Watercolor Military Themed Cards

Hey crafty friends. I've got a trio of military themed cards today featuring the new Honor & Sacrifice Stamp Set w/coordinating die, from Erin Lee Creative. The sentiments in this set pays homage to all who have served in our armed forces, both the living and those who are no longer with us. I think this stamp set would be great for making general hero cards too. Think, firefighters! I'm even thinking about tongue in cheek cards for teachers. They go into battle every day, haha!

I've got lots of photos below and creative details if you'd like to scroll down. You'll also find my supply list at the end for clickable shopping or browsing.

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My card dimensions are closer to a square sized card. I tend to eyeball how my elements will fit on a card, then trim my card and card panels accordingly.

The card dimensions are:

Card - 4 3/4" x 5 1/4"

Black panel - 4 1/2" x 4 7/8 

Ink Smooshed panel - 4 1/4" x 4 1/2"

I really wanted to watercolor my boots, so I decided to do some heat embossing with Wow embossing powder. I stamped my boot images on heavyweight white mixed media cardstock with clear embossing ink, then sprinkled my embossing powder, tapping off the excess and heat setting with my Ranger craft heat tool. Then, I used the coordinating boots die with my Platinum 6 die cut system to create my die cuts. I love that the die cuts out a little bit of space around the boot laces on both sides, allowing the card panel to peek through.

Next, I trimmed some panels from my white mixed media cardstock to do some ink smooshing. I chose to use the same color ink for each card, both for the ink smooshing and the watercolors for my boots.

Ink smooshing is so easy. I used Catherine Pooler ink and Ranger Ink. Just press your ink pad on a craft mat, spritz with water, then dab your cardstock into the mixture. Allow to dry naturally, or speed up the process with a craft heat tool.

The colors I'm using are:

Ranger Ink Distress Oxide Ink - Vintage Photo

Catherine Pooler Ink - Eucalyptus

Catherine Pooler Ink - Slate

I also splattered on some droplets of Ranger Dylusions Black Marble Shimmer spray, unscrewing the bottle and tapping the tube feeder all around my inked panel.

To watercolor my boots, I pressed my ink pad on my craft mat, spritzed with water and used my waterbrush to paint my boots. I typically go darker on the outside edges of my images, and lighter in the center, sometimes blotting with a paper towel for even more light.

For my sentiment above, I thought it would be interesting to try some variegated stamping. I stamped the word THANK YOU in black hybrid ink, masking the word VETERANS with tape. It helps to use a stamp positioner for this technique.

Next, I masked the word THANK YOU, then stamped with black hybrid ink along the bottom edge of the word VETERANS, and stamping along the upper part of the same word using my Eucalyptus ink.

Using a stamp positioner also allows you to achieve perfect, multiple inking to get the desired depth of color. I really love how it turned out!

I used a variety of sentiments from this stamp set, a different one for each card. My gray card above, is perfect for giving to a friend or family member for the upcoming Memorial Day remembrances. 

If you're a scrapbooker, this set would be wonderful for creating memorable layouts for the heroes in your family past and present.

I spent many years of my life being raised with my siblings in the Army. Before my step-dad joined our family, he spent several years in the Navy. Later, he moved on and joined the Army. Around that time he met my mom and we became a family of 7! He pretty much raised me and I consider him my dad. We have a great relationship and I love him dearly. He is now around 83 years old and I check on him often, since my mom passed away 4 years ago. I'm thankful he lives close by!

You can see him in his Drill Sargent days, in the photos below. He was thrilled to let me borrow some of his memorabilia to use as photo props! There were soooo many pins! I just used a few.

I thoroughly enjoyed creating these cards. Of course, I'll be giving one to my dad! Thanks so much for popping in today.

Terri

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Camo Hero Card for Erin Lee Creative

It's Memorial Day and time to remember those in our armed forces who have died in service to our country. Many of us have friends or family who have and currently serve in the various branches of military service. If you've lost a loved one, my heart goes out to you, truly. I grew up an Army brat and I know what it means to be dedicated to our Vets and those who've gone on before us. 

With that in mind, I really wanted to make a special card to commemorate this day. Today's card features products from Erin Lee Creative. Scroll down for brief, creative details.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 The camo paper that I'm using is retired, from The Outdoor Life collection at Paper House Productions. You can however, find a great selection of different camo brand paper here, at Scrapbookcom.

I cut several die cuts with my Platinum 6 using the Heart Flag Die from Erin Lee Creative on the camo paper, a double sided adhesive foam sheet and white cardstock. Keeping as much of my die cuts intact with the adhesive foam, I used a sharp tool to pop the stripes out on a 3.75x5 inch piece of white trimmed cardstock, peeling off the top layer of the sheet and replacing it with the stripes from the camo paper die cut.

The full dimension of the finished card is A2 sized, with my camo paper trimmed and layered (as a background) to fit those dimensions as well.

Next, I laid down my white die cut on top, pressing the star section as flat as I could and swiped on some glue over the negative part of the stars.

Once I pulled up my white die cut, I quickly used my sharp tool to grab each star and center over the stenciled glue. You'll need a paper towel to press down when finished and blot the excess glue.

My sentiment was stamped using my Misti stamp positioner and the word "Hero" from the ELC Stars & Stripes stamp set. I love the way this card looks, using the negative pieces from the die cut!

Thanks so much for stopping by and let's remember our Heroes! God Bless! You'll find the full supply list below with affiliate product links at no additional cost. Simply click the brand name to go directly to that product.

Terri

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American Flag Heart Card

I'm working on a stash of patriotic encouragement cards for an Army buddy who was recently shipped out overseas. I'll be occasionally sharing cards of this theme throughout the year. I've been thoroughly enjoying the new collection from Erin Lee Creative that has so many stamps, dies, and more with this theme. Scroll down for more info and creative details. 

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

For this card, I'm using the Heart Flag Die from Erin Lee Creative, along with a die cut sentiment created from the Thank You Hero die set. 

I found some blue and red cardstock in my stash and cut the heart flag using both colors and with white cardstock as well,  I fussy cut a white heart by tracing around my die, so I could use that as a backing. My blue heart die cut was the base and I swapped out red stripes and white stars. I then trimmed out a section from my white heart die cut and adhered it on top.

For the "Thank You" die cut sentiment, I cut 3 die cuts; two white and one blue, running through my die cut machine. The three layers were glued together, then adhered on top of my flag heart, which was popped up on adhesive foam tape.

For my background panel, I did some ink smooshing, spritzing Ranger distress ink in Faded Jeans on a craft mat, lightly spritzing with water, then dredging my white card panel in a random pattern.

Since I had leftover

 

Lastly, since I had some leftover stars in blue and red, I glued some down in a random pattern on my card, topped them with my more glue and added glitter for some sparkle.

I adore these products soooo much! Maybe because I grew up with an Army family and my heart knows the pain of separation. I'm a firm believer in sending a little gratitude and encouragement to my friends in the armed forces. The great thing about this product line, is the versatility in using it for patriotic cardmaking throughout the year was well.

I would love to know if you decide to purchase any of these products for your self! Let me know! Create and tag me at @wavingmywand on Instagram or TikTOK! Youll find affiliate links to these products below at no additional cost to you. Thanks so much for stopping by.....

Terri

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