Showing posts with label Patriotic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Patriotic. Show all posts

Deployment Card

Good evening!  First I have to say thank you to all of my new followers!  I'm half way to my 300 followers goal and you are the ones who make blogging so much fun!  Special thank you for all your lovely comments too, it means so much to me!  When I reach 300 followers I will be giving away a Stampin' Up! gift certificate so be sure to tell your friends!

A friend of mine asked me to make her a deployment card.  At first I thought this was going to be a real challenge, but the more I thought about it I had a few idea running through my head and little by little I was able to come up with something I really liked.  I wanted to use red, white, and blue, but at the same time I didn't want it to look like it was for a patriotic holiday.

I forgot I even had this stamp set, but I'm sure glad I kept it.  I love the images in this set!  I colored the image using my SU markers and then I stamped it onto my card stock.  Then I cut out the image using my labels collection dies.  My image is layered onto another labels collection cut out that I dry embossed using my snow burst embossing folder.  I sort of thought this embossing folder might pass for small stars, I think it worked.

I decided to make a small medallion for an embellishment.  I cut 2 strips of 1"x6" designer series paper, scored them every 1/4" and folded them back and forth and then gluing them together to form a circle/medallion.  I used my glue gun to hold it together.  Then I used my large and small star punches to punch out some stars and I put a small silver brad through the center and then placed that on top of my medallion.  My medallion is placed onto my card using my glue gun.

The script background part of my card is computer generated.  I wanted to use the words from 'God Bless America' so I decided to print out the words using script writing and medium brown ink and then I printed it out on my computer.  I added some sponging all along the edges and it is darker at the edges and lighter towards the center.  I wanted to give it a distressed look.

The other embellishments on my card are a few more punched out stars, scallop border using real red card stock, and a ribbon knot with a button tied with twine.  There are dimensionals under the crumb cake designer series paper and underneath the left side of my main image panel- I did this to help keep my image level since the dsp has dimensionals under it.  Below is a close up side view of my card.  I hope you liked my card!  Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!


*card #73 out of 100 cards in 100 days goal

Stamps:  Liberty for All
Card Stock:  Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Real Red, White, DSP- 6"x6" Patterns Pack (Retired)
Ink:  None
Supplies:  Ribbon, Twine, Button, Simply Score Tool, Glue Gun, Large Star Punch, Small Star Punch, Silver Mini Brads, SU Mat Pack & Paper Piercing Tool- for holes for brads, Scallop Border Punch, Sponges, Snow Burst Embossing Folder, Label Collections Framelits, SU Markers- Real Red, Not Quite Navy, Crumb Cake, Dimensionals
Technique: Sponging, Distressing, Dry Embossing, Paper Folding (paper medallion)

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Happy 4th of July!



Happy 4th of July to you all!  I decided to make a card for the Sentimental Sunday blog challenge which was to create a patriotic card using red, white, and blue, (or the colors of your country's flag).  The bonus was that we could also use the sketch provided which is shown in the photo below.  I made a card similar to this yesterday, but this is a different layout and I stamped the sentiment differently.

I randomly stamped the fireworks images all over my card stock and then I cut it out to fit the sketch.  I stamped and punched out the larger blue star and the smaller red star was simply punched out and I placed a Rhinestone Jewel in the center of thet star.  My star is placed on my card using dimensionals. 

To create the sentiment I needed to color part of it using my real red stampin up marker and stamp the 'happy 4th of' and then I cleaned my stamp, inked up the 'July' part of the image and then I stamped next to it.  In other words I needed the sentiment to be stamped across.  TIP-  To create the notch in the end of my sentiment card stock layer I simply used a 1" square punch- super easy!

*card #28 out of 100 cards in 100 days goal

Have a wonderful holiday!  I might be back with another card for today, I can't promise, but I'll try.

Stamps:  July Fourth
Card Stock:  White, Real Red, Pacific Point
Ink:  Real Red, Pacific Point
Supplies:  Large Star Punch, Small Star Punch, Dimensionals, Rhinestone Jewel, 1" Square Punch
Technique: One Sheet Wonder

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July 3, 2012 ~ Patriotic Fireworks



I made this card for the Clean & Simple stamping blog challenge and this time the challenge is a sketch challenge.  This card went together so quickly and I love the way it turned out.  Below is a photo of the sketch we were to follow.


I also made my card for the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge blog which was to create a red, white, and blue card with some sparkle and for the Paper Playtime blog challenge which was to create a card using red, white, and blue with a die cut. 

I used a retired Stampin' Up! stamp set called 'July Fourth' and there are fireworks stamps within this set and I used those stamps to randomly stamp all over my background using real red and pacific point ink.  It might be a little hard to see in my photo, but I added a rhinestone jewel in the cneter of all the fireworks.  My die cuts are my large and small stars.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and leave a comment for me.  I would love to have you become a follower!  Have a great rest of the day!

*card #27 out of 100 cards in 100 days goal

Stamps:  July fourth
Card Stock:  White Real Red, Pacific Point
Ink:  Real Red, Pacific Point
Supplies:  Large Star Punch, Small Star Punch, Rhinestone Jewels, Tombow Multi Glue
Technique: One Sheet Wonder
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