Red, White, and Blue - Square Frame

Another red, white, and blue frame card today.  This one was inspired by a sketch recipe from Papertrey Ink's June newsletter: a square frame placed diagonally, with a sentiment and clustered embellishments.  I turned the sketch on its side and added a banner in the background.

It's crisp and bright.  I like the layered blue and yellow stars, and the tiny sun shapes are perfect to cover the holes in the star buttons.  The blue gingham gives the square a "country" look, and the white banner helps draw my eye to the sentiment.

Card details:

• Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) pure poppy (red), enchanted evening (dark blue), blueberry sky (medium blue), summer sunrise (yellow), stamper's select white, and the gingham print from PTI blueberry sky pattern pack.
• Dies are PTI double-ended banner, heart squared (square frame), limitless layers: 2-1/4" square (pinking edge square), star gazer (small sun and button star), and tipped tops (framed star).
• The stars are adhered with Xyron, which I applied to the card stock before die cutting.
• The sentiment "thank you" is from PTI communique sentiments, stamped with PTI pure poppy ink cube.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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