RED Friday: Remember Everyone Deployed

Hi all, it's RED Friday, Remember Everyone Deployed.  Each and every day I'm so honored to make cards for Heroes.  If you haven't checked out Operation Write Home, it's so uplifting, join us.  Here's a another card to share, thanking our Heroes.  Hope you enjoy!

Operation Write Home Challenges:  Our Daily Bread Designs: Sentiments

                                                          Mid-Month Throwdown: Red, White and Blue

DP:  Authentique "Pride" 6x6

         DCWV "Everyday Essentials"  (great backgrounds-love the ledger look)

Die:  Spellbinders "Grommet Tags" - one of each color, then split the red and blue in half lengthwise to    mat. I then punched a small blue circle to add matting the ends.

Sentiment:  computer generated

Mom: OWH Sketch Challenge 250

Happy Friday everyone! It's been so long since I've blogged, I've almost been in withdrawals.  The warmer weather has everything growing crazy and I still haven't cleaned the gardens from the fall!  Yikes!  Well, I've kept up with the latest from Operation Write Home just haven't posted.  The background is actually a very pretty light green that coordinates well with the mats, but sure didn't photo well, oh well.!

Sketch:  OWH 250

OWH Sketch Challenge #249

Happy Monday everyone!  I've become a big fan of Dearie Dolls Digis and this week's sketch at Operation Write Home  just calls to use one of these great kid digis!  Lots of layers, my "fav", and lots of bright colors… so fun!  Here's to spreading smiles on little faces!

Digi:  Free Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps
Sketch:  Operation Write Home 249
Yellow DP: TPC Studio "Summertime Beach Stripe" double sided
Reds - scrap box
Sentiment:  computer generated

February Mid-Month Throwdown OWH - Cards for Kids

Happy Sunday everyone, is it snowing in your neck of the woods?  It is here in Western Colorado, although very mild compared to the East.  Our prayers go out to everyone buried in snow.  What a better way to wait out the snow than to make cards.  It's time for the Mid-Month Throwdown Challenge over at Operation Write Home.  Kristie challenges us to make cards for kids.  I was so excited, because I had two really cute digis from Free Dearie Dolls Digi Stamps sitting on my craft table waiting to be used!.  If you haven't discovered Mary Ellen's talent, you're in for a treat.  Such great talent and so many wonderful digis to chose from.  So… onto my cards, stay warm everyone, have fun!

Dearie Dolls Cowboy

Dearie Dolls Cowgirl

DP:  Scrap bin

Brads:  Recollections

Twine:  We R Memory Keepers

Dearie Dolls blog

Our Daily Bread Designs February OWH Challenge

Hi everyone, happy February!  Another month, and another challenge from Operation Write Home, this time it's the monthly Our Daily Bread Design Challenge.  ODBD offers up shipping costs for two boxes of cards sent to our Heroes.  All we have to do is make and link up 50 different cards from 50 different card makers, like me!  Easy Peasy!

This month's challenge is to make a card using animals.  Quite a while ago I had bought some really cute digis from Doodle Pantry.  I love digis, easy to use and so easy to size to your project.  Here's my entry, last I looked we were more than half way to the 50 card challenge, and it's only February 11th!  Any day making a card is a good day!  Take care y'all!

DP:  "Argyle" by Ki Memories (Hampton Arts) 6x6
Cat Digi: Doodle Pantry "With Heart"
Sentiment:  Computer generated with Paper Studio2
Tiny Brads:  Recollections

CASE Challenge #1

Happy Monday everyone!  As a card maker, I'm always looking for inspiration, and believe me, I "pin" a lot.  I've been thinking, why pin if I never use?  So I thought, let's start a mini-series of CASE (copy and share/steal everything), create one card like the CASE card and then change the papers up for a different look.  I find that even though it's a CASE, it's still a challenge to find the right papers!  LOL!  Well, at any rate, onto my first CASE challenge of 2015.

I'm a big fan of the work of Paula over at Handmade by Paula.  She is a graphic designer who shares her color talents and also gives us some digi art to use in our cards.  I love to use her Miss You digis, bold, pleasing, and easy to use.

My Version

CASE from Paula

My Original Challenge Card

Sketch OWH 219

Thank You

DP:  Paper Studio "Tiny Polka" single sheet

        Paper Studio "Ninth Street" 4.5x6.5 pack

Tiny Brads:  Recollections

Sentiment: Computer generated

Love You Miss You

DP:  Black: My Minds Eye "Everyday Basics" 6x6

        Red: American Crafts "Studio Calico-Darling Dear" collection 

Brads:  Paper Studio

Sentiment: Handmade by Paula

OWH #247

Happy Sunday everyone, I can't believe I actually created a challenge card and posted in the same weekend!  I sort of lost my posting mojo, back in the swing of it again!  This week's sketch courtesy of Operation Write Home, uses an oval shape, which I don't use very often.  Since OWH works at least two months ahead of the need, I thought this sketch would be perfect for Mothers Day cards.  I turned the sketch to accommodate the digi sentiment better.  Hope you have a great week, it was a bit warmer here in Western CO, 39 in the sun!

DP:  Paper Studio scraps

Sentiment:  Handmade by Paula freebie digi

Flowers:  Recollections

Die:  Spellbinders Scalloped Ovals and Ovals