OWH World Cardmaking Day Card Hop

Thanks for joining the OWH Blog Hop today. This organization is near and dear to my heart because my birth father was a Korean Vet and we had family at the Pentagon on 9-11. Thank you to the families and members of the armed forces for the sacrifices you have made for our Country.

Supplies:
Paper and Cardstock: Best Creations Merry Christmas
Lace: Micheal's
Flower Soft: Poppy Red, Christmas Green
Embellishments: Hero Arts Red and Green Gemstones, Yellow Gemstones
Adhesives: Ranger Glossy Accents, Glue Glider Pro, EK Success Foam tape
Copics: R59, R46, R20,Y28, G28, E11, E34, E33, E81, W3
Stamp: Whiff of Joy Angel Delivering the Christmas Tree

Tip: I colored the Christmas Tree for the bottom layer. On the second layer I cut the tree out and colored it. I then applied the red gemstone. I attached the tree to the angel with foam tape. I used Glossy Accents on the tree and then applied the Christmas Green Flower Soft. I then used Flower Soft Red Poppy for the flower.
I have blog candy for the hop:) You can win a Hero Arts Merry Christmas Trees Stamp Set:

To win the candy please leave a comment by October 3! Following my blog will get you an extra entry but it is not necessary to win.

Have fun making cards today!

Graduation Card Female

First drum roll please! The winner of the Copic Marker Blog Candy is:

OK so Blogger won't cooperate with posting the Random Number Generator. There were 268 entries. The number generated was 261. Congratulations, Cindy's Card Co! Cindy said, " How cute is this little guy??!! "

Cindy please contact me thought the contact me button and I will get these out right away:)

James graduated this weekend. It was a lovely ceremony. And to be honest I lost it when he texted me just before the ceremony, " Mom, thank you for the last 17 years. You couldn't have been a better Mom and I know that you are the sole reason I made it this far!" He's an awesome kid and I am one proud Mom! How fortunate I am to have a kid that values his upbringing!!

 We have had some pretty insightful conversations this weekend. James has done a ton of growing up. He is in an awkward situation because when he goes to college he will still be a minor in an adult word. (He skipped 4th grade, so he graduated early.) But he also recognizes that he was raised with values and has core values and a lot of kids leaving for college haven't been. We live in an affluent community. And when we moved here before the divorce we had a six figure income. With the divorce and my disability we had to learn how to count every penny. He told me he was "thankful" that we lost our income because he has learned how to appreciate everything he has. He has friends whose parents bought their kids $20,000 cars and the kids complain about what a piece of trash it is. And they go out and have several accidents and think nothing of it.  James on the other hand earned the $3,000 for his used Jeep. And he LOVES his Jeep and takes great pride in it. How many kids can appreciate that they have had to work for something and are not resentful???? I am indeed blessed.

We have a ton of graduations over the next couple of weeks. Here's a card I designed for the local high school girls done in their school colors:

Supplies:
Cardstock: DCWV Mini Scalloped Cardstock, Copic X-Press Blending Card
Card Base: DCWV Bright Solid Box of Cards
Floral: Petaloo Flora Doodles, EasyCraft Vine
Copics: G28, E29, E 35, R22, Y11, Y35
Stamp: Whiff of Joy Graduation Willow
Dies: Spellbinders Long Rectangle, Spellbinders Long Scalloped Rectangle

Have a wonderful day filled with appreciation of the little things!



Male Birthday Card

   A friend called and asked if I could make a birthday card for her 4 year old son to give his Dad that is going to be deployed soon. Her son's favorite ritual at bed time is  Dad's bear hugs. So I thought it would mean something special to his Dad to have a bear card from his son.

  The stamp is Bruno Bear with present from Whiff of Joy's Party Collection.  I used Spellbinders Labels Large for the stamping area. Then I just layered with scraps and used my Kaisercraft Paper Trimmer to trim around it.

This is the first time I have tried to color animal fur with Copic Markers (E49, E35,E37) I also used Copic Lemon Glitter for the ribbon and tried touching it up with Yellow Stickles. I am not very happy with the results, but it was a learning experience. I am still learning how to shade, so I think that was part of the problem.

The "ribbon" is actually Eyelash yarn. The papers were just scraps I had.

So here is the finished result:

I am pleased to announce I will be participating in Operation's Write Home Bunny Hop on March 5th. For those of you not familiar with OWH, it is an organization that provides handmade cards for our service men and women to use for writing home or special occasions.  Please make sure you stop by for the hop, I will be giving away my first BLOG Candy. You will receive an entry by leaving a comment. If you put my blog candy on your blog to let people know of this event, you will get an extra 5 entries. (Please leave your blog address in your comments to let me know you posted it.) Here's a pic of the blog candy:

The Candy includes selections from Tattered Angels, Hero Arts, Crafter's Companion, and Crafty Secret.  Good Luck!

Wishing all of our service Men and Women a safe journey!

Elizabeth