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  15. Shana, I love this card and it was such a great challenge. It really reminds me of the 4th July fireworks we watched this year. Gorgeous
    Jaydee

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