Crackerbox Stamps - Let Your Dreams take Flight

Hi Everybody!

Since we just had July 4th I made a card with some of my older Crackerbox Stamps. Although I am not sure what we celebrated this year - the loss of freedom of half of the population? The loss of civil liberties? The unwillingness to combat climate change? Daily mass shootings - over 250 this year alone? I am dismayed by the current course of events. I could go on for a long time, but since this is about card making I will stop here.

Some of the products I have used have been provided to me from various companies I design for. Affiliate links may be used in the links provided below.

I first stamped the flag, inking of the stars in some dark blue and the rest in a very muted dark red. Stamped the sentiment. Added the Statue of Liberty - a stencil from iStencil. I went over the stripes in the torch with white, to not have the stripes shine through too much. Brushed the body of the Liberty lady with whatever color was left on my brush (did a little bit of masking to not brush outside the figure. Took a fine liner pen and doodles the frame and doodled a bit around the Liberty Lady for more contrast.

The stamps I used:

Dreams Take Flight

American Flag Artsy

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Stamping!

Comments

Verna Angerhofer said…

That is a wonderful Patriotic card design!

July 5, 2022 at 7:48 PM

Flo said…

Auch diese Karte gefällt mir sehr gut.
Liebe Grüße

July 7, 2022 at 6:30 PM

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