Happy Friday and Happy Veteran's Day!!

   Wow did this week ever fly by!!   I can't believe it's already Friday and that we have already finished the first week in Holiday Card Boot Camp.  I am having such a great time and don't want it to go by so fast.  The good news is that there is still another full week to go and I have lots of wonderful inspiration to keep me busy all weekend.

   And speaking of Boot Camp in a more series way, I also want to take a moment to say a big THANK YOU to all those who serve in our Military and to honor the Memory of those who have given up their life to protect and serve our country.   My heart goes out to all those who have lost a family member while protecting our Country - those are our true Heroes and deserve to be honored and respected each and every day.   My God Bless all our Troops and bring them ALL back home to the families.

   I would also like to invite you all to hop on over to the Operation Write Home blog, where they are hosting a Blog Hop today to honor Veteran's day.   You'll find all the hop details on the blog and if you are interested in creating card for OWH, you can find more details HERE!!   Thank YOU!!

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  I am stopping in now to share two of the cards that I created today, in Holiday Card Boot Camp.   I'm also working on three more and hope to have another update later, or sometime tomorrow to share those.     Both of these cards were inspired by Jennifer McGuire and the card and technique she shared with us today.  I loved her card so much that I made two using the same basic concept, but changed up the colors and backgrounds!
   This is the first one I created and for this card I used a Sizzix embossing folder along with Distress Inks and Perfect Pearl Mist.  I used two of the awesome new colors from the Winter collection (Evergreen Bough and Iced Spruce), along with Tumbled Glass.   I then sprayed on a layer of perfect pearls mist and set it aside to dry.  I cut a large selection of snowflakes with dies and also with Silhouette images and chose two for my card.  One is actually a flourish (not a snowflake,  and is from Memory Box).  I added Distress Stickles to  the blue snowflake and then heat set and dried it.   I finished off the card with some lace ribbon and  mounted the it all onto some  Hero Arts layering paper.

  My second card was created with the same technique, however, I used different colors and designs and also added a Peace Sentiment, as Jennifer had done on her card.  I am not sure which one I like best today, and I can't wait to see what the other students have in the Gallery today!  It's been such a great week and I have plenty of new inspiration still to work on.

 
  I'm heading back to camp now and excited to finish working on three more cards, all of which are awesome CAS style card.    One was inspired by Kristina Werner and the other two were created by our newest guest Designers.  Julie Ebersole and Maile Belle, who both shared some wonderful cards.     I loved EVERY card we had today and it's going to be a great weekend with all this fabulous new inspiration!  WOOHOO!!

  Please take a moment to remember our Fallen Heroes!