There's You

This is a card I made for my daughter who is currently serving a tour in Afghanistan.  If all goes well and her tour is not extended again, we will celebrate Christmas with her this year.

As part of the SCS Creative Crew, our color focus is the Modern Medley Designer Series Paper (Stampin' Up!) or  Stampin' Up!'s Basic Black and Very Vanilla card Stock.  We were also to C.A.S.E. (Copy And Share Everything) someone we admire and give them credit.  I CASE'd the very talented Karen Barber.  I love every card she creates and this is the card I chose to case.

Karen used the 'Elements of Style' stamp from Stampin' Up!.  Since my daughter is so far away, I used the Stampin' Up! 'World Map' background stamp.


Stamp Sets: 
World Map, Chalk talk, Wetlands

Inks:
Black StazOn

Papers:
Very Vanilla, Basic Black, and Vellum Card Stock

Other Supplies:
Very Vanilla Ribbon; Lacy Brocade TIEF; Large Pearl Basic Jewels

Courage

Our daughter is currently in Afghanistan and we miss her dearly. She had just returned from a tour of duty in Saudi Arabia this past November; we were really surprised (and disappointed) when she was given notice in January that she was slated for training in February for the Afghanistan deployment.  She had barely returned home. We are in the midst of getting together another CARE package for her and SUO Challenge #73 - Patriotic Projects was right on time.

Here is the card I made for this challenge.  I stamped the card with Midnight Muse dye ink and I wanted to add a bit of color to the image. Since water coloring was not an option, I pulled out my retired SU Stampin' Pastels to add a bit of color. Stamp sets: Courage; Service & Sacrifice. 

Bravery

This card is for our daughter who is currently deployed to Saudi Arabia. DH and I hope it will give her some idea of how much we miss and love her as well as how proud we are of her. Please continue to pray for all the brave women and men serving in our armed forces.

I used today's sketch challenge at SCS (SC392) as the incentive to make the card for her. This is the inside of her card.

Courage

I love this stamp set and with Memorial Day coming up, I decided to participate in the SCS CAS119 Challenge and make a card using both the stamp set and the accompanying wheel.

My daughter and her husband are career military and I am keenly aware of the sacrifices made by our men and women keeping us safe.