~Proud to be an American~

Hello blogger friends! Thanks for taking the time to visit the Charmed Life Blog. It's the 4th of July and we are getting ready for a celebration this afternoon at a friend's home. Tonight we will attend a Fireworks display in our community.

 

It's a wonderful way to celebrate our American heritage. And, despite the things that are wrong in our country, I can still say that I am proud to be an American. In fact, our church has joined in with a national movement to pray for America for the first 7 days in July.  

 

Pray! in the 7th month, July

Pray! on each of the first 7 days of July

Pray! and fast on July 7th for 7 hours.....  

Now onto my card for today. This is another attempt at mixed media. I was happy with how this one turned out.

 

For this card I did a mixed media piece using a “faux tile” technique. I picked 3 colors of paint -I chose Ranger distress chipped sapphire, fired brick and a white acrylic. I cover my mixed media paper with bold strokes of the blue and red.

I used an MFT die to cut some chevrons and taped them to my card. Over the chevrons I laid some some drywall tape. I painted my white acrylic over that. This became my “grout”.
I like the texture that the painters tape gave. I was going after a flag look and I think I captured that with my background.

When the acrylic dried I carefully peeled off the chevrons and tape to reveal the background. To speed up the drying process I laid it in front of an open window. We have a good breeze going.

My images and sentiment are a stamp set from Flourishes “patriotism on parade”. I die cut a red frame with a Spellbinders rectangle die and  added stars to complete my card.

 

Well that's it for me for today so until next time.......God bless.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: patriotism on parade (Flourishes) 

Paper: real red, night of navy, ww, Strathmore mixed media paper 

Paper Size: A2 

Ink: night of navy, real red 

Accessories: Ranger distress paints-chipped sapphie, fired brick, white. MFT Chevron die, drywall tape (home Depot)

 

I am also entering:

1.  Mixed Media Mojo wants us to think patriotic

2.  A Creative Romance wants us to use the colors of our national flag.

3.  Bloggers Challenge is to use red, white and blue.

4.  Crafters Café is a red, white and blue challenge.

5.  Country View Crafts has a stencil it challenge.