Hi everyone welcome to the Memorial Day Blog Hop hosted by Sylvia of Bella Scrapbook Designs. If you are here from Sylvia's blog then you are in the right spot! I was super excited when Sylvia asked me to join in her wonderful hop because it's for such a great cause.......
For this hop Sylvia has asked us all to donate our cards to this sweet 10 year old boy named STEPHEN who is trying to collect 180,000 cards to send to the troops!!! That is so amazing!! I can not believe that someone so young can make a difference, he really has me thinking about making some changes in my own life too!! Stephen if you are reading this you are truly an inspiration to us all!!
For my card I was going for a Memorial Day themed card which I had my hubby help me create it, he told me which cuts and stamps to use for my card, thanks honey! For those of you who do not know my hubby is a Marine Veteran who served at Camp Pendleton for 5 years, and now he is working as a Government Contractor who has to deploy overseas very often; so anything military related is very close to my heart.
The cuts are from Stand and Salute which I added pop dots underneath, I stamped the sentiment with Pink By Design "Our Heroes" stamp set and embossed with my Cuttlebug.
I am so touched by Stephen's story and plan and sending him some cards. If you would like to help out by thanking our troops you can send a card Here or if you don't want to fill out all of their information you can send your card directly to me and I would be happy to mail it out along with mine email me at critterbugg365@gmail.com for more info. They have a sweet trip up for grabs to the winner and I would love to win a trip especially since it's not to far from my home!
Now for some blog Candy! In honor of Memorial Day I am giving away 5 cuts of your choice from the Stand and Salute Cricut cart OR 5 cuts of your choice from the Independence Day Cricut cart.
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Cute card!! Thanks for sharing!
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Hi Sandra!
ReplyDeleteThis card is great! It is so very kind of you and all these wonderful ladies to be creating and helping Stephen reach his goal. Thanks for sharing and have a GREAT weekend
jessica
Very nice card! I love the embossing and the how you popped the image up..great job! What a great hop:)
ReplyDeleteSherrie K
http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com
This is really pretty - I love the embossed background...it really makes the card pop! TFS!!
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Awesome card and thank you for honoring our men and women that serve our country. I have two boys in the military: Army and Air Force (Iraq and Japan).
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Lovely card, Steven sounds like a wonderful boy. Thank-you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteDeborah foti ~ ustoleit@comcast.net
Http://www.scrappingmamma.net
Beautiful Card! Love the red, white, and blue!
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Kathie
Kathlee154atgmaildotcom
http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com
Wonderful card. It was great being in the blog hop with you!
ReplyDeleteNice card! I have both those carts but havn't used them much. Now I have an idea, TFS
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Oh I really like the way you put the pop dots behind to make them stand out! Very nice!
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LOve your card.
ReplyDeleteVeronica
mommyscraftycreations at gmail dot com
mommyscraftycreations.blogspot.com
Very nice!
ReplyDeleteYou might like to see my WWII story on my blog, in honor of two dads.
http://carla-writes.blogspt.com
I just love your Card!!! I have wanted the Stand and Salute Cartridge for so long. I think Stephen sounds like an Amazing little Boy.I will be sending him a few Cards.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Chance to win a few Cuts from the Stand and Salute Cartridge.
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cindymarshall63 at hotmail dot com
Terrific card for our great men and women who serve! Sweet hubby you have! TFS joy4umetoo at hotmail dot com (follower)
ReplyDeleteYour card says it all. I love it! The embossing is wonderful.
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Cindy Lou
http://scrappinc.blogspot.com
endurapuppy at yahoo dot com
Great card! Perfect cuts and color!
ReplyDeletevery nice card
ReplyDeleteNary Beth C
very nice card, love the embossing on white paper :) TFS! It's always so much fun to hop together. Many hugs.
ReplyDeleteVery nice card!!!
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Great card! Now I can card-lift the idea because I have this cart! TFS!
ReplyDeleteKris in Alaska
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Awesome card. Love the embossing you did. Glad to be part of this hop with you.
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Patty
creativediva98.blogspot.com
creativediva98 at gmail dot com
Love your card. I like how you embossed the background. Thanks so much for participating in the blog hop.
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Sylvia
Www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com
What a wonderful things for you ladies to be doing, and for the great blog hop . I am enjoying seeing all the great cards with all of my favorite colours! TFS!
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Hi Sandra, I love your card especially the embossing and the way you used pop dots on the men and women. Now that I read about your husband being a US Marine, I wanted to share something with you. My dad went through training at Camp Pendleton during WWII. He and all of his family have served in the US Marine Corp. In fact his brother received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Korean War.
ReplyDeleteI thought you and your husband might be interested in a local artist here. He did a special drawing for the US Marine National Museum to honor the US Marine Corp's 230 birthday this past November. I gave my dad a signed copy of the art for Christmas. Don Stewart, the artist also wrote a personal message to my dad on the piece because my dad has the same birthdate as the US Marines, November 10th. Don is very talented and funny. Check him out.
Charlotte
http://newdsart.blogspot.com/2010/11/happy-birthday-usmc.html
Great cause! I love your card, thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLisa
http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com