Showing posts with label patriotic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patriotic. Show all posts

Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Sound of Freedom

A couple of times a day, I hear the sound of freedom.

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The Oregon Air National Guard's 173rd Fighter Wing is flying out of Gowen Field (the Idaho Air National Guard) in Boise until later this year while its home field in Klamath Falls undergoes runway improvements.

Years ago, when my nephew was a toddler, they were living out of state while my brother was in the Air Force.  We were hanging out around town when an airplane flew overhead.  My nephew pointed to the sky and yelled “16, 16”.  His father worked on F-16s at the time.  It was exciting to see him so full of pride.

Then my sister-in-law, Beci, said, “That’s the sound of freedom.”

While my Mother was helping me in the garden last week (and everyday for the last several weeks), an F-15s flew overhead, reminding me of this story.  Three or four planes take off, one after the other.  When I’m outside, I look up and thank all military personnel, past present and future, for the freedom that we enjoy each and every day and I thank the Lord for me being born to the Land of the Free!

I will miss these planes when they head back to Oregon but I hope I still remember to look up to the sky and say thank you for our freedom!

Blessings

Christine

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Digi Night at Digi Shack

As part of the SNR Oh Say Can You See 4th of July Blog Hop the Digi Shack is holding Digi Night.  They are offering a free image as well as a sketch challenge.  If you participate in the challenge, you will be emailed a free image from the new release next week.  Also, on the Digi Shack blog, the are giving another digi image.  That means if you participate in the blog hop and the challenge, you will receive a total of three new digital images.  You have until Sunday Night to participate.

100_3159 So, here’s my card for the challenge.  I used the lovely Patriotic Lani for my card.  She is one of the free images but I already had her anyway.

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Here is the sketch.  There are three sets of four buttons attached to the card.  I love how this turned out.

I water colored Lani.  I like using blonde gals on patriotic cards because a little more color to the card and then I can use a bit of gold in my embellies.  The DP is DCWV Whimsy, the ribbon is Making Memories and the buttons are Favorite Findings I got at Wal-Mart.  They are a great buy at $2.29 for 130 buttons and they come in a ton of colors.

That’s it for today.Talk at you later!!!

Blessings,

Christine