Special Thanks

Hi!

Today is Memorial Day and I've been following an amazing Blog Hop to help get more
people to send out cards and make donations to Cards For Heroes.

To follow the hop start HERE.

It's so inspiring that I too made a card for the troops.



This will be one of the Any Hero cards that I send. Well, except that it's obviously
more aimed for a female soldier.

I remember back when I was in Junior High they had all the kids whose parents
had served come and speak to our school at a special assembly to Honor our
Heroes. My bio dad and mom were still together back then and so I asked him to
attend the assembly. Back when I was a child they had us do things that you don't
see in schools anymore like every morning we would say the Pledge of Allegiance.

I'm not saying that all the things that happened back then were good but I do wish
my niece and nephew could do some of the things that we did back when I was
there age, like saying the Pledge.

Almost all the men in my family have served our nation. My bio dad was in the Navy,
my step-dad's brother retired from the Air Force, my bio dad's brothers all served in
the military in one branch or another. My father-in-law served and currently my
brother-in-law serves in the Air Force.

So I encourage you to please take some time today to either visit the blog hop or just
to write a note on the Cards for Heroes Cbox.

And if you feel inspired to send cards or make a donation to Cards for Heroes.

Our troops do so much for us that's the least we can do.

The Simply G.I. Jane stamp that I used is a digi stamp created by Modern Sugar Blvd.
You can find her here, if you'd like to make a card for your special soldier or cards for Cards for Heroes. Right now MSB is having a Blog Candy contest, which I am submitting this card to.

And the sentiment is by Hero Arts. Which is one of the blogs on the main hop.

**People have been asking about the designer paper. I actually got this a while ago
back when I first started scrapbooking. So I don't recall who made it but when I was
looking through my scraps I found it and just thought it would be perfect for this card.**

Materials Used:

Stamps: Modern Sugar Blvd G.I. Jane, Hero Arts

Paper: CM Cardstock White, Royal Blue, Wausau Bright White Ink: VersaColor 82 Black, Copic E00 Skin White, R11 Pale Cherry Pink, Bic Mark-it Tiki Hut Tan, Honey Brown, Adobe Orange, Blue Skies Blue, Moonstone Yellow, Rambunctious Red Accessories: Colorbok Metal Dots

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

What's going on Memorial Day weekend ...

in the blogosphere?

Well, first don't forget about the Memorial Day Blog Hop. The link is on my sidebar. You can't miss it.

And Enjoy the VA.Sunshine has some great blog candy up for grabs.

I'm already feeling inspired to create cards for the troops. Anything that can put a smile
on their faces is worth doing. Since they do so much for us.

Here's a secret: Back when I was a teenager just graduated from High School, I enlisted
in the ARMY. But I didn't make it because I was involved in a car accident right before
I was supposed to leave for Basic Training. I actually went into a coma for a brief period.
It was horrible and I had to do rehabilitation to get me back to close to where I was
before the accident. After that I didn't feel that I could physically serve our country but
I definitely believe in giving support to our troops.

I still suffer from the pain occassionally, especially when the weather gets really extreme.

So I really admire the soldiers and what they do. No matter what side of the political line
you are on please remember that it is the soldiers that are out their defending your right
to feel that way.

I encourage you to be sure to definitely visit the blog hop and if you're really inspired to
help organize a card making crop in your area.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Memorial Day blog hop

Hi!

I wanted to let you know about an awesome blog hop that's starting tomorrow,
Saturday, May 23rd.

It's in honor of our troops and to help spread the word out about sending cards
to them.

They help defend our country the least we can do is send them a card.

I think this would actually be a brilliant idea for a charity crop. Maybe I can
see if I can get one posted on the meetup group that I belong to.

My (step-dad's side) uncle is retired Air Force, my bio dad served in the Navy, and
my dh's middle brother is on active duty. He's been sent to Iraq 3 times and once to
D.C. Sometimes I forget that D.C. needs to be guarded too. I mean more then other
cities.

I'm looking forward to getting my Bombshell stamps I think the troops would really
enjoy that. And if I can get a response back from Jessica Lynn Originals about my
Certificate Code not working. I wanted to get their Brentwood Soldier digi. I won
$5 at the Jessica Lynn launch party last night. But when I went to use the code
it didn't want to work.

I put a blog button up at the top of my blog bar so that you can be sure to check out
the blog hop.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.