Happy Memorial Day!

Hi, friends :)

I hope you are all having a wonderful Memorial Day,

 enjoying this day in all the ways that are special to you!

 As a child of a military family, I'm always honored by the men and women who have served our country and proud to be an American ♥

We've had an incredibly busy weekend,

including a beautiful Flag Retirement ceremony at a local farmer's market.

It was moving and educational

and a special invitation that the troop participated in with honor.

Preparing the flag, stripping along the stripes and getting ready for the fire

  

My son is the taller one on the left, one of his best buddies on the right :)

And my card today is a reflection of this Memorial Day -

using red, white and blue and scraps of dsp from my bin

to create this 'ribbon card'.

I'm using a stamp from The Project Bin Stamps

from the A Way with words "Awesome Sauce" stamp set.

 At the end of the day ...

such a versatile stamp with many meanings ~

       and you can tailor this to any way you'd like for your personal cards!

 

This lovely stamp in the set comes with a scalloped square border,

so I masked off the border to use just the wording

since I was using a circular shaped stamp base.

Quick little hack - washi tape or even old address labels work great!

One of my favorite types of cards - 

using new stamps, old scraps = amazing creative process :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings ♥

~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  Amusing Challenge - National Colors
Crafting when we can - Use Stars 

  

Calendar Girls -- Freedom Rings!

Hi all!  Happy Saturday! 

 Today is the 28th of the month - the day the Calendar Girls

SCS crafty group post our cards with a chosen theme. 

 

 This month, our hostess is Deb and she gave us a lot to reflect :]
 This is her challenge:

Since we are the CALENDAR Girls I was thinking we should make cards that reflect the months of the year or days of the week.

I found these sayings about a few of the months:

Slow as Molasses in January
January Brings a New Year
Beware the Ides of March (William Shakespeare "Julius Caesar")
March, In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb
April Showers Bring May Flowers
June is Bustin' Out All Over (Oscar Hammerstein)
July Fireflies Bring August Skies
September Leaves Gives Chance for October Scares

And here are some yearly days of the week.:

Fat Tuesday
Black Friday
Good Friday
Palm Sunday

So the challenge is to make a card that reflects your interpretation of one of the above sayings about the months or one of the four listed days. (Maybe you know another saying about months of the year you like. You can use that saying.)  In your blog post let us know what saying or day your card reflects.

So!  My card today reflects the month of July and I actually took Deb's

offer to use one that reflects that month.  As a child growing up in a military

family, and as a sister to an active duty soldier still, I knew I wanted

to use July's celebration of freedom.

Recently, my husband was hospitalized and while I was waiting

for him to finish some tests, I remember the multitude of trips

that I took to the VA with my father.  He lost his battle with

cancer but before he passed away, he certainly didn't go without a fight.

The doctor's very sternly told him he had 3-6 months to live as the cancer

had metastasized.  He, however said, "Nope, no I don't -- I ain't ready to go yet."  He surpassed the odds and gave us 3 glorious more years! 
One of dad's favorite sayings was "Freedom isn't Free".
Dad's birthday is 2 weeks from today ~ he would have been turning 70.

In honor of my dad, for his July birthday and service to our country,
Here is my Calendar Girl saying:
"One flag, one land, one heart, one hand."
(Can I get an AMEN!)

 

And here is my card, using the ever adorable Flag Riley,

(From Riley and Company Stamps!)

 

 

Please be sure stop by the other Calendar Girls blogs,

you can find them in my sidebar,

and see what they've done this month!

 

As always,

Big Hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  Open Minded Crafting#13 - Patriotic Colors
Pumpkin Spice - Red, White and Blue
Little Red Wagon - Animal Antics

                                                        City Crafter - Red White and Blue

Paper Pretties - - Red, White and Blue
DLArt Thankful Thursday - Patriotic