Red, White, and Blue Diagonal Frame with Star

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Red, White, and Blue Diagonal Frame with Star

My card today was inspired by the beautiful aqua and green card on Melissa Bickford's Just Dandy Studio blog. I used her idea for the colorful background strips, but her diagonal frame placement didn't work out for me. Maybe another time! I love the crisp effect of the white stripes over the blocks of red and blue. Thanks, Melissa, for all of your inspiration!

Note: the gray border is background, not part of the card.

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) enchanted evening (dark blue), blueberry sky (medium blue), pure poppy (red) and stamper's select white.
Dies are PTI bold borders: diagonal, number the stars banner, coffee cozy details (dark blue pierced star), tremendous tags (white star layered under the pierced star), and the smallest die from stars & stripes (center white star).
The sentiment "thank you so much" is from PTI sentiment staples: thank you, stamped with PTI pure poppy and enchanted evening ink cubes.

Created for Operation: Quiet Comfort.

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1 comment:

Kim Heggins said...: Fabulous...love all that red, white and blue.; January 18, 2019 at 11:21 AM

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

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Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

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Tuesday, January 15, 2019