Paper Smooches/ OWH Sketch #135

Paper Smooches challenged us to make a card using OWH Sketch #135.  I'm a big fan of featuring patterned paper on my card, so I did just that and added a Paper Smooches sentiment with a colored in heart covered with Glossy Accents.  

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: 928 blank and 215 AnyHero (as of 6/26)
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695

Check out OWH at www.operationwritehome.org to learn more about its mission and how to get involved.

Paper Smooches 1 layer card

Paper Smooches challenged us to make a one layer card for WCMD.  I decided to do so using their digis!  I used the same "I heart you" digi over and over again and edited one to be printed in red.  Then I trimmed down my card to A2 size.  Finally, I added some glitter glue securely coated in Glossy Accents so it won't pose any problems for our heroes since I'll be sending this card to Operation Write Home.

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: 928 blank and 215 AnyHero (as of 6/26)
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695

Check out OWH at www.operationwritehome.org to learn more about its mission and how to get involved.

Pamela's World of Scrap/ODBD October

I just learned about Pamela's World of Scrap and her wonderful sketches from OWHer Robin today.   There are five great sketches posted and we're challenged to use them for World Card Making Day.  Ok, here I go!

Sketch #1:

 

Sketch #2 (I love this sketch!):

 

This card also qualifies for October's Our Daily Bread Designs challenge on the Operation Write Home blog.  As always, 50 or more cards posted with the monthly theme will cause ODBD to donate the funds to ship two boxes of cards to our heroes.  That donation is always important, but especially so at this time of year when Christmas cards are flying overseas at a steady pace.  Please go over to the OWH blog to link up your card featuring circles.  

 

When I get a chance to try the other three sketches that Pamela shared, I'll add to this post.  :)

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: 928 blank and 215 AnyHero (as of 6/26)
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695

Check out OWH at www.operationwritehome.org to learn more about its mission and how to get involved.

Unity WCMD Challenges

Please note: I'll be adding to this post as more Unity challenges are posted.  If you're looking for my WCMD post for Operation Write Home's bloghop, please click here.  

The first challenge is for shaped cards.

I don't know the name of this Unity stamp because I got it in a grab bag.  Does anyone know what set it belongs to?  The card is made with Spellbinders Labels 5 and circles, cardstock from my stash, and Offray 1/8" ribbon. 

The second challenge is to add texture.

I added three kinds of texture: heat embossing, dry embossing, and Glossy Accents (on the flower centers and heart).  I used three stamp sets: the flower and sentiment are one set and the leaves that I heat embossed on the background came from two other sets.

Challenge #3 asked for embossing.

I used dry embossing on six hexagons and heat embossed a sentiment on a seventh.  The die is by Cuttlebug.   The sentiment is an itty bitty.  Love those!

Challenge #4 is a sketch. 

The sentiment on here is from the sending love your way set with the mailbox.  

Challenge #5 is to make a fall card.  I think of greens, oranges, browns, and yellows for fall, so, I made a card in that color family.  The sketch idea was on SCS and I've seen several bloggers use it. 

The sentiment is part of the "thanks for your support" sentiment from the "sexy, silly, and sassy" set.  I'll bet few people use that set to make fall cards.  ;)

Challenge #6 is to use a regular stamp to make a border.  This wasn't as easy as it sounded because the majority of my Unity stamps would look pretty strange repeated as a border.  I finally settled on some text stamps and then had a terrible time stamping straight.  This is the best of my attempts (even using the Stamp-a-ma-jig), so please excuse any wobbliness!  This pink card is also going to be submitted to Paper Smooches for their WCMD challenge to use pink! 

The gems are from JoAnn.  The cardstock is just generic stuff from my stash.  Stamps are, of course, by Unity. 

Challenge #7 is to color.  OK, Copics at the ready!

Challenge #8 is to use brown, cream, pumpkin, and olive as the color scheme.

 

I might have gone a little overboard with the distressing, but I think it works on this masculine card.   

The final challenge is to enter the Unity KOTM Sketch Challenge and Theme Challenge for the month.
Here's the KOTM Sketch Challenge: (using a stamp from Nov. 2011)

 

And here's the Theme Challenge: (We had to use banners or pennants.)   

 

My camera doesn't do well when photographing cards with a lot of black.  :(

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: 928 blank and 215 AnyHero (as of 6/26)
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695

Check out OWH at www.operationwritehome.org to learn more about its mission and how to get involved.