happy canada day to my fellow canadians and independence day to my friends south of the border.
this is my first time playing along with CAS-ology and the cue word is FREE; i learned a new philosophy after the loss of my son so the first thing that comes to my mind is free to be – which includes sad, happy, silly, whatever mood i’m in, i’m free to be in it and i won’t apologize for it. i’m also free to express myself politically, artistically, or however i want because i live in a free country, thanks to the many veterans who fought to keep it this way.
i coloured the image with distress ink pads, added black stickles to the ladybug’s dots and yellow stickles to the flower centre. i’m also submitting this to the simply create too #40 challenge to use the colours of your country’s flag, which are red and white and the addicted to CAS challenge of take flight. thanks for popping by.
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Linda, so happy to have you join us at CASology for the first time…your card is quite adorable, and your words are so true, we are all “free to be in it,” whatever “it” may be at the time. The strip of patterned paper is a perfect accent behind that adorable ladt bug! Thanks so much for playing along at CASology!
Adorable! Love the pretty, bright colours and the ladybug is so cute.
Very pretty colors for Canada! Thanks for joining us at Simply Create Too-Angie DT
So glad you’ve joined us at CASology – we hope to see you again (and again!) in the future. I agree with your philosophy and I love your clean, fresh card!
A beautiful CAS card Linda and such very pretty colours.
B x
Beautiful ! The colours are very pretty and the bug so cute ! Happy Canada Day ! Shirleyx
Love the layout and style of this cute bug card Linda. Love your philosophy too . . . very true! xxx
What a adorable card! Love the super cute lady bug image! Thanks for joining us at “Simply Create Too”, hope to see you next time again.
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Gerda
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As usual, a beautiful card – love your little lady, so cute, and gorgeous coloring and your papers for the border strip. Agree with your philosophy too. Thanks for remembering the veterans who purchased our freedoms with their sacrifices. Too many forget that. TFS such a wonderfully made card. Hugs
Happy Canada Day to you!
Your card is so pretty and your sords were so fitting of this Country.
We are lucky and proud to be Canadians…especially today!
Sweet image and card.
So very cute! Love the bug ;) Thanks for joining in with ATCAS!
Love the lady Bug. Beautiful card Linda. Thank you for playing along with the ATCAS challenge and sharing your project.
Florence x
Cute little bug & card!