Patriotic Strips Card

Had not bought anything from Jaded Blossoms for a long time as they have been releasing products mainly for their Gnomes line of products until their new "America Strong" release for the 4th of July. This stamp and die set I bought is for the 250th birthday for the USA. Here is a photo of the stamp and die set I bought:

and the die set:

When I ordered these two items I had a different card layout in mind for my 4th of July cards I wanted to make but then I saw a video on YouTube by "On Y Go! Stamping" showing her zig zag card pattern. I watched her video and tried to follow how she made her card but had issues... she says in her video to be careful that the strips stay straight ... well mine were not:

So here is a photo of my card and I will explain what I did to keep my strips straight:

I did follow her pattern for her strips and mine are cut 1/4", 1/2", and cut in between those two and I cut them all to 2 3/4" long. For my card I used a piece of navy card stock from the stash cut and scored at the top. For the card front I used a piece of white card stock 4" x 5 1/4".  I used scraps and a patriotic paper pad "Americana" by Pebbles and I had bought that paper pad long ago from Tuesday Morning. I cut all the strips I would need to cover the white card front piece - I cut 13 of these. I laid them out and put them in the order that I wanted them in and then I turned them over. 

Using the grid lines on my Glassboard craft mat I laid all the strips out next to each other - some higher and some lower than others to make the zig zag look. Using Scotch tape I cut small strips of tape to lay across the strips to keep them touching each other and together:

Turned over to show the front:

With all the strips taped together on the back I took a ruler and made a light pencil line across my strips so I cut take this to the trimmer to cut my strips where I wanted for my card front. Once it was cut I used liquid glue to put the strips at the top of my white card front and again used liquid glue for the longer strips piece for the bottom of my white card front. Set the card front aside to dry. 

Using scrap white card stock I stamped one of the stamps from the "America Strong" stamp set using Night blue ink pad from SimonSaysStamp (stash item).  Used the matching die and cut that out. I also cut out another piece to put my sentiment on to make it more sturdy. I used liquid glue to put the two die cut pieces together for the card front. 

I put the white card front strips piece onto the navy card base using liquid glue. Put pop dots behind the die cut sentiment piece and put that on the card front. Pulled out some star shaped gems from the stash and put those on the card front. Fun card to assemble and good use for scraps in the stash as well as a fun layout. Thanks to "On Y Go! Stamping" for sharing her card layout idea and directions!