Memorial Day...

Here in the USA, 

we are celebrating Memorial Day...

remembering the people who died 

while serving in the armed forces...

and

In honor to all those men and women 

serving with dedication their country

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,  in Arlington National cemetery, In Virginia,  USA

photo taken by Karin Markert

When I saw this photograph, I was strike by the beauty of it, I did a small research on the author since the photo that I saw initially was posted on Facebook and did not have any watermarks...
after digging a little bit,  I found HER....

Her name is Karin Markert, a photographer who is married to a soldier who belongs to the unit of the Old Guard (3rd US infantry Regiment).

She took this photo back in September 2012, it went viral in Facebook and Twitter but with no proper rights given to the original author...

Please read her article at her blog on copyrights: "Copyright infringement of photos?" ...
very interesting lesson!

and visit her amazing site of photography as well: KLMARKERT Photography

I want as well to dedicate this post to the people ALIVE serving  right now...

and let's be thankful for them, 

who are willing to sacrifice everything for the well being of their countrymen!

Happy Memorial Day

No paper craft for today :)

Acetate Snow Photo Holder Card

Christmas Eve

and twelve of the clock!

'Now they are all on their knees'

" Thomas Hardy"

All Latin American Households and many others around the world celebrate on December 24th, CHRISTMAS EVE, faith grows year after year, thanks to the meditation of the birth of Baby Jesus, 
Merry Christmas Eve!

Hello MY dear Stamper Friends:
a snowy acetate card to hold a photo or a sentiment inside for today's post on Christmas Eve...

How to...
step 1:
cut 2 pieces of paper: one in white cardstock and one in acetate, This last one must be a larger piece (than the card itself)
fold that extra 1" to be folded on the back of an A2 piece of white cardstock
Glue on font of the acetate the die cut,
Glue on the back of the acetate a piece of teared white paper  (for the mount of snow)

step 2;
on the front of the acetate
glue top edge of card a string of "white tinsel garland"
add glue all over the mount shape on the front of the acetate, pour flower soft, let it dry
add a strip of strong red tape along the edge of the mount

step 3;
add "white tinsel garland" along that red tape

step 4:
add a die cut edge to the back to cover the seam/ glue of the acetate with the card

view of the inside...

another view

detail of the die cut

On this magical night where 
we celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus, 

I added the photo of my beloved babies...

from 9 years ago...

when they were Puppies...

the two inseparable sisters!!!

Remembering on this Christmas 

at my beloved Laika, (white one)

who is away physically from us this Christmas, 

but having her right here in our hearts FOREVER!!!!

with tears and a knot in my heart...
I will ALWAYS cherish our moments together!
I LOVE YOU!

Thanks for the visit 

and feel the magic of Christmas Eve... 

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Diagonal Double Pocket Fold Card for Petaloo Blog Hop

Hello Dear Stamper Friends:

I am very happy to be NOW, 

officially part of the Design Team (DT) of Petaloo...

A few weeks ago I acted as a "Guest Designer" .... 

with 2 projects: a Fall one and a Halloween one

and now I am part of this group...
I feel so honored to be creating along side a VERY TALENTED  and well known group of ladies in the industry!  

and that Petaloo, 

liked my work and wanted to include me in their DT group...

what a wonderful opportunity for me to learn, be inspired and hopefully bring my personal contribution as well ...
Thanks Petaloo!

for my 1st "Petaloo's" Official post, 

and their "Blog Hop" with "Authentique" papers

I made a "Diagonal Double Pocket Fold Card"

 pin it:  

These card I like to call it a "hybrid", because it is a card and a mini scrapbook book at the same time...with several pockets, wonderful to display photos, tags, small notes and it is small enough to be send in a envelope...

when you open the card, you can have space to place lots of tags or photos...
the right side of this card has 3 pockets
1- a small front one made with a frame and double side tape to tuck inside small tags
2- and you have 2 big diagonal pockets made from folds...for bigger tags or photos...

 and here is the back

For this card I used flowers and trims from "Petaloo" and the papers are from "Authentique -Grateful collection kit"

this "Authentique - Grateful" collection comes with lots of wonderful pattern papers and with 3 sheets of tags, stickers and enhancements...

Tutorial 

how to make the diagonal double pocket fold card:

step 1: 
cut paper @ 11" x 8 1/2" for a final A2 card
MINE is slightly bigger: cut @ 12" x 10" for a final card measuring 5x6 (fits a 5x7 large envelope)

pencil lines represent the folds
fold upwards in half ;
open
fold in half towards the side
open flat
fold corners as shown

- - - - dotted lines represent the cut

red lines represent the glue

step 2
fold  left side towards the right (to make 1st pocket)
secure

step 3
fold upwards the bottom half side (to make the second pocket)
secure
close/ fold  left flap to close the card
Decorate as desired

step 4 
view from the top

step 5
view flat showing pockets...

Decorate the front with "Petaloo" Flowers and "Authentique" stickers as desired...

top right corner rolled, held with one flower and some leaves
top left corner, decorate with stickers and small banners

center front layer several pattern papers and place Thanksgiving sticker on the middle

bottom view
embellish it with some more flowers and crochet trim in red

Summary of the steps for this diagonal double pocket fold card

close up of the inside left page

close up inside right page with pockets and tags

Lat view

thanks for the visit and the lovely comments 

and please

Visit Petaloo's blog! 
for the chance to WIN 
a HUGE lot of papers, stickers and flowers

so check out the Blog Hop!

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