You should make one for your home sweet home to ring in the summer months, as a reminder of our freedom, in honor of those who have given their lives and for those who serve our country.
Start with a block of wood measuring 5" x 5 1/2" . Wipe/dry brush cream paint lightly/roughly over the entire surface of the block of wood with a baby wipe, paper towel or dry brush.
Using dictionary paper or old book paper, scribble Distress marker ink, Distress stain or paint onto paper and water down with baby wipe or wet brush. Do a sheet in red and another sheet in blue. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.
Tear red paper into strips and the blue into a square and arrange on the block of wood
Adhere with Mod Podge and then distress the papers using your finger tip. When Mod Podge is 99% dry, use a distress pen in brown and add lines of ink above and below red stripes. Using your finger again, smudge a little Mod Podge over pen lines and blend to get a rustic worn wood look.
Using a die or punch, cut a few stars from dictionary paper and adhere to the blue area using Mod Podge. Repeat Distress pen steps with brown pen around stars.
Use a heat gun to dry project and then add one final coat of Mod Podge to seal. Let dry and display proudly.
Now if you live somewhere othef than the USA, consider creating your countries flag adjusting the colors accordingly, of course, I mean, I know you know to do that....
oh, and should you have a few embellishments/chipboard words or heck, even words torns from paper, you could adhere them to this as well...
Happy Memorial Day
