Memorial Day Card featuring Tim Holtz products with Shari Carroll
Welcome to the Blog everyone! It’s Shari here with a Memorial Day card featuring Tim Holtz products. I’ve pulled dies and papers together to create a representation of the American flag for my card with meaning.
The Harlequin die was a perfect fit to create stripes over red pattern paper. I was surprised at how well everything fit together.
The cloth like look of the blue paper from the Dapper collection, represents the fabric of a uniform. The heart is connected to the uniform with Idea-ology ring fasteners and a swivel clasp. The typed token “Brave” is placed to the right as a medal would be placed on a uniform.
I’ve used some heavy gesso on the heart to give it additional texture, once that was dry, I embellished with mirrored stars.
I’ve left all the metals and stars pristine, un-destressed or painted. I chose all my idea-ology pieces in the same color tone for coordination with the “Brave” token. The final addition to this card is the ever important word for Memorial Day… remember.
I’ve created a video of how to make this card. You can view it below or on our Youtube channel.
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I hope you have a safe and happy holiday tomorrow.
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Shari, this card is wonderful! I love how you’ve shown and explained so many features, especially how to pull the thread to the back.
Love the paper peeking through the die cuts.
Beautiful project.
thanks for sharing
Tim holtz always has a great selection for vintage items. Great card.
Don’t you just love Tim Holtz. I already follow by email.
Lovely piece Shari. Love your color choices and the tips are really good to know. I am a quilter and remembering to pull your thread to the back helps in the finishing. Happy Memorial Day
How special!
Lovely card!
Great card!
Love this–perfect for Memorial day.
What an amazing card. <3
Love the subtle colours to show the flag.
Wonderful! Great video too!
What a fantastic card – I love everything about it! Thanks so much Shari!!!!!
A wonderful card to celebrate our fallen Armed Forces♥
Beautiful project!
This is such a great card. So unique.
Wow! What a special card this is, Shari! Every detail is so perfect for the occasion. Have I told ya lately how amazing I think you are? ♥
Very nice card. Love the embellishments.
What a special card to celebrate the brave who have served or are serving in our military. Love all the textures and details you added.
I love your card today, Shari. You are so talented.
So many amazing details on this beautiful card! Wow!
Really gorgeous! So much dimension!
Wow! I love this card! The mixed media is so awesome. You are so talented.
I like those metal pieces & fasteners, very cool!
so very clever, love the grunge feel of it, but it still looks clean and simple, that gesso on the heart is inspired, great card!
What a great project to honor our fallen.
Perfect card for Memorial Day!
This is beautiful.
Very nice card. So fitting for this weekend
wow…this is beautiful!
This card is soooo special!
Cristina
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Happy Memorial Day to all – great card to celebrate this special day!
This is so cool! I love the awesome texture and of course the patriotic colors!
Love this art piece, all the textures and the color combo are awesome!
Wonderful!!
I really love this one.
nice mixed media card! especially love the background
This is a fantastic patriotic card, love it.
Really AWESOME card!!!
WOW… amazing mixed media project! Love every detail on the card.
Those little stars are just too cute! love the card….
Very in treating details on it.thanks for sharing
Beautiful!! Love the texture.
WOW!!! Your card turned out so fabulous and amazing!!!! I absolutely love it and all the meaning behind it!!!
Great Memorial Day/4th of July card! Love all the “trinkets”!
Very special card full of memories. Very awesome work. Thanks for sharing.
I just love everything about this card! Happy Memorial Day!
Wonderful card! I love the stitching and the texture!
Simply stunning!
This card creation is so my style … what a wonderful salute to the military!! My husband was a decorated Vietnam veteran and I am always looking for card inspiration as I love taking cards up to our local VA hospital.