Hello everyone! Stamp Simply has some new brand patriotic stamps and I'm so excited to share them with you!
These new stamps can stand perfectly on their own, but they are so much fun to combine with our earlier patriotic sets. They are for sale individually or in a variety of bundles. See them all here!
One of the things that I love about these stamps is their versatility. They can look rustic or elegant, vintage or modern, and are just as at home on a clean and simple card as they are a fancier project.
In fact, they can make CAS look quite elegant! All it takes is a few minutes with stamps, dies and markers, pretty pearlized paper and gold ink.
Beside the fact that we're proud Americans, the 4th of July is a big deal in the Felts household since my husband is retired USN, and also because the patriotic holiday follows my birthday. Usually we have a big fireworks party in the cul de sac.
I decided that this box of sparklers could use a rustic patriotic make-over for this year's celebration! This photo shows the before and after!
I used the original box for a rough template, tweaking it to fit onto an 4.5 x 11" sheet of card stock. I stamped the stars in black ink, colored and shaded them with Copic markers, then masked over them to stamp The Pledge in metallic ink. I used a variety of patriotic sentiments from our sets, old and new, to create a set of (Tim Holtz) tags for an embellishment. There is also a sprinkling of small gold stars die cut from pearlized gold paper.
The entire project was distressed with tea dye distress ink and given a few splashes of diluted Delicata gold/copper inks to add to the rustic feel. Here's the box viewed from the back.
Supplies:
- Patriotic Bundle
- Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
- Sizzix Thinlits Dies by Tim Holtz - Tag Collection
- Spellbinders Nestabilities - Standard Ovals SM
- Echo Park Let Freedom Ring 6x6
- Luxury Pearlescent Metallic 105# Cardstock - Gold 6 ct
- May Arts 1" Sheer - 100 Yard Spool - Dark Gold
- Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
- Delicata inks
- Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink
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