Courage

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for a card drive for veterans a friend is doing.  It's take me quite a few days to photograph and upload thanks to the migraine I've been dealing with.  My part of California was in the 90's last week and now we're in the high 60's to low 70's.  Quite a difference in temperatures and a known migraine trigger for me, however, I'll deal with the migraine to avoid the heat any day.

 

My card uses an old, long retired Stampin Up set called Courage that I received as a RAK from a friend (NBUS) and is great for mass producing cards.  I started out by stamping the image, and saying, in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Castle Arts pencils and a Prismacolor blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled/blended Tim Holtz chipped sapphire, walnut stain, fired brick and old paper distress inks using my Picket Fence blending brushes to "age" the image a bit before layering and adding some red star brads from my stash.  I then distressed the edges using an old Stampin Up distressing tool before adding it to my card using pop up glue dots.  The final touch was adding the flag stars using a white gel pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May 2023 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set) 

Word Art Wednesday #597 to 597 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying outside/inside) 

Jan's Digital Stamps May 2023 - Anything Goes 

Make My Monday 22 May 2023 - Masculine 

Use Your Stuff #485 - Anything Goes 

Retro Rubber #207 - Anything Goes Using Rubber Stamp (received stamp set 2yrs ago)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your week.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Old Paper, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain

Card Stock: PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlett Jewell; MFP Corn Husk

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, White Gel Pen, Distressing Tool