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Card Patterns Sketch #134

  • Stamps – Studio G “Snowflakes” and The Cat’s Pajamas “Penguin Christmas” (snow days)
  • Patterned papers – BoBunny Back to Backs “Dots” papers
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Cuttlebug embossing folder – “Textile”
  • Border punch – EK Success “Open Scallop”
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Classic Scallop Rectangles”

This card was made based on the Card Patterns Sketch #134, the current sketch there. I’m going through a little snow phase this week (more to come), so forgive me! It is a little early, but since many of my cards go to the troops via Operation Write Home, I have to ship them off pretty early. Thanks for the visit.


CPS Sketch #233

  • Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Little Sprinkle,” Judikins “Flourish,” and sentiment stamp from Hero Arts’ “Live Life” set
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey Indie Bloom 6″ X 6″ collection
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

We’re back from camping so I can post some of the cards that I made this past week.  No Internet connection (or electricity!) there! I think I managed to keep most of the dust off of the cards and the squirrels were fairly scarce, so I don’t think there are an abundance of wildlife prints!

This card was inspired by Sketch #233 at Card Positioning Systems (CPS).


OWH Christmas in July

  • Stamps – from The Cat’s Pajamas “Candyland Christmas” set
  • Patterned papers – Echo Park: “Wrapping Paper” and “Garland”
  • Pearls – Queen and Company – grass green

We are gathering our Fall and Winter holiday cards for Operation Write Home now. The troops need a lot of holiday cards, so we are challenged to make them now for the shippers. So we begin with the OWH Christmas in July challenge to get us going. I chose this is a fun stamp set from The Cat’s Pajamas to get me going, since it not only has this dog, but it has a cat and a few PENGUINS, too! I colored the image with Copics and finished off the edging around the green paper with opaque white pen “stitching.” Thanks for visiting and Happy Howlidays!


OWH – Thanksgiving in June

  • Stamps – All of the stamps are from The Cats Pajamas “Gobble it up” set
  • Patterned papers – Kaisercraft Elegance collection “Catherine” and “Elizabeth”
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
  • Border punch – Martha Stewart embossed Zig Zag edge punch
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

The card is my first for Thanksgiving for Operation Write Home. I’m making it as part of their current challenge: OWH Thanksgiving theme. I’ve been waiting to use this stamp set–I got it right after last Thanksgiving. And, there are penguins in the set as well! Hurray! Thanks for visiting.


A Lovely Easter Bonnet

  • Stamp – from the “Spring Fling” clear set by The Cat’s Pajamas
  • Patterned papers – s.e.i – “Winsome” from the Claire collection (both sides)
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Border punch – EK Success “Diamond Lace” edger
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Eyelet Circles”
  • Ribbon – May Arts
  • Image colored with Sakura Gelly Roll pens to add a little sparkle.

Clean and Simple Sketch #131

  • Cupcake Stamps – Hero Arts “Cupcakes” ClearDesign
  • Sentiment Stamp – “You Take the Cake” by The Cat’s Pajamas
  • Images colored with Sakura Glaze pens and Copic markers
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny polka dots
  • Embossing plate – Sizzix “Harlequin” for Stampin’ Up
  • Card edged with Ice Blue ColorBox Chalk Ink

This card is inspired by the Clean and Simple card sketch #131. This card is a perfect candidate to send off to Operation Write Home. They need lots of birthday cards.