Happy 4th of July!

Greetings friends and visitors,

I know I've been slacking a bit on my crafting.  I missed last week's DT post for Artistic Outpost.  My DH and I were on vacation for 12 days.  I tried to get as much of my postings done ahead of time, but just couldn't manage everything.  So I'm back today for my weekly design team post for Artistic Outpost and have a lot of sparkle and bling to share!  I wanted to do something to celebrate the 4th of July and use the wonderful Hero set.  Love the set and hope that it will be continued with the new releases with the new owners from Artistic Outpost coming out this fall.

I started, as always, with one of the jumbo manila tags that I sell in the boutique.  I covered the entire tag with the Stars layering stencil and applied embossing ink with a Mini Ink Blending Tool and then applied Weathered White EP.  Once I had heat set the EP, I sponged Faded Jeans over the tag and also blotted some Faded Jeans stain on my craft sheet and laid the tag face down it it a couple of times.

I cut a Chevron die cut from plain gray chipboard, stained it with Festive Berries and cut it to fit the tag.  Then I applied Glossy Accents very liberally to the die cut and shook on Festive Berries Distress Glitter.  Once it was dry, I affixed it to the bottom with Ranger Multi Medium Matte.  I also used the off cuts to embellish the top.

I cut a star from chipboard also and painted it white with Picket Fence distress paint, dried it with my heat tool and then did the Glossy Accents/distress glitter application, this time with Clear Rock Candy distress glitter.  A small Tattered Banners die cut was made with white CS, stamped with Festive Berries DI, smudged and edged a bit with Vintage Photo and affixed to the star with a bit of craft foam under it to pop it up.

I decided to finish it off with a "4" cut with the Word play die.  It was cut from chipboard covered with Ranger Foil Tape, then black acrylic paint dabber was applied to make it look tarnished.

That's it for this week.  I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!  Thank you so much for stopping by and for any comment you care to leave.

Oh, and in case you are interested, the DH and I flew to Seattle, spent a couple of lovely day exploring Seattle plus the Washington and Oregon coast and then took a 7 day Alaskan cruise.  Here's a picture of us on a excursion to the Tracy Arm fjord.  It was AMAZING(ly cold)!

These products were used to make the above tag and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where most name brand products including Tim Holtz/Ranger are always 20% below MSRP:

25 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	50 Jumbo Manila Shipping Tags 8x4" #12	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencils - Stars	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink Pad	Ranger Embossing Powder - Weathered White Antiquities
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Faded Jeans	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam	*Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Frameworks Die - Chevron
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain - Festive Berries	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Festive Berries	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Stacked Stars Bigz Die	Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Clear Rock Candy
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Sizzix Alterations Decorative Strip Tim Holtz Tattered Banners Die	Ranger Inkssentials Foil Tape Sheets 6x12"	Ranger Inkssentials Foil Tape Sheets 4.25x5.5"	Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber - Pitch Black