Waiting for the Parade Patriotic Card

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I made this patriotic card to celebrate our Independence Day on the 4th of July. 

This is how I made the card:
I started with a blank kraft cardstock card that measures 5" by 6.5".

The background patterned paper is from the "Independence Day" digital paper pack from PrettyGrafikDesign on Etsy. I printed the digital paper on white cardstock with my HP Envy Photo 7855 Printer using ink from the HP Instant Ink program.

I chose the digital stamp "Waiting for the Parade" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I colored the image with Copic Sketch Markers and Windsor and Newton Promarkers/Brushmarkers. I cut/embossed the image with an oval Spellbinders die. I than cut a scalloped oval Spellbinders die out of white cardstock and mounted the image on the scalloped oval. I used double-sided tape to attach the image to the patterned paper.

I embellished the card with a piece of USA ribbon across the bottom of the card.

I will enter this card in the following challenges;
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #409
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #298
Art Impressions Patriotic Colors Challenge #235
Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #74
DL.ART Red, White and Blue Challenge #231
The House That Stamps Built Challenge #J2718
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #192
Little Red Wagon Summer Fundays Challenge #452
The Paper Shelter Challenge #345
Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge
Star Stampz Celebrations Challenge
That's Crafty! A Summers Day Challenge

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The Flag On The Farm - Flag Day 2012

Today is flag day. We are proud to fly the flag of the United States of America on our property.

I would like to share this poem in honor of Flag Day, 2012.










The Flag On The Farm
A Poem by Edgar A. Guest

We've raised a flagpole on the farm
And flung Old Glory to the sky,
And it's another touch of charm
That seems to cheer the passer-by,
But more than that, no matter where
We're laboring in wood and field,
We turn and see it in the air,
Our promise of a greater yield.
It whispers to us all day long,
From dawn to dusk: "Be true, be strong;
Who falters now with plow or hoe
Gives comfort to his country's foe."

We've raised a flagpole on the farm
And flung Old Glory to the sky;
We're far removed from war's alarm,
But courage here is running high.
We're doing things we never dreamed
We'd ever find the time to do;
Deeds that impossible once seemed
Each morning now we hurry through.
The flag now waves above our toil
And sheds its glory on the soil,
And boy and man looks up to it
As if to say: "I'll do my bit!"

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