Paula's digis= missing you!

Many thanks to Paula for sharing her talents as a graphic designer in the form of these great digi sentiments.  She has many, many free digis on her blog, so you should absolutely go check it out!  I printed off a few sheets of them and went to work making sets of multiples for OWH.  I made 20 of the pink/white/black card and 3 each of the others.

For the card below, I changed Paula's digi to print in blues using MS Word's recoloring features.   I have a tough time freeing diecut paper from this Nestie so I didn't make very many of these. 

I hope to share one other similar card with another of Paula's digis if I can figure out why my new laptop doesn't let me upload rotated photos.  I wouldn't want you to have to tilt your head!  
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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.

Some final Dad cards

The Muscle Card Challenge ends next Monday, so it's time to get those boxes in to the OWH shippers!

Pam posted a lovely card on her blog today that used this great vintage golfer digi.  I had been looking for something in this style in a free digi and hadn't come up with any. 

I printed off several sheets of this digi and put 12 of these together tonight.  I have plans to make another dozen or so before I send my box.

Image from Free Vintage Digi Stamps, Sentiment from Studio G

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: 302 blank and 200 AnyHero (as of 3/4)
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695

More love for Mom

Thanks to another great digi from Paula, I created another set of Mom cards for my OWH box.  Just four more Mom cards and my box will be evened up with 151 Mom/Mother's Day and 151 year-round sentiments.  I'll be mailing it early this week if all goes to plan.  

The first card uses papers by Pebbles, Inc, a flower by K&Co from the ancient archives of my stash, and miscellaneous ribbon.  The sentiment digi from Paula was recolored in MS Word.  (Click on the digi image in Word.  On the formatting toolbar, choose "picture" then "recolor."  You can choose any custom color.  This doesn't work if you want to only recolor part of the image, however.  I think you need other software for that.)

The second card turned out masculine.  How I managed that, I cannot tell you, since I usually struggle to make a masculine card.  I'll send them anyway because I know there are some moms out there who aren't into girly pinks and purples, so they'll appreciate a modern looking card.  This card uses papers from Making Memories 5th Avenue line and from the Paper Co as well as Paula's digi.

If you're trying to make some more Mother's Day cards for the half and half challenge (see sidebar), consider digis.  They're quick, free or inexpensive, and a practical way to increase the number of images you can use.  Thanks Paula, for sharing your digis! 

Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: none thus far, but my box is filling up nicely! I'll finally have a number to put here this week-hooray!
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695

Hambo Hoedown #49 and OWH Sketch #105

Here's a two-fer. This week's Hambo Hoedown challenges us to make a card for kids using the new Bailey digi image. This card also uses sketch #105 from Operation Write Home. I'm trying to do all the sketches this year. They make me feel very organized when I start on a card and are a great jumping off point, even if I sometimes veer a bit away from the original design.

What a cute puppy! I colored him with Bic Mark Its and Copics and added Glossy Accents for that wet puppy nose. I made the sentiment myself in MS Word. The patterned paper on the card is from Creative Memories and it's been in my stash 3 years, so I was glad to use a little piece of it up!

This is one more card for my Operation Write Home box. :)

Cards shipped to OWH in 2012: none thus far, but my box is filling up nicely!
Cards shipped to OWH in 2011: 1695

Create with TLC Halloween contest

Allison provided a link to Create with TLC's Halloween contest. I should have been grading papers, but I saw it on FB and decided I could take a break after over two hours straight of grading projects. My eyes are tired!

Here's my 25 minute card using their free digi. Isn't the digi cute? The patterned paper is by Pebbles Inc and the sentiment is from Studio G.



Back to grading!

Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642

Hambo Hoedown #38

This week's Hambo Hoedown challenge was to use their sketch to make a card. I used the free "Zombie Bunny" digi and accompanying punny sentiment that they sent me for participating in last week's challenge. I've been into what I'd consider "Crayola" colors recently and this card reflects that! Go check out Hambo and play along!

Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642

Combo Challenge for gel-a-tins and Sassy Studio Designs

Gel-a-tins challenged us to use their sketch to create a card for fall. I made a "Hall-no-ween" card (a Halloween image with a generic sentiment so it could be used at other times) with the sketch. I used an image from Sassy Studio Designs and played along with their challenge to make a card with either a "thinking of you" or "miss you" sentiment. Both of these challenges celebrate Operation Write Home's birthday. :)

SPECIAL NOTE: OWH's Halloween deadline has passed. They do not want additional Halloween cards for this year. I will probably hold onto this one for next year. Now would be a good time to work on Christmas cards which are due on Oct. 31. :)

Materials:
Image: Sassy Studio Designs digi
Sentiment: Studio G
Papers from We R Memory keepers (green), K & Co (purple), and unknown (orange)
Tools: star border punch from EK (American Girls brand), tag corner punch from SU, one inch circle punch from EK, 1.25 inch circle punch from Marvy
Ribbon by Offray





Cards shipped to OWH (as of 9/12/11): 1325

Hambo Hoedown for OWH, Sweet Treats, and Michelle's Scrap Challenges

This is my first Hambo Hoedown card. Lots of OWHers participate weekly and I love seeing what they come up with. I'm just not that into digis, yet, so I hadn't taken the plunge. But, since Hambo had a special challenge on OWH Stars and Stamps, I decided to try it out.

This is also for the "Sweet Treats" challenge on OWH. Lemonade is a great sweet treat!

Michelle's Scrap is also sponsoring a challenge for OWH and she left it open as an "anything goes" challenge. :)

I used one of the two free digis on their page, this cute "cool cat." I printed it out and colored it with Bic Mark-its. I paired it with a set of clear stamps from Studio G, some gingham ribbon, and a brad. I couldn't forget the Glossy Accents on the glasses, ice cubes, and flip-flops!

Cards shipped to OWH (as of 9/12/11): 1325