fresh & fun

I knew I wanted to use the stamp set The Free & The Brave today. I ordered it, but it hadn’t seen ink yet. So when I checked out today’s Technique Lover Challenge, I thought I could use the set and participate in the challenge at the same time.

Today’s challenge was to pick one of the first then Technique, Color and Sketch challenges and combine them into one card. The only half way patriotic Color combo out of the first ten Color challenges was Rose Red, Night of Navy and Brocade Blue (CC03). I picked SC10 as layout, since it had a big square as focal point. That would work well with the eagle and the Spotlight technique (TLC06) for my technique challenge.

The card turned out rather simple, but since it’s going to Rick, it will be allright. LOL

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Night of Navy folded in half.

On the bottom I added a 2 3/4″ x 4″ piece of Brocade blue that was stamped all over with the three star row from The Free & The Brave. Over it was a 3/8″ x 4″ piece of Kraft cardstock. I added a red (rose), white and blue brad on the left hand side.

The main image is also from The Free & The Brave stamp set. I stamped the eagle once in Rose Red on Kraft cardstock, once in Night of Navy on Whisper White.  I cut the blue eagle out and layered it on the Kraft cardstock. The Kraft cardstock was then layered first on a Rose Red, then on a Whisper White cardstock layer and the edges of the Kraft cardstock were  paper pierced.

I stamped the first half of the sentiment in Night of Navy on the bottom right. The second half was stamped on a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Brocade Blue that was taped on the inside of the card.

I want to wish you all a Happy Memorial Day!

The kids and I are going to see the new Narnia movie. Since we didn’t read any of the books, we won’t be dissappointed. I like to go to movies that have been running for at least a week. That way the theaters won’t be that crowded. Next week will be Indiana Jones time! I love watching movies!