Star of Hope!

Hi everyone!  I've been having fun with our newly released stamps, and today I am here with a quilt block patriotic card.  This particular quilt block pattern is called Star of Hope.  :)  Lucky for you and me, there are a lot of ideas on Pinterest for cards with quilt blocks, including patriotic designs, so there's plenty of inspiration out there.  

I cut squares of designer paper with a die and then cut them in half or quarters to complete the block design.  I embossed the sentiment on the designer paper to help it stand out more clearly, but other than that, it was all just simple stamping and a little splattering of diluted ink with a paintbrush.  

I kept trying to put ribbons and flowers on this card, but it just really wanted to be clean, simple, and graphic.  So there you go! Sometimes it seems as though a card takes on a life of its own!

Here are the supplies I used:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Patriotic Sentiments
• Authentique Seafarer 6x6
• Coredinations Heavyweight Smooth Cardstock - White - 8.5 x 11
• May Arts Metallic String - 10 yard Bundle
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
• Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder - Gold
• Spellbinders Die - Classic Squares Large LG
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Farmhouse Pierced Nested Hearts
• Tim Holtz Tonic Stamp Platform
• Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix