July 4th Card No. 1 Using Painted Americana Clip Art | KCS Designs by Kim DT Project

Hello everyone.  I may not be living in the USA anymore, but I am still an American and, to be honest, I really miss the 4th of July, the fireworks, the beach, and the BBQs.  I still love making cards to help celebrate the holiday and, over the next few days, I will be posting a few.  Today is the first card.   

All of the cards I will be using these digital products from KCS Designs by Kim.  

• The images I am using are from the Painted Americana Clip Art set from the KCS Designs by Kim Etsy store. 
• The papers I am using are from a FREE 4th of July Papers kit from the KCS Designs Ko-Fi page.  Everything in her shop is FREE and you only need to enter $0.00 to get the item.  If you want, you can pay for the item - any amount you want, even $1 - to show your appreciation to the seller.  But they are FREE! 

These are the papers in the collection.

To make my card:

• I made a 5.5" x 5.5" card base using white cardstock.  Then I cut a 5.5" x 5.5" piece of blue cardstock, a 5.25" x 5.25" piece of red cardstock, and a 5.25" x 5.25" piece of red fun foam (optional).  
• I adhered the blue cardstock to the card base, the red fun foam to the back of the red cardstock, and then to the card front.   
• I printed the paper with the American flags - from the 4th of July kit, trimmed it to 5" x 5", and adhered it to the card front. 
• I printed the red, white, and blue star from the Painted Americana Clip Art set.  Then I fussy-cut the image, scored the lines on my score board, added small foam squares on the underside of the star at the tips of each point, and adhered a small rolled-up piece of paper towel to the center.  This way, when I adhere the star to the front of the card, the star should not flatten out much.  

• Lastly, I adhered the star to the front of the card, positioning the stars in the upper left corner.     

Done!

The inside has space for a message.  I chose not to add a sentiment to the front of the card so that it could be used as a decor piece for the holiday.  

I hope you have enjoyed this July 4th card idea.  I hope so!  Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael