Saturday, May 23, 2009

Cards For Our Heroes!

Welcome to the next stop on Cards For Heroes' Memorial Day Blog Hop!

For those of you that follow my blog and might not be familiar with CardsForHeroes.Org I thought I'd take a moment to tell you a little about them. They are a great non-profit group that arrange for people to send our troops cards of encouragement. They also get them blank cards so they can write home on. As if that wasn't awesome enough... they want them to be homemade! Now, when I found out about this organization and their blog hop I knew right away that I wanted to participate. My husband was in the Air Force for eleven years, he still has the cards he received from "strangers" while he was deployed. They really mean a lot to him. Thank you Cards For Heroes and thank you to everyone out there making a difference in the lives of our troops.

If you've stopped here mid-point, I suggest you take some time and start the blog hop from the beginning here. The blog hop is comprised of crafters and many are offering RAK's to hoppers leaving comments... I thought I would share also. If you are into digital scrapbooking or would like to try let me know in your comment. I will choose one random winner to receive a $5 gift card to my store.

This is the card I made for the blog hop:



Here is a very cool Word Cloud made with the participating Bloggers' names... can you find me in there?



Your next stop in this hop is Lida. Take a moment to enjoy her beautiful card and leave her some love. I really enjoyed her blog, she is quite the crafty lady. Also, her blog is bilingual! You can reach Lida's blog HERE.

88 comments:

Unknown said...

I love this!!! It's so simple, yet says it all, TFS!

Anonymous said...

Very lovely!! The sentiment is so heartfelt!! ;) TFS!

Anita said...

I love seeing people I know participating in this wonderful events. Have a great weekend!

shelly said...

Love your card :)

Heidi E. said...

Great Card.. Have a Safe and Happy Memorial Weekend ♥

Karen said...

Wonderful card! TFS! Please thank your husband for his service!! {{cheers}}

Chris said...

Love your card and it's design. Thanks so much for participating.

Unknown said...

Love it!

JPScraps said...

Love your card! And, yes, I found you in the word cloud.

Sandy said...

Awww what a sweet card! Perfect message :)

Nancy L. said...

Amazing, thanks to your Husband and the many others that have served or are surving our country!

Sue McGettigan said...

Nice message on your card, Happy Memorial Day to you!

Fabre said...

Eva - thanks for joining us in the blog hop today! Any hero letters are loved by our heroes, thanks for creating one! I am sure that they will treasure it!

Kelli Waters said...

Very nice card!

Loni said...

Love the card and the note. May all our men and women in uniform be able to come home safely.

Lauren said...

LOVE the sentiment on your card! Thanks for supporting the troops!

{VICKI} said...

enjoying the hop

Lisa Renéa said...

Many thanks to your family for their service to our country! Your card is beautiful!

Wendy said...

This is such an exciting event!

Windy Robinson Life Handmade said...

Nice sentiment. TFS!

Unknown said...

nice card!

Anonymous said...

What a great card. So clean and patriotic!

This is such a fun hop! 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...

Cute card! Hope you have a great holiday weekend!

Suz said...

Thanks so much for the inspiration. Hope you have a blessed holiday weekend.

Lynn said...

I love your cards. Thanks so much for supporting this event. I am the proud Mother of a US soldier!
Thank you for supporting our troops.

Martha said...

Such a handsome card!
Thank you for participating in the CFH blog hop!

Unknown said...

Wonderful card! TFS!~

Daintry said...

I love the card. thanks for sharing, and for making the cards that you do.

Heather said...

Your card is adorable!! Is that a real patch or a sticker/picture that really looks like one??

Lisa said...

Lovely card!

Erika said...

As a fellow 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.

Whispers and Wishes said...

wonderful card

Merry's Musings said...

Those are my thoughts exactly, just love your card. Beautiful blog too. what a treat!

Purple Princess said...

Lovely card!!

Kay said...

Love you card and your blog! Finding new blogs to add to my reader is a great "side" effect of this bloghop!

Carole RB said...

Great card Eva

Becca said...

I love your beautiful card, and I'm sure it will be appreciated by whomever receives it!

Jana said...

Great job. Thanks for participating.

inkedx2 said...

Just getting into scrapbooking. Haven't tried digital yet. Might be something fun to try. Thanks for your support of our troops!

Robbie

Nancy said...

I love your card...as the mom of a Marine in Iraq I appreciate the sentiment!
Thanks for supporting our heroes!

mica said...

Your card is soooo pretty! I am enjoying this hop :)

Lost in Paper said...

Wonderful card!!!

Lisa (mldesignworks) said...

Great card! Thank you for participating!

Lisa - papergrace said...

What a beautiful card and I especially love the sentiment.

As a former member of the USAF myself, please thank your husband for his 11 yrs of selfless service and honor to our country.

Wishing you and your family a truly wonderful Memorial Day weekend.

Gail said...

Great card! loven all the ideas and participation!

Atticelf said...

Cool card! The inspiration I'm getting seeing all this creativity on the bloghop is fantastic!

Isn't this bloghop an amazing event?? I had never heard of CFH before and I'm looking forward to celebrating Memorial Day with my kids as we make cards to send in to CFH. :)

P.S. I didn't know what the word cloud was all about - TFS!

Carolyn Sharkas said...

great card, thanks for sharing.

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Tammy said...

What a wonderful card! TFS!

paula said...

great card!! Thanks for suporting our troops with your talent!

Maggie said...

Wonderful card. Thank you for your support to our troops.

Lida said...

Love your card, I love the over all design!

cr8iveme said...

what an awesome card and what a great cause.

M.E.

Renee said...

Beautiful card

kasmello said...

Great card. It is nice to hear stories from families who received cards!! : )

Dana said...

wonderful!

Axes DesigNs said...

Great cards.. thanks for being part of cards for heros.

Teresa said...

Love your card and really appreciate your generosity in offering blog candy! Thanks!

I am so happy to be part of this blog hop!

decp8nter said...

Great Card!

SuzAnn said...

Your card is very heartwarming. Thanks for supporting CFH.

Victoria S. said...

Love your card! Thanks for supporting our troops!
Yes i will try digi!

Elaine said...

beautifully patriotic!

sideoats + scribbles said...

Great card!

PCM said...

Great card. Is it digital? I do digital scrapbook LO - as well as the 'hard' paper stuff! :) Thanks for participating.

Shirley said...

Great card! Thank you for supporting out troops.

BethW said...

Awesome-the card and you! May you be blessed always for reaching out to our service personnel.

~ginny said...

Kudos on your card!
Long live our Heroes!
~ginny

Susan M. Brown {sbartist} said...

Happy Memorial Day! Your card is beautiful and thank you for your creativity and dedication to this great cause. Love your "Spring Scene" Layouts : ) Sb

nsmerkt said...

Nice card! Thank you for participating. I am determined to make as many cards as I can in the next few weeks. I am living in the Middle East and we are traveling home for the summer to be with relatives. I think we will enlist the help of all of the kiddos to help make even more once we are there. Happy Memorial Day!

marcy said...

Love your card! Please keep on supporting CFH - they are such an amazing group. My husband is a Naval Gulf War vet. I am inspired by how all the bloggers support each other too! Have an amazing weekend.

Marcy

Laurie said...

Love your card! Great sentiment.

Thanks for sharing with CFH!

Caryl P said...

Great card! Is yours the name on the top left of the image?

slightlyimperfect said...

I especially love your card for the personal message from your family. Lovely. Thanks for sharing and participating in the hop. Happy Memorial Day.

The Wired Angel said...

Love your card.. thanks for participating and helping to spread the word about CFH. Enjoy your holiday!

Ina Good said...

lovely ...Appreciate your participation.My Mom was an airforce mother and I helped her send care packages to the military during the Vietnam war. I helped her package them and write letters to the soldiers as my two brothers were career airforce then. I joined this card group and enjoyed the blog hop and all the inspiration for the military! Hugs,Ina

Regina said...

lovely card! It says it all

Kathy Thompson said...

love this card - very striking. Thanks for being part of the blog hop.
I have thoroughly enjoyed it.

Kerri said...

Gorgeous card!!! Is it a digital creation or paper??? I am a die-hard digital scrapper myself but do like to stray to paper for cards from time to time. I'll be using some of this inspiration this weekend to make up some cards to send next weekend...

Anam_Kihaku said...

sweet card!

Unknown said...

Darling card

.:liza:. said...

Wonderful card!

...Darlene said...

Great card thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

Wow, you had me completely with the lovely message! A fabulous card.

truleetraci said...

Beautiful card and sentiment! Thanks for doing the hop! I have been so inspired today!

jaemom said...

a wonderful card, TFS.

Sharon said...

great cards your special

Christina said...

Love your card! Thank you for supporting CFH!

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Jean Fitch from jlfstudio said...

Thanks for sharing and for supporting CFH and their mission!

Lucy Abrams said...

What a sweet and meaningful card - it will make someone's day.