Olive You!

This week's Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown is "punny cards."  I used an old SU stamp, some cardstock, patterned papers by Pebbles, an embossing folder, Copics, and a heart punch to  bring this simple card together.  Then I made 11 kits of it to take to a card party next month.  I was aiming for something that men would choose.  Do you think I succeeded?

 P.S.- As I went to link up, I saw that I wasn't the first to use this stamp! 
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Cards shipped to OWH in 2014: 21
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

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

Daisy Thank You

 I really had fun making this card from some scraps I found on my desk.  I don't often put elements on an angle, but placing the square on an angle seemed to work well on this card.  Sandy asked for thanks and birthday cards in particular in a recent video, so I finished this card off with a "thank you" sentiment.

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2014: 21
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

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

MWT- Kids Cards

This week's Midweek Throwdown was to make cards for kids.  I make a good deal of kids cards because I love bright colors and the two seem to go hand-in-hand. 

I drained my first Copic marker coloring this image.  BG0000 is all dried up!  Now I need to learn how to refill a Copic. 

Thanks to a discussion on the OWH FB page about white gel pens, I took mine for a spin on this card to add a little detail to the green scallop. 


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Cards shipped to OWH in 2014: 21
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

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

Brown Cards!

Remember April Fool's Day 2012?  If not, go watch Sandy's vlog and you'll understand why this month's ODBD challenge made me chuckle.  

Here's my brown card.  I also made it masculine in honor of the Card Bowl 2014! 

I'm looking forward to seeing what tomorrow's sketch challenge will bring!

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2014: 21
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

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

Super Bowl Challenge 1

Sandy challenged us to make a card in support of either the Broncos or Seahawks. My card is obviously in Seahawks colors. My team, the Patriots, lost their division so I'll support Seattle since I went there on vacation in 2012. Of course, I'm going to Denver in June so I could have just as easily supported them. My card is decked out in Seattle's colors. The small stripes remind me of stripes on many team's sleeves. I unearthed the sticker last night when I was sorting through supplies to give to my coworker. She's starting a journaling project with a group of academically challenged eighth graders (7 boys and 1 girl) and what she has in mind is more akin to a Smash book than a journal. She came to me asking where I buy cheap scrap booking paper and I told her not to buy anything until I raided my stash for her. 

A few more kits

Last week I worked just 1/2 day.  It was crazy, especially when you consider that we only got about 3-4" of snow!   That led to lots of unexpected time in the craft room to use up some scraps and to cut into new paper for several kits for a party in March. 

This weekend, my cards focused on thank you and birthday themes because Sandy mentioned being particularly in need of those sentiments. 

Kit of 14 for the party.  Stamp by SU, papers by DCWV from 2009 Spring Stack, Spellbinders dies

Kit of 12 for party.  Dies by Cuttlebug, paper by American Crafts

I made two of these with some leftovers from my desk.  I might make this one into a kit if time permits.  Stamp- SU Lighthouse, Border Punch- EK Success, Paper- Pebbles, Inc.

One of a kind.

I made several of these to use up the alphabet paper scraps and yellow card stock scraps.

Just one like this, using a Goofy embellishment from Kim.

Two of these made from scraps.  I just love this image by Unity Stamp Co! 

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2014: 21
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

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

Midweek Throwdown- Pastels

I just used up a few pieces of paper from my desk and a very old piece from a stack to make three of these Mom cards for this week's pastel colors MWT.

The stamp is one my mom picked out when we were shopping a few years ago.  "Use this one on my Mother's Day card," she told me.  :)
 

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Cards shipped to OWH in 2014: 21
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

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