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Hi all,
Hope you are all enjoying this wonderful weekend weather. Here in NJ the weather has been great. I wanted to share the info for the World Card Making Day Blog Hop![WCDstart[1]](https://debwaycreations.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/wcdstart1.jpg)
and Operation Write Home. Please consider making cards for this great organization. Here is the link if you would like to sign up.
It will be a day of great inspiration for all of us.
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oday starts a free card class provided by Operation Write Home. Please check it out.
The challenge on this stop is to make a kiddie card using the tic-tac-toe board
shown below. I choose to go down the center row for my card. This was a lot of fun to make. The sheep is from the silhouette store. The fence is a Martha Stewart punch. It originally had little bats on the posts but I clipped them off so it wouldn’t be just for Halloween. Thank you Scrapping with Purpose for a great challenge.
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Hi, The final challenge is to use a negative of a die or punch.
I used the negative cut of my shape on the butterfly paper and stamped my sentiment in the space created when I taped it onto my card. I used a Martha Stewart stamp for the butterfly, colored it with Tombow Dual Brush pens and hand cut it out.
Hi all,
I know I have been away from this blog for a while but I have had a lot happen. I had another grandchild born which was such a blessing. I spent a lot of time with my daughter after the birth. I also had surgery to remove my gall bladder. I am feeling so much better now. Needless to say I have been itching to get back into my craft room.
Operation Write Home put up another challenge this week. They are challenging us to use something on our card three times, an embellishment, stamped image etc. for our heroes to send home to their family and friends!
I made this thank you card using my silhouette. The flower-pot and sentiment were from their on-line store. I used paper from my stash and flowers from Michael’s. I love the colors.
Please keep the people in Oklahoma in your thoughts. They need all the prayers and help we can give.
I hope you all have a great week and enjoy this Memorial Day Weekend.
Hi,
This is a quick post to show you some of the Mother’s Day cards I have been working on for Operation Write Home. I used my Silhouette Cameo and the print and cut feature to cut out the sentiment from their on-line store. The tag was made using a My Creative Time die. The paper is from my stash.
This week OWH challenged us to make Winter themed cards that are fun for our heroes to send home
to their family and friends! I made both of these cards using the Cricut Very Merry Tags cartridge. I had a lot of fun using this cartridge and plan on making several other cards from the cuts on it. I used a little liquid pearl to add a bit of pop to the snowflake and his eyes. The second card is a try fold card. I used my cuddlebug snowflake folder for the background. I made the button with a Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment on the first card is a Fiskars stamp.
I plan on making a few more of these to include in my box of cards to OWH.
Well we survived Hurricane Sandy. Lost power for a day and some tree damage
but we were lucky compared to others.
I made two cards for this challenge. One for a female and one for a male. I find
male cards hard to design. This sketch was a lot of fun. I plan on using
it again.
Please feel free to leave a comment. I love reading them and appreciate
your input. You can find the OWH post here
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Operation Write Home along with Tonic Studios has challenged us to create a card for our Troops using sketch #143.
Here’s the sketch…
I decided to create a card with a winter theme. I used Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge for the snowflakes and the coordinating winter stamp for the sentiment. I used cuddlebug snowflake embossing folder for the background. I highlighted the embossed snowflakes with Tim Holtz embossing ink. I added liquid pearls to the snowflake to give it a little dimension and sparkle. I embellished the bow with a crystal from Megan Elizabeth | Above Rubies Studio
I love the blue and white colors together. The card measures 4.25 by 5.50.
Comments are always welcome.
OWH and Doodle Pantry have decided on a color challenge for this week’s throwdown. They challenged us to make cards using black & white with a pop
of red or green for our heroes to send home to their family and friends!
I used paper from Making Memories Wedding pack and a rose sticker from Recollections. I cut out the mini tag using My Creative Time teeny tag greetings. Hope you like my card.
You can see the original post on Operation Write Home’s bolg at http://wp.me/p2kUr6-2dC
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