The Patriotic A2

 

Today is the last day of June and I am posting a set of cards for our challenge-The Catch-up Club!  A few of my stamping friends, Darlene, Jeanette and Terry along with myself, have signed up for a number of virtual stamping events in the past 3+ years.  One of the benefits of these events are that they are available to rewatch or even watch for the first time at a later date as they are all recorded. The 4 of us "try" to watch live and chat by texting during the event.  But, life steps in and there are times when one or more of us are not participating during the live.  Then, the kits from sponsors sits in our stamping area until we are ready to watch the video and create.  During one of the events, we decided we needed to push ourselves (and each other) to get some of these events done!   So--we all decided to devote one day a month, the last day of the month for the somewhat procrastinators that we are, to post cards we missed making.  So--here we are in our 15th month of The Catch Up Club!

Reminder--these are not my own designs!  The cards are the designs of the other instructors from these classes.  I am just recreating the cards from the class. This month the creations are from Jennifer at Stamplistic, called The Patriotic A2.

These cards are from class from a Crafters Classroom on June 8th.  It is a Saturday FB event that showcases maybe 8-10 companies once a month. I have participated with The Paper Cut classes, but this is the first time I have bought a kit from another company. This was a fun class that used just a 6x6 paper pack to make the cards--not one bit of stamping!  The Echo Park Paper Pack is called Stars and Stripes Forever.  It includes 8 pages of what Jennifer called "cut aparts" Those are the sentiments in the middle of each of the cards.  

I decided to order this kit as I have a family and friends 4th of July picnic at our house every year on the Sunday closest to the holiday.  July 4th was my dad's birthday and we always had a picnic/party at the farm.  I have been hosting for over 25 years and we usually have around 30 adults and kids come. I send handmade cards each year with the invitation inside and I used all I had for this year.  So--now I have a stash for 2025.  All of the cards are flat, other than a bit of bling, so they are easy to mail!  The cardbase and bling was included in the kit.  I added a layer of cardstock behind the sentiment and the patterned paper.

 

I enjoyed the simplicity of these cards and I also ordered the kit for July, which are Christmas cards, using a holiday 6x6 paper pack.  Maybe I will watch live--but I doubt it!   I have a few other virtual classes from Sarah and The Paper Cut that need to be completed. And,  I also have parts of other virtual events and classes from 2023 and earlier this year that need to be completed.   I am already way behind, so more Catch Up to Come!

I hope you enjoyed my cards!  Here are the links to the other of the Catch Up Club.  Please be sure to check out Jeanette's, Terry's, and Darlene's blogs.  They may post today or tomorrow, but we have all promised to post cards that we have missed the making along the way!

Image/Sentiment:  None!

Cardstock:   Card bases and patterned paper included in kit using Echo Park Paper Stars and Stripes Forever 6x6 Paper Pack; Stampin' Up Real Red, Night of Navy

Ink:  None

Accessories:  Silver Bling Included