July 4, 2013

Fourth of July Flip-Flops!

Hi Everyone, It's Sonya from Sonya's Paper Trail today and I'd like to start off by wishing my fellow American crafters a very Happy Independence Day!   I wanted to create a card that was patriotic, but a bit funky and fun...and flip-flops seemed to be the perfect combination.  

Check out my card for today:

The papers for this card are from a We R Memory Keepers 6 by 6 paper pad called, appropriately enough, "Red, White & Blue."  My wonderful neighbor gave this to me as a gift and I could hardly wait to put it to good use!  The flip-flops are from the Creative Memories Cheerful Seasons Cricut Cartridge and are cut at 3 inches.  The "USA" letters are from Base Camp, which is an older cartridge, but still one of my favorite font cartridges.


To add a bit of flair to my sandals, I pulled out some small Prima Flowers and adhered those to the toe strap with glue dots.  I used an adhesive gemstone for the center of the flower.

Here's a close up of the border I created.  I only have a couple of edge punches, but I sure get good use out of them.  This particular punch is by EK Success. Do you have a "go to" punch?  I'd love to hear your suggestions, perhaps I'll add another one to  my little collection. 

That's all I have to share today...just a simply summer card that mixes a lot of patterned papers for a fun look.  Hope you like it!

Have a safe and happy 4th of July!
--Sonya--

6 comments:

Sheila aka SassyLady said...

These are just adorable and so patriotic! Love the flowers of the flip flops! Thanks for sharing with us today.

Migdalia said...

Totally cute!! love it!
Happy 4th of July.
Have a wonderful day,
Migdalia
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Karon said...

Such a cool card - love the flip flops! Happy 4th of July :-)

DIANA L. said...

Super Patriotic card!!
DIANA L.
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Boopster said...

Great little flip-flops - I LOVE the colors!

Sandy Hentzel said...

Very cute, love the clean line cards! TFS