Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge December- "It's All About Him"

Each month Our Daily Bread Designs sponsors a challenge for Operation Write Home. If 50 card makers participate Ou rDaily Bread Designs will cover the cost of shipping two boxes of OWH cards to our deployed military servicemen and servicewomen. 

This month the theme is "It's All About Him," masculine themed cards. I selected papers from My Minds Eye and distressed the edges of them all.  I mounted everything on a shimmery brown card stock found at Hobby Lobby.

 I used a sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs "Sentiments Collection 2" and it can be found here:

Our Daily Bread Designs

I added a little stitching around the edges using Lizbeth thread in "Rootbeer Float" and a little brown organza ribbon. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

OWH Sketch Challenge #202

Happy Sketch Sunday everyone! 

Here is the sketch from Operation Write Home today:

You can find details about the challenge here:

Sketch Challenge #202

The papers are from My Minds Eye and I distressed all of the edges with Memento Dye Ink in Rich Cocoa. The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs "Sentiments Collection 2" and I added a little brown grosgrain ribbon and some stitching using Lizbeth Thread in the color "Rootbeer Float."

Thank you for stopping by!

Stampabilities Sock Monkey Rubber Stamp - Missing You

Howdy! I created this card for Operation Write Home because more child-friendly "missing you" cards are needed.  I used Stampabilities Sock Monkey Rubber Stamp (wood mounted) and colored him up with Spectrum Noir BG2, BG4, & BG5 with a little CR9 for the red lips and pompom. I used Copic's E42 for the hands, feet, tail and face.  

This little guy is mounted on black card stock and I used The Paper Studio's "Sock Monkey" background paper (found at my local Hobby Lobby.) I used an EK Success Button Punch, a "Missing You" sentiment from Our Daily Bread Designs "Missing You Set", and added some hand-stitching in red Omega thread. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Our Daily Bread Designs November OWH Challenge

Hello everyone! Every month Our Daily Bread Designs will pay for the shipping on two boxes of cards to our Hero's if 50 cardmakers participate in the monthly challenge. This month's challenge is to create a Valentine or Love card. You can find details on this challenge here:

ODBD/OWH November Challenge

I created this card using scraps of 1 1/4 " squares mounted on card stock. I added the hand-stitching around all the squares and used a Viva Pearl Pen in Ice White to create the swirl. Before mounting the squares I dry embossed a couple with hearts and used one of the $1 Michael's stamps for the "I Love You" sentiment. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #199, Mickey & Friends, Our Daily Bread Designs "Missing You", & Hero Arts "Year Round Sentiments" Stamp Set

Happy Sketch Sunday everyone! Today's sketch is #199 and here it is:

You can find details about the challenge here:

Sketch #199

I created the Mickey & Friends card using paper from Michael's (possibly Recollections?)  that is covered with 1 3/4 " squares of Disney character faces. This is a small part of the 12x12 paper:

 I cut the individual squares down to fit the sketch size, mounted them on black card stock and popped them on dimensional adhesive.  I used white Bazzill as the background, added more layers of red and black, and then added some hand-stitching in red using Omega thread. 

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Design's "Missing You" set and you can find it here:

Our Daily Bread Designs- Missing You Set

I have been trying to find more ways to use this Disney character paper so I cut the squares 

down last week for this card and sketch challenge #198:

Here is last week's sketch:

You can find details about this challenge here:

OWH Sketch #198

I did have to alter the placement of the bow to accommodate the sentiment tag (and yes the sentiment is from a Hero Arts Operation Write Home set called "Year Round Sentiments" but I cut the rubber stamp sentiment so that I could stack it when needed.)

And since I have been playing with Disney papers all week creating child-friendly cards, I also created this one using some alphabet letters:

The sentiment on this card is from the same Hero Arts Operation Write Home set and you can find it here:

Hero Arts Operation Write Home

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Our Daily Bread Designs October Challenge/OWH

Hello everyone!

Our Daily Bread Designs sponsors a challenge each month for Operation Write Home. If 50 card makers play along, Our Daily Bread Designs will pay to ship two boxes of cards to our deployed heroes. This month's challenge is to focus on the sentiment. You can find details about the challenge here:

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge October

For this challenge I decided to try to do something with this paper that has been in my stash for too long. It is from Recollections and is really bright, which has been a challenge for me to use for some reason. I created this sentiment using Hero Arts "Fanciful Swirl" Alphabets and decided it went with this wild paper. I layered everything on black card stock and added a little green ribbon. I used dimensional adhesive under the middle layer to add a little pop, and I cut some scraps to make little corner triangles. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Our Daily Bread Designs WCMD

It is World Card Making Day weekend! Our Daily Bread Designs is helping us all stay motivated with their wonderful stamps and products. 

I used Our Daily Bread Design's Bicycle stamp and one of the sentiments that came with it.  I colored it with Spectrum Noir and layered it on Recollections papers. I added some May Arts ribbons, a few pearls and I used dimensional adhesive under the flowers in the basket. 

You can find the rubber stamp set here:

Our Daily Bread Designs

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

OWH Sketch Challenge # 192

Happy Sketch Sunday everyone! Here is today's Operation Write Home Sketch:

  

You can find details about the challenge here:

OWH Sketch Challenge #192

And here is my entry:

I did have to flip the sentiment oval to the opposite side when I found the ribbon would be covered if I kept it on the left. 

I used Recollections papers mostly with a little white Bazzil.  The sentiment is from a Fiskars set called "Laugh With Me Quotes." I added a little stitching around the edges and used Cricut's Elegant Edges Cartridge to cut out the scalloped oval. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

OWH Sketch Challenge # 191

Hello everyone! Today's sketch challenge for Operation Write Home is to use this sketch:

You can find the details about the challenge here:

OWH Sketch # 191

Here is my card:

The papers were all from my scrap pile, the sentiment is from Penny Black, and the tassels were hand made using an Omega variegated thread. Everything was layered on black card stock and I did a little hand-stitching on it (using the same Omega thread.)  The tassels are a bit bulkier than I usually use for Operation Write Home, so I added dimensional adhesive tape behind the sentiment to make the 

tassels not stick out so much. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Saturated Canary Challenge #52

Hello everyone! I made this card as part of Saturated Canary's Challenge #52. You can find details about the challenge here:

Saturated Canary Challenge #52

The challenge was to create a card using a Saturated Canary image or rubber stamp in the "Shabby Chic" style. I am not sure if this is totally shabby chic or not. 

I used Saturated Canary's "Orchard Love" and you can purchase her here:

Orchard Love

I colored "Orchard Love" with Spectrum Noir Markers and added a tiny bit of Glossy Accents 

to her eyes. 

I used several papers from My Minds Eye and I distressed all of them using Craftsmart Ink in Chocolate Brown. I cut scalloped ovals using Cricut's Elegant Edges cartridge and distressed them as well.  The buttons were created with an EK Success Button Punch and were stitched on using a little DMC thread.  I put each button on a tiny bit of dimensional adhesive tape to make them pop. 

The sentiment was created using a little $1 Alphabet Rubber Stamp Set from Michaels. I cut a bunch of little squares, stamped a letter on each square, distressed the edges of all of them, and then arranged them in a little line on the card.  

I added a little May Arts ribbon ("Crochet Trim" I believe) and added pearls. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Sketch Challenge #190 OWH

Happy Sunday everyone! Today is Sketch Challenge #190 for Operation Write Home.  Here is the sketch:

You can find details about the challenge here:

OWH Sketch #190

I have been trying to use this rubber stamp set from Stampers Best called "Write Soon Minnow" more often since the OWH/Stampers Best Blog Hop.  I had colored up the fish last night using Spectrum Noir OR1, CT3, & GB3 but I had to flip the sketch to get everything to fit. I also fussy cut the fish and popped him on a little dimensional tape (though I can not really see it in the photo.)

If I had used a light colored background paper (rather than the royal blue gingham) I could have stamped the "let minnow how you are" sentiment directly onto the background paper and everything would have fit just fine.  But I wanted to use the gingham.  And I could only have one element on the upper left (rather than two like the sketch.) Two things there would have been too busy I think.  I also was thinking if I did a mirror image of the fish (flipped him to face the other direction), I could have added another bubble to the "Write Soon" sentiment bubble to make it look more like air bubbles.

Other details on this card.....I used Fun Stampers Journey's "Basket Weave" rubber stamp on the orange paper, a little white pen on the edges to make the faux stitching, a little white ribbon, and a couple of sparkly stickers. 

You can find the "Write Soon Minnow" rubber stamp here:

Stampers Best

and the Fun Stampers Journey "Basket Weave" stamp here:

Fun Stampers Journey

The papers are all from Recollections at Michaels. 

Sketch Challenge # 189 OWH

Happy Sunday Sketch Challenge everyone!

Today's card is for the Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge # 189 and you can find details about it here:

OWH Sketch Challenge # 189

I used Stampers Best Cherry Background Stamp and colored it up with Spectrum Noir CR11 and JG1. I used red and green card stock for the layers and the flags.   I used Martha Stewart's "Arch Lattice" border punch and the sentiment is from Stampabilities.  I added a little red grosgrain ribbon and a row of hand stitching to add a little more detail. 

***BELOW IS A PICTURE OF WHAT DOES NOT WORK...

My first attempt looked too busy. I had used polka dot papers for the flags and it just was not right.  I am posting the picture just to remind myself to not go crazy with patterned papers. 

Are your eyes ok?  See what I mean about it being too busy?

 Lesson learned.

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Saturated Canary "Pink"

Today I put this card together and just had fun with it. I chose an image from Saturated Canary called "Pink".  I used mostly Spectrum Noir to color her skin and clothing, and Copics for her hair.  I distressed the edges of the papers from My Minds Eye 6x6 pads and then I added ink to the edges of everything with Recollections Ink in "Pool."

I added a row of stitching around the border using Lizbeth thread (in Blue River Glades) from Handy Hands and you can find it here:

                    Lizbeth Thread

The color of these Lizbeth threads are wonderful, they have so many unique color combinations.

I created the little flag border by cutting some small triangles and then using an alphabet rubber stamp set (from Michaels that cost only $1!!!)   I used a Cricut to cut the scalloped frames (Elegant Edges Cartridge.) I also added a little Glossy Accents on her eyes and a couple of pearls in the corner.

I hope you are creating something wonderful as well!

:)

OWH Midweek Throw-down, Thank You Cards

Happy Midweek Throw-down Challenge! This week's challenge is for Thank You cards.  First, a huge "Thank you" to Jan for being the hostess of this challenge for the last couple of years. 

Jan, I wish you nothing but happiness as you begin a new life adventure. 

:)

I can not remember where the idea came from for this card (would love to give someone credit here,) but the idea was to take all of your "thank you" stamps and arrange them to be the focal point of the card. Whomever it was said a company that she purchases from always includes a free "thank you" stamp so she had built up a little collection and this seemed like a great way to use them. 

Does anyone know?

This process is definitely easier with clear stamps than wood-mounted.  You just try to arrange them in a way that is pleasing, easy! 

Other items used:

Background paper- just a scrap from my stash (sorry, I do not know who makes it.)

"Basket Weave" stamp from "Fun Stamper's Journey"

Tim Holtz ink "Fired Brick" 

 Recollections Clear embossing powder     

Viva Pearl Pen in Gold (the little dots everywhere.)

Thank you for visiting!

Sketch #187 Operation Write Home (Graphic 45 Papers)

Happy Sketch Sunday everyone!

Today's Operation Write Home sketch is #187 and you can find details about it here:

Sketch #187

Here is the sketch:

 I have been hoarding these papers, not wanting to use them for just anything because I really like them. The papers are from Graphic 45 (French Country Collection) and the small rectangle is from Reminisce (Festive Cake- the back side). Everything is mounted on a slate blue card stock. 

The rooster is from a Dazzles set (Home Grown Stickers) from Hot off the Press. 

The sentiment is from Stampers Best "Stud Puffin" stamp (one of the Operation Write Home Fund Raiser Stamps) and you can find it here:

Stampers Best Stud Puffin

The stitching was done with a brown DMC embroidery thread. 

The ribbon is a plain white polyester from Michael's "Celebrate It" line (but it looks like a satin finish). I colored it the shade I needed with Spectrum Noir TB8.  When my ribbon stash was getting out-of-control and a storage nightmare (by trying to have every shade), I decided to purchase more white ribbons and use my alcohol markers to color them whatever color I needed. Now things are so much more manageable. I will still purchase the special ribbons (multi-colored, crochet trims and such), but now things are fitting into my small space. 

:)

Just for fun (and to show that I do more than make cards all day.....), I snapped this little photo yesterday just to prove that I do go outside now and then:

This picture makes me want to purchase a butterfly stamp just so that I can color him up with Spectrum Noir color OR3.  

Thank you for stopping by my little blog!

OWH Sketch Challenge # 186

Happy "Sketch Sunday" everyone! Today's Operation Write Home Sketch is # 186 and looks like this:

You can find details about the sketch challenge here:

OWH Sketch Challenge #186

The papers are from My Mind's Eye ("On the Bright Side" for the wood-look  and light blue dotted ones and "Lost & Found" for the brown patterned one.) Everything is layered on Bazzill's Brown textured card stock. 

I created the sentiment using alphabet stickers from my stash (that are a couple of years old at least...) but they are labeled as "Backstitch Blue Alphabet" from shopsei.com.

I felt this card needed some details so I distressed the edges using Colorsmart Pigment Ink in Chocolate Brown, added some real cross stitches in a slate blue DMC thread, and then a little twine.  I also used a little May Arts ribbon (might be called "Net", but looks like burlap, sort of....) and I used dimensional adhesive under the 3"x4.25" section. 

Thank you so stopping by! 

:)

Our Daily Bread Designs/OWH August Challenge

Every month Our Daily Bread Designs offers to pay the shipping for two boxes of cards being sent to deployed heroes if at least 50 card makers participate in their monthly challenge with Operation Write Home.  This month's challenge is to create a card using brown, green and pink.  

You can find more details about the challenge here:Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge

I selected this image from Saturated Canary called "Dreads." You can purchase this lovely image here:

Saturated Canary Dreads

I colored her up with Spectrum Noir LG3 & LG5 for her sweater, and Copics E44, E43, & E42 for her skirt. Her sash is PP1, PP3, PP5 & LG5. Her hair was colored with so many markers, both Spectrum Noir and Copics, in an attempt to get a softer look and I forgot to keep track, so sorry. Her skin was GB8 with TN3 over it.  I added a little Glossy Accents to her eyes to make them shine. 

I layered her on a little aqua green Bazzill dotted paper and some Brown card stock.  I also added May Arts "Mesh" ribbon and then did a little hand stitching around the edge using a Lizbeth variegated thread called "Root Beer Float".  

The sentiment was made using Hero Arts "Fanciful Swirls Alphabet Stamps" and I added a little dimensional adhesive behind it. I used Craftsmart pigment ink in Chocolate Brown to distress the edges around all the papers. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

OWH Sketch Challenge # 185

Happy Sunday everyone!

Here is a quick card for Operation Write Home's Sketch Challenge #185.
Details about this sketch can be found here:
OWH Sketch #185

Here is the sketch:








These two cards were made using Graphic 45's French Country Collection paper for the top portion, and Reminisce's "Festive Cake" for the bottom portion. Both of these papers are reversible so one card was made with one side of each paper, and then the other card was made using the other side.


The brown accent stickers are from Hot Off The Press's Dazzles "Home Grown Sticker" collection.

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts' Operation Write Home Fundraiser set.

The top card has a little May Arts Mesh ribbon and a little brown grosgrain.

OWH Sketch #184 Challenge

Happy Sunday everyone! Here is a card for Operation Write Home's Sunday Sketch Challenge #184.  Here is the sketch:

For more details about the challenge, just click here:

OWH Sketch #184

The rubber stamp and sentiment are from a Stampers Best Operation Write Home Fundraiser set called "Turtley Awesome" and can be purchased here:Turtley Awesome

I colored this turtle with Spectrum Noir LG2, LG3, CG4 & DG3.  The balloon was colored with CR2, OR1, OR2, & OR3.

The scalloped circles were cut with a Cricut "Elegant Edges" cartridge and I added a little green satin and organza ribbon.  The papers are all from Recollections at Michael's.

Have a great day!
:)

Having a little craft-distraction!

Does this ever happen to you? You know, when you have so many craft projects going on at the same time that you get a little.....distracted from things like housework? That is where I am right now. Besides my usual obsession with creating cards for Operation Write Home and trying to keep those scrap books up to date, now some other crafty things are on my work desk.

I saw a You Tube video from "The Frugal Crafter" on how to make these "Monkey Fist Knots" and I had to try it. We all ready had the para-cord needed from an unused kit given to my daughter. And I raided a decorative vase for the marbles. 10 minutes later I had these!

And then there is my "Beanie making" project. A group I belong to collects things for homeless veteran's and this is one of the only things I know how to crochet.  

Ok, then there is this "SWAP" craft I am doing for a Girl Scout event using recycled materials.  I saved all those ATG tape plastic centers (the thing left when the tape runs out) and also some plastic rings off of Vita-Water Plastic bottles to create these.  You save up thread scraps and tie them all together, trim the ends if you like and then wrap the plastic rings with it.  Add a little cording to make a necklace. 

And I have had these little Trefoil shaped wood pieces for years. I don't think they make them any more. I want to use them up so decided to try my hand at wood burning so I can add them to the SWAPs above.  Every marker I had tried to use to write on them would bleed into the wood grain, so a wood burning tool was the answer. 

Yes, there is more....the loom thing my daughter and I created in an effort to interest her in "creating" something.  And there is at least one project on knitting needles here somewhere, and another project on an embroidery hoop, and a couple of containers saved from the recycle bin with awesome lids that would be great little storage containers with decoupaged images on them......and on it goes. 

Maybe it is just me........

:)

A Travel Mug for Becca

Happy August everyone!

This month, Saturated Canary and Spectrum Noir announced similar themes for their challenges.  

Saturated Canary's Challenge # 49 is "Set Your Creativity Free" and Spectrum Noir's August Challenge is  to create "Anything But A Card" as long as you use Spectrum Noir to color it. 

You can find details about these challenges here:

Saturated Canary Challenge # 49

Spectrum Noir "Anything But A Card"

I wanted to create something for my niece Becca who is about to leave to study abroad on "Semester at Sea" (for four months--one lucky gal!)  She has been doing a lot of traveling lately and this image from Saturated Canary called "Pack Light" totally reminds me of Becca. 

You can purchase this image here:

Pack Light

I found this "decorate your own travel mug" at Michael's for $2 and decided to create this project. I took the inserts that came with the mug out and used them as a template to figure out the size and placement of the image before printing (this is a digital image) on white card stock.  But then I ended up detail cutting around her and layering her on top of the travel collage. 

I colored up "Pack Light" using Spectrum Noir. Here are most of the colors I used (there were so many I started to forget to write them down on the little items!)

Hair- TN1, TN2, TN5, TN7

Bow- CR4, CR7

Skin- FS9, FS4, HB1, and CR4 for blush

Skirt- PP4, PP5

Sweater- GT1, GT2, GT3

Luggage- TB2, TB3, TB4, CR10, GG3, GG4

Purse- GB8, GB6, GB5

Then I pulled out all my rubber stamps that were travel-themed and filled the background. I originally decided not to color the background images because I wanted the Saturated Canary image to pop.  Then I changed my mind and added color.  The overall background color is Spectrum Noir EB1. 

I wrote a little message for my niece on the lines of the tag. It is a fun way to personalize this gift even more. 

Other stamps I used:

Hero ARts CL146 Travel Set

Hero Arts "Operation Write Home" Stamp Set LP279

Stampers Best- Compass & Statue of Liberty

Sunday International "Aloha" Set 

"Far East Beauty" Stamp Set from Hot of the Press Inc. 

Egypt Stamp from "Stamp Crafter" 

Thank you for stopping by (and reading all the way to the bottom of this long blog post!)

:)

OWH Midweek Throw-down- Punches July 31

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today's card is for Operation Write Home's Midweek Throw-down Challenge to use punches.  You can find more details about the challenge here: Midweek Throw-down

I have been coloring up these Gingerbread cookie stamps the last few days and thought the Martha Steward "Arch Lattice" border punch would work well with the Gingerbread to make a nice Christmas card (um, was that a run-on sentence or what?)  

I used card stock from Recollections (hunter green, red, and a bright lime green) for the backgrounds and decided a little candy cane stamped on the red would add a little more fun to the card.  After stamping with Tim Holtz "Fired Brick" ink, I used clear embossing powder and heat embossed the candy canes.  

I added a little Offray Microspool ribbon (red and lime green stripped) and it is self-adhesive.  The bright green in the ribbon is what prompted me to use the bright lime green card stock.  

The Gingerbread is colored with Spectrum Noir (TN3, TN2, JG1, CR4, & CR7) and then I added Glossy Accents to the bow, cheeks, and green details.  I was hoping to make it look like a real frosted Gingerbread cookie.  

The Gingerbread, Candy Cane, and sentiment stamps are all from JRL Designs, but they are rather old (I acquired them from someone else's stash years ago and I can not even remember how many years ago......)

Thank you for stopping by!

Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge # 127

Happy Monday everyone! If it is Monday, then it must mean there is another challenge over on the Papertrey Ink blog.  Here is a link to the challenge:

Papertrey Ink

Today's challenge is to use a double stamped background using a Papertrey Ink product. 

I made this card using one of the little stamp sets from Papertrey Ink called "Boy Basics Rock On Stamp Set".   Using the music notes and the music lines from this set, I created a background.  I don't think I would have ever tried this if this challenge had not come along. I think I was afraid it would be too hard to match things up to make some sort of pattern, but it was really easy.  

Once the background was done and I knew I would use red as an accent, I then stamped and heat embossed a guitar. I inked up the stamp with Tim Holtz "Fired Brick" ink and a little black Memento on just the edges.  I used Recollections Clear Embossing Powder when I heat embossed. It ended up giving the guitar a shiny look, almost metallic.  

I added a little more background paper and one of the sentiments from the "Boy Basics Rock On Stamp Set" ( it comes with four sentiments--awesome!) I also added a little satin ribbon which started out white until I colored it with Spectrum Noir.  I think I will be purchasing most of my ribbons in white and then coloring them whatever color I need rather than trying to have every color on hand (which had become a storage nightmare when I had too many different spools.)

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

July 2013 OWH Sketch # 183 Challenge

Hello everyone! It is Operation Write Home's Sketch Challenge day! I made this card for challenge #183.  You can find more details about the challenge here:

Operation Write Home Sketch #183

Here is today's sketch:

I have been trying to use up some pretty papers from an 8"x 8" paper pack from DCMV called "Citrus Stack". Many of the papers in this stack have embedded glitter in them that does not rub off, so they are great for Operation Write Home (since we can not use any glitter that will rub off.....you can click here if you want more details about that: No glitter

After cutting all the patterned papers and their layers, I decided I wanted more detail, so I pulled out my Fiskars "Lace" paper punch and punched a couple of the corners. Then I added some May Arts ribbons (Mesh & Crochet trim in white) along with a bit of Satin ribbon. 

The sketch called for details in the upper right corner, however I was afraid my pearls would get bumped off too easily during this card's travels.  An episode of Operation Write Home TV discussed dimension and how to best use it so things will stay put, so I put the pearls next to some layers.  Here is a link to that episode if you are interested:

Operation Write Home Episode # 52

The sentiment is a wood-mounted one from Impression Obsession.

And finally, I added a little hand-stitching around the background paper using white Omega thread and an outline stitch. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Saturated Canary Challenge #48 "Glamour & Glitz"

Hello everyone!  I made this card for Saturated Canary's Challenge #48 calling for "Glamour & Glitz".  You can find more information about the challenge here:

Saturated Canary Challenge #48

I decided to use this image called "Belle" from Saturated Canary. You can purchase her here:

Belle

I colored her with Spectrum Noir markers and did some detail cutting around her.  I then wanted to see if I could dress up her jeans just a little. But I went overboard with the shiny stuff by adding Stickles Frosted Lace not only to her jeans, but also on the fringe of her purse and of course she has to have a sparkly phone (in purple.)  And just for fun, I added a little more sparkle to her hair by using some Viva Pearl Pen in Gold. 

I added some Glossy Accents to her purse and her eyes. And yes, I added a touch of the Stickles Frosted Lace as her eye shadow, I just had to try it. 

The white background papers were stamped with an embossing pad and heat embossed with  Recollections Detail Embossing Powder in "Snow" to give them a textured, shiny look. 

The decorative rectangles were cut using Cricut's Elegant Edges Cartridge and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts' Operation Write Home Fundraising set you can find here:

Hero Arts

Thank you for stopping by!

:)