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- 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!
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- Stamp – Hero Arts “Two Flourish Flowers”
- Patterned papers – American Crafts “Elegant” collection and Reminisce “Basic Micro Dot”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Specialty paper – silver metallic with a moire pattern (source unknown)
I used CPS Sketch #225 for this card. I colored the stamp with markers, which I rarely do, and used some scraps from my very large patterned paper stash! This was a very nice sketch to work with. Thanks for visiting!
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- Stamps – from Verve Stamps – “Up Up & Away” set
- Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities – “Labels Fifteen” and “Lacey Circles”
- Patterned Papers – Basic Grey “Hello Luscious”
- Rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas
I made this card using the latest sketch on Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps. This is my interpretation of Sketch #76. I colored the hot air balloon and cloud stamped images with Copic markers. I inked the edges with Colorbox Chalk inks to finish them off. Thanks for checking in.
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- Stamp – Chapel Road Artstamps
- Patterned paper – 7gypsis “Avignon Paper: Ecriture”
- Border punch – EK Success
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Twine
I made this card for one of the many July 4th challenges at Operation Write Home this weekend. This was OWH Virtual Card Party Challenge #12: Food or Fruit. I colored this stamp with several colors of ColorBox Chalk Inks to bring out the different colors of the pears. Thanks for coming by.
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- Stamp – Flourishes “Flower of the Month” series
- Die cut – Spellbinder’s Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
- Patterned papers – Prima “Baby Boy Collection: Precious” (yellow) and Basic Grey “Green at Heart: Oscar” (orange)
- Corner punch – Marvy
- Ribbon – American Crafts
- Cardstock – Bazzill
This card was fashioned for one of the challenges at Operation Write Home for the 4th of July Virtual Cardmaking Party. This card was for the “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” challenge. Thanks for stopping by. I need to make a vew more cards for OWH still this holiday weekend…
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- Stamps – Butterfly from Stampington & Co. – Shore Cliff Elements; sentiment and heart from Inkadinkado “Greetings” set
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Eva” collection and BoBunny “Licorice Dot”
- Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Fleur De Lis Squares”
- Pearls – KaiserCraft
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Corner Punch – Marvy Uchida
I made this card as part of the Operation Write Home “Love You” Challenge. I will be sending this, along with a group of other cards, to my OWH shipper this week. Thanks for visiting!
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- Heart stamp – Paper Inspirations “Rose Heart”
- Sentiment stamp – from the Hero Arts “Live Life” set
- Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty” and “Fancy Tags Two”
- Patterned papers – BoBunny and Bazzill polka dots
- Pearls – KaiserCraft
- Cardstock – Bazzill
The image on the heart is colored with Copic Markers and I’ve inked the edges slightly with ColorBox Chalk Ink. I used the current sketch at Clean and Simple Stamping: Clean and Simple Layout #145. Thank you for visiting.
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- Stamps – “Rosette” by Inkadinkado and “Thinking of You” by Kodomo, Inc.
- Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Lacey Circles”
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Green at Heart” collection: Oscar and Moss
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Pearls – KaiserCraft
This card was designed using the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps Sketch #74. This is a very simple card to put together with a nice design. Thanks for stopping by.
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- Patterned paper – Melissa Frances “Suzanne”
- Border punch – “Abstract Flower Edger” by EK Success
- Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Mega Ovals LG”
- Stamp – Inkadinkado
- Flower embellishments – Making Memories
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I made this card using the Clean and Simple sketch #144. Thank you for checking in.
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- Floral stamp – Crafty Individuals – both flower panels are on this stamp (like a diptych) and I just cut them apart for this sketch.
- Sentiment stamp – Kodomo, Inc. – “Thinking of You”
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey – “Basics: Lineup” and “Cappella: Libretto”
- Cardstock – Bazzill and WorldWin
This was very simple and the design was very pleasing. I based it on the sketch at Operation Write Home: Sketch Challenge #72. I just colored the stamped image with Copic markers. I tried to choose cardstock for the sentiment that matches some of the colors in the flowers. Thanks for checking-in.
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