~Celebrate Patriotism~

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Hope your July 4th celebration was a great one. We spent the day with good friends of ours and their family. It's become our tradition the last 4 years or so. Karen is so hospitable and extends the welcome mat.

 

I made this card for my cousin to thank him for his military service and also as a 4th of July celebration card. I wanted to post it on July 4th but there was just no time. We went out to a farm to pick blueberries in the morning. Then after a quick shower we went to a card dealer to start the process of buying a new car. Then off to our friend's home for our July 4th celebration.

 

So I am posting it a couple of days behind schedule (lol)! Here are the details on how I created this card.

 

This is a card I created for the Splitcoaststampers color challenge #640. I was the hostess and I hosen real red, dapper denim, smoky slate and whisper white for the color palette. Optional was to create something patriotic.

dapper denim, real red, smoky slate, whisper white

I found lots of patriotic ideas on Pinterest this week. Here is one idea I used for inspiration.

For my background, I used the Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder. My flags are cut in dapper denim with an MFT die.

For the stars, I used the Stampin'-Up "star framelits dies. The celebrate word is cut from the CottageCutz "celebrate phrase" die.

 

Well that's my card for today. So until next time........God bless.

 

card details:

Paper: real red, dapper denim, whisper white, smoky slate  

Paper Size: A2  

Accessories: celebrate phrase die (CottageCutz), flag stax & sun, moon and stars dies (MFT), star framelits (Stampin'-Up), star embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

 

I am also entering:

1.  TicTacToe Challenge- I chose summer, die-cut, pattern paper

2.  Crafting By Designs has an anything goes challenge

3.  Shopping Our Stash Our Stash has a flag day challenge. We are to use the colors of our flag.