Shabby Tea Room Challenge - week #10 - Stars and Stripes

Oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain...for purple mountains majesty, across the fruited plain...America, America, God shed His grace on thee! What a great song and what a nice sentiment as we enter the most patriotic of seasons - Summer! We have Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and then Labor Day - all purely American traditions.

Today my card is my entry for The Shabby Tea Room, Week #10 Challenge. The "rules" were to use either Stars & Stripes or Red, White and Blue. So, of course, I did both! Funny that I had just made a Red, White and Blue card a week or so ago...hmmm...must be something on everyone's mind. It's a great combo - how can you go wrong?

 

Here is my card for today:

 

I started by making the big flag in the background. I simply tore strips of bazzill paper to make a rough flag. I used silver star shaped brads to make the blue part. Reminiscent of one of our first flags. I had the old travel tags that say New York and Boston. I stamped the sentiment in Denim blue Adirondack ink. The background is kraft paper with stars stamped in white pigment ink.

 

The stars and stripes flying proudly in our front yard! God Bless America!

 

Comments

[Nicole]

Perfect interpretation of this week's challenge! I love your handmade flag. Great job! Thanks for playing along with us at TSTR! :)

[Audrey Pettit]

Love your paper pieced flag here, and love the kraft background with the white stamped stars. Great job! Thanks for playing along with us at The Shabby Tea Room.

[Mark]

I was very happy to see your patriotic card! I know how patriotic you are. Go RED White & Blue! It is one of the things I admire about you. Great job on the card. It is fantastic!

[Debbie Marcinkiewicz]

Oh my goodness ... this is WONDERFUL, Wanda! I {heart} how you tore the paper to give the flad that tattered look! The star brads are awesome -- so clever! Fabulous take on this week's stars and stripes theme in the Tea Room ... thanks for joining us :)