Happy National Ice Cream Day!!

 Hello Friends!!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream!!!  National Ice Cream Day is the 3rd Sunday in July and it lands in the middle of National Ice Cream Month.   Share the day with family and friends and even try out some new flavors.   The average American eats roughly 20 pounds of ice cream each year, or about 4 gallons!  As the summer reaches peak temperatures in July, Americans celebrate National Ice Cream Month as a way to cool off and enjoy the nation's favorite frozen treat!  Ice cream has historically been a key feature of American communities.  According to an IDFA survey, most ice cream companies are family owned and have been in operation for more than 50 years!  Here's more sweet news:  Ice cream companies help support the U.S. economy, contributing more than $13 billion directly to the national economy and supporting nearly 29,000 direct jobs that generate $1.8 billion in direct wages!   In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the 3rd Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day!!  In the proclamation, President Reagan called for all of the United States to observe these events with "appropriate ceremonies and activities".

Here is my card for National Ice Cream Day:

Ingredients:

Colorado Craft Company Anita Jeram Sundae Funday stamp

Colorado Craft Company Anita Jeram Ice Cream Day stamp

Waffle Flower Nesting Postage dies

My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangel Scallop Edge Frame die

Not2Shabby On the Sunny Side paper pad

White card stock

Black ink

Copic markers  

                                            Peacock Feathers distress oxide                                              

Victorian Velvet distress oxide

Dusty Concord distress oxide

For this A2 card I started by making the card base with White card stock.  I took a piece of the Not2Shabby On the Sunny Side paper pad and the My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangle Scallop Edge die and cut out the paper, inked the edges with Victorian Velvet distress oxide and added it to the card base.  I took a piece of Neenah Solar White paper, Black ink and the Colorado Craft Company Sundae Funday stamp and the Ice Cream Day stamp and stamped them onto the paper.  I colored them in with Copic markers and I cut them out with the Waffle Flower Nesting Postage dies, I inked the edges of them with the Peacock Feathers and the Dusty Concord distress oxides and added them to the card.  I fussy cut out the ice cream cone from another piece of Not2Shabby On the Sunny Side paper and added that to the card.

Now go on out with some loved ones and enjoy some new flavors of ice cream!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori