WindRyder Dreams

Easter/Spring Challenge

2012-01-22T09:29:00.000-07:00

When I see the birds returning I think Spring must be right around the corner. I made the bird and green leafy thing with my new Cricut.

MWT- Fantasy Floral

2012-01-11T18:45:00.000-07:00

The Midweek Throwdown at OWH Stars and Stamps was to make cards with flowers.

Flowers were fun! They are a mix of silk and paper and I used a really cool gold mesh on the paper that I got on a nice sale at Michael's.

January ODBD Challenge 3 Patterned Papers

2012-01-08T15:18:00.000-07:00

This month's challenge at Stars and Stamps blog sponsored by ODBD is for us to make cards using at least 3 patterned papers on each card. I think swirly background paper qualifies, don't you?

New DCWV paper

2012-01-04T22:10:00.001-07:00

My husband got me this nice DCWV paper pad called The Four Seasons and this paper was the first page on top! Sooooo pretty! I made 3 of these, 3 of the following and there are 3 more cards in the making. All from ONE sheet of 12x12 paper! On the next card is a pinecone stamp that he got me as well. The green satin ribbon matched the birds perfectly.

10 Favorite cards of 2011

2011-12-30T21:03:00.000-07:00

This week for our Operation Write Home fun challenge was to pick 10 of our favorite cards we made in 2011 and post them for a mini-hop of sorts over the weekend. Here are the ones I chose. They are not the artsy-est or most commented on. I picked a variety of styles and themes (well except for the extra one for Christmas!) and ones I enjoyed making. I would have loved to picked maybe 12 but maybe next time! :) I hope you like them.

This one was a tone on tone embossed patterned paper so I heat embossed the sentiment to match. It just felt so delicate.

This is one of the great pinwheel tutorials from the OWH Stars and Stamps blog.

This is made with one of the free state digis that was created by Sandy and posted at the OWH main blog under Free - State digis.

This was actually made with leftovers and my favorite part is the gold foil look on the blue handmade paper and the gold distressing on the textured background. Simple but I really like this one.

There are 2 reasons I chose this one. One because of the image that I got from Melonheadz Illustrating blog is wonderful for OWH. And two....... because I actually did an image with people on it! Well, and the star brads are cute.

I just loved this as a Christmas card TO our Heroes! The sentiment is from the OWH blog, freebie digis section and the red leaf bling was my great find of the week.

This was made with some very lovely patterned paper. All the sentiments on the background paper are embossed! Great paper.

Loved this card! The entire center image is a mix of stickers. Yep, stickers! How fun is that?

Gosh, I guess I liked my holiday cards. To me this one has a great country feeling with the crocheted flower, stitching, lace and buttons.

This final one was chosen not for some great design quality but for the image. It came from Create With TLC blog and I thought it was perfect for the purpose that I make these cards to begin with. All I did was color it and add the puched heart.

Thanks for stopping by and enoy your weekend. Now, let's get some cards made!

OWH MWT - Thank you!

2011-12-29T18:41:00.000-07:00

The Midweek Throwdown at OWH Stars and Stamps for this week it to make a Thank You card in honor of Dixie who has just retired from being one of our shippers. She did an excellent job and now we look forward to seeing all those lovely creations she didn't have time for before. This pic came out a bit yellow.........it should be a little more mustard color...... hm?

Yolanda's Leftovers Challenge 2nd batch

2011-12-25T17:35:00.000-07:00

Ok, here is the 2nd batch of leftovers for Yolanda's challenge. Lots of strips, but they make easy backgrounds. Um, easy if you can match up the papers that go together! LOL! These are made with the same strips just one is on black and one is on a gray background cardstock. Very interesting outcome.

Yolanda's Leftovers Challenge

2011-12-25T13:50:00.001-07:00

I hope to make a bunch for this challenge. That would mean that I am making "tidy" and also making more room for new stuff! YAY! The blocks of patterned paper and the dark brown are the leftovers. Ok, off to make some more!

The same with this one. The blocks are the leftovers. I think it works.

Thanks to Our Heroes Challenge

2011-12-19T12:07:00.000-07:00

This challenge is in partnership with Hero Arts, Inc and can be found on the S&S blog here. Part of the challenge requires that we use a sketch from the Stars and Stamps sketch vault to make the card and that it has to have at least one stamped image. Well, stamped images for me usually mean sentiments so here is my version of sketch #43.

OWH Hero Arts Blog Skip CASE

2011-12-16T17:30:00.000-07:00

This weekend Operation Write Home is having a Hero Arts celebration by having a blog skip which starts here. Part of the celebration asks for us to CASE a card made by one of our blog hostesses. I chose this blog Expressions of a Craftaholic hostess to CASE. Now, mine is backwards to hers so I hope that counts as a CASE. If not, tell me and I'll do another one. Sandy has turned me into a ribbon junkie now so all my cards seem to have a touch of ribbon. The butterfly was a sticker that had bits of glitter spots on it and I really liked it so I covered all the glitter spots with Dimensional Magic and made it pop up with foam adhesive.

Sketch Challenge #99

2011-12-14T14:45:00.000-07:00

Realizing that mine don't often look like the sketches, they do inspire me so this is the one for Sketch Challenge #99 at OWH Stars and Stamps blog. The flower silk and the sentiment is a new one from River City Rubber Works, a most wonderful site with a wonderful selection of stamps.

Valentine's and Love

2011-12-14T14:27:00.000-07:00

I am finishing up making the box of Valentine and Love cards to go out at the end of this week. It takes a little longer from here (Canada) to get to Sandy so, I try to have them out 2 weeks before the deadline. This one is for the Valentine's Last Call at OWH Stars and Stamps. The first one was made with a Sizzix folder and colored with ink. The second one is a bit busy but all the parts have a nice shimmer to them and I felt that worked well. The background paper, the tag, the ribbon edge and the embossed sentiment. Hope some one likes it!

Love Notecard Makeover Backside!

2011-12-07T19:53:00.000-07:00

Now this is the backside of the card from the previous post. So there are 6 of these as well. I turned it upside down so that it wouldn't look so much like the first one. This is mounted on that parchment looking cardstock, framed the sentiment with silver paint pen and nothing says romance like black sheer (something) ribbon. :)

Love Notecard Makeover!

2011-12-07T19:45:00.000-07:00

This was a notecard I got in a pack of 6 from Michael's on clearance. Both the front of the card and the back of the card are printed in this really pretty pink. I just cut it up and mounted it on the black, added a bow, a shimmery butterfly and some bling! The close up shows the wonderful subtle embossing on this card. Instant wow! So I made 6 from the fronts, 6 from the backs and have 6 pretty pink envelopes that will become cards too. Not bad for $.33!!!!

Totally Sketch Inspired!

2011-12-05T06:21:00.000-07:00

This bunch is totally sketch inspired! This sketch is from OWH Stars and Stamps sketch #97! I am not usually prone to doing sketches and this one at first glance looked too hard for sure. But, the inspiration from the gallery got me going. I made one and then got out my scrap file. The rest of these cards just hopped on the paper! This is by far the most cards I have ever made from one sketch in one sitting. And got some of my scrap file cleaned up as well!

Simple and Repurpose

2011-12-05T05:28:00.002-07:00

This first card is just a simple use of paper and a really pretty ribbon. Quick and easy!

This 2nd card is a "re-purpose". I recieved this quite a long time ago and instead of just tossing it I cut it down and remounted it onto a fresh new card base and replaced the sentiment that was on it with one for the Heroes to use for upcoming Valentine's Day (see all the tiny little hearts?)

Sophocles

2011-12-02T13:51:00.000-07:00

Look what I found in my pile of "left overs" and "need to use." This pretty vellum quote. Simple and Ms. Mo-jo was just getting warmed up!

Frosty embossed vellum

2011-11-29T12:13:00.000-07:00

I've had these sheets of embossed vellum on my desk for awhile and I decided it was time to give them a spin on the dance floor. Nice and simple, and architectural style flower, faux scallops with punched dots and popped for dimension. Sending the Love!

Fishing for Love

2011-11-27T15:49:00.000-07:00

I made 2 fishing themed cards with the Love sentiment, but one was out of focus when I took the pic so I'll have to get it out of the box and try again when I have some daylight. Here is one of them. Very simple, but more masculine. I will post the other one when I get a better picture.

Love (with no hearts)

2011-11-21T17:37:00.000-07:00

I have no idea how I came up with this idea. I was digging through the sketch challenge file at OWH Stars and Stamps blog attempting to attempt a challenge. Sometimes it seems so simple and others, sheesh! Mo-jo block! But I do like how this came out and look Ma! No hearts! I like how the tan swirl came out looking rather suede. The sentiment is a free digi from Create With TLC. I just love this sentiment!

Love in the "Blues" (and grays)!

2011-11-21T17:27:00.000-07:00

I am really working on some simple Love cards for the men or the men to recieve. I like the not quite so obvious hearts! I found this gray plaid in my old stash folder. I got 4 cards out of what I had. Now I wish I had more of it.

Butterfly Love

2011-11-14T19:13:00.000-07:00

I like using purple and green and this one just caught my eye. I stepped out a bit by using the yellow background card base, but I think distressing the edges toned it down a bit and tied it together. Too bad my in house critic thought this one was a total bomb! The photo doesn't show it well but the butterflies on this one are popped, too.

Thinking of You on Veteran's Day

2011-11-12T21:37:00.000-07:00

I always gravitate towards the Thinking of You type cards for our Heroes, so here are some more. The butterfly is some opalescent dark blue that was put through a texture folder and then popped off the page with some shelf liner. Then the sentiment was heat embossed. I haven't done that much lately and I do love how it looks and feels, got to use that more!

Two sided paper for OWH sketch #91

2011-11-12T21:12:00.000-07:00

I've never been good at using the 2 sided paper together. Usually I just pick which side I like and use that one. Stretching my comfort zone mixed with my being "sketch challenged"..... I figured Veteran's Day was a good day to let 'er rip! This paper came from a 4x6 pad of paper from K&Co that someone sent to me. It has 18 sheets and since I am getting the hang of this sketch..... well, they may all come out similar. But, I won't send them all in one box so that my shipper (Sandy) doesn't have to store them. So far I have made 4 each from 6 sheets of paper. The circle is heat embossed for some nice shiny texture. Yay!

Matter of Time

2011-11-05T21:16:00.000-06:00

I kind of thought that this would be a nice card for someone to send home when they are getting close to coming home or as encouragement that they will be together again soon. Then I noticed that in the pic I didn't get the sticker edge down good, ugh! Where is that bone folder? The sticker is a gorgeous shiny copper color.

Big Bird! (image)

2011-11-05T21:07:00.000-06:00

I remembered reading on Paula's blog about some paper she had that had large images on it. This is one I had on a 12x12 sheet "bottom of the stash" paper. I cut out this image first and so far have made 2 more cards with the same sheet and they all look fairly different. I still have some left over so more cards to make!

Absence make the heart grow fonder!

2011-11-05T21:01:00.000-06:00

How about this for a little "love you" message?

The cards from Paula's Digi

2011-11-05T14:42:00.000-06:00

I thought I would post the cards I made with the digi I got from Paula's bog Handmade by Paula. I like this one and more than likely it will be on a lot more cards.

Sending You My Love!

2011-11-01T18:11:00.000-06:00

I got this wonderful free digi from Paula at Handmade By Paula and think that it could be for any time of year! Her cards were wonderful! Mine, not so much as hers, but I will keep trying! I liked this layout so I made 2 more in green, some in blue and other colors with matching digis.

Shaking off the snow for a few!

2011-10-31T17:36:00.000-06:00

I put away the Christmas stuff (for now) and tried to have visions of warm spring days and sunny colors.

Valentines Already?

2011-10-26T17:25:00.000-06:00

I'm trying to get in the Valentine type mood. Actually, I think I just like making Love cards. I know those men and women love their families and this amazing country. God bless our Heroes!

Handmade Paper Trio

2011-10-24T20:54:00.000-06:00

It seems odd to change from Christmas cards so soon. Changing mo-jo takes a bit of effort. I will be making personal Christmas cards but the ones for OWH are out the door! Yay! These 3 were made with a lovely handmade paper that has been sitting in my stash. Not now! I've got a lot more of this wonderful paper that will make great springtime cards.

Merry! Merry! Christmas Presents!

2011-10-19T22:11:00.000-06:00

I'm trying to cover a bunch of different themes for Christmas. This is a stamp that was enlarged on the computer before printing. I made 11 of these bright, happy Merry Merry's!

Pearl Button Thinking of You

2011-10-16T10:40:00.000-06:00

I took a break from Christmas cards to make this Thinking of You card. I know the Heroes need general cards like this as well even through the holidays. I wish you could really see this paper. All the words are embossed. Very cool stuff! I made 7, then ran out of that pearl and pink ribbon. That is a good "run out" since it means more cards in the box getting ready to go out.

Holiday Love!

2011-10-15T19:35:00.000-06:00

This is meant to be a non-Christmas but holiday season "Love" card.

Celebrate with Snowmen!

2011-10-15T17:35:00.000-06:00

I love all the cards that are being posted on the OWH FB wall of snowmen. They are so dang cute! Here is my snowman card.

A Little Santa!

2011-10-14T16:37:00.000-06:00

Ok, how about a "little" Santa? I think he is cute and country.

Simple Merry Christmas

2011-10-14T15:30:00.000-06:00

Here is one bright an cheery and simple. Yay! Love the irridescent organza ribbon!

One for the kids!

2011-10-13T20:43:00.000-06:00

This one was made to send home to a child or younger family member. I think the Merry Christmas on the embossed paper matched the swirly look of the lights.

Velvet Garland

2011-10-13T20:31:00.000-06:00

Trying to get this box ready to go out by Saturday...Monday at the latest so it will make it by the deadline. This card was made around midnight so that would explain why it is "left handed." :)

Noel! Noel!

2011-10-10T16:24:00.000-06:00

I made this card around midnight last night and when I got to my table at 5am this morning, I decided to make as many more of them as I can with the same supplies. I got 4 more made and have a whole bunch of this ribbon left so, I will see how far it will go. The snowflakes are a light green patterned paper.

More Christmas Cards!

2011-10-05T19:46:00.000-06:00

Did someone say Christmas deadline? Eek! It is the end of October so that means for me these have to be out in about a week to get there in time. Here is one I was making last night while watching "Happy Feet" followed up by watching JR on DWTS show off his happy feet and bringing us all to tears. I got on a roll since I had pre-colored these........ I made 25! That ought to get this box almost filled.

Getting the rustic Christmas feeling!

2011-10-04T16:56:00.000-06:00

I found I had a pad of Tim Holtz idea-ology seasonal papers. It has everything from Easter to Christmas. My idea-ology is to use up all I can to make Christms cards for our Heroes! Yay!

Fall-ish Thanks For Being You

2011-10-02T09:49:00.000-06:00

Miles and the dogs kept bugging me to make more fall-ish cards. The 4 of them don't quite understand the concept of deadlines for mailing for OWH :) It's ok, since it doesn't say Thanksgiving or anything specific. (Maybe this one will have to stay home with me for while.)

More World Card Making Day!

2011-10-01T17:11:00.000-06:00

I just had to make some more Any Hero Christmas-y cards.

Happy World Card Making Day!

2011-10-01T11:31:00.000-06:00

Well, I have spent the morning out hopping around and seeing all the wonderful creations. It is so hard to hop and make cards at the same time, but, several of the cards really did inspire me to make this one. I know it has no sentiment. That way it can be used for something other than just Christmas.

Any Hero Christmas

2011-09-29T22:03:00.000-06:00

I love today's theme! Christmas cards FOR the heroes. Yay! The challenge is being sponsored by Inspired Stamps who are giving away stamps sets to 2 lucky winners! Go on over and say hi!

Another Tuesday Throwdown!

2011-09-28T17:53:00.000-06:00

I just couldn't help making another one! I'm sure our guys and gals are doing a lot of "Thinking of You." This one is more holiday-ish, not quite Christmas-y ..... hm? The center frame thing was made with glueing the paper to a light piece of cardboard so it has some nice dimension and wasn't just a piece of paper. It feels rather sturdy this way, too.

Tuesday Throwdown

2011-09-27T22:15:00.000-06:00

The Tuesday Throwdown is being sponsored by (HA!) Tuesday Throwdown. That is soooo cute! Anyway, the challenge is to make Thinking of You cards. I just love this image by Melonheadz Illustrating. This is the first time I have ever used one and to me it is just perfect!

Birthday Bash-Sassy Studio Designs

2011-09-26T18:56:00.000-06:00

Here is my holiday "Missing You" for the challenge sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs. We are so appreciative of all the sponsors who are helping to celebrate Operation Write Home's Birthday Bash all month long.

You Are So Loved

2011-09-26T16:42:00.000-06:00

A minor deviation from making the cards for the OWH Birthday Bash. I was clearing up scraps and trying to make tidy when I just had to stop and make this card. It just jumped up and said, "don't toss me!" Now looking at it I am glad I didn't.

Sketch Challenge #87

2011-09-25T12:30:00.000-06:00

It is still OWH's Birthday Bash celebration and this one is for sketch #87. I am not usually good at the sketches but I figure if I just stay at it, it will become easier. I did like how this one came out.

More Birthday Bash - Robin's Fetish

2011-09-24T13:37:00.000-06:00

Robin's Fetish is sponsoring one of the challenges for the OWH Birthday Bash. The challenge is to make a card using something round. I really like these round stamps and should use them more often as they are NOT fussy to cut out!

May Arts Challenge!

2011-09-21T16:53:00.000-06:00

This card somehow works for 2 challenges for this month's OWH Birthday Bash! 2 fer's are a good thing when trying to keep up with all the challenges! This is going to be for the May Arts Challenge to use ribbon on a Christmas card and for Ciara's Dog Challenge. And who better to grace the front of the card than Ciara herself.

OWH - Birthday Bash - Anything Goes!

2011-09-21T16:21:00.000-06:00

This "Anything Goes" challenge is sponsored by Michelle's Scrapbooking and More. There are some wonderfully inspiring cards to view over there! The center embellishment is a 3-D sticker and the sentiment stamp is from the $1.50 bin at Michael's.

Utah State Digi Challenge

2011-09-18T19:21:00.000-06:00

Sandy made another state digi and this one is for Utah. I don't have the Nestabilities dies so I just went with the framed version and colored it with markers, pencil and chalk. These state digi's she does are wonderful!

OWH Birthday Bash - Case Bev T. Challenge

2011-09-18T15:45:00.000-06:00

The featured cardmaker this week was Bev T. from San Francisco, CA. She had some very nice cards and the challenge was to CASE Bev T. I copied her design of 3 using these architectural style flowers. I raised them with 3-D foam for dimension.

OWH Birthday Bash - Digi Challenge

2011-09-16T11:43:00.000-06:00

This challenge is sponsored by the Digi Doodle Shop. The challenge didn't require any particular digi and I chose this one that is a freebie over at Create with TLC. Both blogs/shops have lots to offer so hop on over and check them out. Both are supporters of Operation Write Home and we thank you.

Birthday Bash Color Challenge - Paper and Such

2011-09-16T11:27:00.000-06:00

This color challenge is sponsored by Paper and Such in which they chose 3 colors for us to use to make any kind of card. The colors were red, kraft and blue (or black). After I pulled out the 3 colors the idea for this card came together very quickly. And the bells were made by me...... the leaves and the berries are velvet and made by me as well.

1+1+1= Fun! Challenge

2011-09-16T11:13:00.000-06:00

This challenge hosted by The Chatty Stamper is to use one chipboard, one button and one tag. I don't normally use tags or chipboard so this was good for me to do. I recently got some tags made at a Micheal's on a Cricut and I had also gotten a package of pre-decorated chipboard. Once I found the right parts all I had to do was some penstitching and I was done!

Cold Temps, Warm Heart

2011-09-15T18:35:00.000-06:00

Oh, I love this penguin! He just looks cold and missing someone. This challenge is hosted by Theresa at Playing With Pictures and Paper.

Splish! Splash!

2011-09-14T23:51:00.000-06:00

Oh! This was a great challenge! Hosted by Michelle at Wanna Stamp, this one is to do a primarily black and white card with a splash of color. I really liked this challenge and honestly will have to do more of these. I have made 6 of these and look to finding other papers to do this with. Thank you Michelle!

A Bug's Life

2011-09-14T23:33:00.000-06:00

The Midweek Throwdown is a challenge for us to use bugs. I don't have any bug stamps so I made these two with bug punches.

Daddy's Child!

2011-09-13T17:14:00.000-06:00

This challenge hosted by Tami at Tami's Craft Connection. It is a card for a child, girl or boy. I like the "Cars" characters so this one was a joy to make.

Keep it Clean (CAS) Challenge

2011-09-13T16:02:00.001-06:00

More of the VCMP challenges! This one is hosted by Jen at The Sparkle Within. It is for a CAS (clean and simple) card. I like making these as a break from all the ones that take so much mo-jo. Plus I can make several of these at one time without a whole lot of fuss.

Autumn Patriots!

2011-09-13T15:00:00.000-06:00

Ok, OWH challenge #20 for the month and #10 for the VCMP is a color challenge. Tanya at Tinkerin In Ink gave us 4 colors to work with, the blue, the dark brown, the darker terra cotta color and cream or off white. Here is my take on it.

OWH VCMP - Think O-W-H!

2011-09-12T09:44:00.000-06:00

This challenge is hosted by Patricia at Thinking of Inking. The card is to have elements that are represented by the letters O-W-H. For mine it has O for Organza ribbon, W for the white snowflakes and H is for the HoHoHo paper and the Hope sentiment. Yay!

VCMP Challenge #9 - Sketch #86

2011-09-12T09:28:00.000-06:00

This challenge is all about the Heroes we make these cards for at Operation Write Home. Sandy challenged us to make Any Hero cards using sketch #86 (and to make lots of them!) Here is my version for Heroes who make us proud and keep us safe. Anyone know of a good source of USA/Patriotic paper? Where I live it is in very limited supply.

Take The Scenic Route!

2011-09-12T09:10:00.001-06:00

This was a toughie! It is hosted by Sheila at 2 Paw Prints. The idea is to make a scene with 3 different stamps. Ok, we are back to this stamping thing. You will see why I am not so good at doing cards with stamps. I did use 3 though. The background, the horses (that I cut out, eeeek!) and the bird. I really don't have stamps that make scenes......... good challenge, Sheila!

Non-Traditional Valentine!

2011-09-12T08:58:00.000-06:00

Next up, is the Non-Traditional Valentine challenge hosted by Dixie. Whew! A challenge that didn't fry my mo-jo.

Piece of Birthday!

2011-09-12T08:47:00.000-06:00

This is challenge #6 for the Virtual Card Making Party at OWH Stars & Stamps. It is called Piece of Birthday and is being hosted by Elizabeth at Visions of Paper. It is supposed to be masculine paper piecing. I barely stamp.... paper piecing is not in my bag of tricks. But here I punched the shaped for the corner elements and pieced them..... does that count?

Falling For You!

2011-09-11T14:02:00.000-06:00

Here is more from the OWH Stars and Stamps Virtual Card Making Party. This challenge is called Falling For You and is being hosted by Sybrina at Scrapping With Purpose. I chose the fall theme for my Falling For You. I love the jeweled falling leaves that I just picked up from Michael's and just had to use them!

Pick A Number! Sketch #37

2011-09-11T09:11:00.000-06:00

I had to take a break from the challenges to paint another coat on the bathroom, so I am a bit behind. I made this one last night for the Pick A Number challenge hosted by Julie. I admit I am not so good at doing cards from sketches but I can get the general idea onto the card. This one is very simple. The patterned paper is the theme and the long leafy thing is a sticker that I added Dimension Magic to to seal the little bit of glitter and to give it "dimension."

Unique Christmas!

2011-09-10T12:48:00.000-06:00

Challenge #3 is called Unique Christmas and the sample made by Barb at Paper Therapy Ponderings. She made a wonderful card in red, white and blue and the challenge is to use non-traditional colors. I chose yellow and purple to go with the blue and green. Eek! Lots of colors. The picture doesn't really show the center of the snowflake is yellow under the purple........ hm? Searching for the right amount of light....... I liked this challenge and it was a great break from painting the bathroom!

Celebrating Nature!

2011-09-10T09:23:00.000-06:00

Challenge #2 for today is Celebrating Nature! and is being hosted by Stamping With A Mission. I needed to make a card that showed nature. I am not very good at stamping and coloring so here is my stretch. I am lucky in that I have this amazing stamp. It was colored with pencils and chalk and LOOK! I used brads! Yay!

Garanimals!

2011-09-10T08:05:00.000-06:00

Today at OWH Stars and Stamps blog they are having a virtual cardmaking party to celebrate their birthday month. They are posting challenges every 2 hours with links to the blog hosting the challenge. This is going to be a fun day to play and make cards for our Heroes. Kicking off the party is Linda at It Was Here A Minute Ago (cute name huh?). Her challenge is called Garanimals and it is to make a child's card with animals. I guess I don't have too many animals so I used Loony Tunes animals. I hope it makes them smile!

I'm So Grateful Challenge!

2011-09-10T00:23:00.000-06:00

I love how this one came together! 2 bits of scraps + 1 rak + 1 stamp + 1 ribbon. So quick and easy I wish I had more of those scraps. I will see what I have in other colors and maybe I can make a few more of these.

Dimensional Lattice Card Challenge

2011-09-10T00:14:00.000-06:00

This one was hard for me in the sense that I don't have any nestabilites or accesss to them. I did have a small frame that was cut out on a cricut at Michael's. I know it loses some of the lovely impact, but I tried to get the idea and technique across.

Birthday Bash Autumn Challenge

2011-09-07T19:16:00.001-06:00

This one is for the Autumn Challenge at OWH Stars and Stamps. I think it looks like Autumn. Maybe not traditional pumpkins, but it feels like Autumn to me!

Birthday Bash Day 5, Free Digi

2011-09-07T18:56:00.000-06:00

Our wonderful leader Sandy, at OWH, makes these digis for us to use to make the cards for our nation's Heroes. This one she just made and she will hold a random drawing for someone's state to be the next one that she makes a digi for. Which state should I chose if my number is drawn??? Lobbying is now open! LOL!

Birthday Bash Sketch #85

2011-09-07T18:31:00.001-06:00

Sketch #85 on the Stars and Stamps blog is being sponsored by K'nK Designs in celebration of OWH Birthday month. I like this one...... definitely making more! Thank you K'nK Designs for celebrating with us!

Eyelets (or Brads) Challenge

2011-09-04T15:35:00.001-06:00

The next challenge in this month long celebration is: "We R Keeping an Eye on You!" being sponsored by We R Memory Keepers. The idea is to use "eye"lets. Well, my experience with eyelets left a mashed piece of paper and a very flat eyelet. Hm? I did have these nice tree brads though. I like them so much I might just have to use them all up making cards for Operation Write Home's Birthday Bash!!! Yay! I also posted this on Inspired Stamps for the "Missing You" Challenge. I think our troops need lots of this theme for sure.

The gold frame is heat embossed so it shines nicely without the use of glitter. And the HoHoHo paper just speaks to missing someone during that season. Do you think it works?

Miss You - Love You Challenge

2011-09-03T21:52:00.001-06:00

This challenge is for Love You or Miss You cards. It is being sponsored by Inspired Stamps. This card is for the fall season, sharing the love. I guess next I should do a Miss You card as well since I am still stumped by the eyelet challenge...... the last eyelet I tried to set tore the paper and mashed the eyelet. Not so good. Maybe this time I will use a smaller hammer....:) But, THIS card is about the Love!

OWH CASE the Cardmaker - Ardeth from Arizona

2011-09-03T08:43:00.000-06:00

Yay! We are celebrating Operation Write Home's Birthday month and one of the first challenges for the month is to CASE the Cardmaker. I know this is not an exact CASE but I was sure inspired by Ardeth and this is what I came up with. The rose border is a fabric ribbon I have had 4-EVER. I used all the ribbon and made 15 cards!!! YAY! Thanks Ardeth!

OWH CAS Skip!

2011-08-20T20:37:00.001-06:00

The skip (mini-blog hop) theme this time is CAS, aka Clean and Simple. Sometimes that is easier said than done. Kate said, it is the Little Black Dress of card styles and my being out here on the farm doesn't lend to getting a good vision of what that is. So, here is my "little black dress." I have plans to make more of these tonight and then give it another go with another design tomorrow.
Edit: I finally got some good sunlight to take the picture and here it is with the other colors I used. I like how these came out and will probably make more.

Inchies!

2011-08-19T17:46:00.000-06:00

This week the challenge at OWH Stars and Stamps blog is to make cards with inchies. I had made these squares a while back with a bunch of Looney Tunes stickers. I love the colorful squares and they made such a fun card! I have a bag of these pre-made squares so I'll make up a pile of these cards. I'm hoping the kids like these cards.

Birthday packages!

2011-08-19T01:50:00.000-06:00

I finally caught a break from my crazy work schedule and found a bit of quiet time to make some cards. I was making these flowers while watching a movie and in the light of day they just seemed to jump onto the Happy Birthday embossed sheets I had made a while back. I thought the silver wrapping ribbon would make them look like packages. I made 8, all a tad bit different and have a few flowers left over to make some more.

Tidbits Trinkets Challenge

2011-07-31T11:21:00.000-06:00

Bekka, over at Tidbits Trinkets has been posting some wonderful images for cardmakers to use in making cards for Operation Write Home. This is one that I think has lots of possibilites. This is my first attempt with this image and I'm sure that I will be using it quite a bit. Thanks Bekka!

Dino-mite Birthday

2011-07-29T17:38:00.000-06:00

I am admittedly not so good at kid's cards. I hope someone likes this one.

Little Pinwheels - Missing You

2011-07-29T17:33:00.000-06:00

I had made some little pinwheels to test the size and this is how they came out. Kind of summer into fall colors.
And the last one is a large pinwheel with a smaller one attached in the middle.

Turkeys and Spiders!

2011-07-21T21:48:00.000-06:00

In the theme of fall colors we have my only Haloween card for this year and the start of my turkey making cards. This guy is such a cute bird!

OWH MWT! Miss You!

2011-07-13T14:00:00.000-06:00

This week's Throwdown is for us to make "Miss You" cards. I was in that mode so this worked out just fine. I am liking all the ways to dress up this pinwheel. This one is a flower then a Martha Stewart snowflake then another flower and finally some bling!

Yelow Tulips - Happy Birthday

2011-07-13T11:19:00.000-06:00

I know we are making Fall and Holiday cards for OWH right now, but I just had to have one that said summer. It has been awful rainy here and some flowers and butterflies would be a nice sight out the window.

4th Of July Blog Hop Party - Pinwheels 2

2011-07-03T20:37:00.000-06:00

I liked this idea so much I had to make another one! I think this one came out so much better. I am definitely adding this one to my favorite techniques.

4th Of July Blog Hop Party - "Bear Your Heart"

2011-07-03T18:14:00.000-06:00

This one is from ScrappinBear's Studio challenge to Bear your Heart. I got the bear AND the heart! Yay! The image is a freebie from Create With TLC and I think this says it all. For all those separated from their loved ones on this 4th of July by deployment, we wish them safe days, safe returns and many many hugs!

4th Of July Blog Hop Party - Pinwheels

2011-07-03T16:45:00.000-06:00

This one is from the challenge at "Hello From Kate". She gave a great tutorial on Pinwheels. I like how quick and easy this one was. I made mine from a pre-cut 4"x4" square. It almost fills the whole page! But that could work out well for getting a bunch made quickly. This is my fall paper that should make it in time for Halloween or Thanksgiving or just plain fall. I have enough pre-cut to make about 24 cards! I will have to try some smaller ones as well.

4th Of July Blog Hop Party - Vintage

2011-07-03T14:54:00.000-06:00

Happy Canada Day, July 1st, for all my Canadian friends and Happy 4th of July to all my American friends and family!!! Gotta love a free country! This weekend Operation Write Home is having a blog hop challege party and I missed most of it since I was out doing farming things on Saturday. Here is my attempt to catch up a bit on the fun and see which challenges I can get done.

This first one is from Holly's Hobbies, a vintage card. I always think of browns, sepias and burgundy so this time I added the olive green butterfly. Don't worry about the glitter, it is Stickles sealed in Dimensional Magic. It just brought a little bling to the butterfly.

Card #1 done! On to see what others I can do in a short time.

CASE Ina Lea P.

2011-06-26T19:50:00.000-06:00

Last night Sandy challenged us on FB to CASE a card from the wall. I love the card made by Ina Lea P. It is so bright and cheery, it was my obvious choice. Thanks Ina Lea for the inspiration!

Tow Mater

2011-06-26T19:43:00.000-06:00

These Cars are just so dang expressive! I should have gotten more of this paper, but at the time I was not sure how I was going to make cards with it. Got quite a few more to make, better get at it.

Sunburst CASE

2011-06-25T20:39:00.002-06:00

Here is goodie that is making the rounds. The Sunburst/Starburst. I like how this one looks like a quilt.