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Proud Army Wife Tri-Fold Card

Continuing the military theme from yesterday, here is a Proud Army Wife tri-fold card I made. This is one of the items I will be selling locally at the Shop of the Marne. The color scheme for this fun hand-stamped card is based on the 3rd Infantry Division colors + the yellow ribbon. I would be happy to coordinate the colors to your unit. Contact me for more information and pricing, or to purchase supplies so you can make your own!

Happy Stampin'!

God Bless America and Our Troops: Congratulations Card

God Bless America on this historic day!

I colored this image over the last few days, but wasn't sure how I wanted to finish the card. 

Well, my inspiration came last night with the announcement heard 'round the world! 

One more mission accomplished by our fabulous military, with the death of Bin Laden.  Heartfelt Thanks and Blessings to our Military for eternal vigilance...

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." ~Thomas Jefferson

HOOAH!

As for the card itself, the card base is Marina Mist, stamped with images from our Service & Sacrifice (#115992) stamp set.  The sentiment is from our Level 3 Hostess Set called Occasional Quotes.  I stamped the focal image from our Courage (#115330) stamp set in StazOn, on Whisper White card stock.  I colored it using Blender Pens and Classic Ink Pads.  I masked the image and used a Brayer to ink the frame around it, then I layered it on Chocolate Chip card stock and adhered the two together.
I didn't like the straight edges of the framing, so I tore the paper (even though it was adhered together) and loved the way it tore leaving the white card stock exposed between the inked part and the chocolate card stock.  Then I just adhered that piece to the card front.  The red around the edge is just some card stock that I laid the card on for the photo.

Happy Stampin!