Happy 4th of July! WOO HOOOO! Wishing you a wonderful, happy, fun filled day today with your friends and family! Not sure what we're doing today... I think I'll be making hamburgers and fresh corn on the cob... And maybe we'll do some fireworks here at the house. It will be a mellow day for us and that's fine with me! Happy Summer Holiday everyone! I made a quick card this weekend to celebrate the occasion. I have a big bin full of patriotic and Americana stamps and papers. Everything I used for this card is from my stash and is all old. I love using my old favorite supplies. It's also been a minute since I made something vintage-y and distressed. I kind of like how it came out! Have fun today! XOXO
I started with a cream card base in A2. All my layers are cream, and not bright white. I die cut an oval and a circle with my stitched dies. I used some old papers with a red white and blue color palette.
I stamped Lady Liberty onto the oval in black and then used blue ink and yellow ink to stamp stars and fireworks around here. Then I stamped the sentiment in blue and added yellow stars. The background paper was handstamped with Antique Linen ink onto the cream paper. Everything was inked around the edges with a sponge dauber and Antique Linen Ink. I added the metal stars as an accent. I also used a bit of red and white twine wrapped around the layers for some texture.
Since all of the supplies are old they are not available any longer. So no supply list! The Statue of Liberty Stamp is from Paper Inspirations, the fireworks stamp is from Savvy Stamps. The sentiments are from the set from Taylored Expressions called Yankee Doodle Homestead. I saw that some of them are listed on Ebay if you're interested in stamping like I did!!
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY Independence Day from our home to yours!
Wanda your vintage card is fabulous. Love the details throughout... the background script, the statue of Liberty, the Stars, and the Strips boarder, and the distressed edges... it all came together nicely. Hugs
Posted by: Diane Oliver | 07/05/2018 at 08:39 AM
Beautiful Card.
Posted by: Nancy Hassan | 07/05/2018 at 06:12 AM
Very nice patriotic card. Happy 4th to the Guess household❤️🇺🇸
Posted by: Geneva | 07/04/2018 at 07:26 AM
So very cool vintage... Love your Lady Liberty! We are indoors today. Forecast is for 90 with a heat advisory. I am going out to water my plants this morning and then probably play with some crafting. Happy 4th of July and stay cool.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 07/04/2018 at 06:19 AM