250 YEARS OF BLESSINGS

 This week we are celebrating our Nation's 250 Anniversary, so I've decided to share a couple of Patriotic projects.

Today's card has a Red, White and Blue Faux Herringbone Design and it wishes the USA a Happy Birthday.

The Faux Herringbone Background is a fun way to use up scraps.  I made my Red, White & Blue Herringbone design with Real Red Cardstock and two woodgrain designs (one is mostly white and the other is mostly Navy) from the Country Woods Designer Series Paper.

If you are unfamiliar with how to create a faux Herringbone Background you can watch this video that I made a couple of years ago.  In the video I demonstrate this "faux" herringbone version as well as an alternative that creates more of a "real" herringbone pattern.

The letters on the card front were die cut with two different alphabet die sets. 

The Silver Foil letters were die cut with the Alphabet a la Mode dies and the "YEARS" letters were made with the Mini Alphabet die.

An adhesive sheet was added to the cardstock before cutting, and then all letters and numbers were cut 3 times.  I used Basic White cardstock to create the extra two layers for the Silver Foil die cuts.  The adhesive sheets makes adhering the die cuts together quick and easy.

A few stars die cut from Basic White cardstock with a die from Swirled Designs were scattered the card front and topped with a Basic Rhinestone in the the center of each.

The faux bow was made with 1/4" White Ribbon which I cut in half lengthwise to make narrow strips of ribbon.  Two of the strips were colored with Real Red and Night of Navy Stampin' Blends.  I was out of White Baker's Twine so improvised and cut down ribbon.  I really like the frayed look of the ribbon strands.

As I typically do when I create any type of technique sheet, I make is larger than I will need.  When I trim it to size this provides "scraps" that I can use to decorate the inside of the card.

Use this link to download a tutorial with all the needed dimensions, a supply list and step-by-step direction.

A list of the products used is shown below.  You can click on any image to learn more about a product of interest.

Product List

The Right Words Cling Stamp Set (English) [165316]	Balloon Festoon Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [167602]	Alphabet à La Mode Dies [160750]	Mini Alphabet Dies [162934]
Swirled Designs Dies [167032]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867]	Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102482]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229]
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]	Country Woods 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163393]	Silver 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Foil Sheets [163387]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [147084]
Adhesive Sheets [152334]	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154891]	Real Red Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154899]	White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Ribbon [165562]
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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