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Flag Tag



Hello Friends

I wanted to take part in the Unity red white and blue challenge on facebook. So this is what I came up with I will call it the flag tag.  As an immigrant  and a naturalized citizen. I had to do a lot of reading about the history of America for my citizenship test. I guess this is my interpretation about what America means to me.  I used the colours and the stars from the flag. The butterfly represents freedom and the sentiment represents  one nation under God.

I used distress inks to create my background on a kraft tag. I really love to get messy using these inks. I still have rainbow fingers lots of ink that won't come off  ha. I stamped them on to my craft mat and spritzed some water and let the ink do it's thing. I heat set the ink then applied some more until I was happy with the outcome.

I stamped the butterfly on to vellum I used white embossing powder and heat set it. I did the same thing with the sentiment. I did not have any star stamps so I used a my star punch. I punched some stars to create a stencil then embossed them down the side of my tag with white glitter embossing powder.  I glued the butterfly and added some rhinestones. Finally I got some crinkle ribbon and used my distress inks to colour it to match the tag.

I really love the way it turned out. Thanks so much to stopping by.

Mandi xox


Supplies
Stamps - Unity Stamp Company, Something Within & Here Today, Here Tomorrow
Ink - VersaMagic, Distress Inks Fired Brick & Faded Jeans. 
Other - Rhinestones, White Embossing Powder, Crinkle Ribbon


Challenges 
Tha Kraft Journal 
Artistic Inspirations 
Paper Sweeties 
The Craft Spot 
Cupcake Inspirations 
Friends With Flair
Word Art Wednesday
That Craft Place Challenge
Try It On Tuesday



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  1. TinaJuly 3, 2014 at 2:22 AM

    beautiful tag...thanks for sharing at cupcake inspirations

    Tina
    sweetie dt

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  2. MariaJuly 3, 2014 at 3:42 AM

    Gorgeous tag! Love the background, butterfly, stars, and wonderful sentiment! Thanks so much for joining us this month at Paper Sweeties! Come back soon!:-)

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  3. ~Tammy~July 3, 2014 at 12:40 PM

    Just gorgeous! Love the beautiful sentiment!

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  4. DebbieJuly 3, 2014 at 2:54 PM

    Oh my, what a beautiful bookmark -- love the red, white & blue seam binding! Thanks for sharing your work with us at Paper Sweeties this month :)

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  5. Julie OdilJuly 4, 2014 at 1:37 PM

    Mandi, this took my breath away when I first saw it. It is just stunning! And I learned so much more about you from your post. Thank you for sharing your wonderful tag and your thoughts about our great country. GOD bless America. Have a great celebration today.

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  6. UnknownJuly 4, 2014 at 3:49 PM

    Mandi,
    My mother was born in the family home in Canobie, and my Fathers mother came from Lumphanan Scotland. His father closer to Edinburgh So lets be blogger friends? Blessings Carole PS the tag is super. I love the stories.

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  7. RubyJuly 4, 2014 at 3:54 PM

    Very pretty tag.

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  8. JPScrapsJuly 4, 2014 at 4:07 PM

    This is amazing! every detail is done to perfection!

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  9. Sue DJuly 4, 2014 at 5:40 PM

    Love how you made this tag!

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  10. Donna K July 4, 2014 at 7:05 PM

    Inky fingers are the sign of an artist at work, clean hands are boring, right?! Love your beautiful tag and it's even more special knowing the reason you were inspired to create it. It's really awesome that you loved our country enough to become a citizen! Happy 4th of July, Mandi!

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  11. LeanneJuly 4, 2014 at 7:20 PM

    Lovely tag! Love the matching ribbon & background.

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  12. LindaJuly 4, 2014 at 8:17 PM

    Awesome job the pretty Patriotic tag! I love the ideal.

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  13. Waving My WandJuly 4, 2014 at 9:34 PM

    I love EVERYTHING about this tag...the scripture, the tie died ribbon...scrumptious!

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  14. TracyJuly 4, 2014 at 10:47 PM

    Stunning Mandi...love it!! Xxx

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  15. Dawn LouiseJuly 4, 2014 at 11:20 PM

    Love it hun, very apt and great colour blend and complementary adornments x

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  16. Angie C. D.July 5, 2014 at 1:16 AM

    Awesome tag!! Love the colors, sequins, and sentiment.

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  17. SherylJuly 5, 2014 at 5:01 AM

    I love how you colored the crinkle ribbon to match the tag, lovely!

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  18. MiwaJuly 5, 2014 at 6:11 AM

    What an absolutely GORGEOUS tag! A spectacular submission for the challenge! :)

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  19. GaylynnJuly 5, 2014 at 4:06 PM

    This is a lovely tag and beautiful saying for it Mandi. :)

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  20. NanceJuly 6, 2014 at 4:47 AM

    Gorgeous tag. Love that sentiment. Thanks for sharing it at Cupcake Inspirations! Nance, DT

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  21. MargikJuly 6, 2014 at 8:15 PM

    Fantastic tag! I love all beautiful details, colours and sentiment.
    Thank you for joining us at Try it on Tuesday.
    Mar x

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  22. Mrs.BJuly 6, 2014 at 10:54 PM

    This is a fabulous tag.Love your reasoning behind the different elements you've used.
    Thanks for sharing this with us at TioT.
    Avril

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  23. Scrapper MyraJuly 7, 2014 at 2:12 AM

    Great tag Mandi. Love it.

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  24. BeejayJuly 7, 2014 at 3:06 AM

    Lovely tag!

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  25. GwenJuly 8, 2014 at 4:28 PM

    Wow this is so beautiful! Love the way the colors melt together and that butterfly is so pretty! Thanks for playing along with us at My Craft Spot. Hope to see you next week!

    Gwen

    http://thisandthatbygwen.blogspot.com

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  26. KateJuly 9, 2014 at 2:01 AM

    Lovely tag! I LOVE the way you combined the colours!

    Thanks so much for playing along with us at My Craft Spot!

    Kate
    Small Bits of Paper

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  27. Mynn xxJuly 9, 2014 at 9:15 PM

    Totally gorgeous! LOVE the emboss resist and the colors! Thanks for joining us at Paper Sweeties! :) HUGS! Mynn xx

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  28. AngieJuly 13, 2014 at 1:46 AM

    Beautiful tag! Love all the symbolism you included.

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  29. Jill NorwoodJuly 14, 2014 at 4:37 PM

    Your tag is so beautiful! Love the story you shared in your post too! :)

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