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Supplies Needed: - A blank navy blue card - red and white cardstock - raffia in red - an eyelet and eyelet punch - paper punch in large star shape - red beads - scissors - glue Birthday Cards - Greeting Cards - ”American Dreams” This card can be used as an invitation for a Independence Day picnic, a birthday card, or maybe you would like to send it as a token of support for your favorite soldier stationed overseas. Nevertheless it is easily made and shows American spirit! Click Here to Find More American Patriotic Craft Projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instructions: 1. Cut out a long strip of white cardstock to match the length of your card. Cut out strips of red cardstock of the same width and glue these at even intervals onto the white strip as seen in the picture. 2. Glue the white strip onto the blue card. 3. Out of raffia, cut out a long length of 2 or 3 strands and set aside.. 4. With paper punch, cut out red and white stars out of the cardstock. In one red star, punch a hole and hammer an eyelet onto this hole. 5. Pull the raffia through the hole and make a bow in front of the star. 6. Glue the stars at various heights on the dangling ends of the raffia. Fix a couple of red beads also on the ends and secure with a knot. 7. Glue the raffia star on the top right of the card. Click here to learn more useful tips and tricks for paper crafts and card making   Maritime Thoughts Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.craftideas.info     All patterns, pictures and text found on Craftideas.info are property of the owners of this website and may be only printed out and used for private or non-commercial purposes. It is not permitted to use them on the internet or in any other publication. Find More Creative Cards to Craft for Spring, Valentine’s Day and Easter Find Birthday Cards and Greeting Cards to Craft for All Occasions Create These Quick and Easy Autumn and Halloween Cards Creative Christmas cards to Craft for the Holidays Paper crafts for spring, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and Easter Creative paper crafts for summer and all occasions Paper crafts for fall, Thanksgiving and Halloween Paper crafts for Christmas and winter season Rainy day paper craft ideas for kids Tags Artist Trading Cards Craft Patterns and Templates Craft Tutorials Subscribe to Our Free Newsletter