Patriotic cards

Amuse Design Studios provided a download of patriotic images for journaling, and I used the blue & white stars for a 4th of July card-stars and stripes!

I have a couple of cards to share today which have no colouring at all! One concentrates on die cutting and the other on heat embossing and combined with a strong colour scheme which fits with the nau

This week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge is to use color blocks in a project. I had an idea that ended up coming together very quickly. I'm super excited about this design and can't wait to make lots more cards like these. It turns out to be a perfect way to use up lots of those little scraps of cardstock that you can't bear to throw away but are not sure you'll ever use. A patriotic thank you, perhaps for a soldier? A colorful birthday card. A sweet card for a friend. My scraps were cut to 1…

Hello! It's time for the Operation Write Home (OWH) Memorial Day Blog Hop! I would like to say a quick THANK YOU to all that are currently serving or have served their country--you ROCK. I've used sketch # 8 for this card. Recipe: Core'dinations cardstock from the Vintage Collection in Bloom and Ruby Cuttlebug embossing folders: stars, stripes (from the Retro Kitchen set), swiss dot MS All Occasion Cake Cricut cart - star @ 2", 1" DMC floss #B5200, pop dots to add dimension to the white…

patriotic w cut out stars red white blue

An easel card (hence the play on words) for the 4th of July. Used a red A2 size card and cut the long way from an 8.5 x 11 card stock cut from top to bottom. I added a solid white layer, a blue layer, and over the top a dry embossed white layer. I cut 3 assorted stars from glitter paper, staggered them, and glued them on as shown. I then cut a banner of red foil paper, a white layer, a blue then my stamped red headline. Underneath all the layers, added 3 layers of card stock for height to…

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