Paper Thanks

 

Operation Write Home
Mid Week Throwdown Challenge
Recipe Mix:We’re challenging you to make cards for our heroes to send home to their family and friends using this recipe:

1 Embossing Folder

1 Border Punch or Die

2 Patterned Papers

1 Ribbon or Twine

 

Here is my card for this challenge today.  I used two different pattern papers from Basic Greys Paper Cottage 6x6  paper pack. Got some Mojo from OWH sketch number 85 to help get started today. For embossing I used a Sizzix folder dots:) then I used a die to cut out my fishtail and sentiment. I used a red  twine to to help pop up the the color a bit. Those sticker dots are just so sparkly and happy.

 

This will also be added to Simon Says Challenge: Anything Goes!

 

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey / Paper Cottage

Twine: May Arts

Sentiment: Paper Smooches/ Wooden Thanks#1

Cardstock: PTI/ Aqua Mist

Stickers: Starform

Happy Crafting

Barbara

Lets Go Out

 

Runway Inspired Challenge
Here is my second card I went in a totally different direction! I went with super brights with no neon ink needed! The gold (yellow) and black dress with those sharp pops of pink and blue made the color selection. The city scape minmicks the yellow and black dress pattern. Don't you think those women just want to go out?
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink/ Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Black; Hero Arts/ Blue Layering Papers
Sentiment: Paper Smooches/ Promenade
Ink: Memento/ Tuxedo Black
Die: Savvy/ Cityscape
Pearls: Hero Arts
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Eskimo Blessings

Jingle Belles
The Challenge this time is this sketch. Admittedly I struggled with this one a bit. I do not know why but it does happen. I stayed with it then it clicked with Eskimo Kisses. I found my coordinating sticker pops that added to the fun.
Patterned Paper, Pops: Basic Grey/ Eskimo Kisses
Cardstock: PTI Sweet Blush; Neenah/ Solar White
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Mod Thanks

 

Runway Inspired Challenge #30
For this card I was inspired by the gold and black dress, black lines and the gold color. I went very CAS. I made another card for this challenge which I will post separately.
Sentiment: Paper Smooches/ Qwick Qwips
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White
Pearls:Kaisercraft/ Black
Copic Marker/ Y35
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Pink Perfume

Cas-ual Fridays
Hi Ho Silver

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge

CAS- ual Friday is having the silver challenge now this is "color" I should do more often. The sample cards are beautiful you just have to go there and peek! Starting a few mothers day now. I have these Perfume images from Meri Meri that have been waiting to be used and I thought this would just be the right occasion.
Images: Meri Meri
Stamp Sentiment: Memory Box
Cardstock, Ink and Patterned Paper: Papertrey Ink/ Soft Stone, Hibiscus Burst Ink
Sticker: Staform/ Pink and Silver
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Hands of Time

Simon Says Stamps Challenge
Use an Arrow

A Blog Named Hero
Challenge #20 : If I could Turn Back Time

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

The use arrow started all this..I am like , arrow! I do not hardly have very many  arrows!. So went through my stamps yes there are many arrows all tucked in small places, to my surprise:). I saw this sketch and well here we are. This is a one layer card using masking to give the clocks depth. The Hero Arts stamp set used is one they donate some of profits to OWH, how nice is that!
Stamps: Hero Arts/ All the Time
Inks: Memento/ Rich Cocoa, Lady Bug
Cardstock: Neenah/ Cream
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Set the Table

Tuesday Trigger: Set the Table
Moxie Fab World
Playing this weeks Tuesday Trigger. I just had to pull out my stamp set from PTI/ Table Service just fit the bill. I went with the chalk board technique see Betsy Veldman post for a easy tutorial. So much fun and inspiration this week!
Stamps : PTI/ Table Service
Cardstock: PTI/ Stampers Select White, Black
Inks: PTI/ Fresh Snow; Versamark
Embossing Powder: Judi  Kins/ Opaque White
Stickers: Starform
Ribbon : From the Stash
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Friendly Flower

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge
Color Challenge: Aqua, Cream, Brown and Cherry Red
These some of my favorite colors and lots of manufactures must think so to because their are many paper packs have these colors going on. This friendly flower is star for today all stamped and paper pieced in hexagons. So sweet and happy.
Stamps: Paper Smooches/ Friendly Flowers, Vogue Abode
Cardstock: PTI/ Vintage Cream, Aqua Mist; Neenah/ Red
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey/ Paper Cottage
Ink: Memento/ Rich Cocoa
Sticker:Starform
Marker: Copic /BG11 Moon White
Happy Crafting
Barbara

You and Me

 

Operation Write Home Boot Camp
Focal Points

I really did not think I had another card in today but just had participate in boot camp. Last week I made another card using the chalk board technique using the same sentiments. My idea was to make something different using the same words.  Call US Magazine and see who wore it better! This is a Paper Smooches Stamp set "We Connect" which I keep playing with. The sketch #49 fit well with the size of the sentiment. The cards will donated to OWH for the Love category so I hope everybody wins.
Stamps: Paper Smooches/ We Connect, Smarty Pants
Ink : Memento
Cardstock: PTI/ Vintage Cream, Aqua Mist; Neenah/ Red


Patterned Paper: Basic Grey / Paper Cottage; PTI/ Dark Chocolate Patterned paper
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Bling Celebration

Operation Write Home VCMP

Glam It Up- Use the Bling!
Final challenge tonight ! I found some bling in the supplies and went to town. I used bit of the banner paper and stamped a little bird who is having much fun on the banners. Putting the bling on this just for for the party:) This has been fun getting my mojo on and got more cards for my pile ...yeah!
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey/ Life of the Party; Bo Bunny/ Back to Basics/  Burnt Orange Dots
Stamps: Paper Smooches/ Pretty Phrases
Twine: Hemptique
Dies: Spellbinders/ Squares
Bling: From the Stash
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Creamy Tulips

Operation Write Home VCMP

Use White or Cream / Must 3 Layers (Sentiment can be in color)

I made a white card yesterday for the Diffuser Challenge, all embossed etc. So I went with cream this time. I dreaded the embossing plate and folders(a crafting rash is setting in) so mine was use the negative space (CAS). My third layer is the added placement of the leaves near the flowers. Then added a cream ribbon and pearls, that I had to color with Copics because guess who has no cream pearls left!!
Cardstock; PTI/ Vintage Cream
Die: Memory Box/ Dancing Tulips
Sentiment: Paper Smooches/ Salutations
Ribbon: Offray
Pearls:Hero Arts
Marker: Copics/Barely Beige  E11
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Washi Thanks

Operation Write Home VCMP
Use Washi Tape

I must admit I do not use this tape that often. There are so many colors and patterns it is overwhelming. Just went with a few of my of my favorites. The polka dot tape was placed on cardstock then die cut out, in a banner of course. I placed a second strip in a horizontal line then placed the sentiment label. Placed a bit of twine to finish it all off.
Washi Tape; From the stash (I know that you can buy at Simon Says Stamp)
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White , Red
Stamp: Paper Smooches
Dies: Spellbinders/ Label #8
Stickers: Starform
Twine: May Arts/ Red
Happy Crafting
Barbara
http://operationwritehome.org/starsandstamps/

Amaze Me

CAS-uasl Fridays
Black and White Plus 1

Operation Write Home VCMP
Things with Wheels

More CAS getting  to be my favorite! The bike was masked to set on the ground. I made a card similar to this last year but I thought it was time to revisit this with improvement. I used Memento Ink to give it more clear look. Hope You enjoy.
Stamps: Unity/ One Precious Life; Cornish Heritage Farms/ Cracked Montana Earth; Simon Says Stamp/ You
Carstock: Neenah Solar White
Flowers: Prima
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Sending Smiles

Less is More
Up in the Air

Operation Write Home VCMP
Things With Wings

I took a very large background stamp and stamped then cut it down. The sentiment is stamped then the plane is paper pieced but first stamped in Versamark then clear embossed. This card will fly to Operation Write home where I hope someone will truly smile.

Stamps: Hero Arts with Studio Calico/ Starburst Background; Lawn Fawn/ Hello Friend
Ink:Hero Arts/ Butter Bar; Memento/ Tuxedo Black; Versamark/ Clear
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White, Red
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Cuppa Thanks

Operation Write Home VCMP
Coffee (Caffine) Theme
Going CAS  on this one. Fun theme for cards with lots of coffee theme stamps out there.
Stamps : Paper Smooches/ Hot Concoctions
Ink: Memento/ Rich Cocoa, Potters Clay, Bamboo Leaves
Cardstock: Neenah Cream
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Postage Note #63

Operation Write Home VCMP
Disappearing Act
Use the Sketch and Use a 12x 12 Piece of Paper/ 6 Cards!
I had this paper that needed some love so I made 6 cards out of it. What couldn't be better than a postage theme.
Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny
Cardstock and Ink: PTI/ Scarlet Jewel, Enchanted Evening, and Kraft
Sentiment Stamp: Paper Smooches/ Sentiment Sampler
Images: Lawn Fawn/ Youve Got Mail
Dies: MFT Die-namics/ Fishtail Flags Layers Stax
Punch: EK Success/ Postage Stamp
Happy Crafting
Barbara

White on White

Simon Says Stamp Challenge
White on White

Operation Write Home VCMP
Embossing with a Diffuser

It is weekend of challenges! I decided to do the White on White challenge at SSS since the OWH challenge us to do an embossing technique from Kristina Werner, using a diffuser to make unembossed areas on your card.. So I gave it whirl. The card really came out with formal feel due to color of white so lovely for weddings and such. I might need to better embossing folders with a better suited design. I made my own diffuser and it does work. I put some white gray paper behind the die cut sentiment because it really needed something. I popped up the entire front and added some ribbon and a bit of pearls.
Die: Simon Says Stamp/ Thinking of You
Cardstock: Neenah Solar White
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Pearls: Hero Arts
Ribbon: From the Stash
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Zig Zag Card

Operation Write Home VCMP

Zig Zag Your Cards

Going to be many cards I hope here today to keep the pace up. Here I used the patterned paper(Plumeria by Basic Grey) as my starting point. Then I thought about my color wheel and went complementary... so I just rolled with it.  BTW I pulled out my boot camp paper as my cheat cheat sheet today.
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey/ Plumeria. Life of the Party, PTI/ Blueberry Sky
Stamps: PTI/ Tiny Tags, Beautiful Blooms II
Stickers: Starform
Dies: PTI/ Beautiful Blooms II
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Best Pal

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge
Designers Draft

Operation Write Home VCMP
All Creatures Great and Small
Use A Critter / Card for A Child

Lots of Mojo at OWH a Virtual Card Making Party! Hope get some of the "juice" to keep me going:).
I have been showing some love to my Paper Smooches stamps lately and who could not LOVE the
this set! I stamped the puppy on some thin birch paper (Creative Imaginations) to give him some texture then fussy cut him out. Then he is popped up to get center attention.
Stamps:Paper Smooches/ Woofers and Tweeters
Patterned Paper: Chocolate Remix
Ink: Memento/ Rich Cocoa
Die: PTI/ Button Card Die
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Chalk Up Love

Paper Smooches
Challenge is to Create a Card with a Heart On It
I created this new card using the chalk board technique, it is fun to do. Besty Veldman has a couple of tutorials over there to walk you through the whole process here. My focus was all the words from We Connect Stamp set ...it is a great set of words and the writing style is just plain friendly fun. In the corner I stamped the image from Smarty Pants. The little heart is from A Magical Spring.

Stamps: Paper Smooches/ We Connect, Smart Pants, A magical Spring
Inks: Versamark, Fresh Snow (PTI)
Embossing Powder: JudiKins/ Opaque White
Pencils: Koh-I-Noor
Black Pearls: Kaisercraft
Cardstock: Neenah/ Red; PTI/ Black
Happy Crafting
Happy Valentines Day
Barbara

OWH: MWT State Flag Color Challenge

OWH Midweek Throwdown Challenge
Color Challenge: Use Your State Flag Colors
Hello from California! Well last week the challenge was make cards for kids, I got just a bit stumped and let pass but when the flag challenge thing popped up...the light bulb went off! I made a card for a child. You know it was the state bear that got me going. So there we have it colors and a child card...all good:)
The main image was stamped then cut out. Double stamping in two different color inks for the grass made it look fuller. Then a bit of copic maker to fill the blank spots.
Image Stamp: PTI/ Baby Button Bits; Hero Arts/ CL379 (Grass)
Sentiment: Simon Says Stamp/ Talk Bubbles 2
Cardstock: Neenah
Punches: Stampin Up / Small Heart; McGill/ Mini Star
Ink: Memento/ Cottage Ivy, Bamboo Leaves
Marker: Copic/ YG93
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Color Play

Papertrey Ink
Color Challenge today so I picked this group of colors and came up with this. I started with the soft stone base and used scarlet jewel as my contrast. Then melon berry and just bits of Kraft and fine linen colors. I stamped the sentiment in Scarlet jewel.
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink/ Soft Stone/ Melon Berry/ Scarlet Jewel/ Fine Linen/ Kraft
Ink: Papertrey Ink/ Scarlet Jewel
Sentiment: Papertrey Ink/ Signature Greetings II
Die: Memory Box/ Chain Heart
Pearl/: Hero Arts
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Hey There

Papertrey Ink Sixth Anniversary
Sketch Challenge
Wow they posted 5 sketches to use. Our mission is create a card using one of them. Yes they allow comment as entries but I just had to make another card. This really was CAS design so I kept that way.
Die: Ppaertrey Ink/ Button Card Die
Sentiment: Papertrey Ink/ Signature Greetings II
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey/ Paper Cottage
Twine: May Arts
Punch: Fiskars/ Bird
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Have A Heart

Simon Says Stamp Challenge
Have A Heart
The weekly challenge is to have a card with a heart on it. Well I created this CAS with Simon Says Stamps "Just A Love Note" . I pulled together the borders and stamped them out. Looks easy ..well not really . Between getting them straight, even,and the inking to be just right ...it really was quite the challenge but sooooo worth it. Going to use this for the big day coming up.
Stamps: Simon Says Stamp/ Just A Love Note
Paper: Neenah Solar White
Ink: Hero Arts/ Punch
Happy Crafting
Barbara

OWH Sketch 159

 

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge 159
I made some cards for this sketch the top one. The second was made earlier in the for Papertrey Ink anniversary celebration week. These images are free downloads here . So I printed them out one on cream and the other on white. They are very nice set of images, love that! I made a third one but I think it has "Ikea  effect" (Sandy explained this in  the vlog here) so I post it anyway. The tile patterned paper was part of the stash.
Papertrey Ink: Cardstock/ Hawaiian Shores, Images, Sentiment Stamp (Friend), Ink / Hawaiian Shores, Die/ Hydrangea Bow
Ink: Memento/ Lady Bug
Sentiment: Paper Smooches/ Birthday
Patterned Paper: Basic Gray/ Paper Cottage
Other Dies: Spellbinders, Paper Smooches Banner Die
Stickers: Starform
Twine: May Arts
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Cross My Heart

 

Moxie Fab World
Tuesday Trigger:  Cross My Heart
More fun! Having a great time making Valentine / love cards. So you know I am going to play along. The chair and the rustic look, the flowers, and the cross stitch heart all I hope to capture it all in my card. I used a wood grain stamp in Versamark on Aqua Mist cardstock from PTI. The heart stamp is from Basic Grey Nordic Holiday (It really pays to keep some Xmas stamps nearby!). I hope it feels romantic ...Happy Valentines Day!
Sentiment : Hero Arts
Stamp: Basic Grey/ Nordic Holiday; Impression Obsession/ Wood Grain
Twine: May Arts
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink/ Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush
Ink: Hero Arts/ Punch; Versamark
Die: Simon Says Stamp
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Wine Tag

 

Papertrey Ink
Anniversary Contest Challenges
The mission is to make a Tag or some crafty paper item but use an inspiration photo as your starting point. So I picked Dawn McVey's picture from the post. The colors are what I like the most as they are happy with out being so bright... at least for today. I lined my wine tag with aqua mist paper leaving the double ring section unglued. I layered my center embellishment with 4 layers of paper for a bigger impact.
Cardstock, Stamp, Patterned Paper and Wine Tag Die:Papertrey Ink
Twine: May Arts
Other Dies: Spellbinders
Ink: Memento
Happy Crafting
Barbara

Year of Flowers

Papertrey Ink
They are having a a 6th Anniversary Celebration. part of the challenge is to enter by making a card. The down side is all the time frames are short so I need to put my card making on speed dial! So the thing is to use the Year in Flower set (they give other options) to make a card since they are releasing dies to match. My set is the smaller size flower set where they had all 12 flowers in one set but smaller with less sentiments. I do not think the new dies will match the smaller set unless at the full reveal they will be there. Wait and see.
For this card I was inspired by Erin Lincoln who years ago made a detailed card with 3 flowers on it, all colored etc.(sorry no link way long ago) it was a stunner. Well mine took a different approach the super fast easy get real lets make a card version, cool right? So no coloring, stay in the same color zone with lots of stamping goodness. I made no sentiment so it will take on the note card approach.
Cardstock, Stamp Set, Patterned Paper and Ink: Papertrey Ink/ Simply Chartreuse
Twine: May Arts
Round Stickers: Starform
Happy Crafting
Barbara