Flag Shutter

I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July if you live in the US!!  Lori here from ScrappinMyStressAway with a fun holiday project (Pinterest Inspired) made from a reclaimed shutter.

 

First I pulled off the bars on the front of the shutter - the ones you move up and down to open and close the shutters.  In order to keep the bars from twirling after the bar is removed, I taped the back of the shutters.

 

I spray painted the shutterwhite - I did 3 coats.

 

Next came the fun part!!  I used painter's tape to tape off all of the parts I wanted to keep white.  I then spray painted the red stripes.  Again it took 3 coats.

On the other side of the newspaper is a star I cut out of vinyl.  I spray painted that section blue.

 

I had a little overspray but a little white acrylic paint and paintbrush worked perfectly to cover that up!

 

I put the shutter in my front yard near my porch.  My friend keeps offering to take it off my hands for me!!  I had fun making this project, but it was a lot more work than I thought it would be!!

 

FireWorks Layout (Let's Scrap)

The sketch challenge this week at Let's Scrap was just perfect for my 4th of July pictures!!

Every year we have a party for the 4th.  As you can see from the top left photo - my husband is the biggest kid when it comes to fireworks!!

You can do one or both pages for the challenge - and even turn or adjust the sketch to fit your pictures!! 

I had been hanging onto both of these paper for a long time!!  I had these darling star shaped paper clips for a while too!  I used Glossy Accents to create a dimensional star with the clips. 

I cut stars out of the striped G45 paper!  These can be journaled on too. 

The fireWORKS title came from the Silhouette store.

The little cutie in this photo is our friend's daughter.  She has been acting shy all baseball season long with my husband.  He purposely sat by the bucket of water for the sparklers she was holding.  Before too long she was high fiving Mike as she put her sparkler in the bucket.  This was better than the fireworks for Mike!

Thanks for stopping by today!  If you want to challenge yourself to scrap your memories you should consider joining the Let's Scrap Community!!

Red, White, Kaboom Blog Hop

Welcome to the Red, White, Kaboom! Blog Hop! Happy 4th of July! We hope you are having a great holiday and thanks for spending a little time with us today. You should have come from Connie. If not, go back and start the hop at Alicia's blog. We hope you enjoy our creative efforts we have to share today. Enjoy your holiday!

For my project today I decorated a canvas with vinyl:

I purchased this design in the Silhouette store.  I cut it out in red vinyl.  I ungrouped the image and copied the diamonds.  I cut the diamonds out in blue vinyl.  I transferred the red vinyl to a flat 8x8 canvas.  I layered the blue diamonds on top of the red diamonds.

I love making my own holiday decor!  These canvases also make great gifts!!  Thanks for stopping by!!

Here's some blog candy from Alicia at Golden Goddess Designs for one lucky winner!

The rules:

Become a follower of every blog in the hop.

Leave a comment on every blog in the hop.

Easy peasy! Do this before midnight EST on Sunday, July 6 and Alicia will pick a winner using random.org from those that qualify. Winner will be announced on Wednesday, July 9 on her blog.

Next up is Theresa

Here's the entire list in case you get lost along the way:

1. Alicia ~ www.goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com

2. Connie ~ http://www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com/

3. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/****HERE

4. Theresa - http://scrapsbygracie.blogspot.com/***NEXT

5. Angela - www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com

6. Anne - http://www.MyArtisticHeart.wordpress.com

7. Ashley W - http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com

8. Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com
9. Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

Thanks for hopping with us today!