It's been a long time since I've sang the Star-Spangled Banner. We used to sing it in grade school, a very long time ago. Do you remember the lyrics???
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
We are approaching the Fourth of July here in the United States and the inspiration for my card today was our flag. This Star-Spangled Celebrate Card has some broad stripes and bright silver stars to ignite your patriotic spirit. The stars were cut with the Cricut machine and I added some stitching for detail. The colors are Pacific Point and Whisper White from Stampin' Up! and the red stripe paper is by Recollections. The celebrate sentiment is from the TPC Studios greetings stamp set and I punched it out using my oval punches from Stampin' Up!. The final touch was a few rhinestones for some bling around the sentiment. Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific day!
My Star-Spangled Celebrate Card is entered into the following challenges:
- 'ABC' Challenges: Red, White & Blue
- Paper Playtime: Red, White & Blue
- Sisterhood of Crafters: Stars and Stripes
- Simply Create Too: Colors in Your Country's Flag
- My Time to Craft: Spots and Stripes
- Lexi's Creations: Summer Holidays
- Creative Craft: A Stitch in Time
Very patriotic card -- nice to celebrate our freedom! A nice touch to start the month of July.
ReplyDeleteGreat card Love these stars and the stitching. Thanks for playing with Paper Playtime
ReplyDeleteA fabulous July the Fourth card! Thanks for sharing at Lexis! Susan x
ReplyDeleteFANTASTIC Andrea! Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood ‘Stars & Stripes’ challenge and please come back again soon!
ReplyDeleteDarlene
one of the 'Sistahs'
The Sisterhood of Crafters
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Love the way you created the flag... ;-)
ReplyDeleteVery nice card! Love the stars! Thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too! -Angie DT
ReplyDeleteA fabulous card ,Thank you for joining us at Lexis Creations.
ReplyDeleteHugs Julie xx
Fantastic card, thanks for joining in the my time to craft challenge, good luck x
ReplyDeleteFab...thanks for playing along with us at Paper Playtime!!
ReplyDeleteAndrea: Your card is very pretty!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at Simply Create Too for our 40th Challenge "Use the Colors in Your Country's Flag". Hope you enter our upcoming challenges too.
Diane
Simply Create Too Design Team Member
http://DianesDigitalDesigns.blogspot
Your card is adorable! What a great card for this week 4th July Celebration! Thanks for sharing with us at ABC Challenge Blog
ReplyDeleteI love this card, so perfect for the 4th! Thanks for playing along this week at ABC Challenges!
ReplyDeleteWhen you have a minute be sure to stop by our challenge blog. I have your card featured in our winner's post today!
What a fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at “Simply Create Too”, hope to see you next time again.
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Gerda
http://cardscreations.blogspot.com
~A really striking card! Thank you so much for joining us at Lexi's Challenge for our Summer Holidays Challenge - Good Luck! Hope to see you for our next challenge which starts Monday 8th! Susan x
ReplyDeleteFabulous patriotic card Andrea. Love your design. Thanks for playing along with us at Creative Craft Challenges in our "A Stitch in Time" challenge and good luck. Hugs, Gale DT
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