Friday, July 4, 2014

~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.
3Bloggers Challenge is to use red, white and blue.
4Crafters Café is a red, white and blue challenge.
5.  Country View Crafts has a stencil it challenge.

14 comments:

  1. Wonderful textured background! Hope you enjoy the fireworks display. That is one of my favorite things. Happy 4th!

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  2. Happy Fourth of July! Love your patriotic card and post. Need to check out that stamp set, I really love the silhouettes.
    Enjoy your weekend!

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  3. Fabulous Mixed Media card Mary - love the textured background and lovely patriotic silhouette image! Thanks for playing along with the Bloggers Challenge!

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  4. This is just gorgeous,thanks for sharing with us at Country View Challenges.xxx

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  5. Happy 4th of July Mary! Great DP, image and I really like how you added USA in the stars. Enjoy the fireworks!

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  6. Beautiful card Mary! Love the faux tile technique. That stamp set looks vaguely familiar, lol!

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  7. Love this Mary!! I love that stamp image and the fun background you created, thanks for playing in our Mixed Media Mojo challenge!

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  8. This is fantastic! Love what you did! Thanks so much for playing along with Mixed Media Mojo!

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  9. This is so cute and colorful! I saw this on a challenge blog and just had to pop over and say HI! :)

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  10. sweet patriotic card! thanks for sharing your process!

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  11. Brilliant card! Many thanks for playing at The Crafter's Cafe challenge blog.
    Hugs
    Fiona DT xx

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  12. Such a fantastic patriotic card! Hope you had a wonderful 4th with your family!

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  13. I love it - the texture is brilliant and the design is so eye-catching.

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  14. Wonderful patriotic card design. Thanks for joining the Mixed Media Mojo Challenge!

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