OWH Sketch #246

Hello everyone! Here is a card I created for Operation Write Home's Sketch Challenge #246.  You can find details about the challenge here:
Sketch #246

I used Stampabilities "Sock Monkey" rubber stamp and colored him up with Spectrum Noir. The stamp is mounted on wood and found at Hobby Lobby.  I paired it with The Paper Studio's "Sock Monkey" paper (also at Hobby Lobby.) 

I layered everything on deep red and dark brown card stock and then added a little red stitching around the border.  I used my Cricut to create a couple of little hearts and popped them on a little dimension.  

The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set (the OWH fundraiser one.) 

Thank you for stopping by! :)

January Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge/ OWH

Hello everyone! This month's Our Daily Bread Designs challenge with Operation Write Home is to create an "Any Hero" card. I will be writing in this card to offer encouragement and support to one of our deployed heros.

You can find details about the challenge here:

Our Daily Bread Designs/OWH Challenge

For this card I used papers from Our Daily Bread Designs "Patriotic Collection" and you can find it here:

Patriotic Collection ODBD

I used a Tonic Star border punch, added a little satin ribbon, and used Omega thread in red, white and blue to tie on a little USA charm from BoxerScrapbooks.com (but it was the last in my stash so I have had it for a little while.....)

The sentiment is from Unity stamps and can be found here:

Unity Stamps

Thank you for stopping by! 

:)

Our Daily Bread Designs/OWH November Challenge- Hearts

Hello everyone! This month's Our Daily Bread Designs challenge with Operation Write Home is to make a card with hearts on it. You can find details about the challenge here:

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge

I made this card by using my Cricut to cut a heart in white card stock and then filling the space with thread scraps. 

After cutting the heart, I selected a smaller piece of card stock that when covered would fill in the heart space.   I covered that small piece of card stock with ATG adhesive, and then laid each piece of thread onto the adhesive. I chose several different types of thread to get a little texture to the heart (DMC thread, Omega thread, and "craft thread" from Michaels.) I cut out two more hearts and stamped the sentiment on one and covered it with Glossy Accents to give it a little shine. 

I used Memento Inks to color the edges of the hearts and the frame and layered it on deep red card stock. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

September ODBD/OWH Challenge

Hello everyone!

Each month Our Daily Bread Designs sponsors a challenge for card makers to create a card with a specific requirement. If 50 card makers participate then Our Daily Bread Designs will pay for the shipping on two boxes of cards to our deployed Heros (up to two boxes.)

You can find details about the challenge here:

September ODBD/OWH Challenge 

This month's requirement is to create your own background paper with either stamps or embossing.  I decided to use Darice's Basket Weave Embossing folder on white card stock.  I created the coral red layering papers with Spectrum Noir markers (CR6, CR11, DR1) on white card stock as well, though the colors do not show up well in the photo. 

I used one of my favorite rubber stamps, Popcorn the Bear "Thanks a Bunch", and colored him and the flowers up with Spectrum Noir. The sentiment stamp is from Mama Elephant's "In My Heart" stamp set. 

The scalloped ovals were cut using Cricut's Elegant Edges cartridge and the ribbon was found in the clearance bin at Michael's. 

After cutting out my bear/flowers I popped him using some Tombow Power Tabs  to add a little dimension without getting to thick. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

August ODBD/OWH Challenge-Stars

Hello everyone! 

Each month Our Daily Bread Designs sponsors a challenge with Operation Write Home. If 50 card-makers participate then ODBD will pay the shipping for two boxes of cards to our deployed heros. 

This month's challenge is to use stars. You can find details about the challenge here:

August ODBD/OWH Challenge

For this card I used papers from The Paper Studio's "Cape Cod" 4.5" x 6.5" paper pad (found at Hobby Lobby.)

The stars were cut using a Cricut and the sentiment is from Hero Art's Operation Write Home fundraiser stamp set "Year Round sentiments". 

I added a couple silver brads and a little stitching around the corners. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

Inkadinkado Barn Stamp- Masculine Cards

Hello everyone!

Today's card was made using the Inkadinkado Barn Rubber stamp (mounted on wood), sentiment from Hero Arts "Operation Write Home Miss You" set, and papers from my stash.  

The image was colored with Spectrum Noir Alcohol markers.

I layered the barn on dark chocolate card stock and then added dimensional adhesive under it so I could add a little twine where the papers meet. 

The star is from Hot Off The Press's Dazzles "Home Grown Stickers" set.

Thank you for stopping by!

:)

OWH Mid-Month Throw-down "Thanks a Latte"

Hello everyone! 

The OWH Mid-Month Throw-down is focusing on gratitude or "thank you" cards. I have been playing with this "Latte Love" stamp set from Fiskars lately so this challenge fit right in.  

You can find details about the challenge here:

OWH Mid-Month Throw-Down

After stamping and coloring the cup and steam, I cut them out and popped them on a wee bit of dimensional (using power tabs by Tombo which are thinner than the usual dimensional adhesive by Scotch.) 

The ovals were cut using Cricut's Elegant Edges cartridge and I used Martha Stewart's Arch Lattice border punch on some brown card stock to place under the coffee beans. The coffee beans come in the stamp set as a three inch border, so I just stamped a bit more to fill the space I needed. The sentiment is part of the stamp set as well. 

The cup and beans were colored using Spectrum Noir and to get the lines on the cup I used the blender pen to "remove" a bit of color. 

The red plaid paper was from my stash and the ribbon is gold satin. I used a gold pen to add a little faux stitching on the corner pieces. 

Thank you for stopping by!

:)