Sacrifice

The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.

Jim Ramstad

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With Memorial Day here in the States just a few days away it seems only fitting to transition my talk today in this direction. After all it is in the same vein as the last several posts and appropriate in every way. Memorial Day is a day of remembering of all of those who gave their lives in service to those of us that remain behind. It is also for the living who have sacrificed so much to insure the continuation of the freedom we take so much for granted. That includes the military, police and fire personnel who are daily putting their lives on the line for all of us. At times even the ordinary citizen steps forward to do the unexpected and puts others before themselves for the greater good of all. Flight 93 is a prime example of that unprecedented valor when they realized what was happening and chose death rather than allowing that flight to reach its target. There are many heroes out there that are never recognized as such because they are still alive. They are without question heroes since they chose to take the path that put them in a position of being or potentially being in harms way for the health and benefit of others with no thought to their own safety. Just because they were not tested does not make them any less the hero. No matter how they are serving or if they are private citizens I salute you. You are the unsung heroes to all of us.

"Put yourselves to the test to make sure you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Do you not recognize yourselves as people in whom Jesus Christ is present?—unless, that is, you fail the test. But we, as I hope you will come to recognize, do not fail the test."

The New Jerusalem Bible. (1985). (2 Co 13:5–6). New York: Doubleday. 

Remember that all of the disciples and apostles were true to the calling and the ethic that all the teachings and examples of Christ are that we should forsake ourselves and be aware of the need of others. Just about all of them died in one way or other and all for the sake of others.
 
It is time once again to say thank you to those that follow me and that I am  following even if they are not following me. If it were not for all of you I would not be doing this blog. Thank you for sharing your talents with all of us.


Tammy is a military wife with a young boy that loves baseball. She has her hands full with this bundle of energy. She makes some awesome cards for us to enjoy and her talents are easy to see in her craftiness. Be sure to stop by and leave her a comment which I guarantee she will appreciate.

Janeen is a prolific card maker. It always surprises me that someone can do that many cards and not repeat or run out of ideas. Visit her and leave a bit of love by commenting on some of her crafty creations.


Janis is a cat lover. If you like thinking out of the box or are a cat lover you will love this crafter. I like her crafty style and humor too. she always includes a cute cat image and saying in her blog. If you visit, leave behind a b it of love with a comment.


I have a duo of cards for you that were done with the peacock image from last post. I know, I know there was only one peacock. I did a second one and turned both of them into cards. They are both done in step cards, one side and one center. First the center step card.

Both of the step cards a my design since they needed to be adjusted for the image and how I wanted to use them. My thanks once again to Em Fairley of Creative Em for this image. Love Detailed images. The papers are from Once Upon A Time Stack Mat and Old World Stack Mat. The peacock was colored with Copics: RV02, RV11, RV17, Y08, YG07, YG23, YG41, G03, G16, B02, B06, B29, E34, E59, E70, T0, W2.  The sticker embellishment on either side of the image is from Stamp on it stickers.

The Next card gave me fits since it is a side step card. Again the design is mine and that is for me to drive myself crazy trying to get the effect I wanted. It was only partially successful. The side image was actually an image from Digital Tuesday that had to be duplicated and colored with Copics twice as closely as possible so they matched.They were then cut to look like one image when the card is lying flat and unopened. (Should have taken a photo of it in that position but didn't.) That mostly worked but not completely.

 

Not sure where the tag is from. The side sticker trim is from Peel Offs And the sentiment is from Momenta.

Peacock Copics are RV02, RV09, R27, R35, R39, B0000, B02, B04, BG07, G16, G17, G46, YR23, YG99, E93, W0.

Side step image is: RV02, RV09, R27, G46, YG17, B32, E07, E49, E57, C1 and C2.

Here is an elevated photo so yo can see the rear image actually goes into the valley.

 
My photography is not the best with this card but hopefully you get the idea. It does look much better in person.



Thank you one and all for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed your visit and will join me on my next post. Remember to always LOVE THE DETAILS.