July Stamp of the month Blog Hop! Happy 4th!

Welcome to the July Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  The stamp set featured this month is D1458 American Celebration.  This month we have 64 wonderful consultants participating and showing off their creations!

If you have come from Jill's Blog then you are on the right track!

This month's stamp set is so patriotic and versatile! I loved using it for this page layout of my trip to the Phillies game and also the birthday card that I made and I foresee using it a lot more to scrapbook my 4th of July memories!  For the layout I used mostly star images to complement my baseball theme. 

For the card, I was able to stamp the large firework image and then punch it out with the scallop punch to give it the 3-D effect that you see.  I then stamped the large star image and punched it out with the circle punch to create the center.  I saw this done and just had to give it a try - thanks to Naomi Smith!

This card is for a special friend of mine who will undoubtedly see this card here before she gets it in the mail  but it's ok.  She'll understand when it arrives!

Products used (all CTMH except where noted):

American Celebration stamp set
Chocolate Alphabet large stamp set
In the game - Baseball stamp set

Sky, Pacifica, and Cranberry Inks

White Daisy, Pacifica, Cranberry, Sky Cardstock

Fanfare Level 2 paper packet

Sunny Yellow bigger brads

White Daisy Grosgrain ribbon
Non-CTMH: Phillies themed embellishments

Now "hop" on over to Mary's Blog and check out her beautiful artwork for this month!

If you get lost along the way you can go to Helen's Blog to see the complete list of all the participants this month. 

Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some other great ideas! Remember, the July SOTM is only available until July 31st!  Contact me (GrigsterN at yahoo.com) or click here to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!