Saturday, May 21, 2011

Happy Armed Forces Day!

  When I saw the challenge over at Frosted Designs to scrap something Patriotic in honour of the day, I knew at once what photo to use. Just yesterday, I had come across a photo of my husband receiving an award during his service.
Sketch Inspiration #220

I have had some K and CO. patriotic papers and stickers in my stash for years. I had gotten them with the intent of making a series of pages about my husband's time in the Air Force. There was no time like the present to use them.Since I didn't have much of these papers and wanted to replicate the look of the text printed in the white stripes of the flag, I used a tattered angels text stamp on cream paper. I then cut a variety of stars from it and inked them with Colorbox chestnut roan. Since my husband can not recall the exact reason for this award, I chose a quote by Franklin Roosevelt for the page.
  I am very happy about getting part of my Husband's time of service into my scrap album. I am sure my son will appreciate having it there in the years to come. I only wish I had done this much sooner. Now I have to locate the rest of his service photos. I think that, prior to having my son, I was a lot less organized with photos and that his birth has lent far more importance to them. So now I am off in search of more of those photos to scrap and stories to tell.

4 comments:

  1. This page is lovely! I am loving your banner and the cluster of stars. It will be nice for you all to have those photos scrapped. Best wishes with that. You're off to a great start! Thanks for joining us at Frosted Designs this week!
    Lydia

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  2. Fantastic LO, you have done an amazing job with this.

    Love the banner!!!

    Thank you for joining us at Frosted Designs, I look forward to seeing more of your work

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  3. This is beautiful I love the stars and banner. Great photo.

    Thanks for playing with us at Frosted Designs.

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  4. love the banner and great colors!! Great take on the armed forces/patriotic challenge!! Thanks for playing along, I hope you can join us in our next challenge at Frosted Designs!!

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