The theme of the June Karen Burniston Designer Challenge is "Flag Colors." We were to use the colors of our country's flag on our cards.
I'm still obsessed with the Stage Pop-up, so I actually made two cards using the red/white/blue colors of the American flag. For the first one, in addition to the Stage Pop-up, I also used Karen's Hot Air Balloons and Fireworks as well as a patriotic sticker. Some time ago I had made six patchwork balloons following Karen's directions, so I used two of them on this card -- one on the front . . .
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My second card also includes the Stage Pop-up with some Scrappy Boy stamps from their Spirit of 1776 set. I wanted to use some fireworks on the acetate background, so I tried a little experiment. I put down some red and blue Copic circles on both sides of a piece of white cardstock. I cut the circles and attached them to some wide double-sided tape. When I cut out the fireworks dies, I was able to glue the fireworks to the acetate panel between the two "stages" with colors on both sides without having to cut them twice and trying to line them up.
I really enjoyed this month's challenge. It enabled me to make several 4th of July cards for next month.
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