Taylored Expressions Of Thee I Sing Patriotic Cards

Good morning, peeps! This is my last day of my stay on the lake with family. It feels like it should be the 4th of July with this card but I really don't want to go back in time. However, I do wish our country was more patriotic like it used to be when people respected the flag, what it stands for and appreciated the sacrifices our military people make. I must get off my soap box, however, and go swimming one last time! Here's the card we made in our Thursday group. Sue L. brought the kit with everything cut out. All we had to do was put the puzzle together and glue!

The sentiment is from the title of my post.

I thought I'd share one that Barb created using a panel of patterned paper and not pieces that were cut.

Thank you for stopping by!

Stampin' Up! Loyal & True Washi Tape Card

Welcome to my Monday Morning Makeover Madness card. I made a Mermaid card with washi tape here last Wednesday. Today's makeover was easier for me. I have no idea where the tape came from but the stamp set is the retired Loyal & True. I do not give up any military related stamps! I'm entering this card at Crafting Happiness #115 ATG, Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2139 and A Perfect Time to Craft #9-2021.

My card base is Night of Navy cardstock with a mat of Misty Moonlight cardstock. I took a piece of Basic White (5" x 3 3/4"), made an "X" from one corner to another and laid the washi tape at opposite angles and wrapped it to the back. Then I adhered it to the Misty Moonlight mat with liquid glue.

I stamped the sentiment on Basic White with Night of Navy ink and punched it out with the Rectangular Postage Punch. I cut a Night of Navy mat for it and rounded the corners. It's adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals.

The inside is clean and simple...

Today would have been my 52nd wedding anniversary with this Vietnam Veteran. We met through the mail 2/14/69. It was love at first write!!

He loved his peanut M & M's!  Here's a bar for you!! Thanks for stopping by.

Partial Product List

Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch

[152709]

$18.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$8.75

Misty Moonlight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[153081]

$8.75

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Loyal & True Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143879]

$18.00

Links by TheseAreMyStamps.com

Stampin' Up! Layering Alphabet Edgelits Dies

I watched a video by Tami White using the Layering Alphabet Edgelits Dies and bumped into a challenge at Always Fun - Lots of Layers and one at Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper. I haven't played at Word Art Wednesday in a long time, so it is fitting today as Jesus is my hero.

Remember now, I gave you a day off from seeing the Loyal & True stamp set with the ODB Patriotic Collection but I'm back again with it today!

My card base is Blueberry Bushel. I cut a mat of Whisper White and ran it through my Big Shot using the Corrugated TIEF.  Then using four different patterned paper sheets, I cut the letters one at a time with the Big Shot. I adhered them to another piece of the OBD, snipped off the edges and glued it to the embossed mat. You can't see that the letters were all different because I covered them up with silver foil. Tami shows you how to do this in her video.

For the inside...

I used yet another piece from the Patriotic Collection. I stamped the "you are my hero" circle in Blueberry Bushel and adhered it to my card base. There is enough white space to write a note to a military recipient. However, if there is another hero in your life, you could send it to that person!

Thank you for stopping by today and I'll see you tomorrow for our Thursday Happy Inkin' Krew blog hop.

Partial List of Product Used:

Layering Alphabet Edgelits Dies [145664] $125.00	Loyal & True Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143879] $18.00	Loyal & True Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143876] $25.00
Corrugated Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [148026] $10.00	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $4.00

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Stampin' Up! Loyal and True

I hope you are not tired of seeing the Our Daily Bread patterned paper nor the Loyal and True stamp set. I am not tired of it...that's obvious!

Want to know how I came up with the design? Well, it's because of Kel's sketch at Sketch Saturday #534.

I loved her design so I followed it precisely.

My banners are 3/4" wide and I hand flagged them. My Whisper White square is 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" and the Real Red Mat is 3 1/2" x 3 1/2". I stamped the star from the Loyal and True set and fussy cut it. 

For the inside, I took a Whisper White mat 4" x 5 1/4" and ran my Real Red Stampin' Write Marker along the edge.  I stamped the soldier in Blueberry Bushel but it was 3rd generation. I stamped the sentiment full strength. I adhered it to the card base with lots of dimensionals!

I have enjoyed using the paper LeAnne gave me and I've felt fulfilled making cards for our service men and women. 

Thank you for stopping by today. Tomorrow will be our monthly Inkin' Krew blog hop so do stop back. I can guarantee you will not see this paper nor the stamp set! BUT you will get to view lots of other talented stampers' projects.

Stampin' Up! Banner Triple Punch

My card today was inspired by one of the many kindest women I have met through Stampin' Up! She is a member of the Design Team at As You See It Challenge, in which I am entering my card. When I saw her card yesterday morning, I knew I had to play too!

Amanda Turner designed this challenge and it WAS a challenge for me! But, I went all out for it...you'll see in a minute. I'm not sure who blogged about the challenge but it was quite humorous and made me chuckle.  You need to check out the site if you have time. BUT read my post first or it'll raise a red flag. That's a hint as to what the theme is.

I always have a difficult time with banners, a/k/a flagging in the card world. It's getting easier, though, with the use of the Banner Triple Punch. Let me show you what I mean...

I formerly cut my "flags" with scissors. Now with the punch, it does all the work for me. They are all perfect! However, you are limited to 1", 1 1/2" and 2" width strips. My card base is Night of Navy. The patterned paper is from Our Daily Bread's Patriotic Collection. One of the 6" x 6" pieces had words only. Here's a photo of it...

Isn't it great? So, you can see that I didn't cut off the front part of the "W" but I did cut off "Military". I'm totally in love with the entire package and I'll be making more cards for the people who protect our land. The burlap ribbon I had to "bannerize" myself. If you follow Stamps-n-Lingers blog, you'll know that's a real word...lol.

Now, for the inside, I carried on the "flag" theme by using one of the dies from my Cheery Lynn Marine themed dies. However, I didn't use it as a die cut...I used it to emboss! I love this technique. Take a look see...

Isn't that so cool? I stamped the sentiment first, which is from Taylored Expressions "Of Thee I Sing".

I am pleased with my creation and I hope you are too. If you would like measurements or instructions let me know in a comment and I'll try to put something together for you as long as I have your email address. 

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow.

Stampin' Up! Loyal & True

Mod Squad Inchies, Tuesday Throwdown - For a Cause - #TT412 and Tuesday Morning Sketches #473 (great sketch Melissa!)

are my playground sites this morning. As most of you know, my husband is battling cancer from Agent Orange. So "my cause" is for the people who serve in any branch, anywhere in the world, to let them know we are thinking of them. My friend, LeAnne, sent me some patterned paper and I have used a smidgeon of it today.

 I used Real Red for my card base. I sponged a piece of Whisper White with Blueberry Bushel and used the same ink to stamp the sentiment from Loyal & True.

I punched 1 1/4" squares with a retired SU whale punch (that's old!). The DSP is by Our Daily Bread. The middle square is SU Blueberry Bushel.

The sentiment from Climbing Orchid is stamped in Blueberry Bushel on a scrap of Whisper White and adhered to a piece of Blueberry Bushel card stock. The Air Force symbol is a die cut, listed below.

The inside is self-explanatory, I hope.

Thank you so much for stopping by and remember our Veterans, please.

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Loyal & True, Climbing Orchid
Card stock & Papers	Blueberry Bushel, Real Red, Whisper White, ODB Patriotic
Ink	Blueberry Bushel
Accessories	Cheery Lynn Designs Air Force Dies
Tools	Big Shot, sponges, liquid glue

Stampin' Up! Loyal and True

Thank you for stopping by today. It's been awhile since I have made a card for a military person and that's the mood I was in.

I had my Waterfront stamp set out to make the card my friend, Mary, had made the other night on her Facebook live. However, I was crunched for time and had to make a more simple card. This is what I came up with...

Why did I make all circles you ask? (Well, maybe you didn't, but let's pretend!) ... because I saw this challenge this morning...Tuesday Morning Sketch #443.

The circles did not start out to be the front of my card...this did...

I created it for the Tuesday Throwdown #382 "Real Life Hero" challenge. SUO Challenge 195: A Favorite Sentiment! was also on my list for a sentiment. The "humble and dedicated" is my favorite from the Loyal & True set. Every set I own has a favorite but we're limited to one, not close to 200! I have got to clean out my stamp sets...but I digress!!

Let's get back to the card front, shall we? My card base is Night of Navy. I scored it every half inch on my Simply Scored board. I thought it would give the illusion of stripes. I adhered a Real Red mat to it with Tombow glue. To that, I adhered a Pacific Point mat with Dimensionals.

I stamped the "you are my hero" four times in Real Red, Rose Red, Night of Navy and Pacific Point on a piece of Whisper White scrap. I also stamped the "Loyal and True" on a piece of scrap in Cherry Cobbler. I die cut all the circles using the Layering Circles Framelits. I adhered them to the card front following the sketch pretty closely.

Since I had my Waterfront stamp set out and I had just watched Tami White make a card using the set, I decided to use her for inspiration with the illusion of a flag. That is such a versatile set and it was the first time I inked it up. I used Pacific Point and Real Red inks for that. I stamped the silhouette and the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black. My original mat had been larger because it was supposed to be the front so I cut it down. I placed it higher on the Whisper White mat because I want to write something at the bottom.

If you have questions about the measurements or how you can purchase the products I used, just let me know as I don't have time today to list everything. 

Hope you'll come back tomorrow...maybe I will have made Mary's card :-)

Coast Guard Veterans Day

Finally I got to the Coast Guard! I have an array of cards I did for those Veterans and I am pleased with how they turned out. What do you think?

The last photo is what all of the cards say inside...again the stamp is from DRS.

My first photo is done with the shaving cream technique for my mat. I used Night of Navy reinker drops and just swirled it in the shaving cream willy nilly. The remainder of the card is self-explanatory.

For the second card, my mat is from the Wood Textures DSP and the rest is self-explanatory.

My third card mat is a piece of patterned paper a friend gave me. The lighthouse is from a two-step stamp set, High Tide Photopolymer. I stamped it in Night of Navy and Rose Red. The emblems were printed from the internet on my computer. I am entering this one in Craftyhazelnuts Patterned Paper October 2017 Challenge.

I want to do four or five different cards for each branch of the service so I've got some work to do! Tomorrow will be the Marines.

Thanks for looking.

Stampin' Up! Work of Art

Here's another card I made for Veterans Day. I have two family members who are (were) Navy (most are Army) and they have been waiting for this card to appear!

SU Stamp Sets: Seaside Shore and Work of Art

Inks: Night of Navy and retired Delightful Dijon

The emblem on the front I printed out on my computer. The "Navy" is a die cut from Cheery Lynn. The stars on the front are Gold Glimmer paper punched with a non SU punch. The anchor and rope on the inside are fussy cut from the Seaside Shore SU stamp set. The inside sentiment is stamped in Night of Navy and the stamp is from DRS.

Tomorrow the Coast Guard, I hope!

Thanks for looking!!

The Bold and The Beautiful

Sunday Stamps #163 Bold and Beautiful has a challenge I thought would be perfect for making a Veteran's Day card for an Air Force service man or woman.

I used a Dapper Denim card base and embossed a piece of Whisper White with the retired Stylish Stripes TIEF. I ran a Marina Mist ink pad across the top and a Real Red ink pad across the bottom. The emblems are all die cut from Real Red, Night of Navy and Basic Gray cardstock. I sponged the Basic Gray with Night of Navy ink.

For the inside, I stamped it with the Veterans Day stamp from DRS, added a piece of washi tape on the left and drew lines with Cherry Cobbler and Night of Navy markers on the right.

Tomorrow I have to work on the Marines and Navy because Veterans Day is not too far away!

Thanks for looking!!

Veterans Part 3

In case you miss it, this is a three-part post! 

For my third and last entry in HLS Anything Goes Monthly Die Cut Challenge 

I used the same ingredients as my first and second cards but in a different manner. I also added gold Metallic Enamel Stars. I'm sure there aren't too many 3 star generals out there who would receive this card, but you never know.

I hope the Veterans will enjoy the cards because I certainly enjoyed making them!

Veterans Part 2

This post is part of a series for today.

My second card for Happy Stampers Die Cut Challenge 

uses the same die cuts. I used the camouflage technique to make the designer paper for my die cuts. Using distress inks, I sponged the Crumb Cake Cardstock card base. I stamped "USA" with a stamp from DRS designs and added retired Early Espresso enamel dots on the corner. 

Thanks for looking and I hope you will check out the other two posts!

Veterans Part 1 of 3

Many veterans have died so that we may have our freedom. I am "die"ing for the ones who are still with us ... by that I mean "die cutting" (for those who read my blog and are not into card crafting).

Happy Little Stampers October Anything Goes with Dies Challenge will be my choice for today. Their rules allow you to post as many times as you want as long as each card is different. So, let's give it a go!

My first card was made using Tim Holtz Distress Inks with Burlap Clear Mount Stamp. The dies I used for the helmet, Army and tank are from Cheery Lynn. The frame die is from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

I sponged a piece of Whisper White Cardstock with these distress inks: Bundled Sage, Forest Moss, Tea Dye, and Vintage Photo and cut out the frame. The burlap was inked in Forest Moss and Tea Dye using another piece of Whisper White to fit inside the frame. I then die cut the army pieces out of Early Espresso, with the exception of the ARMY, which was cut from a scrap of unknown DSP and mounted on Early Espresso.

The inside is very plain but very meaningful...

It is from DRS Designs.

I hope you will visit my next two posts to see my other two cards.

Thanks for looking!

Stampin' Up!: Loyal and True Part 2

A few weeks ago (I think), I posted a Loyal and True card that I made for a Veteran. Today I have made another one based on the sketch from Global Design Project Challenge #102

I used the camouflage technique for the side strips. The inks I used were Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand. My cardbase is Mossy Meadow; the mats are Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla. The stamps for the inside sentiments are not Stampin' Up, but I wish they were! However, the front is from Loyal and True Clear Mount Stamp Set. The ribbon is the 1/4" Copper Trim. I tried to make it look like boots because I couldn't fit the feet on the soldier! If you don't purchase anything else, you need to have this ribbon! It's the best and so are our service men and women!!

Thanks for looking!

Stampin' Up! Loyal and True

I didn't do this one for a challenge...I did it for our country. We owe our military people so much.

This is for my husband, my brother, other relatives, friends, my classmates who were killed, and ALL those who have served, are serving and will serve. God Bless America.

Thanks for looking!