Category Archives: OWH
- Stamp – My Sentiments Exactly “Happy Valentine’s Day”
- Patterned papers – all from GCD Studios “Rose Colored Glasses” collection
- Buttons – Doodlebug Design “Red Hearts”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Ric Rac and twine from stash
I was inspired by the current sketch at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps: Sketch Challenge #97 when making this card. I always like paper piecing, so this was a fun pattern to use. I’m putting together valentines to ship off for the troops soon, so this is another for that shipment. Thanks for the visit!
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- Stamps – Stampendous “Fluffles Wuv” set; PSX “Be Mine”
- Patterned papers – Paper Salon “First Blush: Cross My Heart” and Basic Grey “Green at Heart: Veggies”
- Cardstock – BoBunny (pink flourish) and Bazzill Basics
- Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Four”
I was inspired by a tutorial on Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps to make a layered card. I am making Valentines to send off to the troops right now, so I thought I’d use one of my Fluffles stamps for this one! I colored Fluffles with Copic Markers and added several layers to the card to make colors stand out. Thanks for visiting.
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- Stamp – Magenta Cat of the Month Collection, “Victor”
- Patterned paper – K & Company “Wild Raspberry Green Leaves”
- Cardstock – Bazzill Basics and Bazzill Bling
- Border punch – Martha Stewart “Garden Rail” edger punch
This week’s challenge at Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps is to make a card for any occasion without a sentiment on the front. I found that I’m unusual in that I like to design card without sentiments! They can be used for many reasons and they just make me feel more freedom when designing. So this was a pretty easy challenge for me, I guess! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you soon.
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- Patterned paper – K & Company “Smitten Heart Stripe”
- Stamps – Stampington & Company, Christine Adolph collection “Scroll Heart Small” and A Muse Art Stamps “Happy Valentine’s Day”
- Die Cut – Spellbinder’s Nestabilities “Scalloped Rectangles”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Ribbon – Best Value Organdy Ribbon
Welcome to my 150th post! I used the current sketch at Operation Write Home – Sketch #95 – to make this card. It is pretty simple and shows off the Valentine heart paper and the scrollwork on the heart stamped image. Thanks for visiting today!
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- Stamps – Magenta “Heart” and My Sentiments Exactly “Happy Valentine’s Day”
- Embossing folder – Darice “Layered Heart Background”
- Cardstock – BoBunny “Blush Dot” and Bazzill Basics
- Ribbon – Best Value organdy ribbon
I made this card for the Valentine Mid-Week Thowdown Challenge at Operation Write Home this week. I’m pulling out my Valentine-related stuff from my stash to make some more OWH cards in the next week or so to meet the next shipping deadline. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!
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- Flourish stamp – Hero Arts “Fabulous Flourish”
- Sentiment stamp – Printworks “Wonderful”
- Hummingbirds – Hero Arts “Antique Engravings” set
- Rhinestones – Mark Richards (light pink) and Kaisercraft (light green)
- Cardstock – BoBunny “Strawberry Double Dot”
The challenge for this card is at Operation Write Home right now–it is to create a card using a flourished t-shirt as inspiration. I used stamps to create the entire image, and stippled ink in the background to add some more color. This was quite a challenge for me, but it was fun! Thanks for stopping by!
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It was just kind of fun to spread out everything before I sealed up the box to send to my OWH shipper last week! These were the cards I sent off this time. Quite the combination! I think they’ve all been posted here individually at some point. I’ve started on my next shipment already! Thanks for the visit.
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- Stamp – Basic Grey “Buttercup” clear set (paisley)
- Stamp – My Sentiments Exactly “Happy Valentine’s Day”
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Green at Heart: Pea,” Memory Box “Sweetheart” collection
- Cardstock – Bazzill and WorldWin
I used the latest sketch at Operation Write Home (OWH) to create this card: Sketch #93. It is the first Valentine for my next box to send to OWH. This is a great design for using up scraps of different papers! Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamps – Basic Grey “Cakes” clear set and Inkadinkado “Happy Birthday”
- Papers – BoBunny “Bashful Dot” and Jenni Bowlen “Vanilla Creme Large Dot Coredinations Embossed Cardstock”
- Ribbon – American Crafts
- Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Nine”
This week’s challenge at Operation Write Home is Polka Dots. I have lots of polka dots in my stash: tons of papers, ribbon, round punches, border punches with dots… So I had no problem coming up with something! The cardstock has a lighter colored core, so when you sand it with a sanding block, a lighter color shows through. I stipple brushed ink on the edges of everything as well, so everything is nice and distressed! Thanks for checking-in.
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- Patterned and solid papers – Making Memories “Noel” collection
- Chipboard sentiment – Making Memories Jigsaw Shapes “Holiday” collection
- Card Base – Making Memories “Noel”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Star brad – Creative Impressions, Inc.
- Corner Punch – Marvy Uchida
This is a really neat folding technique that I learned on Operation Write Home Stars & Stripes. Jan Hunnicut, of “She’s Gone Digital,” offered a tutorial showing how to fold this tree. Trenton, who is a master at Origami, also advised me on the folding! I seem to be folding-impaired to some degree! Anyway, I really like the tree and hope you do, too! Thanks for stopping by.
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