Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Wishing on a Star


This is another card I created for the "Stencil It!" challenge at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday blog. I decided this time to make a patriotic card to send to Operation Write Home, for a hero overseas to use to write home to a loved one. I used the newest sketch by OWH as the basis for my design:


I started by punching 5 stars from blue cardstock, using Recollections' 15/16" star punch. I used Chipped Sapphire Distress ink to stamp my greeting, from this Hero Arts Stamp set, onto white cardstock, and clear heat embossed it. I die cut that and 5 other circles with a Spellbinders Classic Circles die. For the red circle mats, I didn't have a die just the right size to have an 1/8" mat. So I traced around the outside of the same die 6 times, then cut them out with scissors.

To do the stenciled panel, I taped down the "Mini Star Fall" stencil by The Crafter's Workshop over a piece of white cardstock cut to the size in the sketch. I blended Chipped Sapphire over the stars using my mini ink blending tool.

All that was left to do was assemble the card. I adhered a piece of light blue cardstock to an A2 card base, then adhered my stenciled star panel over that. I glued down the red circles, and glued the white circles and stars in place on those. Finally I glued down the red strip along the left side, and the card was finished.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp's Monday "Anything Goes"
The June "Linky Party" at a2z Scrapbooking's Blog

5 comments:

  1. Great card, I know that someone at OWH is really going to appreciate it. Thanks for joining us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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  2. Very nice job on this card. I really like the stenciling. Fun card that one of our heroes will love to send home. Enjoy your day.

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  3. Super cute card! The stars are so fun! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at Simon Says Stamp!

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  4. Such a great design, and I love that you chose a patriotic color combo! Thanks so much for playing along in the a2z Challenge...good luck to you!

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  5. What a fabulous take on the OWH Sketch Card! I'm also so happy that Barb invited you to enter your card to the A2Z Linky Party -- It's Perfect for the Stars and Stripes Challenge!! Thanks for playing and Good Luck! Please stop by anytime and come back on July 1st for a new "Party" and to find out if YOU won!!

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