Glow Stick Tubes by Samantha

Hello! Samantha here today to share a project that is perfect for the 4th of July and, as an added bonus it's easy and fast! In my book, it doesn't get much better than an easy project that your kids will love during the busy summer months.

We love taking glow sticks with us when we go out to watch the 4th of July fireworks. Decorating some SRM Magic Wand Tubes is a fun way to package the glow sticks and make sure they don't get cracked and activated ahead of time. 

The Magic Wand Tubes are big enough to hold about 5 glow sticks, which is enough to make a couple of bracelets and a necklace. To decorate the tubes I used a mix of SRM's 4th of July themed stickers from Say It With Stickers 4th of July, Express Yourself 4th of July, and Stickers By the Dozen Patriotic. 

Just fill your tube with glow sticks, decorate with stickers, and you've got a fast and fun 4th of July treat!

2017 Gift Calendar by Melanie

Hello! Melanie here today. I love making calendars for our moms as gifts for the holidays. They enjoy the pictures of our family. Here is one I put together using the SRM 8x8 Keepsake Calendar.  I also used the Calendar Companion Sticker and small numbers sticker on each month.  I love to have this calendar all ready for the year 2017 and love how many different SRM Stickers our moms can use on these pages.  

First up….January!

I'm thinking that for each month they can use Monthly Memories, Seasons of the year and lots of Planner Icon stickers!  

February will look great with some of SRM's Valentine Stickers! 

Spring has sprung!  Baseball season is just around the corner!

Easter is April 16th this year!  Such a special time for our family.

Lots of sports during the Spring… and wildflowers too!

Can you say "Baseball"?  Here's my trio of players!  And HERE are some of the baseball stickers that I think they'll be using during June!

Love the 4th of July…and more baseball! :)  Feeling patriotic?  HERE are some stickers that will help to decorate your calendar.

Summer camp…with school just around the corner!  It will be so much fun to fill in my calendar each month and decorate it too! If you need some Summertime stickers, you can find them HERE!

September and we are going back to school!  But there's plenty of time for fun too!  Need some stamps or stickers for back to school?  Check them out HERE!

 

October is one of our favorite months.  Can you say Trick or Treat?

Lots of costumes to create!  And SRM has so many stickers for Halloween that would be perfect for October. 

November is a month of gratitude.  We have so much to be grateful for!

Here are a few stickers that are perfect for FALL!

And December is such a wonderful family time.  So much to do to prepare for the holidays but my calendar will help me keep everything straight!  Lots of Christmas stickers are available for December.  Check them out HERE!

Hope I have inspired you to prepare your 2017 calendar and get ready for the new year!  SRM offers so many calendars, calendar stickers and other stickers for decorating your calendar.  Check them all out HERE! 

Let Freedom Ring by Laura Craigie

Happy 4th of July to all! 

Today I'm sharing with you a card from Laura Craigie, one of my favorite crafters.  She has been a guest designer several times on the SRM Blog and I have always loved this card.  Laura used SRM's We've Got Your Border Patriotic on it.  

Enjoy and I hope you have a wonderful 4th!

Patriotic Layouts Parade

Leading up to the 4th of July I'm sharing with you some patriotic projects from design team members from the past and present.  Today it's all about layouts! 

This beauty is from Juliana Michaels from our current team.  Love all the SRM clear stickers that she's used on this lovely layout. 

This layout has always been one of my favorites from Becky Williams.  

Again, lots of clear patriotic SRM stickers for this page. 

And who can forget Jing-Jing Nickels?  What a talent.  So inventive and fun! 

Look at all the SRM clear stickers that she squeezed into this layout! 

And finally, Cathy Harper from our current team celebrates the 4th of July with Red, White, Blue and Turquoise! How fun! I spy lots of SRM clear stickers on this one too. 

As you can see from these layouts, SRM's clear stickers make layouts easy to add titles and subtitles.  Just peel and stick! 

Happy 4th of July weekend to all!  Have a great one!

Patriotic Parade Day #1

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.  I live in a town that has a fun run, parade and spectacular fireworks so it's truly an all day celebration.  

Today I'm sharing with you some of my all time favorite 4th of July projects from our design team members past and present.  Sit back, relax, enjoy!

And by the way…there's still time to create some of these projects for your celebration! :)

A trio of tubes by Juliana Michaels.  

Stickers, Twine and Tubes.  Super cute and easy to create.

Patriotic Magic Wand by Tessa Buys filled with candy and topped with streamers. 

Perfect for taking to a parade!

Tube invitation from Jan Tatomir.   Now that's inventive!

A patriotic place setting from Sherry Cartwright who was a guest designer using SRM's glassine bags, stickers and twine!  YUM!

A patriotic party favor from Shelly Kurth.  Kraft pillow box, punched pieces, stickers and twine!  Love this combination!

 And for dessert, a fun container from Shantaie Fowler all fancied up with stickers, twine, ribbons and lots of glitter!

There's still time to create these projects.  Just click on the designer's name and you will find more details about how to make it. 

Thanks for joining us today and do come back tomorrow when we will have more patriotic inspiration! 

★Hooray USA!★ by Shannon

Hi all, Shannon here, July 4th is coming up!

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This holiday is so much to our family. It's my sweet girl Mackenzie's favorite holiday. She loves fireworks. Karl loves watching her happy face light up and listening to her laughter. Patrick loves all of the "foods" he can eat in celebratory amounts of glee...though Patrick just loves food in general right now, he's 13.  

I love stars and red, white and blue and all the day symbolizes. 

I created a 5X7 frame for my mantle celebrating the USA. I used a ton of SRM goodness. There is A LOT of SRM goodness to choose from!

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Here is the frame, it's actually a "shadow box" type frame, which works perfect for someone like me who layers "all the things"…☺

If you take a closer look at the details, you'll see twine, labels, sticker stitches, borders, tiny borders, patterned vinyl and even sequins. 

Here are the SRM Products used:

Little Borders Red/White/Blue

Stickers by the Dozen/Patriotic

We've Got Your Border/Patriotic

Express Yourself/4th of July

Sticker Stitches/Black

Labels by the Dozen/Bright Blank

Patterned Vinyl

Baker's Twine/Platinum Shimmer

Thank you for letting me share with you! 

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Here's to a Happy 4th!

Stars & Stripes Forever! by Annette

Happy Day SRM Stickers Friends...

Annette Allen here with you today.

Today I am playing with:

SRM Stickers

Kraft Window Box

Stickers by the Dozen: Patriotic

We've Got Your Border: Patriotic

Punched Pieces: Small Scalloped Circle

 So love this time of year.

Celebrating our nations holidays with friends is always the best.

This card I am featuring SRM Stickers:

Stickers by the Dozen: Patriotic

We've Got Your Border: Patriotic

 I just love how easy these stickers are to place on any project.

Don't you just love mini cards?

Featured on this card is SRM Stickers:

Stickers by the Dozen: Patriotic

We've Got Your Border: Patriotic

Punched Pieces: Small Scalloped Circle (white)

Now don't you want to come to the party?

Who can resist a fun celebration after seeing these fun cards.

Featured on this card is SRM Stickers:

We've Got Your Border: Patriotic

Now it is time to plan your party and package them in these cute... 

SRM Stickers: Kraft Window Box. 

Decorate it on the outside to make it match the cards.

Go crazy and have fun.

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Crafting!

Hooray USA! by Cathy H.

The SRM Blog usually doesn't have Saturday posts but on this long weekend we thought you would enjoy some 4th of July layout inspiration from Cathy Harper.  She loves making layouts and loves using SRM Stickers mounted on vellum or right down on her patterned papers!  SRM Stickers truly melt right down onto any surface that you are working on.  Click on these photos to see all the fun details! 

Cathy's layout is of her adorable little 4th of July pup.  She has the most patient bulldog ever who puts up with all of of Cathy's photo taking props. 

 SRM had all of the perfect stickers to add some great layers to her layout.  Cathy used We've Got Your Border/Patriotic for some added pops of color along the top of the page and bottom of her layout and then she used them again on two sides of her photo.  Cathy created to little vellum pennants using the Stickers By The Dozen/Patriotic and the We've Got Your Border stickers.  

She finished with a couple of flags from Stickers By The Dozen, Small White Punched Pieces and some Maraschino Twine!  Love this photo of her bulldog Stella and all the little details that SRM Stickers added!  And love the use of vellum with SRM clear stickers.

Hope you are having a wonderful 4th of July weekend.  Any time to squeeze a little crafting in?

Patriotic Pillow Box by Shelly

Shelly Kurth can't get enough of the new Kraft Pillow Boxes from SRM!  She has created for us today a Patriotic box that could be used as a gift box or as a party favor for a 4th of July party!  And if you look closely, you can see that Shelley embossed her Kraft Pillow Box using a woodgrain embossing folder.  Yes, you can emboss these krafty boxes!  How fun! 

Shelly is loving the new Punched Pieces from SRM!  She used several colors (red and white) and all 3 sizes to mount her clear Patriotic SRM Stickers and then layered them and popped them up for extra dimension.  Punched Pieces come in 10 different colors and 3 different sizes.

Shelly added some Maraschino Red Twinery Twine and one of SRM's definition stickers to her pillow box and she's done! 

Super fun!  Super fast! And super cute!

You can use Shelly's idea for 4th of July or any holiday or occasion using Kraft Pillow Boxes, Punched Pieces, Twine and any SRM Sticker theme!  Thanks for the inspiration Shelly.  Your project is fab!

Love how so many of our design team members are using our new Punched Pieces.  It just makes their crafting so much easier.  No fuss, no muss, no tools.  Easy peasy!

Celebrate Independence Layout by Juliana

Juliana Michaels creates the most wonderful layouts and she really enjoyed creating this 4th of July scrapbook page using SRM Stickers for her title and accent pieces. 

Juliana placed some SRM clear stickers on patterned paper and used one of them as her "CELEBRATE" title.  

She also placed some on white cardstock to use as accent pieces.  

Juliana then add Twinery Twine and a mini clothespin to further embellish the tag. 

Hooray for Juliana's wonderful patriotic page.  Here are the products that she used: 

Stickers By The Dozen / Patriotic

Say It With Stickers / 4th of July

Express Yourself / 4th of July

The Twinery Baker's Twine Striped / Maraschino

Operation Write Home Bloghop

http://operationwritehome.org/starsandstamps

Welcome to SRM Stickers!  We are very excited to be participating in this Bloghop in celebration of Memorial Day and Operation Write Home.  Three of our design team members have joined in the fun so sit back, relax and enjoy!  And be sure to leave a comment for a chance to WIN this patriotic prize packet of SRM's Patriotic stickers. 

Now for some inspiration!  Here's a beautiful stamped and stickered card from Design Team member Shelly Kurth.  {{SIGH}} What a beauty!  Shelly followed this OWH sketch #110.

Shelly created a red, white and blue card that's all about love!  Love that big, bold stamped flower!  Love the SRM Fancy "I Love You" sentiment!  Love that SRM Doily that's just the perfect touch! 

Next up is DT member Corri Garza with a fun and fabulous Red, White & Blue card using SRM's patriotic Say it with Stickers.  That sticker is in our Prize Packet!  Love the little red embellishments.  A perfect finishing touch to this card.

Here's a card from Angi Barrs.  She is such a talented crafter and she is also a Veteran who has proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

For her card, Angi followed sketch #201.  

 

Angi created a card using reds and blues that are not your traditional colors.  Using SRM Thanks Borders, she trimmed the bottom of her card which is punched with a big, bold, beautiful star topped off with bling.  Love the SRM Doily popping out from inside the card!  Simply stunning!

Thanks to our Design Team members for their fabulous cards.  And thank you for stopping by! 

Now be sure to leave a comment here on the blog so you have a chance to WIN the Patriotic Prize Packet.  You're sure to have lots of fun with these sticker goodies!