Hi everyone! Are you getting snow where you live? We got a bit on Tuesday which has made for an interesting week. Monday was a holiday. Tuesday was a scheduled teacher inservice but we were released to go home at noon because a snow storm was starting to make the roads dicey. Today, we were closed because of the snow we got yesterday during the afternoon and evening. Tomorrow, we'll be closed as road crews continue to try to clear the roads. What will happen on Friday remains to be seen, but I can tell you that a one-day school week will be hilarious!
I was invited to an OWH card party in March and I've been working on a few kits to take with me. The hostess asked me to make three. In typical fashion, I couldn't keep myself to three. I figure I'll just keep making them while my mojo permits and if I don't take them all to the party, I will assemble them myself. It's a win-win. I'm motivated to make nice kits and OWH will get lots of cards!
Do you have an opinion about which kits I should take? From what I understand, most of the guests at the party aren't card makers, so they're pretty much only going to need to assemble the kits and maybe do some simple coloring.
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| This color yellow just makes me happy! I had to cut a lot of pieces for this kit, but the layers are definitely worth the effort. I colored the centers of the flowers to make the paper match the yellow cardstock and I think it added a lot to the card. (Patterned paper- Making Memories, Bee- Studio G, Sentiment- KI Memories, Embossing- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots) |
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| A little something masculine since I never make enough cards for men! (Stamps- TPC Studios, Patterned Paper- American Crafts, Copics E79, E25, B06, Y17) |
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| This sketch is a go-to favorite for me when I want to use several patterned papers. OWH Sketch #168. Here, I used up a good portion of a pack of Stampin' Up paper. (Mini rant: Why do they insist on putting their logo in the corner of each page? If I cut it off, I waste a lot of paper. If I don't, I've got a logo on my cards. Wah!) The stamp is by Studio G. The button punch by Martha Stewart was blog candy from JoAnn R. |
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| Look here, a teen boy card! I'm so happy about this one because it's tough to make cards for this age group. I've had this paper in my craft room for a couple of years now. Who can pass up a 25 pack of paper for $1? Not this girl! I made one card with it once and I felt like it wasn't that successful since I'd fussy cut the image which isn't my greatest skill. I realized the Sizzix ovals were a good shape for the image I wanted and things came together from there. Sentiment- There She Goes Clear Stamps (out of business as of last month), Embossing- Cuttlebug Diamond Plate, Circles- Spellbinders, Ovals- Sizzix, Paper- Steve's Pages licensed by SugarTree. |
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| CASEd from this CHA card kit sent in by an OWHer. Was it your kit? Let me know so I can give you credit! Sentiment- Studio G, Penguin- Stampin' Up Polar Pals, Border Punch- Fiskars, Ovals- Cuttlebug |
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I
really like this card, but I'm not sure it's one I'll take to the
party. The daubers can be messy and I don't want that to cause any
problems. I might just assemble these myself. (Bingo daubers- Dollar
Tree, Eyelets- American Crafts, Sentiment- KI Memories)
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Cards shipped in 2014: None just yet...
Cards shipped to OWH in 2013: 829 blank and 301 AnyHero
Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: 1284 blank and 218 AnyHero
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695
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