Happy 250th Birthday USA | Slimline Card | KCS Designs by Kim DT Project

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Hey everyone.  Well, it's the July 4th weekend in America.  Sadly, I am not there to enjoy the fireworks and the heatwave.  This is one of my favorite holidays, and I miss being in NY for it.  To help celebrate, I made this slimline card to help celbrate the 250th birthday of the USA.  

I used two images from the Painted Americana Clip Art set from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.  To help celebrate even more, KCS is having a 50% off sale through July 5th, 2026.  As you know, I am on the Design Team for KCS, and if you have loved any of my cards, this is a great time to stock up on digital papers, clipart, ephemera, folio kits...you name it.  

To make this card:

  • I die-cut a piece of red cardstock using a 3" x 7.5" stitched slimline die.  Then I die-cut the stars in the red cardstock using the Stars Background Slimline Die from Creative Expressions.  
  • I cut a piece of glittered white fun foam and adhered it to the back of the red/star cardstock. 
  • I adhered the red cardstock with glitter fun foam to a piece of 3 1/8" x 7 7/8" white cardstock, leaving a small edge.  
  • I cut a piece of blue cardstock using a 3 5/8" x 8 5/8" stitched slimline die, and I adhered the red/white piece to the blue. 
  • I made my 3 5/8" x 8 5/8" card using white cardstock, and I adhered the red, white, and blue to the front.  
  • From the Painted Americana Clip Art by KCS Designs by Kim, I printed the 250th image (twice) and the Happy Birthday America image (once), both at 80% on white cardstock.  
  • Using a stitched slimline die, I die-cut the Happy Birthday America image, and I fussy-cut the numbers from the 250th image.   
  • I adhered the Happy Birthday America to the inside of the card. 
  • I glued the numbers together (to make them firmer), went around the edges with a black marker to hide the white cardstock, and then adhered them to the front of the card using foam squares.  


Here's the final card, front and inside.



If you liked this card, don't forget that KCS Designs by Kim is having a 50% off sale this whole weekend in her Etsy store.  Great time to stock up on some fun digital papers, images, or clipart.  Tell her Michael sent you.  LOL


Until next time...

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael

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