Welcome to Operation Write Home's Memorial Day Blog Hop! I am so excited to participating for my second year in a row! I am keeping this short, so that you can hop to several more blogs:)
To start at the beginning of the blog go click here.
My card for today is:
Tip: I used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink to make it look like Chocolate Cake Batter around the edges. ( My recipe cards are always a mess, lol.)
The Inside of the card:
The cake is a honeycomb popup:) It meets OWH requirements when it is folded down:)
Supplies:
Stamp: InkyAntics Honey Pop Baking Kitty
Paper: Hero Arts Kraft Folded Card, The Girl's Paperie Paper Girl,Inky Antics Brown Honey Comb Paper Pad
Colored Pencils: Prismacolor:943,942,918,928,945,940,9389,944
Adhesive: Glue Stick, Scotch ATG
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Based on Sketch:
Blog Candy: a2z Scrapbooking with over 300 products including Hero Arts OWH Stamps is giving away a $15 gift certificate to be used on it's Etsy shop.
You can get one entry for posting the giveaway on your blog, one for Facebook, one for being a follower and another for leaving a comment. Leave a comment for each thing you do:) That's a possibility of 4 entries! Winner will be drawn June 1 using random organizer:) Good Luck!
Please click here for the next blog on the hop!
Thank you to all of our Heroes and their families! You are very appreciated!
This card is fun fun fun with that pop up cake in the center! I love the chocolate cake batter on the edges - much like my recipe cards too! NJ!
ReplyDeleteGreat card! Love that it's interactive and still meets the requirements. Thanks for the chance to win some candy too!
ReplyDeleteLove it! The honeycomb is so cute for a cake!
ReplyDeleteI love the surprise cake! Oh how fun!
ReplyDeleteSuper card Elisabeth and such a worthy cause!!!
ReplyDeleteNice card! I love the colors and the papers! I'll have to check out how to do the fold inside! Thanks for Hopping with us today!
ReplyDeleteHI Elizabeth!
ReplyDeleteI just found the honeycomb paper and used in in our Inspired Stamps post for this bloghop too!! I am going to have to try it with a cake now! Great card!
Blessings
What an original and adorable card! l love the chocolate smears!
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to lick my fingers! Pat K.
ReplyDeleteCute card...love how you made the pretend chocolate "mess".
ReplyDeleteSo fun-- I love how you created it to look like cake batter smears--so awesome :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun filled card! The chocolate touch is perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card! My recipe cards look much the same. LOL :)
ReplyDeleteJen
jmueller409 at yahoo dot com
That's a clever idea for the cake batter! I love the honey pop inside this card. I
ReplyDeleteHi! I am now following your blog.
ReplyDeleteCute Cat! Love the "dirt" on the recipe card. Mine look like that, too.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun surprise element the honeycomb pop up adds to the inside of this card. Really cute! Thanks for joining in the Memorial Day hop and for supporting OWH!
ReplyDeletePaula S.
OWH Blog Team
What a darling card! I LOVE the idea of the chocolate smears! Too, too funny! And it definitely looks like all my recipe cards and cookbook pages! (Including the pretty books I always swear I'm going to try to keep tidy!)
ReplyDeleteCars is full of fun. Great take on the sketch. Happy Memorial Day weekend! Hugs
ReplyDeleteElizabeth,
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute card! Love your use of Distress Ink -- very clever, :)
Terrific card and that pop-up cake is such a great element! It doesn't take up hardly any room, yet it is really a neat surprise. I like the "chocolate" on the image panel too, it really looks like a well loved recipe card would.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute image!
ReplyDeleteLove the cake batter smears and the honeycomb cake inside. My recipe cards are always a mess too.
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I am a follower.
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I am in love with this card and image! Perfect colors and that those chocolate marks...well adorable!
ReplyDeleteThis is too adorable! Love the chocolate touch.
ReplyDeleteYum Chocolate Cake! Very cute card, love the pop up inside. Thanks for hoppin' with OWH.
ReplyDeletecraftycolonel.blogspot.com
Awesome card!
ReplyDeleteSweet card!!
ReplyDeleteREALLY cute card and special inside. So glad to see you here again this year. Thank you for being part of the Hop and supporting OWH.
ReplyDeleteSuch an adorable card and I love the "cake batter" splatters...it's the little details that make the biggest impact. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win the blog candy.
ReplyDeleteAdorable and fun!
ReplyDeleteJust started following your blog. Can't wait to see what other goodies you come up with. I'm always in need of inspiration!
ReplyDeleteCute!! I love the cake batter! And the honeycomb cake is a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteYour card is adorable to begin with, but that popup inside really takes the cake! (Sorry, I just couldn't resist the pun.)
ReplyDeleteThe pop-up is just what the card needed to take it from "cute" to "amazing." Oh, the chocolate smudges, too. ;-) Thanks for your participation in the hop and for your continued support of our troops.
ReplyDeleteVery "sweet" card! Love the chocolate theme. That honeycomb pop-up inside is perfect for it.
ReplyDeleteHow abosolutely adorable is this!!! My recipe cards look a "hot mess" too.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing ~ Pam
Oh what a fun and yummy card. Love Inky Antics and honeycomb paper. I have the baking dog set. Great idea to put chocolate smudges on the card. Really, doesn't that happen to all of us?
ReplyDeleteLove the honeycomb on the inside, great detail. Thanks for supporting OWH!
ReplyDeleteBobbisTreasure at aol dot com
Delicious card! I come from a family that is run by a delightful 14-year old "kitten" so you've added to my shopping list! :)
ReplyDeleteLoved the cake batter look . . .
Mary, Wausau WI
Cute card - TFS
ReplyDeleteLove the cat - very cute TFS!
ReplyDeleteAdorable card and too cute on the 'messy chocolate' card.!
ReplyDeleteHummer Hugs,
Misty
http://deliteful-gifts.blogspot.com/
hummingbird204 at comcast dot net
A wonderful fun card. Love the kitty image and the pop up cake inside.
ReplyDeleteGreat card - love the pop up in the middle!
ReplyDeleteGreat card - love the pop up in the middle!
ReplyDeleteI've seen the honeycomb cards in my LSS but have never tried one. Cute card!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this wonderful card take on the sketch.
ReplyDeleteLove the pop up cake, great idea. I keep seeing the honeycomb stuff and never bought it, but you used it perfectly.
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Love the "cake batter" on the image and the pop up cake in the center. What a great card :)
ReplyDeleteYour card is adorable! I love the "chocolate" smudges and the cake inside!
ReplyDeleteCute card! I love the smudges on the card since the best recipes are used often and never stay clean! Thank you for supporting OWH and have a great weekend!
ReplyDeletefun card! love how you used the honeycomb paper
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet little card and the pop out cake inside is the perfect finishing touch! Great job!
ReplyDeletecute card! Love the inside!
ReplyDeleteVery cute card. Love the cat being a cook.
ReplyDeleteActually my well used recipes look worse that that! Great card. I have not made a honeycomb card yet...so I am in awe. TFS!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your support of OWH! Love the card you shared! Very creative! Thank you for participating!
ReplyDeleteThe pop up cake is awesome! Thanks for sharing such a cute card!
ReplyDeleteCute card, Elizabeth! What clever use of the honeycomb element!
ReplyDeleteGreat card Elizabeth!!! Love the bear so much!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card! LOVE the cake battered edges and that fun honeycomb popup on the inside. TFS and supporting OWH.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun kitty card! I sure wish my Punch would make ME a cake sometime...lol :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hopping with OWH!!!
I love the honeycomb cake in black - that's what MY baking looks like! LOL. Thanks for sharing and supporting OWH.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I also linked your page on my Facebook site.
ReplyDeleteAnd I posted about your giveaway on my blog (but I am a total newbie and really haven't "built" much on my blog, so it's not likely to get any traffic). Now that I'm going to make cards for OWH, I will have something worthwhile to blog about!
ReplyDeleteAnd, finally, I became a "follower" -- that was challenging for me (to figure out how to become a follower) -- I told you I'm a total newbie!! Thanks for offering blog candy.
ReplyDeleteSo cute and punny!! Love the honeycomb. It is a product I haven't used yet but it is on the list for the next trip to Joann's
ReplyDeletereally fun card! TFS
ReplyDeleteAwesome card, I've been wanting to try that honeycomb paper!!!!
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