Military Stars & Military Hero - Day 5

Hi there! Welcome back for the final day of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. Thank you all for joining me over the past five days while I share projects using my three latest sets...Military Stars, Military Hero and Heart-2-Heart #5. Here is a recap of each set...

 

MILITARY STARS

• features 15 images - 11 patterned stars, 3 small stars, 1- 1.75" circle star image  
• will retail for $24
• will be available for purchase starting June 15th on the Papertrey Ink website
• coordinates with the smallest die in the Seeing Stars die collection

 

MILITARY HERO

• features 35 sentiments 
• will retail for $24
• will be available for purchase starting June 15th on the Papertrey Ink website
• all of my proceeds from this set will go to The Wounded Warrior Project

 

HEART-2-HEART #5

• features 11 images - 4 flags, 1 flag line, 1 bow image, 1 small heart and 4 sentiments
• will retail for $5
• will be available for purchase starting June 15th on the Papertrey Ink website
• has coordinating dies

 

All of my cards today are pretty simple...nothing too girly or fancy. For card #1 I started with a piece of white cardstock and stamped one of the star images in the following colors...Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides and Spring Moss. The polka dot patterned paper along the bottom is from the Road Trip collection.

The sentiment, from Military Hero, was stamped in Melon Berry onto a piece of Aqua Mist cardstock. I finished it off with a Classic Kraft Vintage button. 

Using the same paper collection, Road Trip, I created this card. 'I miss my soldier'...oh how I wish I would have had this set when my husband was deployed!

And wrapping up this countdown is this little number. I focused on this sentiment that is part of Military Hero and built my card around that. This sentiment could be used for sending to someone who lives far away and you miss...not necessarily just someone in the military.

I used my EK Succes heart punch to make my hearts but you could also use the Heart Prints die collection to get a similar look. I used one of the small images in the Postmarks stamp set and stamped my Melon Berry and Ocean Tides hearts with it.

Before I wrap this up for today I wanted to leave you with a few links. These are just a few of the great resources out there for those of you wanting to donate, write, volunteer  and/or give your thanks to our men and women who serve or have served our great country!

 

• Operation Write Home
• Soldiers Angels
• USO
• A Million Thanks
• Homes for Our Troops
• Fisher House Foundation
• Operation Homefront

 

And before I wrap this up for good here are a few more links for you to check out from the Papertrey team!

 

• Nichole Heady
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey

 

Have a fabulous day everyone!

 

Congratulations on your promotion

Stamps: Military Stars, Military Hero (available June 15th)

Ink: Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Spring Moss

Cardstock: Kraft, Aqua Mist, Stampers Select white

Patterned Paper: Road Trip

Accents: Kraft Vintage button

Tools: Double Ended Banner die

 

I miss my soldier

Stamps: Military Stars, Military Hero (available June 15th)

Ink: Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Dark Chocolate

Cardstock: Kraft, Aqua Mist, Stampers Select white

Patterned Paper: Road Trip

Accents: Kraft Vintage button

Tools: Double Ended Banner die

 

Miles apart

Stamps: Military Hero (available June 15th)

Ink: Melon Berry, Ocean Tides, Dark Chocolate

Cardstock: Kraft, Ocean Tides, Melon Berry, Stampers Select white

Patterned Paper: Road Trip

Accents: Dark Chocolate button

Tools: EK Succes heart punch

 

Comments

[Chris K]

Love these colors! Your sets are on my list for tomorrow. Thanks again for your wonderful inspiration.

[Cindy O]

Beautiful soft colors! I love all the stars and flags (yesterday) and hearts (today). Thank you for the inspiration! and for the resource links to support our military heroes and their families!

[Tracey McNeely]

The colours on today's projects are so comforting. Another amazing month for you Melissa.

[Rema Timm]

Melissa, these cards are just fabulous! Great job .....

[Jan Pufall]

Melissa, your stamps and ideas are what I look forward to with each month's release.

[janet wilson]

Beautiful soft colours and brilliant designs, Melissa :)

[Cynde]

Melissa I love all the sets you've done and your cards are so beautiful. You're absolutely right about the "Miles Apart" Card being able to be sent to anyone your missing and not just a soldier. I thank you so much for the availability we will now have to make the cards we send for military that much more Special.