Hi Friends!
This week we are celebrating a few new stamp sets/bundles in the April 2023 Patriotic Release at Stamp Simply!
I absolutely love the images in the stamp sets of the new release, don’t you? The flying eagle and star along with the patriotic sentiments are perfect for cards all year round- Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, 4th of July, Summer, and if course, just because.
I paired the stamps with the Echo Park Let Freedom Ring 6x6 Paper Pad.
If you have not had a chance to check out the
inspiration from the Stamp Simply Design Team , I
hope you will take the time to do so- fabulous inspiration from all!
To create my first card:
Layer the Let Freedom
Ring red striped pattern (approx. 1 ¼” strip) onto navy cardstock. Cut the layered piece into three pieces.
Add to the background along the edges, use a piercing
tool to create holes for the gold brads and insert the brads.
Mount the entire panel onto a white card base.
De-static a piece of white cardstock with an
embossing powder tool, ink the star image from the The American Eagle Bundle with Versafine
Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a
heat tool.
Color the stars with water-based markers and die cut
with the coordinating die.
Follow the same steps above and stamp the sentiment
from the The American Eagle Bundle, die cut with the Fishtail
Sentiment Banners Dies and color with
water-based markers.
Mount onto designer paper (also die cut with the Fishtail
Sentiment Banners Dies)
before adding the sentiment directly to the card front.
Add the die
cut stars with dimensional foam to finish off the card.
My second card also features the new The American Eagle Bundle, the new The Pledge of Allegiance stamp set and the flag image from The
Red, White and Blue Bundle. I also
used the same Let Freedom
Ring 6x6 paper pad from Echo Park and the same sentiment layered as in the
first card.
The The American Eagle image and the flag were stamped and embossed with clear embossing powder.
Watercolor pencils and water-based markers were used
to color both images.
The new The Pledge of Allegiance stamp set was inked with water-based markers in red and blue
to stamp the background panel.
Once stamped in a staggered pattern, a piece of
vellum was layered over the background and three gold mini brads were used to
adhere the right hand side of the panel.
The sentiment
was added with dimensional foam before adding the vertical strips of designer
paper strips (from the Let Freedom
Ring 6x6 Paper Pad).
The background panel was adhered to navy cardstock,
before adhering it to a white card base.
The die cut flag was added directly to the card front
and the eagle
was mounted using dimensional foam.
Stamp Sets: The American Eagle Bundle, The Pledge of Allegiance, The Red, White & Blue Bundle (Stamp Simply)
Ink: Versafine
Onyx Black, Water-based Markers- Red, Blue; Watercolor Pencils-
Red, Blue, Black
Cardstock/Paper: White, Navy, Vellum; Let Freedom Ring 6x6 Paper Pad by Echo Park
Accessories/Tools:
Gemini, Jr., Stamp Simply Dies- The American Eagle Bundle, The
Red, White & Blue Bundle, Fishtail Sentiment Banners, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear
Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Gold Mini Brads (from my stash)
As many of you who follow my blog know, I enjoy playing along with online challenges and will be linking to the Cards 4 Guyz #320 Embossing- Wet or Dry Challenge (both of my cards used wet embossing) along with the Word Art Wednesday #593-#594 Anything Goes Challenge.
Thanks again for stopping
by! I hope I have inspired you today and that you will take the time to check
out the Patriotic
stamps/dies at Stamp Simply!
Gorgeous patriotic cards, Julie!
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