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Happy Saturday Bloggers,

It has been a lazy summer day here.  Not even the birds are chirping much today.  It will hit 100 degrees here today.  The a/c is working hard today. 

After looking at challenges for the last few days I decided to make another patriotic card.  I only do reds for patriotic things.  My Christmas tree doesn't even have much red on it.  But I do love the American and Texas flags and display them proudly.  Well here is my latest patriotic card.


The first cut I made from my new Stand & Salute cart was the Uncle Sam hat.  It is so festive.  I added 50 stars with a Jelly Roll pen to the field of blue on my flag.

So glad to be able to use this sticker from Me & My Big Ideas.  In my stash I have several sheets that are at least eight years old.  I have used several from these sheets over the years and this one was perfect for the Uncle Sam card.

I decided to make this an easel card.  One of the easiest and my most often used 'fancy fold' for a card.

Here is my recipe:
Size:  4.50" x 4.75"
Hat:  STAND & SALUTE, pg 27, Uncle Sam + Shadow and Blackout features, cut @ 3.5"
Flag:  This is hand cut as follows

• 2 Red strips cut @ 0.75" x 4.5"
• 2 Red strips cut @ 0.75" x 2.5"
• 1 Blue square cut @ 2" x 2"

Inside Mats:

• Red mat cut @ 2.5" x 4.5"
• Blue mat cut @ 2.25" x 4.25"
• White mat cut @ 2" x 4"

Sticker:  Me & My Big Ideas (Patriotic Sayings)
Color Medium:  Sukara (White Jelly Roll pen)

This card is entered into the following challenges:
BBTB2 - Patriotic Challenge
Cooking with Cricut - #93 - Happy Birthday USA, use Red, White and Blue
Die Cuttin' Divas - #72 - Red, White, Blue + Patriotic Symbol
My Craft Spot - #62 - 4th of July
Paper Playtime - #78 - Red, White and Blue
Sentimental Sundays - #109 - Be Patriotic
The Pink Elephant - #155 - Red, White and Blue

Have you ever notice that RIOT is in the middle of PatRIOTic?  Well that is all for me today.  Hope you have a blast today crafting or playing with your family.

Toodles and Happy Crafting,
Belinda



Our Founding Fathers

I am a fan of Mary at Cardztv.  This week she is the Paper Playtime Queen of the week.  So I decided to participate in this week's challenge (Paper Playtime Challenge #2 ).  The theme was "In thy face I see honor, truth and loyalty."  First thoughts were God and country, soldiers and Old Glory, etc.  Since DH and I had recently viewed a program about Benjamin Franklin I decided to honor three of our Founding Fathers: George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. 

Materials used
White and Ivory Cardstock – The Paper Company
Royal Blue Cardstock– scrap from stash
Ink – Cranberry and Royal Blue Pigment Brush Pad – Color Box
Foam Tape – Darice
Font – Freehand591 (Microsoft)


Tools used
Oval Cutting system – Creative Memories
Computer


It has been a long time since I had done such tiny paper cutting work.  It was fun.  I also had fun finding the different silhouettes. 

Happy cardmaking and many blessings,
Belinda