MORE BIRTHDAY CARDS FOR SOLDIERS

Happy Easter sweet friends!  We have a rainy Easter and all I can think of is a nap!!!

I did have some nice crafting time yesterday and want to share these two birthday cards that will go to deployed soldiers.

I used the Freshly Made Sketches sketch for this card.  Instead of the scallops along the horizontal panel, I decided to use stars.

I cased a card on Pinterest for this one. I changed the paper and sentiment and added the star.

Before I tell you goodbye for now, I want to ask a huge favor. I started a petition to bring our ONLY POW home. His name is Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The petition is located here and if you missed my post about him you can read it here.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked my card.

Supplies:

First Card:

*My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 BE HAPPY Paper Pad Follow Your Heart FYH143

color magic stars

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Second Card:

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HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY

And happy SATURDAY to my awesome crafty friends! The weather is gorrrrgeous here today and I am so happy to see it. Just had a nice walk with my little Joy and getting ready to take her for grooming. That means CRAFTY TIME this afternoon!! Woohoo!

OK, want to post this quickly before I leave. This is my Mojo Monday card for this week. It is round or square week, so I chose square.

I was asked to make a special 1st birthday card and this is my first attempt. I’m not sure it is special enough, so I am going to make another.  I do love the darling paper from Wild Rose Studio called Anabelle’s Garden. It has lots of great girly papers in it! 

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Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked my card.

Annabelle's Garden 6 x 6	Hearts	color magic hearts	Pennant Trim Die	Louise White Crochet Lace
*Paper Smooches SENTIMENT SAMPLER Clear Stamps Kim Hughes

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YOU’RE 50 AND “SENT-SATIONAL”`

Happy Good Friday dear friends and a Happy Vietnam Veterans’ Day to all vets past, present and future, but especially our dear Vietnam Veterans who endured so much!
My card today was made using the Operation Write Home sketch for this week but turned it on it’s side. Here it is:

My crazy sister has an alter ego that is just hysterical. When she is in her costume and fully consumed by her creation, it is a total hoot. Well, her alter ego (Lida Mae Thatchat LOL) has a FB page and I noticed her “birthday” is on April Fools day, and she will be 50.  So….what else could I do but make Lida Mae a birthday card. I hope she enjoys it! And I hope you did too.

Here is a close up of the image. I combined images from different stamp sets from Doodle pantry to come up with this and added the little wiggly eyes.  What do you think?  I listed the stamp sets below.

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OWH Sketch 165

I am also entering this at Party Time Tuesdays: PTT#113 Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked my card.

Birthday Accessories COLOR plus

Nature Calls

Quirky Skunk

Satin Fun Flowers Emerald

Lemon Double-faced Satin

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SGT. BOWE BERGDAHL

Hi sweet crafty friends! Where has this week gone? Our weather is supposed to start warming today and through the weekend, so I’m excited!

This is a very different post for me. I hope you will indulge me for just a minute.

Today is a special birthday. Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is a POW who has been held by Taliban allies in Afghanistan since June 30, 2009! Yes, that is 1367 DAYS! He was 23 years old when he was captured and will be 27 today. Imagine if he was your child, husband, friend and what these 4 years would be like. Even though my son is stateside, it still hits home to think of one of our own being captured and held for so long.

I am writing this post because I started a petition on the White House website and I need 100,000 signatures by April 25, 2013.  According to the website “Anyone 13 or older can create or sign a petition on WhiteHouse.gov. In order to participate in the We the People platform on WhiteHouse.gov, users must create a WhiteHouse.gov account and verify their email address.”  I take that to mean you can be anywhere in the world and help me with this cause!!!

Click here to go sign

I know that “a picture is worth a thousand words”, so this is Sgt. Bowe.  I am ashamed that we all know exactly who Casey Anthony is and we now know who Jodi Arias is, and yes we even know what they look like. But I ask you; have you ever heard of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl or seen his picture? Does it bother you that we have a POW that has been held for four long years and you never hear anything about him in the news? Well, it bothers me so I started the petition and pray that everyone who reads this will go sign it now. Sgt. Bowe deserves our support and needs to be brought home!

Click here to go sign

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this and for signing the petition.  Your signature means you care, and I am grateful that we still have caring people in the world.

hugs,

Ellen

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Hi sweet friends! Welcome to challenge #13 at Inkspirational. We have had a great month and it has been fun seeing all of your beautiful creations. I can’t wait to see what you have to share with us this week! 

I know you will want to see all the gorgeous creations from our DT, as well as the awesome DT at Inspired by Stamping, so be sure to check out their cards at Inspirational and leave a little love after you see mine! 

This week we have a SKETCH challenge for you and here is my card.

I decided to use one of Inspired by Stamping’s Delicate Doily stamps for the image in the circle. I stamped it on the base of the card, used a gel pen all over it, and then rubbed DI over it. This process created a beautiful shimmering image that I framed with the upper layer. The sentiment and frame are also Inspired by Stamping stamps. The ribbon is from RRR and the sentiment is cut with a SB.

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OUR SPONSOR:

Joanna, at Inspired by Stamping is graciously sponsoring our challenge this month! Her store is filled with gorgeous stamps, flowers, ribbons and lace, as well as dies. And best of all, she is giving one $20.00 gift card to our monthly winner! Be sure to check out her store. I know you will love it. (Remember, you must play in all four challenges this month to be eligible to win!)

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Please hop over to Inkspirational to see all of the beautiful “inkspiration” from the DT!

Small Fancy Label 18	Delicate Doilies II	http://www.zibbet.com/SaCrafters/artwork?artworkId=749549	eCraft Mulit-Colored Card Stock - 12 x 12 in	Labels Eighteen
Sheer Organza w/Satin Center Brown	SILVER-STAR ink Gelly Roll Stardust

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hugs,

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

OK, I’m going to post this even though Mom’s birthday isn’t until next week, so don’t anyone tell her or show it to her! I can’t believe that Mom will be 80 this year!

I used the Verve sketch for March week 4 to make this card.

 

(inside view)

I just got some new paper from Wild Rose Studio called Annabelle’s Garden.  I just love the pretty pastel colors in this pack.  I used an Inspired by Stamping Happy Birthday sentiment and added Mom from Verve’s One Person set.  The flowers are also from IBS and the inside sentiments are from Verve’s One Person set too. I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the pink base panel.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked my card.

Annabelle's Garden 6 x 6	Louise White Crochet Lace	Tim Holtz Alterations Brackets	Big Scalloped Circles LG	Mixed Color of Small Flowers
Ahoy, Matey	One Person	Birds And Swirls

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