Independence Day - Layout

It's been a bit cold this winter and one evening when it was particularly chilly I thought I would work on something that reminded me of warmer days so I chose to do a 4th of July layout. I got the "map" from the Scrapbook Page Maps 2 book. I really love those books for ideas for layouts!

Supplies Used:
Make The Cut
Varies Pattern Paper
Various Cardstock
Stickles
Glimmer Glaze
Mounting Foam

I added some Glimmer Glaze to the fire on the rocket although it is hard to see in the picture. The stitching around the blue seemed to make the rocket look better as well.

I have had this paper for a few years and can't remember who makes it right off the top of my head but I loved that it was a bit darker than most papers for the 4th of July. The words on the paper also just seemed to fit the occasion since we were having a cookout at my Aunt Betty's house that day.





I didn't like how the title looked after I got it cut but since I already had it done and didn't want to waste paper I used it. I had to play around with the firecracker to get it where it looked good. I might have cut it a bit big for the page but it's done just the same.

You might be able to see the Glimmer Glaze effect a little bit better in this close up picture. I used an old paint brush to apply. The glaze comes with a brush much like nail polish but I feel a regular paint brush gives me better control. I will just have to remeber to use it only for the glaze since it does have some sticky effect to it.

On my cuts the top of the rocket was white and I cut it off with some scissors because I wanted the top to be red. I can't remember if I fixed the file for that or not but you can check it out if you download it.

I wanted the spark part from the firecracker to be red but cut the wrong color so instead of wasting paper I just added some Diamond Stickles to dress it up a bit. I used a white gel pen to add the stitching around the stars.



To download the Fireworks file see below: