It is not a traditional holiday such as the Nations’s Birthday on the 4th of July. The “stars and stripes” was adopted by the Congress, Jun 14th, 1777 as the official emblem of the United States. Celebration of our flag first began in 1885, largely for the purpose of educating school children in history. In 1949, the National Flag Day Bill became law, giving official recognition to 14 June to celebrate the flag. The National Flag Day foundation has the mission to carry on the tradition of the first flag day observance.
Here’s another link on the History of Flag Day. I love the colors Red/White/Blue together in cards and paper crafting. I was also in the AF and was always proud to wear my uniform and salute our Flag. I made some cards, one for a sketch challenge (Sketch Frenzy Friday), and one to teach my stampers some faux iris folding technique. I am also including some other patriotic cards I have seen over the last few weeks. The watermarks on the cards show who made all the cards.
Here is the first card from the sketch challenge:
sketch challenge
The next card is the Faux Iris technique. One card has the chunky silver glitter for the “fireworks”, the other has the red chunky glitter. They also have the STAR brads which are retiring and are on the 50% off clearance list!! Get them now before they’re gone!!
Dualling Stars and stripes
Ok..here are some of my favorite patriotic cards I have seen from our SU demos over the past few weeks. I hope you enjoy these cards and scrap pages as much as I have. There is a ton of wonderful talent out there…don’t you think!!?
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- sketch challenge
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- Dualling Stars and stripes
![P5250027[4]](http://highdesertstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/P52500274.jpg "P5250027[4]")
![P5270011[11]](http://highdesertstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/P527001111.jpg "P5270011[11]")
![PPA 43 Memorial Day Theme (2)[10]](http://highdesertstamper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/PPA-43-Memorial-Day-Theme-210.jpg "PPA 43 Memorial Day Theme (2)[10]")
2 comments
Mary (Muffin's Mama)
June 14, 2010 at 9:57 am (UTC -7)
Great patriotic cards and great info about Flag Day. We are proudly flying the colors today (and most days). TFS!
carolb
June 15, 2010 at 9:21 am (UTC -7)
Nice display of patriotic cards. I think that most people forget that the 14th is flag day. I am glad that you reminded them.