My Entry for Weekly Challenge #8

For this layout, I highlighted our 5 Generations. My Nana born in 1907 thrilled to hold her great-great grandson Michael born in 2007. For my 3 vintage elements I used things she gave me from her craft stash. Buttons, crochetted trim and english lace. I printed the pics in sepia tones and used the Heritage Cricut Cartridge for my die cuts. I think I would have added more brown but the criteria called for soft muted colors. I hope you like it.

WINNER POSTED FOR BLOG HOP

POST #45 MARIANNE

I WILL SEND YOU PM AND AS SOON AS I GET YOUR ADDRESS, I WILL GET YOUR BOX OUT TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND CONGRATULATIONS!

MY ENTRY FOR THIS WEEKS CIRCLE CHALLENGE

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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE COLORS WAS A TULIP FIELD FOR HEAVENS SAKE. THAT HAS TO BRING ME LUCK!

THANK YOU EVERYONE

I participated in my first Blog Hop yesterday. I myself was able to get into every site but I think I got all but 4. I was participating in the on-line Cricut Class last night so couldn't pop in. Can't wait for that survey!

I am excited to see who wins and will be selecting the winner from my Blog tonight.

Good luck and have a great weekend!

~in friendship,

Linda

LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE BLOG HOP

My baby brother Scott Shier: I served in the US Navy from Jan 1989 until November of 1998. I was a Cryptologic Technician and served aboard the USS Yorktown during the first Gulf War. I later served aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt and worked at the National Security Agency. My fondest memory would be when I got to shake hands with King Hussein of Jordan when he visited our ship. We also got a visit from Oprah Winfrey. She was vacationing in Greece while we were there for a port visit and requested a tour. She welcomed us home on her show.Some interesting trivia...the commanding officer of my first ship (USS Yorktown) is now the Chairman of the Joint Chief's, Adm Mike Mullen.

My Project to share with you today:

Iris Paperfolding

I love this technique.

Very relaxing, gives a great finish. Made several of these Patriotic Cards for friends.

I used a foil gift box for the iris in the middle. I thought it added bling.

Tell me what you think? Become a follower, leave a comment on this card and be entered to win some Patriotic Blog Candy. A box of Red, White and Blue goodies will be mailed out to you. To enter, become a follower and leave a post here. Winner will be picked randomly. Thank you for visiting. Come back soon!!!

1. KarelJ at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity http://karelj.blogspot.com/
2. Celeste at Touched By a Butterfly http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com/
3. Deb at Tidbit’s Place http://tidbitsplace.blogspot.com/
4. Michelle at Peanut Butter and Jelly Designs http://peanutbutterandjellydesigns.blogspot.com/
5. Jennifer at Young’s Scrapping http://youngsscrapping.blogspot.com/
6. Diane at Crafting This Moment http://craftingthismoment.blogspot.com/
7. Judy at Be Present Be Real http://bepresentbereal.blogspot.com/
8. Marianne at Life From Marianne’s Table http://number1aunt.blogspot.com/
9. Deb at If It’s Groovy http://ifitsgroovy.blogspot.com/
10. Christel at One Scrappin’ Sista http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/
11. Belinda at Queen Bee’s Musings http://queenbeesmusings.blogspot.com/
12. Colleen at Col’s Creative Corner http://scrappycol.blogspot.com/
13. Summer and Jennifer at Cricut Diaries http://cricutdiaries.blogspot.com/
14. Rachel at Suburban Crafter http://www.rachelstampshappy.blogspot.com/
15. Gina at Gina Thornton Stamping http://ginathorntonstamping.blogspot.com/
16. Becky at Sew in Stitches http://sewinstitches.blogspot.com/
17. Rebecca at Creations With Becca http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/
18. Bobbi Jo at Sweet Sassy Diva http://sweetsassydiva.blogspot.com/
19. Angie at Gypsy Paperie http://gypsypaperie.blogspot.com/
20. Linda at The Tulip Collector http://thetulipcollector.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE!!! I AM THE CABOOSE! AS THE SAYING GOES, THEY SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST! THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING AND GOOD LUCK. GOD BLESS AMERICA THE LAND OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE.

BE SURE TO LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION SO WE CAN GET YOUR PRIZES OUT TO YOU. BLOG CANDY ON SEVERAL BLOGS AND THE GRAND PRIZE. HERE ARE THE DETAILS:

*Our amazing Blog Candy (2—count ‘em! TWO Chances to win!!) are brought to you through the generosity of Marlo, who created the marvelous Scrap’NTote and Anne, from Paper Patch Crafts.
The rules for entering are the same for both prizes: Hop along our path and leave a comment AND a way to contact you on each and every stop. Please leave contact information in a safe manner ( ie, written out, rather than a direct link). On Friday, November 12, KarelJ will use random.org to first select a blog number (1-20) and then a comment number from that blog for each prize. She will post the winner’s name on her blog and notify the bloggers, so they can also post the winner. KarelJ will contact the winner, using the information left in the comment. If there is no information available, she will choose another winner from the same blog. It is up to the winner to contact KarelJ at ksjennings(at)gmail(dot)com. If she has not been contacted by Monday, November 15, another winner will be chosen.
Now, on to the good stuff! Our first prize is a wonderful Pink Scrap’Ntote to store your Cricut Cartridges in! It comes to us from Marlo, at ContainYaCrafts. You can see the wonderful way this binder system keeps all your carts together, and ready to go in a flash on this link: http://www.cricutcartridgestorage.com/index.htm Need more than one? Put it on the Christmas Wish List and have the hubs order NOW, as they are simply flying out of stock! We got one of the final donations for the year, and are so grateful to Marlo!Our second terrific prize is a set of Spellbinders Nesties in the Crown Circle Shape. It comes to us via the generosity of Anne, whose family has an incredibly strong military heritage. You can read more about Anne and her husband on Linda and Gina’s Blogs. You can also check out paper Patch Crafts here, to see what other incredible things Anne has to sell! http://stores.ebay.com/Paper-Patch-Crafts?_rdc=1

Here is our beautiful daughter Melissa on her wedding day

Such a happy day. She even wore make up and looked close to her age. She is 30 and looks about 16!

Happy Friday! Here is my cool son Davey

Highlighting our youngest, our son Davey today. We are very proud of him. He is 29. He has a great job, bought a house, has a sweet girlfriend with a darling little girl who adores him. He plays 4-5 instruments, brews his own craft beers, has had several of his articles published and has a great personality most of the time. If you pull out a picture of my husband at any age, and our son at any age...they are clones. I was just an incubator.

We have endured mega hot temperatures all week. Looking forward to the weekend that crazily includes rain in the forecast.

Will be doing the BIG C's...Cleaning, Cooking, Crafting not in that order and not in thirds thank you very much.

I have to figure out how to update my Gypsy as it is not happy about the whole situation.

Want to try out my 4 new cartridges and if Gypsy gets sync'd up, the Smiley Card one as well.

Want to bake some cookies and if it rains I think spaghetti sauce will be my comfort food of choice, with garlic bread and a bottle of Cabernet. Mmmm

Well, thank you for reading this. Have a great weekend.