Blogger Challenge: Week 100

This week’s blogger challenge was to create a project with a patriotic theme. I just got the new Let Freedom Ring set from Papertrey Ink so I put it to use for the challenge.

The colors for the card came from the striped paper from Making Memories. It’s not a traditional patriotic red, white, and blue color scheme, but it still worked for me. I used my sewing machine to stitch the patterned paper panel to a coordinating Soft Sky card base. The stitching’s a little less straight than I would have liked, thanks to some interference from Cosmo the crazy dog and his huge cone collar at my elbow . . .

I stamped the circular striped image with the star at the center in Night of Navy ink and punched it out with my 1 ¼” circle punch (an exact fit!), then layered it on a Night of Navy circle. I stamped the star image on a scrap of white cardstock and trimmed around it, then attached it to the star spot at the center of the other stamped image. I used a scrap of white ribbon to create a banner style sentiment by stamping “let freedom ring” in Pure Poppy Palette ink. This ink works nicely on fabric—stamps clearly and dries quickly. I arranged the star image and the banner on a red scalloped circle and attached it to the card base.

For more fun takes on this challenge, you can visit the rest of the challenge players. Links to their blogs are in the sidebar on the right.

Materials Used:
Let Freedom Ring stamp set, Pure Poppy Palette ink (Papertrey Ink); Night of Navy Classic ink, Soft Sky, Night of Navy, and Whisper White cardstock, 1 ¼” and 1 3/8” circle punches, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); patterned paper (Making Memories); white grosgrain ribbon (Michaels); scallop circle punch (Marvy Uchida); textured red cardstock (?)