OWH Finishing Strong Blog Hop

Happy Memorial day weekend everyone!

Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home Finishing Strong Blog Hop!

Operation Write Home, a charity that has supported heroes with handmade cards since 2007, will be closing later this year. 

All cards need to be sent in by August 1st, so I’m helping to get the word out!

The theme for today's hop is to make a red, white & blue card based on a OWH Sketch. I have two cards to share with you- both featuring images from 

Bugaboo Stamps!

On my first card I used OWH Sketch #232 and the fun Rock Star Boy image.
Materials: Copics, Pebbles Americana-paper, Paper Smooches- sentiment, EK Success- music note & corner punches, Recollections- star punch & Glossy Accents 

On my second card I used OWH Sketch #241 and the sweet Flower Bird image.
Supplies: Copics, MFT- sentiment, Recollections- paper, heart punch & sm. circle punch, Sizzix- flower EF, Joy Crafts- flower die

I wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU to Sandy, the OWH board and all of the volunteers for your years of hard work and dedication to OWH!
I feel so proud to have been a part of this wonderful organization!! :o)

 Have a happy & safe Memorial Day weekend and have fun hopping!

  Click on the banner at the top of this post to continue to hop.

OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop 2014

Hello and welcome to my blog... I'm so happy to be one of the stops on the 

Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop!

The theme this year is to make a red, white & blue card based on a OWH sketch. I love to work with red, white & blue, so I have two cards to share with you today! :o)

On my first card I used OWH Sketch #134 and the Love- Bike Ride image from 

Bugaboo Stamps.

Materials: Copics, Pebbles Americana-paper, Spellbinders Inspire Celebration die (sentiment), MFT heart die, CB Mesh EF, EK Success corner punch, Glossy Accents & gems  

On my second card I used OWH Sketch #153 and another image from Bugaboo Stamps. Isn't this Beach Ball Crab adorable?!

Materials: Copics, Sentiment- computer generated, Pebbles Americana- paper, QuicKutz Palm tree die, $1 sea shell punch, CB Tiny Bubbles EF, Sequins & Glossy Accents 

That's it for now... click on the banner at the top of this post to continue to hop. Have a happy & safe Memorial Day weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Art Impressions Stamps- OWH Cards

Delightful- Red, white and blue

OWH ODBD- (May) Embossing
Sassy Studio Designs- Color it Patriotic

Boys will be Boys

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Moving Along With The Times!

This week it's Susan's turn to host the challenge and she chose the wonderful theme...

Birthday Boys! 

My card features the the adorable "Computer Fun" image from Lili of the Valley... it's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics. The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps and the papers are from Jillibean Soup & Recollections. The mini pennant was cut with a MFT die and I used a Tim Holtz die for the gears and there you have it... an extremely bright birthday card! :)

    That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the challenge blog to see the fabulous creations by the other team members!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Lili of the Valley- Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon- Child's Play

Make it Monday- Always Anything Goes

My Craft Spot- Polka Dots

Ooh La La Creations- A Man Card
OWH Midweek Throwdown- Cards for Kids
Penny's Paper-Crafty- Spots & Dots
Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

Bugaboo cards for OWH

Good afternoon everyone!  

Today I wanted to share with you a few cards that I made for OWH!  All three images are from Bugaboo Stamps and the tickets/sentiments are from Whimsy Stamps. 

Bugaboo Stamps is celebrating their 4th Birthday and I wanted to join in the fun... so for my first card I made a Birthday card featuring the fabulous Penny Paisley image! It's colored with Copics, for the embossing I used the Darice Damask folder and the Sizzix Flower folder. I used a small EK Success punch for the flowers and a MFT die for the fishtail flag, the pink gems are from my stash.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug/Birthday Bingo- I used (No DP, Bling and Bugaboo image)

Crafty Sentiment Designs-  Birthdays
Deep Ocean- Birthday
Make it Monday- Always Anything Goes
Stamps & Fun = Creativity- Embossing
Whoopsi Daisy- Tic Tac Toe (digi, sentiment & embossing)

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On my next two cards I used a couple of very sweet boy images... Deacon Heart and Kidz Boy Roses... I love these images!  Both are colored with Spectrum Noir markers, the papers are from K&Company and the gems are from my stash. I left the inside of these "Love" cards blank so they could be used for an anniversary, missing you or just because! :)  

I'd like to enter these cards into the following challenges:

My Time to Craft- All About the Love
One Stitch At A Time- Use a dig 

OWH ODBD- Stripes
Stella Says Sketch- Sketch #201
Victorine Originals- Valentines/Love

Without Words- Spots and/or Stripes

Well, that's all from me today... Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!  

Adorable Young Girl

Good morning everyone and Happy Friday!
It's Alphabet Challenge time and today's letter is... Y for Young Ones!

My card features an adorable Kidz image from Bugaboo Stamps! I colored this little sweetie with Spectrum Noir Markers and the ticket/die cut is from Whimsy Stamps. The Post Card is from Teresa Collins, stamped with VersaMark and dusted with chalk. The DP is from Chatterbox and my new XOXO border die cut is from Wplus9. I distressed all the edges including the doily with Vintage Photo Distress ink and to finish it up I added a small punched heart.  I love the way this card turned out so I made few more... stamped "Miss You" inside and added them to my OWH box!

For more inspiration be sure to stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT fabulous creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiment Designs- Anything Goes

Cuttlebug Mania- Distressed (I used my CB machine to cut out XOXO die & ticket die)
Die Cuttin' Divas- Out With The Old & In With The New (Old-papers & doily, New- XOXO die cut)
Little Miss Muffet- What a fuss...fussy cutting (I fussy cut my image and the post card)
Paper Crafting Journey- Vintage/Distressed/Shabby Chic
Polkadoodles- Anything Goes/Girl Talk

Sassy Studio Designs- Shabby Chic or Vintage

Simon Says Stamp Monday- Anything Goes
Sister Act- Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes

You Smile, I Smile

Good morning everyone! 

Today is the start of a new challenge at House of Cards and this time we have a fabulous sketch for you to work with...

AND from now on you will have two weeks to play along!  You can make either a Fun/Cute Style card (like mine) or a Shabby/Vintage Style card or BOTH! :) 

For my DT card I used an adorable stamp from Riley and Company that I won!  He's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copics and then I added glossy accents to the smiley face. The sentiment is from MFT and the papers are from Jillibean Soup & Recollections.  I used a MFT for the Squiggle border and a QuicKuts die for the corners... added my ribbon and Voila- all done!
I made a few of these and will add them to my OWH box... I'm sure they will brighten someone's day! :)

For more inspiration be sure to stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT wonderful creations!

That's it for now... enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Brown Sugar– Use Ribbon or Twine
Catch The Bug- Anything Goes

Inkspirational- Colors- any Yellow & any Brown
Make it Monday- Always Anything Goes
Riley and Company- Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap- Always Anything Goes
Simply Create Too- Anything Goes

Sweet Pea Stampers- Anything Goes

Vintage Christmas Cards

Happy Saturday everyone!  

I wanted to pop in real quick today and share a couple of Christmas cards that I included in my last package to OWH!

While shopping at Joanns a couple of weeks ago I found a fabulous 12x12 Vintage Christmas sheet of paper from Creative Imaginations- the Woodland Quilt collection.  It has 16 3x3 squares and it's double-sided... perfect for making quick and easy cards!  
There are four different images and these two are my favorite... the Christmas tree

and the reindeer. Now, on this card I was trying to make a masculine Christmas card but it looked like it was missing something so I added gems to the Christmas trees and bow... I think it could still pass as a masculine Christmas card! :) 
I love how fast these cards came together and I'm so happy with the way they turned out!  Pre-colored images... a little Vintage Photo Distress Ink... you can't go wrong! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Hugs, Tammy

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown- (C10) Bling it Up! 
ABC Christmas- Under the tree 
C.R.A.F.T.- Christmas
Fairy Tale- Bingo: Christmas, Dies & gems (reindeer card)
Inkspirational- Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack- Anything Goes
Polkadoodles- (C10) Christmas Is Coming
Simon Says- Christmas/Happy Holidays

Other Materials: Vintage Photo Distress Ink, CB- Houndstooth EF, EK Success-photo corner punch, DP-My Mind's Eye- Lost & Found Christmas collection, Bows- MFT die, Trees- Hero Arts die, the doily, pearls and gems are all from my stash

Halloween cards for OWH

Good morning everyone!  
Today I wanted to share a few Halloween cards that I included in my last package 
to OWH!
The first group of cards were sooo fun to make... because my best friend helped with the assembly!  I had everything cut out, stamped and ready to go and then we went to town!  It was such a fun day and I loved the extra help! 
Thank you Karen!! 
Here are the 20 cards that we made... 

and a close up! :)
Very quick and easy cards and no coloring was involved... perfect for making multiple cards and I finally got a chance to use my new Memory Box dies... the Ghost Trio and Dangling Spider!  I love these dies!
  
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My next card features an image from Stampendous... I think these owls are so cute!   

It's stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with Copics.  I used the Labels 18 nestie to cut it out and added a touch of Vintage Photo ink around the edges.  I used another Memory Box die for the Twiggy Tree and a MS punch for the bats.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge- Punch it Out
C is for Challenge- Animals
Card Crafter's Circle- Winged Things

Come and Get It- Things with Wings

Jo's Scrap Shack- Anything Goes

Just For Fun- Anything Goes
Make it Monday- always Anything Goes
Pile It On- No Designer Paper
Pumpkin spice- Colored project
The Cutie Pie- Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge- Animals

Totally Gorjuss- Die cuts and punches

Thanks so much stopping by and enjoy your day!
Hugs, Tammy   

Cool Cats

Good morning everyone!
  Today I wanted to share with you a few masculine cards that I made for OWH!
This adorable Cool Cat image is from Bugaboo Stamps, I used Copics & Prisma pencils to color them and the sentiments are from Paper Smooches.  The papers are from Studio G, they were in the $1.50 bin at Michaels!  I love these paper packs, you get 15 sheets of 6x6 papers... they are perfect when you want to create monochromatic cards! I used a QuicKutz die for the corner and the Squiggle border die is from MFT... to finish them up I added a few Dew Drops that I had in my stash.

That's it for now, thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:

House That Stamps Built- Monochrome

Lady Anne's- (C10) Monochrome

Little Red Wagon- Monochrome

Make it Monday- always Anything Goes
Pattie's Creations- Monochromatic + image

Nutcrafters-  One for the boys!

Paper Pretties- Monochrome

OWH Midweek Throwdown- Masculine

Stella Says Sketch- Sketch 139
Tammy's Scrappin Corner- Animals

OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to my stop on the OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop!  The theme for today's hop is THANK YOU cards based on a OWH sketch and I have two cards to show you!

On my first card I used OWH Sketch #146 and a Sock Monkey image from Bugaboo Stamps.
 Supplies: Copics, Hero Arts- sentiment, Recollections papers, CB heart die & dots folder, MFT fishtail die and gems.  

On my second card I used OWH Sketch #161 and another image from Bugaboo Stamps called Ava Heart... Isn't she sweet?!
For this card I created a couple of punched circle flowers... if you would like to know how I made these fun flowers I have a quick and easy tutorial for you to follow here! :)
Supplies: Copics, Whimsy Stamps ticket sentiment, Doodlebug & Heidi Grace papers, oval nesties, circle punch, gems and buttons. 

Well, that's it for now... I'm trying to keep it short because I know you have a lot of blogs to visit. Click on the banner at the top of this post to continue to hop!
Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

For the Kids

Good morning everyone!
Today I wanted to share with you a few cards that I made for OWH.  This adorable Giraffe is from Bugaboo Stamps and I think it's perfect for a little boy or girl!  My first two cards were colored with Spectrum Noir markers, the Turquoise and Yellow sets.  Joann's is selling them now and they are only $14.99 for 6 and I used a 40% off coupon... what a deal!! It's a great way to add more markers to your collection without spending a lot of money! :)

On my next card I used a fun technique called Ombre... graduating colors from light to dark.  It's the new challenge over at OWH.  I wanted to play along so I whipped up one more card showing my graduating  pink Fishtail Flags!    

These cards were so fun and easy to make!  I hope they put a huge smile on a child's face!  That's it for now... Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Bearly Mine- Anything Goes
Brown Sugar- Anything Goes
Clearly Inspired- Anything Goes
Creative Craft-  For The Kids 
Creative Moments- Animals
Love to Create- Anything Goes
Make it Monday- always Anything Goes
My Craft Spot- Embossing or Glossy Accents 
OWH Midweek Throwdown- Ombre technique 
Pause, Dream, Enjoy- Anything Goes
Southern Girls- The Kids are alright
Stamp n Doodle- Anything Goes
Stampin' For The Weekend- Child's Play
The Shabby Tea Room - Anything Goes

Supplies:

 Image- Bugaboo Stamps, Sentiment- Paper Smooches, 

Markers-Spectrum Noir & Copics 

Dies- Ticket-Whimsy Stamps, Fishtails-MFT, Tag- QuicKutz,
Embossing folder- Tiny Bubbles- Cuttlebug   

 Embellishments- gems, bakers twine, felt ric-rac, glossy accents-on giraffe's spots
Papers- scraps from my stash

A Vintage Easter

Hello everyone and Happy Saturday!  

Today I wanted to share with you a couple of Easter cards that I made for OWH.  The deadline for Easter is February 7th so I thought I better get busy!  :)   I decided to use my new Crafty Secrets Vintage Easter sheet that I bought online.  There are so many adorable images and they are perfect for making quick and easy cards... and I can take a break from coloring for a bit!  I love it!  Here are 2 of the cards that I've made so far...     

Both cards have a kraft cardstock background.  I roughed up the edges with the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser tool before adding some Tea Dye distress ink.  I created the flowers with the Rose Creations nesties and I used my new Marianne die for the little bird below.  The dp above is from MME, also new and the dot paper is from the $1 bin at target.  Added some gems and pearls to finish them up.    

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!  It's freezing here today in Colorado!  But, I know our team loves the cold weather!  

GO BRONCOS!!      

Challenges I would like to enter:
2 Sisters- Celebrations

Card Makin' Mamas- Anything goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards- For the birds (2nd card)

Crafting for all Seasons- Something New (vintage sheet & paper & die)

Crafty Creations- Something New (vintage sheet & paper & die)

Digistamps 4 Joy- Oh My- How Time Flies (2nd card)

Fairy Tale- Animals & Pets

Paper Crafting Journey- Anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty- Anything goes

Shelly's Images- Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday- Fur or Feathers
Tuesday Throwdown- Shiny & New (new vintage sheet, paper & die)

White Christmas

Happy Saturday everyone!

 It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar! This month the theme is... White Christmas with the option to use something Metal.

Crafty Sentiments is sponsoring the challenge and my card features this adorable Snowman's Gift image and It's colored with Copics.  The sentiment is a $1 stamp from Michaels and the bg is embossed with the CB Snowflakes folder.  I used a MFT die for the flourish, a EK Success punch for the flowers and a MS punch for the holly.  Added my 3 silver brads and there you have it!
For more inspiration make sure you stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT wonderful creations!
Thanks for stopping by enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Crafty Sentiments- Red White & Green
Creatalicious- Winter
Delightful- Festively Floral
My Time To Craft- Snowmen
 Oldie But Goodie- Let It Snow (Sentiment & brads are over 6mos old)  
OWH Midweek Throwdown- Winter Fun 
Oozak- Anything Goes + Red 
Shopping Our Stash-C13 Odds & Ends and/or Waiting to be used (brads & flower punch)
Sisterhood of Crafters- Time to embrase Embossing
Whimsy Inspiration- Traditional Christmas colors  

Thank You Very Much

Good Morning everyone!
It's time for a new challenge at Wags 'n Whiskers and this time we want to see
Thank You/Thankful creations.
For my card I chose this adorable Beary Sweet image to work with!  She's colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.  The bg is embossed with the Sizzix dots folder and I paper pierced around the circle & oval nesties.  The leaves were cut with a Sizzix die and I used a small daisy punch from Fiskars to create the flowers... added a few pearls to finish it up.  I think this card will be perfect to add to my OWH box!
Now pop on over to the challenge blog for more inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! :)

Challenges I would like to enter:
Aud Sentiments- Thanks
Card Makin' Mamas- Thanksgiving/Thank You 

Card Mania -Embossing
Crafty Catz- Anything Goes

Digi Makeover- Thanks + digi

Divas by Design- Let's get Cute

Everybody-Art-Challenge- Embossing
Fairy Tale- Embossing
Fussy and Fancy- Pearls & Flowers

OWH ODBD- (Nov.)- rarely used tool or technique (paper piercing)

The Squirrel & the Fox- Flowers, Hats or Horses
Totally Papercrafts- Cute and Girly

OWH World Card Making Day Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!  Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home World Cardmaking Day Blog Hop!  I'm excited to participate this weekend because I love to support this wonderful organization!  OWH sends blank cards to US servicemen and women to write in and send back home to their loved ones. All the information & guidelines for making cards for OWH can be found on their main blog!

The theme for today's hop is Christmas/Holiday cards based on a sketch.  I have two cards to show you! On my first card I used OWH Sketch #132 and Bugaboo Stamps 
Snowman Broom image.   

On my second card I used OWH Sketch #98 and another image from Bugaboo Stamps called  Eggbert Winter.

Both of these adorable images were colored with Copics.  The sentiments are from Hero Arts and the papers are from Echo Park the Season's Greetings collection.  On each card I covered a clear button with the matching designer paper to create a custom button... in an older post I have a quick and easy tutorial for you to follow, if you're interested! :)  You can find it here! 

Well, that's it... I'm trying to keep it short because I know you have a lot of blogs to visit. Click on the banner above to continue to hop!   
Thanks so much for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of your hop!