Celebrating 4th of July + A Giveaway

Celebrating the 4th of July together is one of our favorite family traditions. Most years we brave the 100+ degree heat and go to a community parade in my parents neighborhood. I was just going through some older pictures and came across some photos from the 4th of July parade from 2005. It's hard to believe how quickly our kids are growing up.

I did a double 8.5 X 11 page for this layouts. It's been a while since I've done this size, but it just seemed to fit the photos.

Everything on this page is from the Scrapbook Circle Let Freedom Ring kit except for the white cardstock used as a base.

I'm really loving the Let Freedom Ring Kit this month. I made today's layout plus a banner and other layout you can see here. There are some really great patterns that would work great for non-patriotic projects too. I just happened to have done all patriotic projects so far because I have photos that I want to use.

Today I want to giveaway a Let Freedom Ring kit to one of you! Just leave a comment letting me know one of your favorite things about summer and you will be entered to win.

Comments will end on Sunday, June 10 at midnight PST and I'll announce a winner on Monday.

I'd you'd rather just pick up your own Let Freedom Ring kit now, use code freedom20 at checkout to get 20% off of the kit now through Monday, June 11.

Celebrating Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day to those in the US celebrating today. Wishing you a wonderful day with family remembering those who have come before us and those who have sacrificed so much for the freedom we enjoy today.

In honor of Memorial Day, Scrapbook Circle is offering 20% off the Let Freedom Ring Kit. Just enter freedom20 in the promo box at checkout for the discount. It's good today only.

The kit is full of some favorite patriotic red, white and blue items.

So far I've used the kit to create a layout about our 4th of July last year and a banner to decorate our kitchen counter.

 

The Scrapbook Circle printable is one of my favorite things in the kit. I've already printed off two of them and my print another page for Project Life.  I love that I can just keep printing the page!

I used the canvas star album and the red glitter ribbon in the kit to create the base of a banner. 

Since all of the stars were plain canvas color, I decided to use some mist to color some of the canvas. The canvas took color very well and I loved the results of the red, white and blue stars.

For many of the stars,  I sewed the paper right onto the canvas. It was a quick and easy way to secure things. Tacky glue worked on a few other elements.

I can't wait to make more with this kit!

Remember the the freedom20 code is only valid on the Let Freedom Ring today.

Wishing you a safe holiday!

Sparklers!

We have always spent 4th of July in Arizona. In Arizona it is illegal to use fireworks because it is so dry here. We are not even allowed to use sparklers.

This past summer, we went to Utah for the 4th of July and had a whole, fun world of fireworks opened up to us.

The kids LOVED getting to use sparklers. It brought back memories of summers at my grandparent's house in Idaho where we got to play with sparklers. I loved swinging them around and spelling my name.

It was exciting to get to share the fun with our kids this year.