Celebrating 250 Years
By Carol McFarland
Welcome back to Poppystamps! I’ve got a flag card for you today for Flag Day in the US. I made it for the 4th of July, but since I happened to be posting today, here it is. This year the US celebrates its 250 Year Anniversary. Some new dies from our new Nordic Garden Release caught my eye for this project. I had the idea that I would take the Diamond Oval Pinpoint background die and cut it into strips, so I die cut one from white card stock, and another from red. I did some math and cut the red one into equal sized strips and matched up the pattern in the die again to make the stripes. I used liquid glue to adhered the strips to the white die cut. Then I attached the flag panel to an A2 white card base.
The new Fine Eyelet Frames dies are so pretty and dainty, and I decided to use one of the smaller ones for the blue section of the flag. I die cut once, and cut it off to be the right proportion to the stripes in our flag. Then I picked one of the Nordic Scatter Flowers dies to make my “stars” for the flag. I glued them onto the blue area and my card was complete. These dies are so detailed in their patterns and cut outs! I wish I had fabric or tissue paper versions of these flags to decorate for the summer holidays.
Look at the dots and lines and cut outs. Nothing plain about these dies! And I took a chance at using them for a design that isn’t the original purpose for them. This could be a birthday card for someone born on the 14th of June or the 4th of July, or just to celebrate those holidays.
Here is a look at the products I used so you can see what I saw in them to make this card. There are quilt patterns with flags all over them in a variety of colorways that could both inspire a card like this or be given to the recipient of the quilt. If you were to give a gift of a red, white and blue item, this card would go well with it.
The products I used today are great alone or in tandem with others in the Poppystamps line. I also hope I have inspired you to look at your dies for many uses beyond the usual purposes too. Happy summer of 2026!
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