Cards for Heroes Creations

Here are some of the cards I made for the Cards For Heroes event I hosted recently! I made 6 of each card, kept one as an example, and sent five off for our troops. I really had to hold myself back from adding anything glittery or sparkley, but I did. (Troops cannot have glitter on their cards, cause it is visible through night vision appliances if it brushed off, on their uniforms. )
I also made up card kits for some of the ladies who participated, that were new to card making, or just didn't have enough supplies of their own. I will post some of the card kit cards tomorrow!

For this card, I used some My Mind's Eye patterned paper, a Cuttlebug embossing folder, and SU! Fishy Friends stamp set.

For this card, I used BG patterned paper, a CB embossing folder, and a MAMBI stick kid stamp!
Sentiment is SU! I did some boyish and some girlish ones. I love them!

All images were colored in using Primacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits.

Have a Blessed Day!
**Keri**

Cards for Heroes

You may remember, a while ago, I posted a segment with a link to a youtube video-regarding Cards for Heroes. It was so inspiring to me, that I planned a Cards for Heroes Card Making Party, at my church. I have quite a wide circle of stamping and crafting friends and family, and I knew it would be a good idea for us to hold a party.
The party was a week ago, and did we ever have fun! We had almost a dozen women in and out through out the 6 hours that we gathered, and we have a grand total of 275 cards to send to the heroes! It was a very fun, and fulfilling day for us all.
Here are a few photos from the day--

An arial view from the stairs of everyone's big mess!

Diane and Peggy in the background, and my Mama sitting in the foreground, at the table she and I shared!!

Val, Maddie, and Stephanie!

Diane, Peggy, and Lisa--

Here is SOME of the finished product!

We all made such a huge mess, and had so much fun! We all chipped in and brought different things for lunch-we had subs, chips, drinks, and desserts--it was such a nice day! I highly recommend that anyone who has a group that they stamp with--PLEASE get together and hold one of these events...You will not be sorry. I also have it on good authority that donations have kind of slacked off this spring, and there are still troops all over the world that would love to have cards to send home to their loved ones!

Please support our troops and remember what they sacrifice to keep us all safe and sound.

I will be posting some of the cards I created to send to the troops, in the days and probably, weeks to come, so come again!

Have a Blessed Day!

**Keri**

The Only GOOD Reason for a 13 Year Old To Be Up At 4:00 AM!

YOUTH TURKEY HUNTING WEEKEND!
It is AMAZING how fast he popped up and out of bed this morning, at 4 am! At 6:30 on school days I have to coax him out for 10 minutes, but this morning, he was up and at em'!
Our state offers a Youth weekend, the weekend prior to the regular turkey season. Peter and Cody have been working feverishly on a new turkey blind, and target practice. Which shells work the best in the gun, etc. etc.
Well, when Harley barks, you know a gun has gone off. She is my gunshot alert dog. It was so nice and quiet at 6:30 and I had the whole bed to myself, then the bark alarm went off. I could see them a couple hundred yards off, out of the back window of our bedroom and through the brush-and soon after they were walking back towards the house with a bird! Cody took it down with one shot from his .20 gauge. He was one excited boy!
I met them in the yard in my pajamas-it is a gorgeous day already! Photo op was done by 7 am and then they had to go visit all the neighborhood boys and show off Cody's bird.

The tom's beard was 8 inches, and the spurs were 1 1/4 inches long. As you can see from the photos I was instructed to take. He weighed 22 pounds. And to top it all off, Cody's best bud Jordon got an identical turkey this morning, too!

Congrats to the mighty hunters!

Have a Blessed Saturday

**Keri**

Happy 14th!

Today is our 14th wedding anniversary! Boy, have we changed! We were just babies!

Have a Blessed Day!

**Keri**

I have resurfaced!!

Boy, do things pick up around here when spring arrives and a husband is laid off! He is a slave driver. He arrived home right before Easter from being away for work, and he has been working us like crazy ever since! We have been doing some serious yardwork. I am sure his reasoning is, that it needs to be done before turky season starts on the first of May. Then I will be a hunter's widow once again. This photo was taken by Cody on Easter Sunday at my Mom's house. He did pretty good!! Photos of us together are few and far between! Our 14th anniversary is tomorrow!!

This is a quick birthday card I put together for a party we went to last night. The recipient turned 11, and I got him a subscription to Wild West magazine for his gift, so this card seemed fitting! I used some of my squandered Cosmo Cricket "Wanted" paper, SU! Cardstock, SU! Top Note Die, and oval nesties. Stamp is SU! Bronc Buster. Brads are from Joann's Essentials!


Have a blessed Tuesday!
**Keri**

Happy Easter

Let's remember the true meaning of the Holiday. Even though we have fun with the kids and the candies and the bunnies, take time to remember why we are so blessed to be in this world, with all the blessings we have. Jesus gave his life for us, and He Is Risen!

I would like to share my favorite bible verse with you all this morning:

From the New Living Translation: Isaiah 40:28-31

28 Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.

29 He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.

30 Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.

31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.

This verse came to me at a very dark time in my life, and it is the one I always go back to.

Have a Blessed Easter!

**Keri**

Easter Eggs...

Easter is fast approaching! Are you ready? I am almost there. The cards are almost complete, the candy for the basket is purchased, and the bread dough is waiting in the freezer to be made into rolls for 2 dinners. I recently saw these great eggs on Tanya's blog (Sunday Baker in the right margin) and decided to make some myself! My friend Judy has a tree that she decorates for all the holidays, and I thought these would look cute! They are about the size of a pheasant egg-and I used embroidery floss with Elmer's Gel Glue. The starch I had was old, I think. She loved her eggs, and they are hanging on her tree for the holiday! They are messy to make, but so much fun!! I plan on making some round ones as Christmas tree ornaments in the fall.

After two weeks of rain, and gray skies, I gotta say, I am really wanting some sunshine! This is getting really depressing!

A couple more days of school/work, and we will have a week off. Well deserved in this house right now, too!

Have a great day!
**Keri**

Birthday, Part II

Part two of my birthday cards, after a EVER SO BRIEF (hmmm,mmm, MOM!!) PAUSE!!
This card is from the DARLING Lisa Renea!!

This one is from Lovely Laurie!!

This one is from my sweetie Judy Lynn!


This piece of artwork is from my very own Mama!!

And this one my wonderful son ever so carefully slaved over, choosing it from MY cardrack?!!

I loved and enjoyed them all! Thanks everyone!!
Have a blessed evening!
**Keri**

Signs of Spring in Northern NY

MUD AND CROCUSES!!

No green grass yet, as you can see in the background of the top photo, it is very brown around here! The lack of snow is very welcoming, at any rate! Not to be outdone by my teenage son, I nearly buried Peter's truck two nights ago, and it is now adorned with GOBS of mud all over! Windows, windshield, hood, etc. Fun!! My father in law would not agree!

Have a great day!

**Keri**