It's time To Celebrate

 The Fourth of July is just around the corner.  Do you celebrate Independence Day?  If so, how do you celebrate?  Our family usually has a cookout and we play washer toss outside and we may even have a water balloon fight.  It's usually a fun filled family day. 

Many years ago we were in California for the Fourth of July and our friends invited us to their home to celebrate.  Their town did a great parade and kids decorated their bikes and people went all out to decorate their houses.  It was a great time and I long to live in a small town like that.  But for now, I will do my part to decorate my yard and celebrate with my family. 

I wanted to make a few red, white and blue treats for our celebration.  I was surprised that I didn't find more than M&M's, skittles,  Twix bars and Little Debbie Snack cakes that were decorated in red, white and blue.  So I bought all of them. 

Have I told you before how much I love the color combination of red, white and blue.  I don't know if it's just that it is a patriotic combination, or if those colors just call to me.  Either way, I love creating with these colors. 

I started off with clear cellophane bags. (the size that fits a pretzel)  Mine are retired from Stampin' Up!, but you can find them at most hobby stores.   I filled each bag with red, white and blue Skittles, then sealed the top.   I used the Everyday Label Punch and Pacific Point cardstock to cut a piece to use for the tag.  I used the Classic Label Punch for the greeting.   I used the stars in the stamp set "You Always Deliver"  and stamped real red stars randomly over the Pacific Point tag.  I stamped the word "Celebrate" from the New Wonders Host set in Pacific Point, then stamped real red stars to the left and right of the greeting.

I folded the Pacific Point Everyday Label punched piece in half and used a mini stapler to staple to the top of the treat bag.  I wanted to create a firecracker look, so I used silver metallic paper shred cut into small pieces.  I used a small piece of tear & tape over the staple and attached about 10 pieces of the shred to create the firecracker.  I cut a dimensional in half and added it to the back of the "Celebrate" greeting and then attached it over the top of the firecracker pieces. 

This one only has 6 firecrackers.  I ended up added more to get more BANG!!!

And now my treats are all ready to give away at my Independence Day Celebration. I can't wait to share them.

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Have a beautiful day and Happy Stamping,

Debbie