Made in the USA Blog Hop!!!

Clearsnap is Made in the USA so what better time to celebrate that fact than on the 4th of July!

Hop along with our team as they share patriotic projects to ring in this Independence Day here in the US.

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Now… onto my project for the hop!

Hopefully, you started the hop at the beginning — at the CLEARSNAP BLOG. if you didn’t, you might want to go back and start over at the ClearSnap Blog so you can see ALL the projects! Plus, the project for my blog begins with leftovers from the project I made and posted to the ClearSnap Blog, so you might feel a little confused if you don’t view that post first.

I LOVE being able to use leftover bits and things that might otherwise get tossed. This card is a great example of upcycling your paper craft “trash”. I thought it would make a nice “thank you for your service” card for your favorite military gal. Delete the gems for a great card for your favorite military guy ;)

All the supplies for this project – with the exception of the gems, came from the leftovers from my frame project or papers from my scrap bag – including the card base.

The red piece and the thin blue border strip were both leftover from the kraft paper that I sprayed with the Stephanie Barnard Sprays! for the frame, and the stars were leftover from that project as well. The diecut frame was a “negative” of a piece I had cut for another card. No sense in tossing it out! Negatives from your diecuts can be very useful. The cream piece that the sentiment was stamped on came from my scrap bag. Twine? leftover from the frame project. AND, my favorite part of this card – the red, white and blue “camo”  print. This strip was made by placing a piece of kraft paper over the ink left on the paper I sprayed the papers from the frame over. {I usually use my Color Catcher, but I was spraying a lot of pieces so I put down a big piece of paper}. Whenever you spray or spritz, there is usually some ink left in the bottom of your Color Catcher or whatever surface you sprayed on, so why waste it. I liked how the piece came out, it looked like a camo print to me!

SUPPLIES:

Clearsnap Products:

• ColorBox® Archival Dye Ink & Refill: Mudslide
• Stephanie Barnard Premium Dye Ink Sprays!: Blueberry, Strawberry and Sky
• ColorBox® Classic Pigment Ink: Chestnut
• Top Boss® Embossing Powder: Clear
• ColorBox® Fluid Chalk Ink: Chestnut Roan

Other Products:

• Gel-A-Tins: Stars Clear Stamps
• The {Stamps} Of Life: Labels4Cutting
• Spellbinders: Nestablilites: Labels Eight
• Bazzill: Dark and Light Kraft and Cream Cardstocks
• The Twinery: Maraschino and Denim
  
• Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry
• 3D Foam Squares
• White Acrylic Paint
• Chipboard Scrap
• Emery Board
• Foam Paint Brush

Tools:

• Trimmer and Scissors

NOW! Please find the other stops on the hop listed below!

Hop List:

http://blog.clearsnap.com

http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/

http://debbiecole.com/blog/

http://www.tamisanders.com *You are here!

http://meihsia.blogspot.com/ *Go here next!

http://hydrangeahippo.com/blog

http://sabrinaalery.blogspot.com/