This Patriotic July 4th Red, White, and Blue Birthday Card is one you can make with colored cardstock strips adhered at an angle to a base piece of cardstock, then embossed. This card is embossed with the Swirls of Magic Embossing Folder, a brand-new product just released this week at Stampin’ Up! in the Online Exclusives! You will find it is part of a Halloween suite, but as you can see, the swirls, stars, and dots are great for any festive occasion, like the 4th of July!

After embossing and adhering to a Real Red card base, I added three greetings, one being from an ephemera pack. They are popped up over a twisted Real Red ribbon, at an angle to match the cardstock strips, with Stampin’ Dimensionals. If the Dimensionals are too big for the sentiment, you can use the Minis or even use the edge strip on the Dimensionals sheet as I did here. For a little embellishment, I added some small white stars – these from a Halloween embellishment pack from last year that still work, because stars are for any time! You will find a current package of stars with the soccer suite, A Wonderful Match.

What a special 4th of July we are about to celebrate in America! Just think how our Founders came up with the type of government 250 years ago that we have today, and it still works to everyone’s benefit! Everything takes effort, even being a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, especially if you want to have a big business with hundreds of customers and downline, but if you have a goal in mind, whatever future you are hoping and planning for, you can achieve it here in the United States. It’s been wonderful having lots of soccer fans from other countries visiting here in America for the FIFA games and reminding us what a special country we live in, just in time for our country’s birthday on July 4th! I hope you get to enjoy one of the many celebrations across the country this weekend, and especially to watch a great fireworks display and have your heart burst with excitement and pride!

HAPPY 4th of July!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!