Color Hues #44 and NBUS #40

The new Color Hues challenge gave me an excuse to break out a NBUS stamp set and change direction on a birthday card for my grandson Ryan, whose birthday is today.   Have you heard?  The entire Design Team is playing cards with Michele (I Card Everyone) for a red and blue challenge. 

I got the fireworks on clearance at MFT a while ago.  I don't usually make 4th of July cards but I thought the set would make a great masculine celebratory one.  I stamped and clear heat embossed most of the elements, adding Sparkling Snow embossing powder to some.  Using my WaffleFlower A2 dies, I cut borders in red and blue and added a sentiment from MFT. 

I'm also sending this to the lovely Darnell's NBUS challenge.  Actually it's her birthday today too.  Have a happy day, Darnell. 

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Stretch Your Stamps with Kelly and W & W

One of these years I'm going to be able to participate in World Card Making Day.  It seems that is always when I'm busiest.   Kelly Griglione issued a challenge from the Winnie and Walter blog on that day to "Stretch Your Stamps".  You know.  Look at them in a new way.  I don't have a ton of image stamps other than flowers but I even found a flower stamp that I could use for the challenge.

Believe it or not those fireworks are a dandelion stamp from MFT.  I embossed them in gold, white and red.  The red sank into the navy cardstock so with the help of my MISTI, I first embossed in white and then stamped over it with VersaMark and embossed it again in red.    The sentiment from W&W's Let's Party was also embossed in gold.  I added a little border of red sparkly paper for some added sizzle.

Thanks for the challenge, Kelly.  I'll keep looking for new ways to stretch my stamps.