Hi Friends!
Today I am sharing a Mixed Media Patriotic card designed with the new Red, White & Blue Bundle along with the Old Glory Bundle and other dies/supplies (from Stamp Simply)!
I fell in love with the Old Glory Bundle when it was released last spring and absolutely love the new coordinating Red, White & Blue Bundle, don’t you?
The flag image, block sentiment stamp plus all
of the other sentiments are perfect for so many summer cards!
This week we are celebrating the new Red, White & Blue Bundle release by sharing patriotic cards
on the Stamp Simply blog! I hope you have
had a chance to check out the fabulous inspiration from the rest of our Design Team!
I decided to create an easel card since I wanted to use the patriotic map
of the USA as well as the flag images.
As many of you know, I love to participate with online challenges and will be linking this card to the Double D “Signs of Summer” Challenge (I was inspired by the red, white and blue stripes in the little girl's bathing suit as well as the celebratory theme of the parade in the inspiration photo).
I am also participating in the Simon Says Wednesday “Red, White and/or Blue” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #497-#498 “Anything Goes” Challenge.
If you have not had a chance to visit the Stamp Simply blog or the other challenge sites yet, I encourage you to do so- wonderful
inspiration from all!
To create this card:
Ink the block image from the Red, White & Blue stamp set with Tim Holtz™ Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and stamp at the top and the bottom of a 3 ¾” x 5” piece of white cardstock and onto another piece of white cardstock approx. 3 ¾” x 2 ½”.
Once the ink has dried, apply Tim Holtz™ Picket Fence Distress Stain
over the entire panel to tone down the color a bit. Allow to dry and distress the edges of the
panels with a distressing tool.
Use a blending brush with Tim Holtz™ Pumice Stone Distress Ink to “age” the panels, mount each onto white cardstock, trim, and mount again onto red cardstock, trim and finally mount onto navy cardstock.
Ink the block image from the Red, White & Blue stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and stamp onto another piece of 4 ¼” x 5 ½” white cardstock (stamp near the bottom of the panel).Ink the US map image from the Old Glory
stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and stamp onto the top of the same panel as the flag image
(this way you can die-cut both from the same piece of cardstock).
Die cut both images using the coordinating dies and watercolor the
images with watercolor pencils (I use Derwent™ and a few Stampin’ Up! – see in
the list below).
Create the banner flags from the Echo Park America 6x6 Paper Pad using the smallest
banner die from the Fishtail Sentiment Banners and once die cut, split the banner
in half (FYI- I used the little strips that you normally cut off the top of the
6x6 paper when you remove it from the pad.
There is a hole in the center, and you can get two of the smallest dies
cut into banners, resulting in four when you split them in half).
Gently apply Tim Holtz™ Pumice Stone Distress Ink to “age” the banners
with a blending brush.
Use a glue gun to adhere the banners to a string of knotted patriotic
twine and mount on an angle to the large background panel (FYI- I used a glue
gun to add a drop of glue to each end of the twine as well as a small amount
under the twine in the center to adhere to the panel).
Using Versafine Onyx Black Ink, stamp the “One Nation Under God” and “Always Remember
Freedom Isn’t Free” onto white cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat
set with a heat tool.
Once the embossing has cooled, carefully color the “Nation” in red (I
used a sharp red watercolor pencil). Die
cut the “One Nation Under God” sentiment with a medium banner die from the Fishtail Sentiment Banners, distress the paper with the pumice
stone distress ink, distress the edges with a distressing tool (or the edge of
scissors) and trim off the left-hand side to mount along the main background
panel (under the banner).
Cut the “Always Remember Freedom Isn’t Free” sentiment in half, distress
the edges and set aside.
Create the easel base from a piece of 4 ¼” x 11” piece of heavy
white. Score at 5 ½” and on one side at
2 ¾”. Fold along the 5 ½” score line for
a tent fold, the fold the 2 ¾” upward to create the base for the main
panel.
Once you have the easel base folded, I tend to trim a bit off the edges
(approx. ⅛”). This way when you mount
your front panel and smaller piece at the bottom, the white cardstock will not
show. Please refer to this tutorial at
Splitcoaststampers for more details and info on how to create an easel card
base.
Adhere the main front panel to the small fold at the top of the easel (I use strong adhesive to adhere this panel).
Add the layered smaller panel at the bottom of the easel with
dimensional foam (or chipboard).
Adhere the die cut US map image to the card front with dimensional foam
and/or chipboard as well as the flag image at the bottom of the easel.
Stamp Sets: Red, White & Blue Bundle, Old Glory Bundle (Stamp Simply)
Ink/Mediums:
Versafine Onyx Black Ink, Watercolor Pencils- Derwent® #19- Madder Carmine, #28=
Delft Blue; Stampin’ Up! – Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso, Basic Black, Night
of Navy; Tim Holtz™ Distress Ink- Chipped Sapphire, Pumice Stone, Picket Fence
Distress Stain
Cardstock/Paper: White, Red, Navy; Echo Park America 6x6 Paper Pad
Accessories/Tools: Gemini, Jr., Stamp
Simply Steel Dies- The Red, White & Blue Flag, Patriotic
Stars & Stripes (Old Glory), Fishtail
Sentiment Banners, May Arts Patriotic Twine, Distressing Tool, Blending
Brush, Scoring Tool, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool,
Silver Rhinestones
Also, don't forget that Stamp Simply still has the following special for June (also, a free shipping offer) :
Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and visit! I hope you are having a great summer so far and, for my US friends, as we approach Independence Day, I hope you are thankful for those in our armed forces (and their families) serving currently and in the past. We know that “Freedom Isn’t Free”. May we always remain “One Nation Under God”.
Hugs and God Bless, sweet friends!
5 comments:
This is an awesome card. There is so much going on. Love how you've used scraps to create the lovely banner. Thanks for including the great details and the link to the tutorial. This gives me more inspiration for using these sets.
OH WOW! This is just BEAUTIFUL Julie! Love all the patriotic details! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Signs of Summer’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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Oh my word, that bunting is killer! What a gorgeous, gorgeous card this is! I'm a huge fan of the 4th and our military and always enjoy seeing some good old Americana brought into cardmaking. Thanks for the inspo today! Hugs, Autumn
Beautifully created patriotic card and perfect for this time of year! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}
Beautiful patriotic card. So many wonderful details. Thanks for sharing with us at Double D Challenge Blog. We hope you join us often.
kathy DD DT
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