Friday, July 4, 2014

Red, White, and Shades of Blue

I will admit to having a stash of Red | White | Blue | USA | Patriotic card making goodies but a good ol' USA Independence Day is less about mailing cards and more about picnics, parades, ice cream, and fireworks! So I decided I would go non-traditional with my red, white, and blue(s).





Detail of embossing, foil, flower and backside of tag.


Hello Red White and Blues
~Base card - turquoise card stock
~Layer of navy card stock embossed using Sizzix Ornate Frame  #2 folder
~Triangle of turquoise American Craft Foil (a gift from sissy Gail)
~Red card stock layers of Tim Holtz Tattered Flower Garland (a Christmas gift from my Amazon wish list!); flower tips embossed using Ranger Seafoam White posder
~Tag laser printed; punched using McGill Multi Tags; silver floss (transfer of crap from sister Gail)
~Turquoise glitter brad
Inspirations | Challenges
Fusion Card - sketch and color
Shopping Our Stash - red, white, and blue
Sister Act - anything goes
Bloggers - red, white, blue
CCEE Stampers - red, white, blue

Here's to friends, fireworks, and festival foods!

Nancy in Iowa

10 comments:

  1. Your take on red, white, and blue is gorgeous!!!!!! Love the shine on this and that beautiful flower.
    Lynn

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  2. Beautiful textured background for your pretty red layered blossom! Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful card with the CCEE Stampers in this week's challenge!

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  3. Definitely different it's great. Jacqui DT Sister Act

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  4. oh wow, what a bright and beautiful card and such a cool use of the red white and blue palette! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR STASH with us this week! ♥

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  5. What a fabulous combination of the sketch and photo! Thanks for playing along with us at Fusion :)

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  6. Wonderful clever embossing! That glittery flower is stunning too!

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  7. Those glittery petals are perfect ... and I love the sentiment tag ... so very glad you joined us at Fusion Card Challenge.

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  8. Oh, how fun is that flower?? I love the embossed edges! So glad you came to play at Shopping our Stash :)

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  9. This is gorgeous, Love the shimmer on the flower and on the stripes :) Thank you for sharing with Fusion !

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  10. A great design and so glad you shared it on CCEE stampers weekly challenge.

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