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Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)

Here is a link to my workshop calendar where you can see all of my travel schedule and to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops: http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Don’t see a workshop in your State? Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012? Click HERE to get hostess information.

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

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Shells on the Beach – Tutorial #430

21 Comments June 16, 2011 zindorfstamps

Good morning and hello. I’m sooooo ready for Summer. How about you?

Today I felt like creating a little beach scene using the Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Nest stamp set. I love to be outdoors and this set calls my name frequently. It is definitely in my top ten when it comes to stamp sets.

Do you ever have one of those crafting session where you pull out everything, including the kitchen sink? Well that was me this morning. Even thou the card does not look over done, thank goodness. I had so many of my embellishments etc. out trying to make them work, but as usual I went with just a ribbon treatment, LOL. Oh, but I did get a little layer happy.

Let’s get started. . . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Nature’s Nest

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, River Rock, Tempting Turquoise and Tangerine Tango

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Sahara Sand, Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, River Rock and Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Scallop Circle Die Cut, Big Shot Machine, Sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips, White Gel Pen, Craft Knife, Basic Black and Soft Suede Markers, Brayer, Stampin’ Up! Color Spritzer Tool

I started my project by die cutting a Scallop Circle using my Big Shot Machine and Whisper White card stock.

Brayered River Rock ink on the card stock.

Brayered Tempting Turquoise on the other side.

Brayered Not Quite Navy on the top, not covering the Tempting Turquoise entirely.

I speckled the sand area of the card stock using my Stampin’ Up! Color Spritzer Tool and a Soft Suede Marker.

Stamped the shells by loading my stamp first with Tangerine Tango ink and then patted the Sahara Sand on the top and bottom of the stamp image before stamping it on Whisper White card stock. This gave me a 2 toned image.

Cut the 2 shells out.

Sponged Sahara Sand ink at the top and bottom of the shells. Sponged Tangerine Tango ink in the middle area.

Darkened the edges and stripes in the middle of the shells with a Sahara Sand marker.

Added Basic Black marker to the right side of one shell and left side of the other shell.

Sponged 2 spots of Sahara Sand ink in the sand area to create a shadow for the shells.

Glued the Shells on the card stock. Added lots and lots of White Gel pen dots to create sea foam. Cut a slit on each side of the Scallop Circle using craft knife. Put my Peach Parfait Ribbon through the slits.

Cut 2 panels of River Rock, one Tempting Turquoise panel (not shown), 1 panel of Tangerine Tango. Distressed the edges of the River Rock panels using Not Quite Navy ink and a sponge. Used the Stampin’ Up! Color Spritzer Tool and the Soft Suede Marker lightly on the smallest River Rock panel.

Assembled by card using Stampin’ Demionsionals under the scallop circle.

Here is the finished card measuring 5.75″ square.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and give it a try.

May your day be just beachy!

Until my next post. . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

Ottumwa, Iowa

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)

Don’t see a workshop in your State? Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012? Click HERE to get hostess information.

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7: https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Cat on the Steps – Tutorial #429

12 Comments June 14, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hello there peeps! I’m back from beautiful Colorado Springs where I had the pleasure of teaching some wonder students how to brayer over the weekend. Unfortunately, that all means that I am playing catch up as usual after my trip. 🙂 Maybe I should re-think my stand on the whole cloning issue.

I hope everyone had an wonderful weekend and had a chance to stop by my blog to sign up for the blog candy that am about to give away. So here goes it, the winner of the adorable Stampin’ Up Kimono Kids stamp set is. . . . . . . . .

Caroline King who wrote “have fun in colorado springs. lovely place. Please enter me in the blog candy contest. have a great weekend yourself.
Caroline
Minnetonka, MN”

Caroline King, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Please e-mail your mailing address to me at mzindorf@aim.com within 30 days and I will get this set in the mail to you.

Thank you to everyone that played along. Check back at the end of this week for a chance to win another stamp set.

Now on with today’s cat tutorial. . . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! “C” is for Cat

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Bashful Blue, Sahara Sand, River Rock and Crumb Cake

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Tab Punch, White Gel Pen, Crumb Cake marker, Stamp-a-ma-jig, mat pack, piercing tool, post it note, Latte button, gold brads, Linen Thread

Techniques: Direct to Paper

Time to create some steps.

Mask the bottom of a 3.5″ square piece of Whisper White card stock with a post it note. Using the edge of a Bashful Blue ink spot, smeared the ink on the top of the unmasked area.

Smeared some Sahara Sand ink over it a bit.

Took my post it note mask off and turned it so it was covering the top of the card stock. Masking the colored area and a bit of white paper. The white paper area that I am masking at the top will be the flat part of the step.

Added another post it note mask below it leaving space in between the 2 post it notes. This space will be the front of the step.

Smeared Bashful Blue, River Rock and Sahara Sand ink in the unmasked area.

Kept shifting the post it notes down and inking the same colors, masking and leaving white space in between each colored section.

Removed the mask and smeared Bashful Blue ink lightly in the white areas. Added some Crumb Cake ink the right sides of the steps to create a bit of a shadow.

Stamped my cat from the Stampin’ Up set “C” is for cat on one of the steps using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement and Basic Black ink.

Added a bit of white gel pen to the Bashful Blue areas (tops of steps) and then smeared it a bit with my finger to lighten it. Added straight lines of Crumb Cake maker to the steps where the front of the step meets the top of the step. Also colored the cat’s eye and collar using the White Gel pen.

Added the following layers of card stock under the main image panel as follows:

Early Espresso, Soft Suede (ripped at the bottom), Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Soft Suede and just a thin strip of Bashful Blue on the bottom.

Using my mat pack and piercing tool, pierced holes on my strip of Bashful Blue card stock.

Add 4 gold brads to the main image panel corners.

Stamped the cat paw stamp at the bottom of the main image panel 3 times using Basic Black ink.

Punched a tab punch from Early Espresso card stock and cut the tab in half.

Added the 1/2 tab punch and a flower button with a piece of Linen thread tied through the buttons holes.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

Before I end my post for today I want to make you aware of the new Scentsy Burner and scent of the month. They are discounted.

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May your day be the cat’s meow. 🙂

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

Ottumwa, Iowa

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)

Don’t see a workshop in your State? Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012? Click HERE to get hostess information.

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7: https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Stampin’ Up! Kimono Kids Blog Candy!

394 Comments June 9, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hello there! I’m off to beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado to teach my brayer techniques this weekend. While I’m away, I have some wonderful Stampin’ Up! Kimono Kids stamps to give away as blog candy.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post telling me to enter you. If you are getting these blog updates via e-mail you will need to CLICK HERE AND THEN LEAVE A COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL BLOG POST.

I will be selecting the winner upon my return home on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 using a random number generator. Good luck to everyone. Please note, you cannot win if you don’t enter. 🙂

May your weekend be out of this world fun!

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

On The Dock – Tutorial #428

21 Comments June 8, 2011 zindorfstamps

Today’s tutorial was created for my Stampin’ Up! Down Line Technique Swap. The Technique was to use a word stamp over and over in a background. I used the word “Thank you” in the sky of my scene. 🙂

Let’s get right into today’s tutorial. . . . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Thank you Kindly

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White & Soft Suede

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise, Pacific Point, Sahara Sand & Early Espresso

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Brayer, Linen Thread, Sahara Sand Marker, Large Bird Punch, Post it note

Techniques: Brayering, Punched art

Started with a 3.75″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock. Brayered Tempting Turquoise ink at the top and bottom of the card stock.

Brayered Pacific Point ink at the top and bottom of the card stock, not covering the Tempting Turquoise ink entirely.

Masked the sky are with a post it note and sponged Pacific Point ink at the edge of the post it note creating the horizon line.

Punched the bird and wing out of Whisper White card stock.

Sponged Sahara Sand ink at the bottom of the bird and the bottom of the wing. Colored the beak and eye in using a Sahara Sand Marker.

Stamped the sentiment “Thank you” over and over in the sky area of my scene using Tempting Turquoise ink.

Cut two strips of Soft Suede card stock. One measuring 1″ x 3.5″ and the other measuring 1″ x 2.5″. Cut the very top of the strips off to round them.

Rubbed top and left side of the strips on an Early Espresso ink pad.

Wrapped Linen thread around the strips, securing with a glue dot on the back.

Assembled my pieces and then added two legs to the bird using a Sahara Sand marker.

Added 2 Soft Suede and a 1 Whisper White card stock panels.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be oh so very tranquil.

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)

Don’t see a workshop in your State? Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012? Click HERE to get hostess information.

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7: https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Rooster Weathervane – Tutorial #427

12 Comments June 6, 2011 zindorfstamps

Howdy! I’ve had this little country creation rattling around in my head for almost a week now. Thought it was time to get it on card stock and share it with you. But first, another segment of Stampin’ Up! Alaska cruise pics. 🙂

Myself and my friend and fellow demonstrator, Kristin Kortonick sporting our Stampin’ Up! cruise jackets while viewing the icy Hubbard Glacier.

Everyone had to wake early in the morning not to miss the wonders as the ship approached the Glacier.

So here we are out on deck in the early morning looking at the mountains with fog circling their tops and icy blue chunks of ice floating by. It was amazing!

You can see the Glacier in between the two mountains in the pics below.

Already the largest tidewater glacier in North America, Hubbard Glacier continues to press forward each year. This one of Alaska’s more than 5,000 glaciers has a recorded fastest speed of just less than 5.5 feet per hour.

Below are some more pics of other views from that morning.

Now, I hear that Rooster crowing. Time to get on with today’s tutorial.

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Countryside

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Whisper White, Cajun Craze and Designer Series Paper

Ink: Stampin’ Up! More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze and Bravo Burgundy

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponge, Spinner, brad, Pumpkin Pie Ribbon, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, Brayer, 1 3/4″ circle Punch, Post it note, Decorative Label Punch, Basic Black marker, White Gel Pen

Techniques: Brayering, masking, silhouette, faux stitching

On a 2.75″ x 5.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock, masked the sun using a 1 3/4″ circle punched from the sticky part of a post it note.

Brayered Pumpkin Pie on the top of the card stock.

Brayered Cajun Craze ink at the top of the card stock.

Brayered Bravo Burgundy ink at the top of the card stock.

Removed the circle mask and sponged More Mustard ink in the sun shape.

Stamped the rooster from the Stampin’ Up! Countryside set by coloring just the rooster in on the stamp using a Basic Black marker. I omitted the grassy area of the stamp.

Colored in the image using the Basic Black marker. This created a silhouette.

Added a Stampin’ Up! spinner and brad, drew the legs of the rooster down to meet the spinner using the Basic Black marker.

Cut a piece of Basic Black card stock in a square. Angled it and glued it on the card stock.

Flipped the main image panel over on my cutter and cut the square piece of card stock off to make it even with my main image panel edges.

Cut a 3″ x 5.75″ piece of Basic Black card stock. Also punched a label punch out of Basic Black card stock. Cut the label in half and glued each half to the bottom and top of the Basic Black panel.

Added another Basic Black panel, Cajun Craze panel, designer series paper and a piece of Pumpkin Pie ribbon.

Using a piercing tool and mat pack, pierced holes in the top and bottom of the main image panel.

Drew white gel pen lines between the pierced holes to create faux stitching.

Here is the finished project measuring 4″ x 8.5″.

May your day be something to crow about!

I’m off to prepare for my Colorado Springs, CO brayer workshops, Whoohooo!

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)

Don’t see a workshop in your State? Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012? Click HERE to get hostess information.

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7: https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Escape – Tutorial #426

14 Comments June 2, 2011 zindorfstamps

I have a little tropical number for you today teaming up the Stampin’ Up! stamp sets Uncharted Territory and Plant Hope. But first, as promised, I have some more photos from my Stampin’ Up! all expense paid cruise that I earned and just got back from.

My trip started out by being flown to Seattle, Washington. Russ and I arrived in Seattle the morning of the cruise so we didn’t get to hang out in Seattle very long, rats! I’ll have to plan that a bit differently my next trip.

We boarded the Celebrity Infinity Cruise Ship and made ourselves at home. That’s me chilling on our room balcony. The balcony was pure heaven. One morning I was out there and low and behold there was an Orca not far from the ship showing us his magnificent spout and tail. I couldn’t pull myself way from the railing in order to grab my camera. I was just to in awe to move.

Seriously, one of the major highlights of the trip was to get to hang out with Stampin’ Up! CEO, Shelli Gardner and the Vice President of Demonstrator Relations at Stampin’ Up!, Pam Morgan a bit.

Pam Morgan somehow escaped our camera the entire trip, but she is just the warmest most wonderful person ever, so I wanted to mention her and how much I enjoyed getting some time with her.

Poor Shelli, Russ and I just returned from our fishing excursion when we got this photo op with Shelli. I’m sure she was wondering why we smelled like fish and camp fire. Really Shelli, Russ and I don’t always smell bad, lol.

I will have more about our trip in later posts.

Now let’s get on with today’s tutorial. . . . . . .

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Uncharted Territory & Plant Hope

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black and Melon Mambo

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, So Saffron, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzelberry

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Brayer, Always Artichoke & Basic Black markers, Silver and White Gel Pens, Post it notes, Big Shot Machine, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Techniques: Brayering, Masking

Cut a 3.5″ x 7.5″ piece of Whisper White card stock and brayered So Saffron ink at the top.

Brayered Melon Mambo ink at the top of the card stock, not covering the So Saffron entirely.

Brayered a bit of Rich Razzelberry ink right at the top of the card stock.

Masked the sky with post it notes and brayered Tempting Turquoise ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Brayered Not Quite Navy ink at the top of the water area.

Unmasked the water and put a new post it note mask just under the horizon line. Sponged Always Artichoke ink on to create an island.

Stamped the palm tree by coloring in the leaves on the stamp with Always Artichoke marker and the trunk with Basic Black marker.

Sponged Basic Black ink at the post it note edge to darken the bottom of the island.

Stamped the boat by coloring in the image on the rubber stamp, omitting the sun using Basic Black marker.

Colored in the Boat base using Basic Black marker, the sail and rope with a White Gel Pen and the pole with a Silver metallic gel pen.

Darkened some of the leave of the palm tree using an Always Artichoke marker. Colored in the trunk of the tree with a Basic Black marker and added White Gel pen highlights to the tree using a White Gel Pen.

Cut to 0.5″ x 7.5″ strips of card stock. One from Tempting Turquoise and one from Whisper White.

Ripped the edge from the Tempting Turquoise strip and smeared it across a Not Quite Navy ink pad to darken the ripped edge.

Glued the Whisper White card stock strip to the back of the Tempting Turquoise strip and tor the edge of the card stock so it was just showing above the Tempting Turquoise strip.

Glued the strips to the main image panel. Added a Basic Black panel behind the main image panel. Added linen thread that I tied knots in, wrapping it around the panels. Added a Melon Mambo panel and Basic Black panel. Popped the main image panel up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Cut out the sentiment using my Big Shot Machine and the Naturally Serif Alphabet.

Here is the finished card measuring 4″ x 8.5″.

I hope you get a little time to escape and enjoy yourself.

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)

Click here to view the Retiring Stamps List.

Don’t see a workshop in your State? Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012? Click HERE to get hostess information.

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7: https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Uncharted Territory & Plant Hope

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Basic Black and Melon Mambo

Ink: Stampin’ Up! Tempting Turquoise, Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke, Basic Black, So Saffron, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzelberry

Techniques: Brayering, Masking

Stampin’ Up! Last Chance List Are Out

1 Comment June 1, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hi Everyone, FYI the new Stampin’ Up! catalog will be out on July 1, 2011 and Stampin’ Up! has just released the Retiring list.

Click here to view the Retiring Accessories List.

Click here to place your order. You don’t want to miss out on any!

Lovely Reflection – Tutorial #425

24 Comments May 31, 2011 zindorfstamps

Hello there, I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend.

My weekend was very productive and I got to spend the holiday with family. Which always rocks!

Now, I know I didn’t get to chat up the Alaskan cruise Russ and I just returned from so I am going to give you segments of it over the next week, along with some card tutorials. How does that sound?

I’m going to start by telling you about the amazing fishing that we did in Alaska. We started out with our guide outfitting us in waders, slickers, boots, gloves, hats and most importantly, life vests. There were four of us, plus our guide in the boat. We went out to fish in scenery that almost makes you cry when you look at it. It was soooooo beautiful.

Picture it, here you are in a boat, catching fish, beautiful scenery all around you and then an American Bald Eagle starts circling your boat looking for a free fish to eat. Well folks we lived it.

How about that action shot of Russ below. 🙂 He is my hero, but you need to know that yours truly caught the first fish. 🙂

Our boat mates, Tish & Mark were a delight to spend the day with. Below is a shot of Tish and I. Hey Tish, if you see this e-mail me. 🙂

After catching our 8 fish, we headed to a little island where they had a camp fire a blaze for us. We got to sit by the warm fire sipping hot coffee and warm cocoa while our guide cleaned our catch.

Our fish was then cooked to perfection and served to us. To top it off we had bread pudding for desert. It was the best food I have ever tasted, I swear! I’m not sure if it was because the fish was so fresh, if it was the warm fire and scenery or the wonderful company we were with, but it was perfect.

Now let’s get started on today’s tutorial. . . . . . . . .I have missed stamping!

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Lovely as a Tree, Day of Gratitude

Paper: Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Whisper White, River Rock and Designer Series paper

Ink: Stampin’ Up! River Rock, Basic Black and Sahara Sand

Accessories: Stampin’ Up! Sponges, Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Big Shot Machine, 3.75″ circle die, Scallop Circle Die, Stamp-a-ma-jig, post it notes and Brads

Started this project by die cutting a 3.75″ circle out of Whisper White card stock using my Big Shot Machine.

Ripped a post it note and used it to mask the top of the circle.

Sponged River Rock ink in the mountain shape.

Turned the ripped post it note around and masked the bottom of the circle. sponged River Rock ink in for the reflection.

Removed the torn post it note mask and added a straight edge post it note at the middle of the card stock.

Stamped the Lovely As a Tree stamp on both sides of the card stock using Sahara Sand ink.

Sponged Sahara Sand ink at the post it note edge.

Moved the post it note mask to cover the top of the post it note and stamped the trees on a Stamp-a-ma-jig plastic sheet using Sahara Sand ink and flipped the plastic sheet over and rubbed the back of the plastic to transfer the image.

Repeated

Sponged Sahara Sand ink at the post it note edge.

Repeated all the stamping and sponging again using Basic Black ink on both the and bottom of the card stock.

Die cut the Scallop Circle from Basic Black card stock using my Big Shot Machine.

Cut a 4.75″ x 6.25″ River Rock card stock panel. Stamped the flowers from the Day of Gratitude stamp set using Basic Black ink along the long edges.

Added 2 Basic Black panels, 1 Designer Series paper panel, Basic Black ribbon and 4 brads.

Here is my finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May your day be overflowing with everything you want.

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)

Don’t see a workshop in your State? Interested in hosting the workshops in your area in 2012? Click HERE to get hostess information.

Link to my Stampin’ Up website where you can order all of your must have Stampin’ Up products from me 24-7: http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net

Link to my Scentsy website where you can order the best smelling, safest wickless candles from me 24-7: https://zindorf.scentsy.us/Home

Memorial Day And The Lastest Blog Candy Winner Is. . . . . . .

5 Comments May 30, 2011 zindorfstamps

The tutorial for the above card can be found by CLICKING HERE.

Good Morning, it’s Memorial Day!

Food for thought. . . . .

The “Memorial” in Memorial Day has been ignored by too many of us who are beneficiaries of those who have given the ultimate sacrifice. Often we do not observe the day as it should be, a day where we actively remember our ancestors, our family members, our loved ones, our neighbors, and our friends who have given the ultimate sacrifice:

by visiting cemeteries and placing flags or flowers on the graves of our fallen heroes.
by visiting memorials.
by flying the U.S. Flag at half-staff until noon.
by flying the ‘POW/MIA Flag’ as well (Section 1082 of the 1998 Defense Authorization Act).
by participating in a “National Moment of Remembrance“: at 3 p.m. to pause and think upon the true meaning of the day, and for Taps to be played.
by renewing a pledge to aid the widows, widowers, and orphans of our falled dead, and to aid the disabled veterans.

Now, to announce the blog candy winner. . . . .

The winner of the clear mount Stampin ‘ Up Hostess Set “Fast & Fabulous” is.. . . . . . . . .

Trena from Naperville who commented “Lovely card Michelle! You come up with such great ways to uses punches! Please enter me in the drawing! I’ve been drooling over that set – I dig the design. ) Safe travels to you! Take care and STAY POSITIVE!”

Trena, Congratulations on being this weeks winner, please forward your address to mzindorf@aim.com within 30 days to claim your fabulous stamp set.

Thank you to all who played along. Keep trying, you may be the winner next week.

Have a wonderful Memorial Day!

Until my next post. . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Get ready for Brayer Workshops! I am coming to the following locations, click the location name for more information.

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Staley , North Carolina (South of Greensboro)