Stars and strips!

Hey Everyone! I hope that you are all having a beautiful morning. It is a wonderful morning here in NC, we had some bad storms last night. I love thunderstorms, and watching the lightening so it was wonderful for me. but my dogs not so much; God saw us through them and now the birds are out singing and the sky is blue. I wanted to share a card that I have made for a few challenges. I will list them below!
Here's my card:

for my card, I cut the star from Potpourri Basket @ 2 1/2". The America is cut from beyond Birthdays@ 1" I also cut the shadow layer for it.  I added light blue ribbon and metal stars that have to be heated to stick. They are not for the I-Rock but some off brand from Walmart. ( * i used my hot glue gun tip to set them, no glue was in the gun, I just left it on them for a few seconds a BAM they were set, just like the I- Rock)
I used the Swiss dots folder on the red back ground and the Star paper is from Paper Studio open stock @ Hobby lobby.

I had so much fun making this card, it just seemed to come together, I had no idea what I wanted to do when I started.


My Crafty Spot Challenge 14 ( seeing star)
my Sheri Crafts Challenge 63 ( independence day or Canada Day)
Cupcake inspirations Challenge 117 ( use pic as inspirations)
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 20( red, white and blue)
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge 66(red, white and blue)
scrapbookaholic by Abby Challenge #8 ( red, white and blue)
Whimsical Wednesdays Challenge 12 (lets-get-patriotic)