I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us!
I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!
Happy
4th of July!! I love all things Americana and wanted to create another patriotic card in honor of Independence Day! We can never thank the men and women (and their families) who have served our country in the armed forces enough- without them, we would not have our freedom! I am proud to be an American and pray that God will continue to Bless America!
Oops! My card does not qualify for the Less is More Challenge since I do not have enough white space- ny apologies...I should have read the challenge details more thoroughly! Maybe I will create another card for this challenge since I do love patriotic cards and have the perfect stamp for a cleaner look!
If
you have not had a chance to visit the challenge sites yet, I hope you will
find time to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!!
To
create this card:
1).
Ink the Old Flag Background stamp using Faded Jeans and Fired Brick Distress
Oxide Inks, add a bit of gray with the Stampin’ Write Smoky Slate marker, spritz
lightly with water and place a piece of Whisper White cardstock over the image,
pressing down with your fingers before lifting up the paper.
2).
Use an AquaPainter™ to apply Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy Classic Ink over
the stamped image. Trim the panel, cut
the center strip (per the sketch) and mount onto a piece of Night of Navy
cardstock.
3).
Mount the entire panel onto the white card base.
4).
Ink the sentiment from Home of the Free using Stampin’ Write Night of Navy and
Cherry Cobbler markers, trim and mount onto a piece of Night of Navy
cardstock.
5).
Add the looped Silver Thread to the card front and mount the sentiment with
dimensional foam.
7).
Add a Rhinestone to the center of the star in the sentiment to finish off the
card.
Stamp
Sets: Old Flag Background, Home of the Free (ODBD)
Ink/Mediums:
Stampin’ Write Markers- Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy; Tim Holtz® Distress
Oxide Inks- Faded Jeans, Fired Brick
Paper/Cardstock:
Whisper White, Night of Navy
Accessories/Tools: AquaPainter™, Silver Thread
Thanks
again for taking the time to stop by- hugs and I hope you have a blessed week,
sweet friends!
This was a quick and easy card! If you have not already done so, I
hope you have a chance to check out the above challenge sites- fabulous ideas
from all!
To create
this card:
Score and
fold a piece of Extra Thick Whisper White cardstock in half (I used a 4 ¼” x 11”
piece for a finished 4 ¼” x 5 ½” A2 card size).
Ink the
Old Flag Background (ODBD) using Stampin’ Write Markers- Dapper Denim for the
star area, Cherry Cobbler for the red stripes and Smoky Slate for the white
stripes, stamp off onto scrap paper and lay the card front down on top of the
background stamp, pressing with your fingers to transfer the ink.
Ink the
Not Forgotten military figure image with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and stamp onto Whisper
White cardstock.
Scribble
a bit of Dapper Denim and Cherry Cobbler ink from the Stampin’ Write markers
onto your craft mat (or you can use an acrylic block) and color the image with
the ink and an AquaPainter™.
Color the
military uniform with a Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker and add shadows with
the Tip Top Taupe Stampin’ Write Marker.
Trim the
image and mount onto Dapper Denim cardstock.
Ink the
sentiment using the Cherry Cobbler and Dapper Denim Stampin’ Write Markers and
stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock.
Trim the
sentiment, mount onto Dapper Denim cardstock, “huff” onto the Old Flag
Background to re-moisten the ink in the star area of the stamp and press the
sentiment over the background stamp for a light star background.
Mount the
focal image and sentiment with dimensional foam to finish off the card.
Stamp
Sets: Not Forgotten, Old Flag Background (both Our Daily Bread Designs)
Ink: Stāz-On® Jet Black, Stampin’
Write Markers- Dapper Denim, Cherry Cobbler, Smoky Slate, Sahara Sand, Tip Top
Taupe
Paper: Extra
Thick and Regular Whisper White, Dapper Denim
Accessories: AquaPainter™
Thanks
again for taking the time to visit- hugs and I hope you have a marvelous week!
In the past few weeks Graphic 45 has been highlighting their retiring 2014 Design Team members with "Fond Farewell" posts and I fell in love with all of the designer projects but especially Ginger Ropp's Easy Instagram Mini Waterfall Album (I have created at least ten of
these this week- they are so addictive!!) :-)
If you have not visited either challenge site yet, I encourage
you to do so- marvelous inspiration from all!
Using the instructions from the video, score a 12x12 piece of
Night of Navy cardstock (I used a retired textured piece from my stash)- score
at 3”, 6” and 9”, turn and score at 4” and 8”.
Using the Stampin’ Up! Paper Trimmer, trim on the 3” and 6”
score lines to the 4” score line.
Turn the paper and trim along the uncut side of the paper
along the 4” score line to the 9” score (again, using Ginger Ropp’s video
instruction).
Fold the 3” and 6” trimmed score panels as directed on the video
and complete the photo folio per the video instructions – I found that it was a
bit easier to also add an additional score line of approx. 1/8” or so, to the
left of the first 3” score line to allow for the bulk.
Decorate the panels as you desire… fyi- I did a few strips of designer paper on some of the panels and adhered on the two
sides only to allow a photo or other panel to be inserted under the strip... this is what I love about this mini book- it
can be decorated in any way you choose :-)
To decorate the panels:
Cover: Add the piece of lace onto the front cover and mount the red
grosgrain ribbon (I used ribbon from my stash and wrapped the ribbon around the
album adhering with Scor Tape®).
Adhere the 2 ¾” x 3 ¾” piece of striped paper from the
Authentique® Pride Collection over the ribbon and lace.
Add the scrap piece of textured Night of Navy cardstock (approx. ¼” x 3 ¾”) over the edge of the
lace.
Add the two scrap pieces of red starred patterned paper to the
sides.
Stamp the flag image from the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) Old
Flag Background using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink and color with an AquaPainter™
using Night of Navy and retired Poppy Parade Classic Ink (I used Poppy Parade
versus Real Red to match the paper).
Trim a portion of the background (save the rest for another
project) and stamp the Gorgeous Grunge large splatter stamp using Ranger® Tim
Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink.
Sponge Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink over the
entire image to antique the paper.
Mount onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock, trim again and
mount onto a piece of Poppy Parade cardstock.
Stamp the sentiment from Land of the Free (ODBD) using Stāz-On®
Jet Black Ink and color with Stampin’ Write
Markers- Night of Navy and retired Poppy Parade (I used Poppy Parade
versus Real Red to match the paper).
Trim the sentiment, distress with the same inks as the Old Flag
background panel, mount onto a piece of Night of Navy cardstock, trim again and
mount onto a piece of Poppy Parade cardstock.
Add the scrap pieces of the star pattern paper and insert the
pewter brads.
Mount the sentiment to the focal image panel and adhere the
entire panel to the front cover.
Behind the front cover: Mount the 2 ¾” x 3 ¾” red music
panel from the Authentique® Pride Collection to the back of the front cover.
Stamp the image from Not
Forgotten (ODBD) using using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto a piece of Whisper
White cardstock and color with the AquaPainter™ with Night of Navy and Poppy
Parade Classic Ink adding shadows using the Sahara Sand Stampin’ Write Marker.
Trim and mount onto Night of Navy
cardstock, trim and mount onto Poppy Parade cardstock and distress the panel by
sponging Ranger® Tim Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink over the edges and image.
Mount the focal image to the panel.
Balance of pages: Mount the 2 ¾” x 3 ¾” pieces of
the Authentique® Pride Collection to the “pages” or panels.
Using scrap strips of the papers,
adhere to the edges only to create the straps to hold photos or business size
cards (I plan to use some of these albums for Bible Verse memorization by
printing the verses on business size cardstock).
I did add one sentiment on the
opposite “page” from the Not Forgotten image using the verse from the same
stamp set (colored with Stampin’ Write markers and “antiqued” with Ranger® Tim
Holtz® Old Paper Distress Ink, cut out with the Big Shot™ and the Chalk Talk
Collection Framelits™ and mounted onto an additional Chalk Talk frame from
Night of Navy and Poppy Parade cardstock).
The entire album takes a few
hours to create, but again, fair warning, they are very addictive!
Stamp Sets: Old Flag
Background, Land of the Free, Not Forgotten (all Our Daily Bread Designs), Gorgeous
Grunge (Stampin’ Up!)
I
designed this Clean and Simple (CAS) card using Our Daily Bread Designs Old
Flag Background stamp along with the sentiment from Home of the Free using the
Retro Rubber Challenge Blog #65 Sketch, the Less is More #335 “Colours of your Country’s Flag” Challenge and the FUSION “4th of July Jars”Inspiration Challenge. 
