Here is my Happy Fourth of July Card for you. When you don’t have star stamps or dies, you have to be creative to make a Fourth of July card. This stamp set is Dandelion Wishes (151345) and the dandelion seed heads look a lot like mini fireworks to me. I stamped the image in Versamark…no, I first used markers to color the stamp and then stamped it in Versamark. Big mistake! I should have stamped first in Versamark and then colored with the markers as my Versamark pad got red, blue, and yellow ink on it. Anyways, I then put retired Iridescent Ice embossing powder on the image and heat embossed it. I also did this with the greeting. The glitter from the embossing powder doesn’t show up in the above photo but check out this close-up one.

You can use a similar technique to emboss an image in any color you want. First ink the stamp with Versamark and then ink with your desired color. Stamp the image and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Supplies To Make This Happy Fourth of July Card

• Night of Navy Cardstock 11″ x 4 1/4″ scored at 5 1/2″ and folded for card base
• Retired red glimmer paper 5 1/4″ x 4″
• Whisper White Cardstock 5″ x 3 3/4″
• Dandelion Wishes and retired More Great Greetings stamp sets
• Versamark Ink and Pacific Point, Real Red, retired Pineapple Punch Stampin’ Write Markers
• retired Iridescent Ice embossing powder, heat tool, Well-Written Dies (151816)
• Stampin’ Seal, Stampin Dimensionals

So here’s to a great Fourth of July! Stay safe, keep your distance and mask up!