Celebrate AMERICA!

Happy 4th of July to everyone!

The Inspiration Emporium DT had a July Challenge to make something Red, White, and Blue to "Celebrate America" for the blog.

This is the tag I came up with and it was really hard for me.

No stamps, no papers, not much in the way of ephemera to work with.....

So it took me a bit.

I started with a tag....the colors here are true. I wrote them on a protegee of the tag ...see the smudges?

Festive Berries, Antique Linen in the center strip and Faded Jeans with a bit of Broken China.

Just load up your Ink Applicator and run down the tag in stipes.

Now remember, I work at night, I'm a vampire...hence the night shot under the Ott light is a bit different than the completed project.

But if you want a tutorial, you'll have to take what I can get in the middle of the night!!!!

Then the Spritz and Flick with water drops....

I used a Julie Balzer Stencil, an older one with 3 sizes of drops on it.

Here I wanted to symbolize...BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS in the background rows.

I know the 4th is a Happy holiday, but I wanted to say there would be no HAPPY holiday without a lot of blood, sweat and tears from others. 

The tears were added with Aged Mahogany, Tea Dye and Pumice Stone Distress Ink.

Now, we're into daylight......

The little star buttons from Prima were inked with Distress Markers. Some on the front and one on the back for the correct contrasting color.

The Scrabble tiles had color added to the sides with markers as well.

Now, the wooden stars.....the large one has Suze's Disco Ball BeaDazzles on it.

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT????

And the smaller one is colored with various shades of Markers.

I added some white pen to accent the drops.

And the Mixed Media stamp over the background with Jet Black Archival Ink.

Layer it onto Black Chipboard, tie a couple of vintage seam tape ribbons on top and it's done!

Everyone have a safe and fun 4 of July.

Be good to each other...

Linda

*Products Used:*

From Ranger:

Manila #8 Tag, Jet Black Archival Ink, Glossy Accents

Suze-BeaDazzles-Disco Ball

From Tim Holtz:

Distress Ink-Aged Mahogany, Tea Dye, Pumice Stone, Antique Linen, Festive Berries, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Vintage Photo

Distress Markers-Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass, Broken China.

Mixed Media Stamp Collection

From Balzer Designs:

The Crafter's Workshop Stencil-TCW229S

From Prima:

Wood Buttons-Songbird Collection

Other Products:

Posca-Extra Fine White Pen

Black Chipboard

Scrabble Letters

Wooden Stars

Vintage Ribbons