so many ways to say

Thank You

I would like to say Thank You to Sandy and all those "behind the scenes" people at

Operation Write Home

for all their work over the years!

I used sketch (#258) to create this

Isn't that paper beautiful? It's from Graphic45 called French Country

The little Bird stamp is from Unity Stamp Company

Distressing Ink - Tim Holtz Black Soot

NSD 2014 Card Workshop!

Today was a great girls day for me!  My boys are all three gone to a Trap Shoot Competition down in the Little Rock area, so I've been playing & having a great time.  This morning & met a friend to hit Garage Sales, including a Scrapping one with another friend! Then we all came to my house for lunch & a Card Workshop. Neither of my friends do much card making, so I had a big stack of Operation Write Home Sketches printed off for us to play with.  Here are the cards I created today while teaching them!

There was one more using Tin & Alcohol Inks but I didn't make one to keep, just helped them make theirs then failed to get a picture of one of them, they turned out very pretty!  I think I've got them hooked on card making, hopefully I can get them into making some for OWH as well :-)

Hello... Bees & Butterflies

Just a super quick post today to show off what I made using Operation Write Home #222

Printed Papers - Authentique Carefree

Cardstock - Grey from Stampin' Up & Black from CloseToMyHeart

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. Here Today, Here Tommorrow & Bee Happy Hexagons

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Black

Embelly - Viva Pearl Pen

nice journey

I've been trying to play along with Unity Stamp Company's Facebook challenge of an Itty Bitty a day but wow am I ever having a hard time keeping up!  I'm working way too much, but I suppose that is a good thing :-)

I used Operation Write Home Sketch#219 and since The Paper Players {PP190} wants 3 of something, it's a good fit

Printed Paper - Authentique Suave 6x6

Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Consider Yourself Vintage

Ink - Tim Holtz Black Soot

Distressing Ink - Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Embellies - Freckled Fawn Enameled Dew Drops

hi there, birdie

ya know, I cruise thru blog posts looking for sketches that...

1.catch my attention easily

2.look simple enough for me to put together (some of them are just complicated!)

3.I can make more than one from the papers I have on-hand (can we say "paper diet") 

and I gotta tell ya... Sketch Frenzy Friday is in my top 3 of sketch blogs I really enjoy using!

This is SFF032114

Cardbase & Orange piece - Stampin Up

Blue piece - The Paper Studio

Green & Brown pieces - CloseToMyHeart

Printed Papers - My Mind's Eye Find & Dandy Girl

Sentiment - Unity Stamp Co. Heartfelt Sentiments

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cocoa

Ribbon - misc blue ribbon jar

I made 2 of these so 1 will go to Operation Write Home & the other is off to Project: I Care

beautiful reasons to be happy

so many great crafty things happened to me today... I saw the Mojo Monday Sketch #334 and HAD to use it, I got my new Unity Stamps in the mail (so I had to use them ALL), and I found The Gentleman Crafter's Project: I Care (making cards for breast cancer survivors plus friends & family of current patients, a very worthy cause in my book)


Stamp Set - Heart with Joy

Stamp Set - Happiness will Find You



Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black colored with various Copic Markers

Stamp Set - Everyday Be Happy





Papers - Yellow & Green DotCreative Memories, Hot Pink misc stash

Stamp Set - Everyday Be Happy






I made 14 of these four different cards, so I've decided to send 4 of them to Project: I Care and the other 10 to Operation Write Home

i miss you

oh I am SO far behind in my Operation Write Home Sketches!  so I'm just gonna work my way backwards until I finally, eventually hit the last one I actually did and I have no idea which one that is at this point!





I love this paper TREMENDOUSLY but I am just about out of it in 6x6.  The colors just speak to me... fire & butterflies... firey butterflies :-)  very cool

Printed Paper & Layers - Basic Grey Ambrosia 6x6

Cardbase - Stampin' Up

Image Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Direction of Happiness

Ink - Tim Holtz Wild Honey & Ripe Persimmon

Sentiment Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Miss You So Much

Ink - Tim Holtz Black Soot

Embellishments - Viva Pearl Pen Black

by my side

Aren't these two Owls just the sweetest?  I love Owls!  Occasionally we will have one visit our woods, most of the time we cannot see them but last summer I was lucky & caught one with the camera!  He was a beauty.

Sketch provided by Operation Write Home #216

Printed Paper - Chatter Box Heart Blossoms

All Cardstock - DieCutWithAView

Woodgrain Embossing folder - Sizzix/Tim Holtz

Inked with Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs

Stamps - Unity Stamp Co KOM Believe in Fairytales

Stamped with Memento in Rich Cooca & colored with Creative Memories Precious Elements in Red & Green

Ovals cut using Gypsy and Cricut with CTMH's Art Philosophy cartridge

Chipboard leaves - UmWow Studio

Embossed using Zing in Green

buzz buzz HELLO

Midweek Throwdown from Operation Write Home is Hexagons!  well, I can do that

Sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #122

I'm also entering this into Unity Stamp Company's Friends with Flair


Cardstock - Bo Bunny Doubble Dots in 4 different colors






Hexagon Punches - Creative Memories

Bee, Woodgrain & Sentiment Stamps - Unity Stamp Co. Bee Happy Hexagons

Ink - Memento Rich Cooca, Tuxedo Black & London Fog

Hexagon Mask - UmWowStudio

Ink - Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy

Small Dot Embossing Folder (on background paper) - Cuttlebug

Foxy

after a day yesterday fill with hearts hearts and more hearts, I've gone on to something completely different!



ODBD sponsors a monthly challenge for Operation Write Home where, depending on the number of cards submitted, they will pay for the shipping of boxes of cards to our soldiers... January had 2 boxes mailed, so I'm working on some cards to help get that number up even more.  This month's challenge is BROWN

I combined the ODBD challenge with Freshly Made Sketches #121

Printed Paper - Creative Memories (very old stuff)

Image & Sentiment - Unity Stamp Co. KOM April 2012 Follow Your Own

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa,  colored with various Copic Markers and for the white I used Sakura Glaze in White

Cardstocks - Recollections

Chippies - UmWowStudio Circle Confetti

loving you

more each day

What a great thing to read!  Especially since I'm making these cards for Operation Write Home... Sketch #201

Mask - UmWowStudio

Ink - Tim Holtz Evergreen Bough

Printed Paper - Recollections

Sentiment & Heart Stamp - Basic Grey

Sentiment Ink - Tim Holtz Pine Needles

Heart White "paint" - Gesso

Chipboard - UmWowStudio Heart Confetti colored with Gesso

for the cool-looking middle strip, you can read my first post from today about the Gelli Pad

Live Life to the Fullest

I believe in this sentiment... although I'm a pretty lazy person. I really enjoy sitting & crafting... it all just depends on what you enjoy doing, right?  The fullest for one might be different for the fullest for another

I chose to take part in Pals Paper Arts #186 - Color Combo (Island Indigo, Gold & Whisper White)

Printed Paper - Making Memories Panorma

Gold Cardstock - Making Memories Metallic

Stamp Set - Autumn Leaves word flourishes

Ink - StazOn Jet Black

Fiber - Misc blue jar of ribbon ;)

bling - CloseToMyHeart


Metallic papers are so hard to photograph, I actually had to go outside to get this one!  it's a beautiful but very chilly day here in Arkansas.  I made four of these for Operation Write Home!

Triple Hearts

well this one didn't turn out like I had in mind, not that I don't like it but I'm not head-over-heals about it but it would still make a sweet card back home to a loved one from a soldier far, far away



Sketch Frenzy Friday 122713 started me off on these cards

Printed Papers - Crate Paper

Martha Stewart Edge Punch

Twine from The Twinery

Sentiment Stamp - Technique Tuesday

Ink - Tim Holtz Barn Door


I made a dozen of these for Operation Write Home

Out of this World

I made a Dozen cards today.... although they did take me all day long to make as I'm not feeling 100%, hopefully that feeling won't last long



Operation Write Home Sketch #205 was absolutely perfect for this Unity Stamp Co. stamp "Out of this World" that I hadn't inked up yet!  can you believe brand spankin' new stamps sit around for weeks at my house before I use them?!  unacceptable!

Another Challenge - HidingInMyCraftRoom#130 "Anything but Holiday"

Printed Papers - Recollections Monsters & Robots

Electric Blue Cardstock - Recollections

Metallic Silver Cardstock -  Paper-Papers Galvanised

Yellow Cradstock - Creative Memories

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black colored with Copic Markers

Sentiment Ink - Tim Holtz Barn Door

Here comes Peter CottonTail

When I was very little, I received a Velveteen Peter Rabbit, baby blue was his fur with a black velvet jacket... he was so very dapper and I loved him my whole life!  I still have him with those few precious toys I cherish from my childhood

Printed Paper - misc

Rabbit & Grass Stamps - Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Spring Sprung

Black Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black & Colored with Blue Copic Marker

Green Ink - Tim Holtz Peeled Paint

Mulberry Paper in Cream

Ribbon - Making Memories Celery

Eggs - using CTMH Cartridge Art Philosophy with CTMH Cardstock and CTMH Inks in Amethyst, Key Lime & Blush

Stamps on Eggs - Unity Stamp Co. Bee Happy Hexagons


oh so many Challenges to do and Thankfully lots of them are "Anything Goes" this time so I get to play along with several at once... which is really good because these cards (I made a dozen of 'em) took a several days to get finished!

Sketch - Operation Write Home #204
Anything Goes - Inkspirational Challenges #46, Tuesday Morning Sketches #130, Ribbon Carousel RCC88

General Love takes flight

ok ok that was a hokey post title, but I'm not that good at writing & I try to contain my "imagination" for the paper crafts... HA!  Yes, I'm living in lameville today, probably because I've been watching massive amounts of 30 Rock so expect more {I'm sorry}

So on to the real post, today is Midweek Throwdown from Operation Write Home: General Love Theme





Here's the deal.... I made 21 of these, crazy I know... 21 fussy cut airplanes...  great plan Paula

Printed Papers - Misc stash from oh so long ago

Red Cardstock - Creative Memories

Heart Punch - Emagination

Image Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Go.See.Do.

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Cranberry

Airplane smoke trail - Creative Memories Silver Pen

Miss You Circle

ahhhh Operation Write Home... how I love your sketches!  week after week... this week is no exception with OWH #202

Cardbase - Stampin' Up

Printed Paper - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Breeze

Distress Ink - Tim Holtz Dried Marigold

Sentiment Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Miss You So Much

Ink - CloseToMyHeart Pacifica

Circle Stamps - CloseToMyHeart Connections

Inks - CloseToMyHeart Sunset, Sweet Leaf & Chocolate

Chipboard Circles - UmWow Studio Circle Confetti & Layered Circles

Ribbons - misc

Masculine Miss You

Once a month, Our Daily Bread sponsors a challenge on Operation Write Home and depending on the number of entries, they will pay the postage on a box (or more!)... it's really great of ODB to be so generous!  ODB's challenge is "It's All About Him - Masculine Themed cards" which I combined with Just Us Girls #218 Sketch

Printed Papers - misc "outdoors" stash

Cardstock - DieCutWithAView

Truck Stamp - Stamper's Best Rusty Truck

Flourish Stamp - Stamper's Best Small Fauna Flourish

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa plus Tim Holtz in Gathered Twigs, Forest Moss, Stormy Sky, Fired Brick, and Antique Linen

Semtiment - Unity Stamp Co. Miss You So Much

Ink - Tim Holtz Walnut Stain

Distressing Ink - Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs & Walnut Stain

Bling - iCandi

notebook of miss you

a while back I was digging thru my "attic" aka former craft room aka bonus room I came across these papers in what we use to call the "free trade" boxes that I now deem as usable... so well, I used them!

Operation Write Home Sketch #201


Printed Paper - Fancy Pants The Daily Grind
Cardstocks - misc
Sentiment Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Heartfelt Sentiments
Inks - Tim Holtz Fired Brick, Wild Honey & Peeled Paint
Twine - The Twinery

Ten Cards for OWH!

miss you... bird

for Sketch Frenzy Friday 112913, I had to dust off my Cricut to cut a whole page of those Sentiment blocks with the fun edges. I cut 6 different ones, but filled up an entire 12x12 sheet... for future projects.

I apologize for my pics being wonky colors, the sky is kinda weird looking right now and making everything look different (all three of these cards were made with the same green paper! ack)

Printed Papers - My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy Girl

Sentiment - Unity Stamp Co. Heartfelt Sentiments

Distress & Sentiment Ink - Tim Holtz Walnut Stain

Image Stamp - Unity Stamp Co. Grab Bag

Image Ink - Tim Holtz Dried Marigold (one of my least used ink colors from TH)



on Facebook today, Operation Write Home challenged us to post a "selfie" with whatever cards we are working on... so here I am, no makeup & hair in ponytail whit my favorite two of these five cards.  Now you know my crafting face ;-) LOL