Operation Write Home Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to our Operation Write Home Christmas card
blog hop/link party!

  

I really enjoy making cards for our troops to help keep them in touch with home. It's a very small way to say thank you for your service to our country and the freedoms I enjoy.

I've been doing a little reflecting on my blog lately, you know looking back to see how far along I am in my card making journey.  In November 2007 I did my very first tutorial on how to make a folded Christmas tree for a card and I thought it would be fun to try my tutorial again and re post the tutorial.  You can find it here.

Here's a side view of my card so you can see how puffy the tree is.  I used Basic Grey designer paper for this tree, it's a nice heavy text weight and made a substantial tree.  

If you aren't familiar with Operation Write Home I have links for you.  Helping Heroes Keep In Touch With Home -

http://operationwritehome.org/

http://www.owhhomefrontblog.org/

http://www.owhheroblog.org/

To help cover the cost of OWH shipping -

Enjoy the rest of our Christmas link party and thanks for visiting my blog today!

Challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
Scrapalicious - Anything Goes
For Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Folded Christmas Tree Tutorial

I have a fun tutorial to share with you today.  

I posted this tutorial the first time November 2007 and thought it would be fun to post it again.   This was my very first tutorial so I hope it all makes sense. The best way for me to learn how to do something is by someone showing me and you might be the same - The supplies needed to make this project are very basic.  One sheet of designer paper, the single sided works best because the thinner the paper the easier it is to fold, especially the smallest square. You'll need your paper trimmer, a bone folder helps and an adhesive of your choice.

The next step is to cut the squares. The first square is 3"x3", the second square is 2 1/2"x2 1/2", the third square is 2"x2", and the forth square is 1 1/2"x1 1/2".

Now the folding part -

I've drawn pictures for you because it was hard to see the fold lines on my patterned paper.

The first in the series of pictures is folding your square in half and creasing it.

The next picture is folding your square in half again in the other direction and creasing it.

The next picture shows folding the square from corner to corner each way and creasing it.

The next step is to fold the square in half after you've done all that.

Now, you will fold it to look like the first triangle shape pictured by pushing the top left and right outside corners toward the bottom center. You'll end up with a triangle, a puffy triangle.

Next you'll take the top section of this triangle and fold it in to meet the center scored line and do the same with the opposite front side so it looks like the one in the center of the picture above.

You now have a "tree part". Fold the other 3 squares just like the first one and you can build your tree from the bottom up by stacking them one on top of the next, largest to smallest. Stick your tree together with the adhesive of your choice. I used a scrap of brown paper for the trunk of my tree, you can see my finished tree card pictured below.

My card from November 2007

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas Tree folding tutorial and will try one for yourself.  I have an InLinkz widget below for you to show off your Christmas tree cards if you'd like!   Thanks for visiting my blog and have a blessed day -

Clear Dollar Stamps Sweet Autumn Wishes

My card today is for the Clearly Inspired Challenge at Clearly iStamp today.  I used the featured Clear Dollar Stamps Sweet Autumn Wishes digital stamp set and one of the digital papers for this fun sketch challenge.

I hope you'll join us at Clearly iStamp!

Supply List:

Stamps/Images: Clear Dollar Stamps Sweet Autumn Wishes

Cardstock/Papers:  Via Vellum Sunflower, Thepapermill.com Nut Brown, Mohawk Bright White, Digital papers that come in this stamp set

Inks/Markers: HP OfficeJet 6000

Accents/Tools:  Spellbinders Mega Ovals & Scalloped Mega Ovals, Cheery Lynn Designs Flourish, Dew Drops

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Challenges:

Clearly iStamp - Clearly Inspired Challenge Sketch
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Sweet Treats 
Nettie G's - Anything Goes 
Paper Pretties - Fall Inspired 
Woodware USA - Fall 
Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Colors 
Fresh Brewed Challenges - Autumn

Anything Goes Art Journal Pages

It's a day early and  I have our featured Art Journal inspiration layout today selected by InLinkz.  Isn't this fabulous?!  This wonderful Art Journal layout was made by Dana.  You can read about all the details and see her video at her blog  

Dana's Inspirations.

Thank you Dana for participating in the Art Journal link party and sharing your awesome creativity with us!

If you have an art journal page or layout you'd like to share please enter it in the InLinkz widget below, the theme is Anything Goes!

I hope you'll stop by again this weekend for our Operation Write Home blog hop, it starts Saturday and I have a special tutorial for you here tomorrow that ties in with the blog hop.

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Penny Black Christmas Hedgie

My card today is for the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps Midweek Throwdown challenge.  The challenge is to make an Any Hero Christmas card.  I love Penny Black Hedgehogs and had this cutie colored so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to use it.   

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Challenges:

Operation Write Home Star & Stamps - Any Hero Christmas Card
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Stamps & Fun - Anything Goes

Doodle Pantry Ant Masquerade

I had to make one more card using the Ant Masquerade pre-colored digital stamp set by Doodle Pantry.  This is one of my Doodle Pantry favorites!  

I printed out the ant butterfly image and a sheet of the butterfly digital paper, the digital paper on text weight paper and the image on cardstock.  My card layout was inspired by another card maker, I loved the sketch layout she'd used.

I used Stampin' Up! Close To Cocoa as a base and a smaller panel that I put through the Cuttlebug with a Tim Holtz wood embossing folder.  The butterfly strip is part of that sheet of digital paper and the sentiment is cut out with a Papertrey Ink double ended banner die.  Some of their dies are rather challenging but I managed to get the sentiment where I wanted it.  I also used a Papertrey Ink envelope liner die, I really like the look of a card with a matching lined envelope. 

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Challenges:
Raise The Bar - Things With Wings
Critter Sketch Challenge - Anything Goes
Digi Makeover Challenge - Resize your image
Oh La La - Punches & Dies
Crafty Boots - Things With Wings

Clear Dollar Stamps Autumn Friends

I have a Clear Dollar Stamps design team card to share with you today!  I used the new in September digital release Autumn Friends set.  I first saw this cute digital image last year when I started with Clear Dollar Stamps and loved it.  I never took the time to color it and make a card and now it comes in a pre-colored version with digital papers.  I didn't know procrastination could be a good thing...

I wouldn't be surprised if you have the same problem I do being able to color and make every card you'd really like to.  Pre-colored digital images satisfy my need to "make that card" without spending a lot of time coloring.  Since I like to color too it's the best of both worlds for me. 

My fun Autumn Greetings card went out with my last Operation Write Home box and I hope someone else is enjoying it now.

Supply List:

Stamps/Images:  Clear Dollar Stamps Autumn Friends

Cardstock/Papers:  Color Mates Deep Orange, Via Vellum Violet, Mohawk Bright White, Digital paper that comes in this set

Inks/Markers:  HP OfficeJet 6000

Accents/Tools:  We R Memory Keepers 1/8” corner chomper

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Challenges:
For Crafty Chicks - Celebrating Fall
C.C.E.E. Stampers - Add A Bird
Crafty Purple Frog - Fall Into Fall
Delightful Challenges - Happy Fall Y'all
Crafty Catz - Autumn

D.A.I.S.I.E. Comany Jacki's Hearts & Sweets

Happy Saturday!  I have some fun cards to share with you today using a pre-colored digital image that came in a set from D.A.I.S.I.E Company called Jacki's Hearts & Sweets.

I've been working on Clean & Simple designs and having a hard time with leaving all the white space alone.

After I walked away from this one and came back to look at it I like it, but it was hard to walk away!

I cut out the image again and placed it on the white card body after I embossed it, it just seemed so naked without it... 

These are cards that were just for fun and are going into my Operation Write Home box.  I left them blank inside so they'll make nice "love" cards to write home on.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Challenges:
Hannah & Friends - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mama's - Punches
Cardmadfairy's - Lots of Layers
Inspire Me Friday's - Anything Goes
Sweet & Sassy - Border Punches

Featured Art Journalist

It's Friday and  I have our featured Art Journal inspiration layout today selected by InLinkz.  Isn't this fabulous?!  This wonderful Art Journal layout was made by Donna.  You can read about all the details at her blog Popsicle Toes.

 

Thank you Donna for participating in the Art Journal link party and sharing your awesome creativity with us!

Clear Dollar Stamps Blog Hop Winner

The winner of the $25 Clear Dollar Stamps gift certificate from our Tangy Trio Blog Hop for digital images is...

Elaine Sauer who was randomly chosen from Trudy's blog.

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Art Journal Link Party Lil Inker Rainbow & Clouds

Every could has a silver lining...

Hi blogging friends, welcome to this weeks Art Journal Link Party!  My layout today is a spin off of The Greeting Farm's He-Art Journal class.  I didn't get in on time to participate in the class but I sure have enjoyed the inspiration and have been following along when I can.  "Every cloud has a silver lining" was  a He-Art Journal assignment.  This phrase/quote has played in my mind for a few weeks now and I decided to put on paper what was going on "in there" after my bible study earlier today.

I won't go into detail, you can click on the picture to make it bigger if you'd like to read what I was thinking.

Please feel free to link up your Art Journal pages/layouts with the InLinkz widget below.  This party is just for fun and inspiration.  Thanks in advance for the inspiration - 

Challenges: 
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Anything Goes
Anything Goes - Anything Goes

Doodle Pantry Candy Corn Ants

I'm crazy about these Doodle Pantry Candy Corn Ants!  I really like Laurie's Ants collection of digital stamps anyway but these two have stolen my heart and I just had to use them for a card today.  

I printed the pre-colored version of the Candy Corn ants, one of the cute sentiments and a 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 inch swatch of one of the digital papers that comes in this set and went to work.  I utilized my Spellbinders dies a Cuttlebug embossing folder, extra button and crochet thread.  After I was finished with my card I realized I have a new die set that is buttons and could have made one using the orange paper!  Oh well, next time... 

We start a new Midweek Throwdown challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps today too.  Our theme is "Something Sweet"!  

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Challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Something Sweet
Crafting For All Seasons - Fall Colors
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Lil Inker Designs Rainbow & Clouds

Struggling With Simplicity -

I found the cutest set of dies with a coordinating stamp set at Lil Inkers recently and have been playing with rainbows and clouds.  I find myself struggling with the simplicity of these dies, they are cute and then what do I do with them?!  

Could it be I'm challenged because I spend so much time with my Copic markers?  

Each of my cards uses scraps that were waiting to be used beside my paper trimmer.

As you can see I even had help with this project...

There are two rainbows and two sizes of clouds so this one is a little different.

Then I had the idea to go with an Any Hero type thank you for Operation Write Home.  I really like the sentiment stamps, the font is nice and there's a wide variety of sayings to use. 

Inky is starting to look a little annoyed at me for bothering her in my workspace...

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Challenges:

Papertrey Ink Envelope Liner Die

I've received several questions about my lined envelopes so I thought I'd make a quick video for you.  You can purchase the envelope liner die at Papertrey Ink.  The butterfly is by Cheery Lynn Designs and the sentiment is from the Stampendous Birthday Assortment clear acrylic stamp set.

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Clear Dollar Stamps Tangy Trio

Welcome to our Clear Dollar Stamps Tangy Trio Blog Hop!

If you've arrived here from Sarah's blog you're on the right track, if not you can start at the beginning here.

For our Clear Dollar Stamps blog hop this month we were challenged to use the Tangy Trio color palette, how fun!  For my card I used the Clear Dollar Stamps Tangy Trio Leaves digital paper pack as well as CDS Tangy Trio papers in the above color swatch.  I also used the birthday sentiment from our new release Birthday Fall Critters digital stamp set.  The dies used for my card are from Cheery Lynn Designs and Papertrey Ink.

Be sure to leave comments on each design team members blog along the way to be eligible for the fabulous Clear Dollar Stamps $25.00 gift certificate for digital images.  The winner will be announced September 22, 2011 right here!  

This is the last stop on our hop, click here and you'll be back at Clearly iStamp!

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Challenges:
Digi Design Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Birthday

Tiddly Inks Colorful World Inking of You

I have a second blog post today, I just finished my art journal layout for the Tiddly Inks challenge.  I've been thinking about what I'd like to do for this challenge for a couple of days now and it all came together just the way I pictured in my mind.

I used Tiddly Inks digital images "Colorful World" and "Inking of You" as well as some quotes about art and journaling that were stashed in a folder on my computer.  The girls are colored with Copic markers and the background for my pages I used the Copic air brush system, Copic refills, Colorless Blender and Mini Misters just for fun.  

Thanks for stopping by & have a nice weekend!

Challenges:

Tiddly Inks - Art Journaling
Crafty Ann's - Out Of Your Comfort Zone
Inspire Me Friday's - Anything Goes

Robin's Fetish Basket of Apples

Happy Saturday my crafty friends!

My card today is the sample card for our "Something Round" challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps sponsored by Robin's Fetish.  I used "Basket of Apples" by Robin's Fetish and had lots of fun coloring it with Copic markers R59, R46, R35, E99, E29, E25, E53, YG67, YG63, YG03, B63, B60, B0000.

I also used Doodle Pantry Rounded Wishes digital stamp set for my "something round".  I was actually trying to make a regular A2 sized card since this challenge is for Operation Write Home and that is the size they prefer but it got away from me...  To have the circle I made with my Spellbinders dies fit the Rounded Wishes I was using and fit around my Basket of Apples I had to re think my plan.  

I also used one of my favorite Cheery Lynn Designs die sets for the shape of the card, it's called French Flair.  For a little added something I went and looked up apple blossoms on the internet to see what they looked like and thought I could add a few of those using an old EK Success flower punch.  The red hearts you see are from a Die-namics heart border die and I placed them over the dots that separate "Have a delightful day" in the sentiment.

I hope you'll join in our "Something Round" challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps, the challenge is open until September 30, 2011.  Robin's Fetish is our sponsor with a generous prize package of 6 digital images of the winners choice!

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Challenges:

OWH Stars & Stamps - Something Round On Your Card
Crafty Purple Frog - Fall Into Fall
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Autumn Colors
Always Something Creative - Autumn
Heidi's Hobbystuggu - Autumn
Card Makin' Mama's - Punches

It's Friday and  I have our featured Art Journal inspiration layout today selected by random.org.  Isn't this fabulous?!  This wonderful Art Journal layout was made by Jen.  You can read about all the details at her blog Stampin Angel Jen!

Thank you Jen for participating in the Art Journal link party and sharing your awesome creativity with us!

Clear Dollar Stamps Sentimental Quilt

It's the middle of September already and time for Clear Dollar Stamps new release digital images!  

For my first card today I used Sentimental Quilt in the pre-colored version and one of the digital papers that come in the set. This quick cute card is going in my birthday card stash.

I have a supply list below for you today:

Stamps/Images:  Clear Dollar Stamps Sentimental Quilt

Cardstock/Papers:  Basic Black, Stampin’ Up! Orchid Opulence, Mohawk Bright White, Digital paper that comes in this set

Inks/Markers:  HP OfficeJet 6000

Accents/Tools:  Spellbinders Circles dies

My second card uses the new digital stamp set Sunshine & Smiles.  I'm so glad I was able to use this wonderful digital image because I love sun flowers and it was really fun to color.  I used Copic markers and experimented a little with the darker background using B41 and was thankful I could blend it out.  Those darker backgrounds always scare me!  


Supply List:

Stamps/Images: Clear Dollar Stamps Sunshine & Smiles

Cardstock/Papers:  Nut Brown, Sorbet Lemon Yellow, Copic X Press It blending card

Inks/Markers:  HP OfficeJet 6000, HP LaserJet 2050, Copic Makers – Y11, Y15, Y17, Y19, B41, B0000, Co, E43, E44, E17, E25, E29, E53, E99, YG67, YG63, YG03

Accents/Tools:  Sizzix Tim Holtz Woodgrain embossing folder, Spellbinders ribbon slide die, We R Memory Keepers 1/8^th inch corner chomper

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Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - Embossing
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
Papercraft Star - Anything Goes

Art Jouranl Link Party

I have kind of a different art journal layout to share today for our Link Party.  One of the reasons I like to have an art journal is to save ideas I'd like to make later.  

My art journal layout is a extra large "Flip Card" and the notes to myself on how to make it again one day.  

Here's the "flip" part...

The papers I've used are digital, they came from Sassy Designs.  You may have noticed that my two page layout has different colored paper from one side to the other.  I actually used the same paper file but it printed a different color.  I could have re printed it but didn't want to use the ink so I left it alone.

I hope you'll be inspired and join the Art Journal page/layout link party today.  Maybe you have a extra large card layout/sketch idea you'd like to make again one day...

Or maybe you have something completely different for your art journal you'd like to share.  Either way I can't wait to be inspired by your creations!

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Challenges:

Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Quirky Crafts - Anything But A Card
Stampin' Sister's In Christ - Must Have A Door

Doodle Pantry Ant Masquerade

I have a fun Doodle Pantry card to share with you today!

When I saw this new release earlier this month I was so excited!!!  I have the Ant Masquerade digital stamp set that was previously released as line drawings to be colored. In my "so many stamps" life I haven't gotten around to coloring the images for cards and now I can use the pre-colored images!  

I wouldn't have thought to use some of the colors in the pre-colored version either and I LOVE the digital papers that come in this set to match the images.  My card layout is a sketch from "Fetch A Sketch" that I wanted to try.  It took some thinking and math on my part and I'm really happy with the way my card turned out.  Here's a peek at the sketch.

I also like the matching digital papers most Doodle Pantry colored stamp sets come with because I like to dress up my cards a little with envelope liners.  Most of my cards are donated to Operation Write Home and I think envelope liners make them just a little more special.

Speaking of Operation Write Home... I'm entering my card in our Midweek Throwdown challenge today.  The theme is "A Bugs Life".

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Challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - A Bugs Life
Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Pile It On - Layer It

Hero Arts Flutterbies

Hi blog friends!  You may have seen this card on the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog last Thursday.  We're celebrating Operation Write Home's second birthday as an org. the month of September along with as many challenges as we can pack in to that time frame!  The challenge theme is "I'm So Grateful" and we have an awesome sponsor - Through The Craftroom Door online magazine.

Someone who enters this challenge at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps is going to win a one year subscription to this fabulous online magazine!  You can enter into this challenge until September 30, 2011 on the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog. 

I had to try another color combination on my Hero Arts butterfly.  Both of these are colored with Copic markers.  This butterfly comes in an acrylic stamp set and as a digital image from Two Peas In A Bucket.

It's Friday again and  I have our featured Art Journal inspiration layout today selected by random.org.  Isn't this cute?!  This wonderful Art Journal layout was made by Barbara at Forgotten Scraps!  

Thank you Barbara for participating in the Art Journal link party and sharing your awesome creativity with us!

 

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Art Journal Link Party - Define Art

I have a "Define Art" journal page to share with you today.

I this actually my first complete layout after giving myself permission to do an art journal.  You can click on the photo to read what I was thinking.

You might have noticed the tabs at the tops of the pages, I pulled this one so you could see they contain information about techniques and products I used on my layout.  

The ladybug is rubber stamp from Art Gone Wild.

I don't have a cover made for my journal yet, just the binding to hold the pages together so they don't get lost or dirty.

I hope you enjoyed a peek into my "Define Art" Journal layout today.  I'd like to invite you to share your art journal page/layouts by using the Inlinkz widget below. If you'd like to do a "Define Art" page or layout that would be fun, feel free to do any art journal theme you'd like though. I'll post our Featured Artist Friday, September 14, 2011.  It might just be you!

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Challenges:
Bug A Boo Stamps - Anything Goes
Just Some Lines - Anything But A Card
Critter Sketch Challenge - Anything But A Card
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Whimsy & Stars Studio Blessed Harvest

We have a new challenge starting today at Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps, the theme is "Fall" and I found a wonderful freebie a few days ago to use!  This pumpkin image was a Facebook freebie at the Whimsy & Stars Studio page, it's called Blessed Harvest.

A "fall theme" sounds so good living in Arizona right now too, our Labor Day weekend temperatures were still 110+  I don't know about you but I'm so ready for cooler temperatures even if we don't get to see all the leaves turning different colors...  anything under 100 degrees would be a welcome relief.

I love coloring pumpkins and had so much fun coloring this digital image.  I used Copic markers E41, E42, E43, E44, B21, E35, E39, E44, E47, E49, Y04, YR02, YR04, YR07, YG03, YG67.

I was following a tutorial from Marianne Walkers blog she'd made in 2007 or 2008 coloring pumpkins and teaching about color contrast and high contrast.  The blue background on this really scared me, she called for B23 and the colorless blender.  I had everything colored and added the B23 and thought I'd ruined the whole thing, yikes!  I continued on with B21 and used the colorless blender to add dots to push the color away and blend it out more.  I like the finished affect and was happy I could save it. 

I hope you have time in your busy week to come play in our Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown challenge using a fall theme!  Don't forget there are a lot of challenges this month on the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog to celebrate our second birthday as an org., lots of fun prize packages too!  

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Challenges:
Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Fall theme

Color Me Creative Classroom - Fall/Halloween Inspired
Secret Crafter - Autumn Colors
Happileigh Scrappin' - Autumn
Lexi's Creations - Autumn
Stamp With Fun - Autumn
Everybody Art Challenge - Autumn

Art Gone Wild Glorious Day

This stamp is called Glorious Day and is by Joanne Sharpe from  Art Gone Wild.  The Copic markers I used are B66, B63, B61, G29, G28, G24, G21, G20, BG96, BG0000, R30, R32, R35, R37, R39, E29, E27, E25, E23, Y38, Y35, Y11, YR68, YG67, YG61, YG17, YG13, YG11.

I can't think of anything more relaxing than sitting down with Copic markers and a wonderful image to color.  I kept the layout clean and simple to showcase this great image.

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Challenges:

Karber Best Friends

We have a new challenge starting at Stamps R Us today with a Friendship theme.  Our sponsor for this challenge is Karber Digial Images!  

For my sample card I used "Best Friends" and colored them with Copic markers.  I also used my Cheery Lynn Designs French Flair dies along with their Cherry Blossom die that belongs to a friend.  My layout is pretty simple as I printed my image large enough for me to stay in the lines while I colored.

I hope you'll stop by our Stamps R Us challenge blog and join the fun!  Have a blessed Labor Day -

challenges:

Stamps R Us - Friendship
Stamp Something - Digi Day
2 Sisters Challenge - Friends
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes & Flowers

Doodle Pantry Quirky Bat

It's new release day at Doodle Pantry!

Laurie has out done herself again this month with fun digital images and papers!  I chose Quirky Bat for my first new release card sample in September.  

This cute little Quirky Bat comes as a pre-colored digital image as well as a line drawing you can color yourself.  I loved the chocolate color of the bat so I used the pre-colored version and patterned papers from the Quirky Bat set as well as digital paper from Spooky Wreath.  The Spooky Wreath digital stamp set is a free with purchase set for the month of September you won't want to miss out on!  

My layout is the Operation Write Home Sketch #83.  I struggled with this one!  The sketch shows a circle where I used a Spellbinders Oval and I just had to add a sentiment, that took me awhile of turning and turning and turning the card before I figured out exactly where I could put it!  That's what the sketches are for though, challenging inspiration.

I hope you'll stop by Doodle Pantry today and see all the wonderful new releases and sample cards our design team has made.  I know I'll be making more fun cards this month with cute Doodle Pantry digital images!

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Challenges: 
Card Makin' Mama's - Go Digi
Fun With Shapes & More - Anything Goes
Bug A Boo Stamps - Anything Goes
Crafting When We Can - Anything Goes

K n K Designs Little Sheep

Hello and Happy Labor Day weekend!  I hope you are enjoying a peaceful holiday weekend where ever you might be.  We live in a very small resort town in western Arizona and are over run with tourists this weekend!  It's a good time to stay in and craft I'm thinking...  

My card today is a sample for the Operation Write Home Sketch #85.  Julie is our sketch artist and she asked a few of us on the OWH team if we'd like to make sample cards with her sketch for today's challenge.  We are celebrating Operation Write Home's second birthday as an org. the entire month of September and have K n K Designs as one of our first prize sponsors! We'll have lots of other fabulous sponsors and fun stuff going on too!

I've had K n K Designs Little Sheep for awhile now and thought this sketch would be the perfect opportunity to bring it out and use it!  I made a scene and colored everything with Copic markers B0000, B04, V000, V01, V12, R22, R24, R27, YG03, YG61, YG63, YG67, T3, T2, T1.  I used a Spellbinder Mega Oval die and matching scalloped die for my computer generated sentiment.

Be sure to stop by our Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps blog as often as you can this month, you won't want to miss out on any of the fun!

On a personal note I have a fun photo of Maxine for you today...

She'd been singing along with Michael while he practiced playing his saxophone and she looks like she just can't take it anymore.  I've been trying to get a good video of Michael and Maxine while he practices, one day...

Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting my blog today -

challenges:

Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Sketch #85
Whimsie Wednesday - Favorite Image/Stamp
Jelly Park Friends - Gettin' Punchy
Inspired Stamps - For Operation Write Home - Love You/Miss You