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Birthday card for a young Cancer Warrior

 Thinking of You cards for a young boy and girl who are battling cancer.

I am going to take this opportunity to ask you to support organizations that help families battling cancer. My personal choices are : CureSearch (funds research for treatments and cures of childhood cancers) The Leukemia/Lymphoma Society and Julia's Rainbow.

Julia's Rainbow was set up by my friend Kathy to help families that are trying to cope with the challenges of childhood cancers. Kathy is using Julia's Rainbow to pay forward all the support her family received while her daughter, Julia, battled Leukemia (twice). Julia is a happy. healthy 8 year old now.

Thank you cards sent out after our Virginia/Washington DC/Maryland trip.

 Card for a Card of The Month swap in which I am participating.

In the spirit of "paying it forward" I have just completed a 20 page scrapbook of the Miracle Miles 5K Fun Run that was organized by some very special ladies in my neighborhood with the always Amazing Stacy leading the efforts.

This event was a benefit for one of our neighborhood families that has a very young child battling a brain tumor. I am proud to say that many of my internet friends contributed amazing cards that were raffled off at this event. Heartfelt thanks to all of those who contributed. The 5K event raised over $5200.00 and the cards contributed to that total.

The scrapbook of this event was my first attempt at 8" x 8" scrapping. The sheer number of photos I had made 8 x 8 scrapping a real challenge but I managed to get 89 photos onto 20 pages. I still have to scan those pages and I'll upload those in a later post.

Thanks to all of you who check out my little blog and especially to those of you who leave such kind comments. Love you guys!!!

...........................Memorial Day

       Please take time out from your barbecues, parades, etc. to remember what is behind this holiday. Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day, a day when the graves of those who had fallen in battle would be decorated with flowers. When I was a child in school we used to buy artificial red poppy pins from the local VFW. We would wear our poppy pins proudly. I remember marching in the Memorial Day parade that would begin at the town War Memorial, a large statue depicting the flag raising on Iwo Jima. Our teachers and families made sure we understood the meaning of that day. Memorial Day is about coming together to honor those who gave their all serving their country.

 Now we have the National Moment of Remembrance, at 3:00 PM local time, take a moment to reflect on the sacrifices that so many have made in order for us to enjoy the freedom we have today.

WAR                                                                             Battle Deaths
Revolutionary                                                                        4,435
War of 1812                                                                          2,260
Mexican War                                                                         1,733
Civil War (Both sides)                                                    191,963 
Spanish American War                                                         385
World War I                                                                         53,402
World War II                                                                      291,557
Korean Conflict                                                                    33,741
Viet Nam Conflict                                                                 47,424
Persian Gulf War                                                                       147

I have not included statistics for the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as they are ongoing.

Please, at the very least, observe the National Moment of Remembrance to honor those men and women who gave their lives to purchase your freedom. Freedom isn't free.

....................Denise offers Blog Candy

          My cybercropping buddy Denise is offering blog candy over at

http://lalasworldblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-candy-and-way-to-make-sweet-boy.html

Check it out and send a card to a little cancer warrior.
Denise, you are a sweetie for doing this.

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Well, it has been awhile since I have posted anything. So much for my resolution to post at least once a week. Here are my latest projects.

 A pop up birthday card.

 Birthday card for DH. Pete is a licensed private pilot, loves planes, especially WWII fighter planes.

 Card I made for a swap.

 2 page LO remembering an absolutely wonderful afternoon and evening courtesy of our sons, Phil and Eric and their wives, Shannon and Amy. We are so blessed.

This is a "Theme" LO I did for a Scrap From Your Stash cybercrop challenge.

I really want to get so much more done. Our granddaughter, Madison, was in her school play (Annie) and I want to do a LO for that. Pete took a photo of our grandson Leo sitting in PopPop's homebuilt 1/2 scale Corsair. Pete photoshopped the photo so it looks like Leo is actually flying the plane and giving a thumbs up after shooting down a Japanese Zero, another WWII fighter plane. I have so many LO's that I have mapped out in my head, now to just get them done.

Watch this space.

..........The Craft Closet.

Photo #1 - 3 new shelves to hold some of my stamps. Martha Stewart scoring tool hanging on wall

Photo #2 - My desk area as seen from the "hallway" of my closet. The cross hanging on the wall belonged to my grandmother. The "Evil Eye" charm is from Turkey. Cutter Bee and Fiskars paper cutters hanging on walls. Blue Anduze pot from France (on shelf above bulletin board) holds rolls of adhesive dots and lines.

Photo #3 -  Over door shoe holder holds various punches and tools. This door leads to the "Man Cave."

Photo #4 - DH built this corner cupboard that holds my Sizzix and dies, glue gun, 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock and blank cards and envelopes. It is hard to see but on the top shelf is a small wooden dresser that belonged to my grandmother when she was a child.

Photo #5 - Ribbon, glue, glitter, & embossing powder storage along with some other embellishments. My Cricut mats hang on the wall. The apron hanging on the wall hook was made by my great grandmother. This is the wall behind me as I sit at my desk.

Photo #6 - Photo & card storage on top shelf, Middle shelf holds my Xyron adhesive machines in various sizes. The bottom shelf holds my small collection of Cricut cartridges, my Sizzix Embossing Boutique & embossing folders.  My Cricut Expression sits on the bookcase. It gets moved to the small table on the back wall for use. The bookcase holds books, magazines, smaller papers are also stored here.

This is a tiny space but I'm always happy in here.




  

Once Upon a Princess

I finally used the Once Upon a Princess cartridge and made the 3-D castle.  It was fun to make and I think it will find a home in the "Girls" room at my house.

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