~ Sweet Land of Liberty ~
July 1st, 2010 by Holly McMillen
Good morning, friends!
Last evening, Noah and I watched a movie called Taking Chance. My son, Noah, is enlisting in the Marines in a few months and as hard as it is for me, I am very proud. The movie is about a young man (a Marine), who is killed in action. Well, it’s not so much about him as it is about the process of getting his body home to his family. The movie has a documentary feel to it. If you get a chance to see it, I highly recommend it…. but have plenty of tissues available!
So this morning’s Ways To Use It challenge is to make a 4th of July or Canada Day project without using Red, White and Blue. That went against my grain. I bleed red, white and blue. But, I’m always up for a challenge, so I ran with it. Here’s what I came up with:
I started by creating the flag background with a sharpie and copics. Then I crumpled it and ran it through the cuttlebug with the star embossing folder. All of the layers are distressed. In my mind, I was thinking of the history of the song “My Country, Tis of Thee”. It was actually written before the Star Spangled Banner. Samuel F. Smith wrote the song when he was a theology student. So, seeing that it was before the national anthem was adopted, we probably hadn’t adopted the red white and blue yet, either.
Here are my deets:
Stamps: Our Craft Lounge Let Freedom Ring
Colors: Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, GP White
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, copics, Tim Holtz distressing inks in Tea Bag and Antique Photo
Accessories: Jute, star punches, star embossing folder, black sharpie, ruler, circle punch, dimensionals, hole punch
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Hugs!
Holly
YOU are amazing! This card is AMAZING! Brilliant you are… totally BRILLIANT!
Love the techniques you used. I’ll have to try that too. So many ideas you have with cards.
Absolutely FABULOUS card, Holly! LOVE it! You knocked this one out of the ball park!! Love how you used the star EF in the BG and created a sepia flag. The distressing inks are fabulous. I’ll change the USA to Canada and I’m good to go LOL! Congrats to Noah on his desire to be a Marine 😀
This is gorgeous! I love the distressed/vintage feel.
WOW!! That is so stunning and you do an awesome job not using the common colors for the 4th. I love how you did you background flag, so creative! TFS 🙂
Holly, your card is fabulous!! Love the “Declaration of Independence” look.
I saw the movie and it was very moving. I think it should be a must see for everyone. It brought tears to my eyes.
See you soon friend.
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