Happy 4th of July! In keeping with America's upcoming birthday celebration, Paper Sweeties' July Inspiration Challenge is Red, White, & Blue. I hope you'll play along with us.
I went shabby with my card, distressing all the edges with my Distrezz-It-All and with ink. I colored the doily with several colors of ink sprays. The star stitch on my sewing machine was perfect for the top edge of the striped paper. I used Paper Sweeties' Beautiful stamp set for the sentiment and stamped frame, and cut it out with the coordinating Beautiful Little Wishes Sweet Cuts die set. The bow is made from Sugar Sprinkles Seam Binding and I've used Apple Pie and Sugar Sprinkles sequins in several places, including the top of a blue button, which I distressed with sand paper and "antiqued" with brown acrylic paint. To finish off the card, I melted Shabby White Frantage Embossing Powder in a few places.
For the inside, I used scraps from the front of the card to make a patriotic frame around the sentiment panel.
Be sure to visit the rest of the design team, as well as our July Guest Designer, Lin Brandyberry, for more Red, White & Blue inspiration, then pop over to the Paper Sweeties blog and link up your own creation for a chance to with a Paper Sweeties Gift Certificate!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a Happy Independence Day!
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14 comments :
A simply GORGEOUS Americana card. Love all your details. Thanks for playing along with VLV!
What a gorgeous shabby patriotic card with lots of detail, Cheryl...love it!!!
LOVE LOVE LOVE all the gorgeous texture, Cheryl! I adore the use of the sequins! HUGS! :) Mynn xx
Your card is gorgeous.
Cheryl I love the shabby distressed feel of your gorgeous card! You always add the sweetest details like the distressed button and the embossing and the sprayed doily! I love your designs!
Gorgeous card Cheryl Lea! I love the shabby look, all the texture looks wonderful.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
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Mandy xx
Wow wow wow!! This is STUNNING! LOVING that texture!!!!!!
Awesome, just love the vintage feel to it!!
Beautiful!!!! Love the stitching and the embossing!
Wonderful patriotic card! Very pretty and grungy! Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra
WOW ... what a shabby chic STUNNER you have created for this month's challenge, Cheryl!!!
Ohhhh, nice card! I love all the distressed shabbiness and Americana colors. Cool star stitching along the top, too. I always mean to use more of my decorative stitches but seem to be stuck on just a few, and then I never change thread colors. This is most inspiring, Cheryl!
This is a beautiful and inspiring card, love it!
So very awesome! This card is right up my alley... love the distressing and the stitching... everything...
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