Monday, May 27, 2013

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day!  
This holiday brings to mind all the soldiers and their families who have sacrificed so that we in the U.S. enjoy all our freedoms. I am so grateful for the service, sacrifice and bravery that our soldiers embody - thank you to all the military, past and present, and all of their families.  We are free because of you!


“6×6 Pads for 12×12 Pages”
with Lisa Echerd

We know you’ve been hoarding those adorable and oh-so-affordable 6×6 paper pads. They are so cute and inexpensive, but what do we do with them besides admiring them? Well, we’ll help you! In June’s free scrapinar with YouTube scrapbooking sensation Lisa Echerd, you’ll learn how to stop hoarding and start using those pads on your traditional scrapbooking pages.Here’s What You’ll Learn:
  • How to choose the best pads for your scrapbook pages
  • How to use die-cuts to make your investment go even further
  • When to use whole sheets or partial sheets
  • Tips on how to leverage these little gems to get an abundance of pattern choices
  • And more!
Spend an hour with Lisa and me, and you’ll be ready to use up those 6×6 paper pads! AND… one lucky attendee will go home with THREE 6×6 paper pads from our sponsor, Echo Park!
You must register for this FREE scrapbooking webinar - Click HERE to sign up!

Can't make it that day?  Don't worry - there will be a replay available for a limited time afterwards!

This week's giveaway:

How can you win?

1) Leave a comment below (or by clicking HERE if you are seeing this in email) letting me know how you celebrate Memorial Day.  Click HERE if you don't know how to leave a comment.

2) Subscribe to the blog HERE.

That's it!

Winner will be announced on Sunday, June 2, 2013 and has two weeks to claim prize.

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77 comments:

  1. we are going to a cook out at my inlaws! thanks so much!

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  2. Us Canadians are back to work today...but last week we were having our relaxing day and barbecue.
    Have a great one!! Lee-Ann :)

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  3. Going to my mom's house to help her with a garage sale. She is getting ready to downsize. Love creative times stamps & dies.

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  4. What a nice tribute! We are staying close to home and having a relaxing and thankful
    week end and day. Emma's die/stamp sets rock!!

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  5. When I was a child I use to put flags out for the Veterans with my Aunt. Now we just stay at home and relax.

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  6. I make sure to teach what Memorial Day is to my 3rd graders (I'm a public school teacher). As for the day itself, it's usually spent very quietly- today I will see a movie with a relative.

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  7. We're staying home-the holiday has lost it's true meaning to too many people due to the sales. We are going to do some crafting and remembering our troops here and gone.

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  8. Today will be spent spending time with my boyfriend (he is a veteran), probably watching a movie together.

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  9. Happy Memorial Day. Hope all are remembering all who are serving, have served and gave their lives so that we could enjoy this day.

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  10. Going to my friend's house for barbecue and swimming. Rosemary

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  11. I am going to spend the day with my daughter and her family. Very nice tribute to the troops, past and present!

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  12. We spend the day quietly at home. THANK YOU to all our military men and women past and present!

    Have a wonderful day!
    Liz O.
    unikebyyes at yahoo dot com

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  13. My husband is watching war movies and I am going to make some potato salad and brownies, work in my vegetable garden some maybe get in some crafting. We are going cookout on the grill later. Have a great day!
    Pam
    scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

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  14. Happy Memorial Day and thank you to all tbe men and women who keep us safe. We'll be spending the day at home relaxing.

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  15. I slept in, and will go tend some gravesites today. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  16. Happy Memorial Day! We have a free day without the kids today, so catching up on things, running some errands, and remembering the meaning of the day.

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  17. Happy Memorial Day-we are catching up on some yard work today!

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  18. Happy Memorial Day to you & yours! We start our day by lowering the flag in honor of the Fighting & Fallen!! We have family & friends over for a rotisserie cook out. Here in NM right now we are in such a drought we don't want to light the BBQ just in case! Hope EVERYONE has a Wonder-Filled Memorial Day!!! kweenbee_612@yahoo.com

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  19. Would love to win these stamps with dies. Just purchased a cuttlebug and need to use it. Have a great summer

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  20. Memorial day BBQ with family and friends. Can't beat that...

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  21. Happy Memorial Day All! As to how we will celebrate this year, we just came back from our town's parade and will be working on our gardens for the rest of the day. We are planning on doing a picnic over the campfire for dinner and I have a surprise waiting for dessert...should be fun :)
    Beth Anne in PA

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  22. We're just coming back from a visit with family for a long weekend. Going back home to clean up and finish homework (7 school days left for the year!).
    Thanks for remembering those who've given the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Hope everyone has a blessed day.

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  23. Relaxing and hanging with my grand children.

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  24. We went to the lake yesterday and today was the Memorial Day parade in our little town. They hold a service at the river for those who died at sea, and one at the cemetery for all the other service personnel who gave their lives for us.

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  25. Thanks for a chance at a generous gift!

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  26. we went to a Memorial Day Parade and Program in the morning and now we are cleaning the garage and yard since it is cleanup week for the city
    upnurse at aol dot com

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  27. I am Canadian, but on our holiday and yours I am working on the makeover of my scraproom. I can not wait to get it finished!

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  28. We are celebrating Memorial Day this year with 10 friends praying for our military. And eating pizza and ice cream sundae's.
    Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
    Linda in Stanwood

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  29. We celebrate Memorial Day with a cookout. I'm excited about the June scrapinar - should be fun!
    Thanks for the chance at this awesome giveaway!
    Happy Memorial Day to all and Thank You to all military members for everything you do!!!

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  30. spending the day relaxing and maybe doing some crafts.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

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  31. Happy Memorial day. We are celebrating the day by remembering family members who served in the military and others who have passed. We're going to go have a family pic nic.

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  32. Our wedding anniverary is on Memorial Day weekend and my husband's birthday is this weekend too, so we celebrate those. My father-in-law was in the army, and this year, I surprised my husband with a framed scrapbook page of photos of his dad's army days!

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  33. My family and I celebrated yesterday with my parents and brother joining us at our house for dinner and a relaxed day together. My toddler and I made mini American flags to plant on our front lawn and we all reminisced about family members who served in past wars and are gone now.

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  34. Just relaxing...dreary and cool day so no parade or cookout this year.

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  35. Today we are just hanging out and taking it easy. Believe it or not, it's only about 60 degrees and it is sprinkling outside, weird weather for California. However, we are still enjoying the day, hope you are having a great day with your family too!

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  36. What a wonderful giveaway! The seminar sounds great. I am always up for learning new things, and how to use the things I already have.
    Thank you for the chance to win a fun stamp set.

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  37. Wow, I would love new ideas for using the 6x6 pads since I have a tendency to hoard them instead of use them! We celebrated Memorial day yesterday by spending family time and leaving flowers on my father's grave site.

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  38. We will be spending time with grand-kids. Just hanging out mostly, enjoying the weather and taking things as they come along. Thank you for the chance to win a great prize.

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  39. We were going to go to the Memorial Day parade but it is raining a lot so not parade today and also we were going to plant some flowers but again the rain stopped us. So just relaxing at home for the day.

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  40. spent the day relaxing at home, with calls to our family and friends who are veterans.

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  41. We had our son (a veteran) and his girlfriend over for a cookout. Great food, even better company, a very good day.

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  42. Busy day! Breakfast with 10 grandchildren, then hurry home to make a rhubarb custard pie for a picnic this afternoon. Loved it all. Remembered all our veterans and are thankful for them.

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  43. We are having a barbeque this afternoon. Can't wait to have a nice grilled steak! Thankful to all those who served so I can have the freedom to have a barbeque. Happy Memorial Day!

    Leslie
    cascrapper at gmail dot com

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  44. Yes, thank you to all the service people who keep us safe. Thanks for a chance to win.

    Mary

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  45. We are spending the day at home just relaxing. Thank you to all our service men and women and their families!

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  46. Did more crafting. Also my husbands birthday.

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  47. I love spending Memorial Day with family. It's a great way to spend the holiday.
    Harperpooh at yahoo dot com

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  48. Great giveaway! My family celebrates Memorial Day just spending time together, cookout and cornhole!

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  49. Today (Memorial Day) I traveled 500 miles to my home after visiting my parents' graves and planting flowers near their headstone. I don't often get to honor them in that way, so I'm very glad I was able to do so this year.

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  50. Just grilling out with my family and relaxing!

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  51. We spent the morning fishing at the grandparents pond with our veteran dad and a picnic lunch. Nine fish total but we put them all back. Hooked one turtle and got him unhooked and back to his family pdq. Luck had it that he was NOT a snapper - whew. Then off to the neighbors for a bbq. Low key but celebrated dad all day!

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  52. I enjoyed the day off
    spending with my sweet
    hubby, who is a vet!
    Got to just hang out
    together all day.
    Carla from Utah

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  53. I went to my parent's gravesite to place flowers and just hang out with them. Now I'm just hanging out with the fam.
    D~ dmcardmaker (AOL)
    http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

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  54. Memorial Day is spent in Ocean City, NJ, renting a surrey and riding up and down the boardwalk. Then you walk taking in all the shops, stopping for pizza, getting some Shriver's saltwater taffy, sampling the fudge, and not forgetting to get a cup of gelato. If it's warm enough you take some time to sit on the beach for a while and enjoy the sound and smell of the ocean.

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  55. Awesome giveaway! We normally spend Memorial Day at the cabin with friends...this year worked helping our son with his remodeling.
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  56. We don't celebrate Memorial Day in my country. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  57. quietly with my family ... Thank you all who serve to keep us safe. Bless those who lost their lives protecting us.
    Sandra ltb

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  58. Since I work weekend nights and was off Memorial Day (yippee!), I was sleeping until noon. Our family went to the mall as soon as I woke up and brought the boys to V-Stock, as they wished.

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  59. We didn't do much our family is out of state so we just kinda hung around.
    Hope yours was special.
    linda
    lmkindell1@verizon.net

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  60. Our Memorial Day was spent in Sacramento at a 5K Run for the Vietnam Veterans...My husband is a Vietnam Vet so it was very special to be there with the few speeches, songs and other veterans to remember their service. Naturally we didn't "win" but it was fun to spend the day together doing something special for vets....I hope you had a special day too.
    Tanya T.

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  61. This year we drove to MI from OH to see my mom for a belated Mother's Day dinner. It was just a quick visit but nice!

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  62. We always celebrate Memorial day with a family cookout & then visit veterans at the nursing home, bringing them homemade cookies & a hand made card thanking them fortheir service to our country. they always have interesting stories too tell & yesterday was no different. it's sad to see that a lot of Vietnam vets are showing up in nursing homes. I'm used to seeing a few remaining WWII vets & Korean war vets but it doesn't seem like it's time for Vietnam vets to be in there yet.

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  63. Every few years my daughter's birthday lands on Memorial Day, this year she turned 16 on Memorial Day, so that's how we spent it this year. I am so grateful for our wonderful country and the freedoms we have because our soldiers are willing to sacrifice. Thank you.

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  64. We spend the day home relaxing. It is one holiday we don't travel.

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  65. Our youngest graduated Friday with the reception on Saturday and many receptions to go to on Sunday, so Monday was a day to collapse.

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  66. We celebrated with a cook out at my son's house. The grandkids had gone to a parade and were happy waving the flags they received.

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  67. We ususally just celebrate Memorial Day with a BBQ but this year we were on vacation in the Keys and celebrated with a bi-plane ride over Key West.

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  68. I can't wait to see this webinar!! Thanks for a great Give A Way also!!!!

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  69. That sounds like a GREAT webinar!!! :)

    We usually celebrate. Memorial Day with a cookout/BBQ-by a pool, if possible! This year, we are vacationing in San Francisco! :)

    Hope you had a great Memorial Day and thank you for the chance to win (I absolutely love Emma's My Creative Time stps & does!)!

    Crafty hugs,

    Jennifer
    partridgelu at yahoo dot com

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  70. I'ma a Follower AND I get emails! Love your blog. We celebrated Memorial Day by hanging our Flag and having a small, two-person barbeque!

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  71. My children and grandson all come over and we cook out and play cornhole, then watch a movie in the evening.
    sekala45@roadrunner.com

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  72. Love Emma's stamps and dies. Hope I get lucky.

    This summer as every year for the past 30 years, I look forward to campmeeting here in PA. It's a time of spiritual uplift and an opportunity to make a difference in a child's or teen's life.

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  73. Hi I don't usually celebrate Memorial Day because most of the time it's the same day as my wedding anniversary. Thanks for the giveaway!

    La-Vie
    Follow me at C’est La-Vie Designs Unlimited, LLC

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  74. It's a hard day for me as we just said goodbye to our military son after his leave. It gets harder and harder each time.

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  75. I spent Memorial Day with my parents, brother, hubby and daughter. We were also celebrating my Mom's birthday but it was a relaxed day at my house just spending time together.

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  76. Happy Memorial Day a week behind to my friends south of the boarder

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