Home of the Free

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

 Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! We've had some unusual weather for the first week of May..2 nights (so far) of freeze warnings! And highs only in the upper 50's. I'm sure the tropical plants I drug out of the garage a couple of weeks ago are not going to be happy. 

For my card today, I'm using a new soldiers silhouette image. I know these will look great as a dark silhouette, but I wanted to see how they'd look if I used another (inked) image to ink them. It's an old technique called "stamp kissing". I used the stars & stripes border to ink the silhouettes (I put them in my Misti so I could do it more than once). I like how they turned out..as if they're draped in the stars & stripes. I separated the greeting, above & below, & used the same inks to stamp them. The piece down the side is a piece of sticky back paper w/ red, white & blue narrow strips stuck to it. The lower section has stars stamped w/ white. Just to add a little something extra, I also punched some stars & added them to the soldiers & also a couple on the bg.

On the inside I stamped the stars & stripe border onto a sort of triangular piece & added it down the left side.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend & Happy Mother's Day!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs: Soldier Silhouettes (new!), USA Thanks to Our Brave,  Stars & Stripes Border,  (inside:  Let Freedom Ring )

paper: Staples 110# white, royal blue

ink: Memento love letter, Danube blue

accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch dies, Misti, star punch

Silhouette Soldiers 1032M	USA Thanks to Our Brave 766G	Stars & Stripes Border 938P	Let Freedom Ring 802D	Starry Bg 124H
Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	MISTI
Memento Inks	Fiskar’s Star punch

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