Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop-Thank You Card

Welcome to Operation Write Home's Word Card Making Day Blog Hop:)  Are you enjoying all of the wonderful talent out there?

This year we are focusing on Thank You's for our Hero's. Either a card for them  to send or an Any Hero Card with a special word of encouragement from us.

The challenge was to also use an OWH Sketch

Here's my take on the sketch:

The card is lined on the inside with white paper that is stamped in the bottom right corner with "Giving Thanks"

Supplies:
Simon Says October 2013 Card Kit
Theresa Collins Now & Then Buttons
American Crafts Ribbon
Hero Arts Latte Ink (Discount Code Christmas 13)

Blog Candy: Be sure to leave a comment to be entered for a $20.00 gift certificate from a2z scrapbooking


Have fun making cards today!

Lasting Memories Challenge Stars and Stripes

Well you would have thought that this weeks challenge at Lasting Memories would have been easy for me. I mean star and stripes, how difficult can that be? BUT I took Studio Calico's Inked Class. And as a result I decided to use gesso, with a striped stamp and paint from water color paper. (No that is not a typo there really is watercolor paper paints.) Well it is was a freaking disaster. When the red paint dried it looked like brown paint. So then I thought why not cover the red with  Tim Holtz  Distressed Red Barn Paint daubers? It turned into a frigging mess.  The DT deadline was fast approaching so I decided to pull out the tried and true Doodlebug paper. And I will try the gesso at a later date when I have time to practice!

So here is attempt Two:

Journal: Charlie's Angels was one of my favorite shows when I was a kid. In particular I loved Kate Jackson. The show returned as a movie during the boy's teens years. I didn't see it but the boys did. The car is from the movie version and can be seen at the Stars" Cars Museum in Gatlinburg TN.



Supplies:

Cardstock and Paper: Bazzil Wax Lips Card Shoppe, Bazzil Marshmallow Card Shoppe, Doodlebug Red, White and Blue
Pen:  Zig Marker
Dies: Lawn Fawn Puffy Stars
Tools: Perfect Layers, Making Memories Eyelet Punch, Vagabond

Challenges:
Lawn Fawn Flickr Group
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge Anything Goes
Craftin' Boutique Challengee

Be sure to join us next week we're celebrating Karen's birthday with a blog hop! There are a ton of prizes:)

Have a star filled week!

Missing You Card

This card is for my Design Principals class and for Operation Write Home. Thought it would be a cute card for a Hero to send to a child.

Inside of card reads: but close in my heart

Supplies:
Card and Envelope:Hero Arts
Paper: Scraps
Watercolor Paper :  Hero Arts
Colored Pencils: Prismacolor:Apple Green, Light Peach, Sunburst Yellow, Violet Blue, Tuscan Red, Grass Green, Burnt Ochre,Olive Green
Ink: StazOn Jet Black
Stamps: My Creative Times Fly Away with Me, Lawn Fawn Sunny Skies, Lawn Fawn Critters in the  Burbs
Banner Die:  My Creative Times Fly Away with Me

Have a wonderful day!

Wishing You Sunnier Days Card-I Feel the Love Project

This month at I Feel the Love Project we are sending love to a very special nine year little girl who lost her mother to cancer last year at the age of 8. Olivia in response to losing her mother to cancer has started Kids Involved in Cancer Research. She recently had her annual KICR Walkathon and this month it's our goal to send her a box filled with love to let her know she is not alone.

My card to Olivia was inspired by the Simon Says April Card Kit and Melissa Shea. Thanks for the inspiration Melissa!

Supplies:
 Paper and Cardstock: Lawn Fawn Brightside
Pearls: Hero Arts
Card Kit: Simon Says Stamp April Card Kit
Brad: Stash
Pen: Signo Uniball White Gel Pen
Adhesive: EK Success Foam Circles
Ink: Hero Arts Bubblegum

Please check out I Feel the Love. I know Madison would love to have you participate in the project!

Have a day filled with giving moments!

Social Butterfly-Masculine Layout

One of the characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a trusting nature and being a social butterfly. So true with Scott. His brother mentioned the other day  that it blew him away how we could go no where without Scott running into someone he knows. And he is very popular, I have to use Smart Limits with AT&T to control his phone calling while at work or College because he is unable to make anyone wait if they call. He would never have survived growing up in the 60's and 70's! And remember Party Line Days? Oh my he would have driven everyone crazy, LOL!

So I decided to take a vacation picture for Ripley's Believe It or Not (Branson, MO) and use it to showcase one of Scott's personality traits. To be honest this LO take a few days because it is very tricky to do a layout with butterflies and still have it look masculine. But Scott is happy with it now after SEVERAL opinions about the use of glitter ribbon! He won:)

Journaling: (around picture) Ever since you were able to talk you have been a social butterfly. You are comfortable in any situation and put people at ease.

Supplies:
Cardstock and Paper: Lawn Fawn  Brightside
Twinkling H20's: teal zircon, Mediterranean, meridian
Punches: Ek Success 1.5" square, 1.25" square
Ink: Hero Arts Cerulean Chalk Ink
Ribbon: Michael's
Stamp and Dies: MFT Inspired be Butterflies
Embossing Powder: Ranger Distress Ink Black Soot
Embossing Ink: Versamark


Challenges
Die Cuttin Divas-Anything Goes I used MFT's Inspired by Butterflies Die
The Paper Players Lesley's Theme Challenge: I used Favorite color: teal, Masculine (Scott's page) Punches
Shopping Our Stash   What Was I Thinking? I brought Twinkling H2O's and they have sat there for over a year because I was clueless on how to use them on a scrapbook page.  They were perfect for making butterfly embellishments.

Have a wonderful day enjoying the Social butterflies in your life!

When you Laugh and blog candy winner

I just realized that I forgot to draw the winner for the Operation Write Home Blog Hop.
So sorry! So without further ado:
True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 29 

#29 is JPScraps

Sweet card!!

I have contacted JP Scraps:)

And my card today is bittersweet. It is modeled after the last card on Lily Pad. I will miss it dearly and the antics of Fredric the Frog. And this is the first time I had almost all of the supplies to make the card. I just made a couple of minor changes.

 Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Remember to laugh today!