I was asked to participate in a Blog Hop for- Cards for Heroes. This is their mission:
Our mission is to create blank, handmade greeting cards that our soldiers/military personnel serving in Iraq and other parts of the Middle East can use to write special notes home to their families and friends. To date, we have sent over 130,000 greeting cards, and we are growing in leaps and bounds. We are all volunteers in the organization, and it is a true grass roots effort.
Our website if you’d like to learn more is www.cardsforheroes.org
Being that it is after-all Memorial Day weekend I knew I should definitely par-take in the challenge in raising awareness for cards for our troops!
You know I don’t really ever recall making a Patriotic card? YIKES! That’s not good.
I don’t have any family in the military, but my PSF Laura, her husband Stefan, has served MANY years, and many long deployments! I have so much respect for ANYONE in the military and their families for giving up time with their loved ones, to fight for our Country! So if you or someone you know serves in the military-THANK YOU! We appreciate all you are sacrificing for our freedom 😀
If you haven’t started at the beginning please do so —–> here <—–after you complete your visit here!
Now for my first Patriotic card
You are my HERO
I used the star as the “O”. My husband didn’t “get it”, so I hope everyone else does! LOL! He usually doesn’t get much when it comes to design!
Its pretty clean, and simple.
I wanted to use a star for my “O”! So I did. I can see “it” spells HERO.
I used JustRite Stampers: Brayton Upper Case letters for the “H E R”.
I then used Star Prints (which I totally in love with) and used 2 different stars, with the punch, then cut them to create a fancy sort of Star Flag.
The “you are my” is from Father Knows Best.
I loved the swirl, so I used Fancy Flourishes to lead your eye to the falling star print. I also used Background Basics: Text Style, and the Retro set as well, along with the Let Freedom Ring set
Close up details:
So that is that.
Now its time for YOU to HOP ALONG—–>to Mou Her blog is called My Life in Collage. She does some FAB scrapbooking-so check it out.
Lots of amazing stops along the way. I hope it inspires you in some way to not only be thankful for our freedom and our troops, but maybe offer to send some cards their way 😀
Thanks again
100 Responses for "Cards for Heroes Blog Hop"
Sorry! I did not get it. 🙁
But I love the look of the card. The way you put it together! great job!
I got it and I love all of the stamps that you layered and highlightes her. Awesome!
I have bookmarked that amazing site..thank you for sharing it!
Great card!!! It took me a sec but then I got it. The hubby did too, just wanted to see if it was a guy thing. hehehe
Thank you for the lovely comment. My hubby is military and I am proud of what he does for thsi country. Both of us come from a line of military service members too, couldn’t be more proud.
Lauren, you card is just gorgeous!! Love your details! 🙂
Happy Memorial Day, glad to see you joined the hop!
I got it. love your card!
This is a beautiful card, what a great idea!
Wonderful card.
I totally got it right away! 🙂 And you so some FANTASTIC card making and stamping!!! Yowza!!!
Love that you used the star for the O in hero. I got it immediately.
Wonderful card and love the stamps! TFS! {{cheers}}
Wonderful card!! Love the star and flourishes!
Totally got the star as the O.. Love your card and you have an amazing blog. You are very talented..
Thanks for inspiration. Have a Safe and Happy Memorial Weekend ♥
gorgeous card! Thank you for supporting our troops and have a wonderful Memorial Weekend!
I “got it”. Love the card!
Got it. Nice stamping!
That star and the rest of the card is breathtaking!! A wonderful job.
Super cute card, I get it 🙂 Happy Memorial Day to you!
awesome Lauren — perfectly patriotic!!
lovely card!!!
Cute card, Lauren! Don’t worry, I got it right away! 🙂
love your card–I like the star for the “o”
great idea
I got it. Great card! Thanks for supporting Cards for Heroes.
I love your card. The start works perfectly!
Lauren! WOW! I can’t tell you how much I LOVE this card! CASE CASE CASE…where the heck is that sketchbook of mine….lol. Truly this is fantastic, and I do “get” it (but I’m a designer, so maybe I’m just weird!)
Thanks so much for participating in this amazing hop hop hop for our heroes!
Yay – another one of my fav blogs. Love your designs, templates and vids, Lauren. You rock!!
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*
Beautiful card design!
I got it! And I think it is just beautiful — I am never creative enough to think of using something unique in place of a letter, but this is a good reminder to give it a try! Thanks for joining our blog hop this weekend, and for your support of CFH and our heroes!
Your card is a masterpiece! Love it. Thanks for supporting
CFH!!
I think you did a great job with these cards and I like the star “O”. What do husbands know. LOL
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.
I totally got the star as the “O”– it was very creative!! Loved all of the stamping you did– I’m still a novice in that department!
I didn’t have any trouble seeing the star as the ‘o’. Maybe I read too much stuff online and just filling in the words now, lol. It IS a cool card.
Thanks so much for getting your stamping feet wet with this patriotic card!
I get your card and it is super!!
Lovely lovey card. Happy Memorial Day weekend.
Love your card!
I got it and then Jason confused me. He needs to stop confusing me and then I had to go look again to see if I missed something…and I still got it. Awesome card Lauren. You need to make more patriotic cards.
I always enjoy your creations so I was thrilled to see that you were part of this bloghop! Love the card!
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!
Love your card!
Love the card. I got it. Love the star.
I got it. The red, white and blue combination along with the star gave it away. Totally awesome use of design!
Great card Lauren
Love that your man didn’t get the star for the O. Too funny! Love the colors, and the cool ribbon!
Your card is soooo pretty! I am enjoying this hop 🙂
Very cute card! I love your designs – great stamps, too! I’ve seen your stuff on PI’s blog. That’s where I first found your blog and subscribed to your rss feed. Thanks for continually inspiring!
What an amazing card! Thanks for sharing! I love the swirl and the star!
This is such an exciting event!
Love this card – and I got it. Took me a moment but I got it. Loving this blog hop!!
Your card is beautiful…..honestly, I didn’t get it at first but I saw it after a minute or so. Great idea and I really love the colors.
What a beautiful card! I love the way you did the star!
I got it too, but I can understand a guys perspective! Great card, as usual! I was in a different group making military cards, and just sent off 25 of them last week. This blog hop stuff is fun!
Love it! (And I understood that Star = O) LOL
Your card is perfect, wonderful message!
My son is my hero, he’s a Marine currently serving in Iraq,
thank you for supporting our heroes!
I really like your card… and, yes, I “got it” 😉
I got it! 🙂 I think it’s a beautiful card.
Super card (I got it). Thanks for your support for CFH & for the sweet card for the Freeman’s. You really have a sweet & generous spirit
Great card! so pretty, crisp and clean!
Lauren, another gorgeous card, thanks so much for sharing it and for supporting our troops
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Love your blog- you are very talented!
Love the card…I think the star is a cute idea!
I did get it… and I’m so in love with those flourishes!
Your card is very nice. Thank you for supporting our military.
Love your card.
M.E.
I got it, too!! Beautifully done! Love the star and flourishes. Works so well together. I’m hooked on flourishes, I think.
Great card. Thanks so much for participating.
Fantastic inspirational artwork for CFH!
So pretty! Thank you for participating!
Very pretty card! Thank you for participating!
i love this card!!!! very unique!!!
Awesome!!
Beautiful cards.. thanks for being part og the blog hop and support cards for heros
Just amazing-thank you for all the tips. May you be blessed for reaching out to our troops.
Lauren,
I LOVE your card. And, yeah – I got the ‘o’!! Men, sometimes!! 🙂 Actually, I think that is a very cool way of spelling out HERO!! I love your site – will have to bookmark it.
I am also so sorry to read of the loss of your friends young one. Blessings and Prayers.
Happy Memorial Day! All of your cards are beautiful and thank you for your creativity and dedication to this great cause. : ) Sb
Gorgeous card!!
What a beautiful card! TFS!
Love this card…and I “got it”…Thanks for sharing and Happy Memorial Day!
Sorry, I’m one of the ones that didn’t ‘get it.’ But that is a beautiful card – love the flourish!
And, thanks for sharing with CFH!
I get it! Wonderful card! Thanks for supporting our troops.
I get it! In fact I got chills from your card, it’s very moving. Thanks for supporting CFH.
Great card!
Day 3 and I am still hopping- I want to see and comment on every blog in the wonderful event!
Great card!
Lauren, I love your card. I had to chuckle a bit about your husband not ‘getting’ the star as an ‘O’. Mine would be the same way!! Thanks for the iinspiration.
lovely card!
i totally got it. 😉 GORGEOUS card!
thanks for participating… have a lovely memorial day! 🙂
I got it! And loved it! Husbands, huh? I follow your blog regularly and was so pleased to find you on the hop. Thanks for participating and giving yet again of yourself in support of others. You are AMAZING. Happy Memorial Day.
Wow, I LOVE the star as the O, how CREATIVE!!! I NEVER would have thought of it but it’s awesome!!
Beautiful work, I love the star as the O.
As usual Lauren.. your work is always inspiring. Thanks for sharing your creativity and for helping to spread the word about CFH. Enjoy your holiday!
I got it and love your card. Great use of design elements and papers!
I get it. Very nice design and I look forward to visiting your blog more.
Men! They don’t get anything! LOL! I totally read “hero”! Great card…so many stamps! Wow! Love the way you did the star…very clever!
I got the message! LOVE your design, it is wonderful. The two-toned star is brilliant. TFS and being a fellow participant!
I “got” it and I absolutely love it!!!
I got it!! Very nice card. Thank you for supporting our Troops.
I GOT IT!!!!!!
Great card… thanks for sharing and supporting our armed forces….
Bless our troops this special day.
I got it and I thought it also a nod to our many women in service!
LOVE it – I got it straight away – such a clever idea. And such a beautiful card. 🙂
Awesome card, Lauren! I’m not going to tell Stefan about this post though. His head is already so big it barely fite through our door. LOL. I’m just kidding. Thank you so much for the good thoughts.
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