WMS May Release Inspiration - USA 1776

Every Tuesday and Thursday in June some of the WMS design team will be posting using the new May Release Stamp sets - USA 1776 and Country Labels 4.  You can find out who's posting by checking Claire's WMS blog on Tuesday and Thursday each week in June!

Today it's Lynn and me!  I'm using the festive USA 1776 set for my projects -  It's time to get your party on!!  Wouldn't these look festive and fun on your celebratory party table??!!

I made these wonderful party favor table decorations using templates from Claire's WMS shop -   The Three King's Boxes template and the Tea Cracker cut file.  These are both FREE downloads!  Claire created these for Christmas -  but I've commandeered them for the USA 4th of July - and I bet you could figure out how to use these stamps for New Year's Eve, birthday, graduation or another celebration - using different colors and sentiments on these fun templates!

So - I took a few pics as I was making these so you could see just what I did.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the Tea Cracker cut files.  Then I stamped them with one of the fireworks stamps in this set.

Rolled it up on my glue pen to get the curve going.

Added a strip of double sided tape to one edge - rolled 'em up and sealed the edge.

Then I pinched the area with the cut out diamonds together on each end

and just pushed the end towards the center a bit to get a good crease.

Here they are unadorned - 

I stamped Happy 4th punching it out with a small oval punch and adhered on the cracker with foam tape.

I tied red and blue wrinkled seam tape around the ends.  You could put M&M's, mints, a special note, any small treat inside these.  Mine measure approx 5 1/4" long 1" diameter.

And here are the straight and tall Three Kings - ready to hold lots of treats, a dried flower bouquet or even a taper candle (for looks only - NOT to be lit!)

Here's how I stamped the more decorated ones.  The blue diamonds and red line stamps along the bottom are from the previously released set Heirloom Patterns.

Score where noted, fold it up, tape the ends tie a grosgrain ribbon around the neck and add the stamped die cut star!

This one I stamped more simply with just the 'crown' stamping, the star and ribbon.  Look how different they look just by using a red or blue ribbon!

The star is stamped with a stars stamp and a stripes stamp in the set - they are so easy to line up - and when you've stamped 5 of them - they fit in the Spellbinders Star die!

So - one more look at how festive your next celebration could be!

Now let's waltz over to Lynn's blog to see what she has to inspire us with!  Be sure to check Claire's blog every Tuesday and Thursday in June to see who's posting - I'll be highlighting the Country Labels 4 set on June 27th!

Tea Crackers:
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse - USA 1776
Paper:  whiteMichaels and some PTI
Ink:  Ranger Distress Festive Berries and Salty Ocean
Accessories:  ScorTape, foam tape, small oval punch - SU, tea cracker cut file - WMS, wrinkled seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop

3 Kings Boxes:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - USA 1776
Paper: white - Michaels and some PTI
Ink:  Memento Nautical Blue and Lady Bug
Accessories:  ScorTape, foam tape, 1" circle punch - EK Success, Star Nestabilities - Spellbinders, Enchanted Evening and Pure Poppy Grosgrain Ribbon - PTI, 3 Kings Boxes Template - WMS.