The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #10

With Memorial Day fast approaching, The Shabby Tea Room's latest challenge is "Stars and Stripes".
We are to use red, white, and blue and/or stars and stripes. Since I just used some striped  paper from Webster's Pages Petite Papers for my last posted card, I knew exactly the paper I wanted to use for this card.

I found the image for the focal point at Vintage Holiday Crafts. The focal point is attached to the Webster's Pages papers. (Two cards in a row using these beautiful papers--does that mean my hoarding of them has officially ended?) I separated the two patterned papers with  a scalloped border of Enchanted Evening. I used a running stitch to gather and ruffle the gingham ribbon. I cut two stars in Pure Poppy using my Cricut, glued them together, and coated with garnet glitter.After adding the flower and star, a little more weight was needed at the bottom, so I added the buttons to the bottom stars and then for more balance added the third button to the glittered star. The card front is attached to a base of Aqua Mist  to pick up the aqua background of the focal point.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:
Paper: Petite Papers: Postcards from Paris & Sweet as Cherry Pie(Webster's Pages); Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening,Pure Poppy(PTI)
Other: Ribbon (Hobby Lobby);  Border Punch (Fiskars);Tag,Bags,Boxes, and More cartridge(ProvoCraft);garnet glitter(Martha Stewart);Enchanted Evening Vintage Buttons(PTI)