Red, White, & Blue Challenge - Patriotic Wreath

Happy Memorial Day Crafty Friends!

Have you heard?

Pink By Design stamps has a new blog, and a message board! You can lots of great projects by the Design Team, get the latest new about new products, and chat with fellow crafters. Here is the link if you'd like to stop by and sign up.

They posted a challenge for the weekend; create something, other than a card, that is a Red, White, & Blue.

I made a Patirotice wreath to hang in my house. I've seen a lot of these made and have been wanting to make one for a while now.




Details:
* Started with a styrofoam wreath.
* Wrapped 2" ribbon around to cover the wreath.
* Wrapped mini star garland around the wreath.
* Attached a bow made from the same ribbon.
* Using "Stand and Salute", I cut out 1 1/2 and 2 inch stars from various papers.
* Patterned papers are from DCWV Summer Dreams stack (from last year). Solids are from my stash, and weren't labeled.
* On the solid red, and blue papers, I stamped some stars and fireworks using a Versamark ink pad and Pink By Design "Independence Day" image set. (It's a little hard to see in the pictures.)
* I used the same stamp set to stamp USA, stars, and fireworks in red and blue on plain white cardstock.
* The sentiments are from the "Red, White & Blue" sentiment stamp set. Punch using an eKSuccess punch and inked around the edges, and added some ribbon tails.

I love how it turned out and it will hang in my house through out the summer until it's time to decorate for Fall.

Thanks for stopping by!