Saturday, May 23, 2009

Cards for Heroes Blog Hop!

If you are looking for my ArtfulINKables Saturday post, please scroll down)

Hi - and welcome to your next stop in the Cards for Heroes Blog Hop! If you happened to stop here first, be sure to go back to the FIRST STOP and start there so you don't miss out on any of the cool projects or prizes!!!

It's Memorial Day weekend...the start of summer, but more importantly a time to remember all that our service men and women have done for us and our country. Cards for Heroes is an awesome organization...think of how many lives are brightened by being able to send cards to the troops so that they can share them with their loved ones. I am fortunate enough not to have had to send anyone overseas but I am so thankful for everyone currently serving and for my grandfather, dad and father in law who served as young men. I'm happy to say that some of my own cards have been sent to the troops on several occasion and I hope those cards brought a smile to their faces and the faces of their card receiptients.

DRS Designs has some awesome patriotic stamps and I was able to put together a military card set in no time at all thanks to these images and a simple sketch.

Here are individual shots of the set...and the postage frame images to go along with them!









I stamped The Soldier of America (L918) sentiment/poem in versamark on the red panel, at an angle and then stamped it again on the inside of each card...



Here is another shot of the two patriotic postage frames...I stamped them in blue stazon ink so that they would not run if they got wet in the mail...



As you can see, DRS Designs has a stamp for everything you need a stamp for!!!
Are you a member of the Rubber Mania Monthly club? Check out the link in the sidebar...learn how you can get free, yes, FREE stamps!!!

Thanks for checking in...I hope you are having a great holiday weekend...

Be sure to continue on with the hop...your next stop is Loni. A fellow stamper from Texas!!

See you soon...

80 comments:

Chris said...

Love your card design. Great stamps too.

Anonymous said...

These are wonderful creations Cathy!! Love your postage envelopes!! ;) TFS!

Unknown said...

These are FABO, I am gonna have to run out and get these stamps, I think!

Dana said...

I adore your cards. They are just really great!

Lauren said...

What fantastic stamps!!! And I love in the first few cards how the paper creates a flag!

Tami Bayer said...

Such a beautiful design with these stamps.

Karen said...

What a wonderful card! TFS! And great stamps, too! {{cheers}}

Unknown said...

i love these and i'm sure those who receive them will too. :)

Vintage Papers said...

gorgeous cards and such great stamps! Thank you for supporting our troops and have a wonderful Memorial Weekend!

Heidi E. said...

Cute cards.. Thanks for inspiration. Have a Safe and Happy Memorial Weekend ♥

JPScraps said...

Love your cards! Great job!

Dawn said...

wow, a lot of great stuff to see, very nice work.

kasmello said...

Classy and beautiful!

Sue McGettigan said...

Super fun cards, I love the individual service emblems! Happy Memorial Day to you :)

Windy Robinson Life Handmade said...

Very nice cards-- thanks for sharing!

kristina proffitt said...

Beautiful cards! :)

Anonymous said...

Wow -- these are amazing!! Good for you!

{VICKI} said...

enjoying the hop

Loni said...

A Happy Hello from the blog after yours... your cards are great and thanks for supporting CFH. Hugs!!!

Kelli Waters said...

I love your cards! The stamps are great!

Sandy said...

Wow, fantastic cards!! More shopping I need to do..."darn"! I love the simplicity of these designs of your cards...lovely! Thanks for joining in the hop!

Unknown said...

Oooh - such nice, clean designs.

This is so much fun! So happy to be doing the blog hop for such a good cause with such a great, generous group of talented peeps! *smile*

Jennifer said...

Love your cards...so classy!

Unknown said...

Great inspiration on your blog!

Lisa Renéa said...

Your cards are so well done, very classy looking! Thanks for your participation in the CFH bloghop!

Heather said...

How fun that you made several for different branches of the military! Thank you for sharing with us!

Martha said...

What classy cards you made! Thanks so much for participating in the CFH blog hop!

Fabre said...

That soldier poem is just beautiful - this is the 2nd stop that i have seen it. Just may have to pick that one up myself....thank you so much for joining us on the hop this weekend! Hope you have had a chance to do some "hopping" yourself! Thanks for your support of our heroes and CFH!

shelly said...

Super cards!!!

Merry's Musings said...

WOW. Your cards are just lovely, and you have a beautiful blog. Cheers.

Nancy L. said...

Your cards are wonderful!!
Thanks to your family members who served our country!

Erika said...

As a military wife, please let me say thank you for what you are doing. It's so good to know that there are others thinking of our loved one's when they're in harms way. What a wonderful way of showing your appreciation!

Purple Princess said...

Wonderful card! Love the clean lines!

Carole RB said...

Very very nice card Cathy

Rebecca said...

I love the simple elegance of your card.

mica said...

Your cards are soooo pretty! Love the design. I am enjoying this hop :)

Wendy said...

This is such an exciting event!

Unknown said...

Cute cards! I love how you made one for each branch. Plus, the stamps for the "stamp" are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

Janice said...

really nice cards, so simple yet elegant, nice work

Lisa said...

Wow, I love those stamps!

Kay said...

These are great stamps - love what you did with them too. Thanks for sharing!

Nancy said...

love those cards for each branch of the service...I'm the mom of a Marine who's currently deployed to Iraq and I'm so thankful for all the support for our heroes this weekend!
Blessings to you!

Atticelf said...

wow, those look great! Nice job.

Gail said...

wow!! I got goosebumps! thanks for sharing!

Daintry said...

Amazing! I love it! Simple, elegant and classic. Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing, and thank you for making cards for our soldiers!

Carolyn Sharkas said...

great card, this is the second I have seen with the DRS Designs and I love it. thanks for sharing and supporting our troops

ceashark at aol dot com

Whispers and Wishes said...

Nice batch cards and that's a thoughful and clever idea, stamping the envelope.

cr8iveme said...

what a great set of cards.

M.E.

Linda Carson said...

Whoa! It's great to know these type of stamps are available! Thanks for the inspiration!

Dana said...

very nice!

Lisa - papergrace said...

Really love these cards. And nice that DRS has all the branches of service covered so that you had cards for everyone! GREAT job on beautiful cards.

Renee said...

Great set! There really is a stampfor everything.

Lisa (mldesignworks) said...

These are perfect! Thank you for participating!

Maggie said...

Very nice cards. I love these stamps, will have to check them out.

Lost in Paper said...

what amazing cards!!! these are just awesome!!

paula said...

Great cards!!! Thanks for sharing!

BethW said...

Truly outstanding-you are an amazing talent. May you be blessed always for reaching out to support our troops.

PCM said...

Gorgeoua card. I like the clean lines and all the elements in the way you placed them on your card. TFS

Anonymous said...

Great cards!!! I love those service branch stamps, must get them!

Tammy said...

What a fantastic group of cards!! Thanks for sharing! Enjoy your day!

nsmerkt said...

Those are some very sharp looking cards! Clever you to use Stazon for the envelopes. Great idea! TFS and Happy Memorial Day!

Laurie said...

Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing with CFH.

SuzAnn said...

What classy cards! Thanks for supporting CFH.

Victoria S. said...

WOW! What a wonderful card! Thanks for supporting our troops.

Teresa said...

WOW!!! These are fabulous cards!!! I'm going to have to have those stamps! (I've bought from DRS before but never noticed these.)

Day 3 and I am still hopping- I want to see and comment on every blog in this wonderful event!

Lisa Carroll said...

cathy, your cards are just STUNNING! i LOVE how each one is personalized depending on the branch! thank you for participating in the hop - and a wonderful memorial day to ya! :)

Regina said...

stunning! love those stamps

Kerri said...

Your cards are SO beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing!!

Caryl P said...

I love those postage frames, too cool!

The Wired Angel said...

Love your card.. thanks so much for sharing your creativity and participating.

sideoats + scribbles said...

Great cards!!! :)

Unknown said...

great designs!

...Darlene said...

These are great, simple clean line and so cool to have the different branches of service.
thank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Your cards are great and those stamps are terrific and so perfect for this event. Thanks for participating and for sharing. Happy Memorial Day.

jaemom said...

love your clean style and the poem! TFS and being a fellow participant!

Karen said...

Wonderful patriotic cards. I love the DRS stamps.

Unknown said...

Beautiful cards. Thank you for supporting the Troops, and giving your time and talent to the CFH.

Jean Fitch from jlfstudio said...

Thanks for sharing these wonderful designs. Thanks too for supporting CFH and their mission.

Lucy Abrams said...

Such striking and elegant cards - beautiful.

Christina said...

Love your cards! TFS!

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