hooray for the red and/or white and/or blue

we're coming up on both the fourth of july and canada day, so we've got a bit of a color challenge for ya at shopping our stash: use red, white and blue... separately or together... choose one, two, or all three! i chose all three, but,i decided not to go at all patriotic; honestly i wasn't sure if i could make that work, but i'm actually pretty happy with the result:

dimensional florals: prima, petaloo, recollections; assorted brads of unknown origin; heart is made from thin denim xyroned onto sturdy cardstock, heart template traced and cut out, machine stitching around edges is more for decoration than anything else, but yes, it keeps those edges FLAT forever!; background collage is torn bits of trading stamps and text paper over bright white sheet music; drywall tape and vintage red doily from my stash; adhesives: scotch/3m gluestick, elmers brand gluetape, beacon 3 in 1 adhesive (for the bulkier florals) and the aforementioned xyron machine + sewing machine

i've recently re-fallen in love with dimensional flowers, i *think* because i started following prima marketing on instagram and they post these absolutely luscious projects that are loaded with lumpy bumpy florals. and i still have LOTS of those, so it seems like a good idea to use them up. obviously the finished cards are not what you'd call "postal friendly" so i will either put them in a package with gifts or hand directly to the recipient. but i have lots of occasions where i already do one or the other of those, so it's really not a problem. i've left this card sentiment-free because i can see the potential for it working as a few different occasions, and it's nice to have options, right?

speaking of options, there is all kinds of inspiration awaiting you on the SOS blog. why not hop over there and enjoy some right now, darlings? ♥