Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to the Celebrate Freedom Blog Hop!!

Today we are celebrating Freedom.  I am grateful for my freedom thanks to the many military personnel who fight tirelessly for it!!!  

In this blog hop today, you will find a variety of projects all about Freedom.  You should have arrived from HERE, but if you found me first - no worries - just hop over to the BEGINNING so you don't miss a thing!!!

Here is a complete list of stops along the way in case you get lost!

1. Lisa Pontious ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

2. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

3. Sandy- http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

4. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

5. Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

6. Melisa ~ http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

7.  Angela - http://angelascraftyspot.blogspot.com

8. Kathy - http://kathyand3kids.blogpot.com

9. Tabetha - http://tabethascreations.blogspot.com/

10. Sarah - www.sarahbiswabic.blogspot.com

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

12. Carolyn - http://grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com/****NEXT

http://grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com/

I love celebrating the 4th of July and honoring our freedom.  I created a layout that will feature a picture of my son this coming 4th.  I started with my Gypsy:

I used:

 Birthday Bash for the 4 sized to 2.76 inches.

George for the star sized to 9 inches.

Billionaire for the "th" sized to 1.12 inches and welded.

Lyrical Letters for "of" and "July" sized to 1 and 1.47 inches.

I originally cut all of these out of white cardstock, but the letters and number were getting lost on my page, so I re-cut them in blue cardstock.

I did cut the regular layer of the 4 and ended up only using the regular (not the shadow layer) of it.  

I found the Freedom from Independence Day and sized it to 1 and 1.24 inches.  Used the bigger one on the layout.

These cuts were made with blue cardstock.

I needed some smaller stars.  I went back to George and sized them 1 and 1.12 inches.  I cut both sizes out of red and blue cardstock.

I use the negative cuts as my template when placing my letters and titles on a page.

I tied some twine around the 4 and pop-dotted it to the page.

I used a circle punch to hold the "th" and pop-dotted it to the page.

I added Freedom on the bottom with some ribbon and stars.

I will slide in a photo from the 4th of my son in all his firework glory!!!  I tied twine and pop-dotted a star on the photo mat.

We have several sponsors for this hop:

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I hope you have a safe and Happy 4th of July!!!

Your next stop in the hop is HERE.