Memorial Weekend Upate

I had the opportunity to cruise the Operation Write Home Blog Hop and see so many inspiring creations and listen to some incredible stories of service men and women. I didn't list my blog for the hop since I am still getting the hang of this blogging thing. Maybe next time I will be able to as I get the hang of this.

I made some cards last night as you can see by the following post and intend to make more tonight as well. I am amazed at how many wonderful ideas were out there and some I will be re-visiting to CASE their creations for sure. I hope everyone that allowed us to hop through their blogs knows how much it was appreciated.

Now...... on to making those Red, White and Blue cards to send out this week!

Memorial Weekend

For me this weekend will be about making cards for Operation Write Home. Since I live in Canada, the holiday is not quite the same, at least as far as typical activities. I, however, am a VET and have many members of my family who have served, including a niece that just left Bagram AB, literally hours before the recent attack on the installation. I have no parades or services to attend... not even a barbeque celebrating the freedoms our service men and women have secured for me. But, this day is not lost on me. I know in my heart how precious it all is and so this weekend in honor of our troops far away and at home and from Canada who serve and die alongside Americans, I remember, I pray, I thank God and I make cards.



This first card is one I did not make but was sent to me by the President of Operation Write Home, Sandy Allnock. So many thanks to you, Sandy, and all your precious team that make this way of reaching out to our service men and women and their families they miss so dearly.

I will be adding to this post all weekend as I get the cards made. Have a blessed weekend!

Here we go!

Tag Challenge

This is my first EVER tag. Daniel put out a challenge on Stamp Haven for tags and this is my first attempt. When I asked what is the criteria, he said, paper with a hole in it. So, here is my paper with a hole in it. The tiny gold beads didn't scan well, maybe I can get a good picture in the sunlight tomorrow. Embee/Martha sent me the wonderful stamp set that I made this with, it is from Hampton Arts and the epoxy sticker is from Forever In Time. The die cut was sent to me by UtahAnn and I mounted it on cereal box cardboard for body.

Lightening Challenge: Armed Forces Day!

I have two cards to add to the Any Hero Challenge. The first looks a little pink, but, it really is a light red. This is lightening for me since I didn't even find out about it until late this evening. I didn't want to call it a day until I answered the call to the challenge. Making cards late at night is sometimes a bit scary!

MidWeek Throwdown: Rainy Day

First, I have to say that I am not so good at these type of cards. I'm still trying to get the hang of it. I think this is a great image and thank *Wink*Wink Ink for providing it for OWH cardmakers.

Thrifty and Pretty

I love this! Talk about thrifty! This is made from the packaging of the K&Co stickers. Much too pretty to waste.

Bricks and Dots

This was made from a lovely embossed background that I cut up, puffy K&Co stickers and the tiny gold dots are made with a stylus and craft paint.

Thank You #1

Utah Ann, this one is for you. Thank you for the thank you.