November ODBD Challenge

A new month brings a new challenge from the generous Our Daily Bread Designs. When 50 card makers post an image of their card according to the current theme at Operation Write Home, ODBD sponsors 2 boxes of cards sent to our deployed service members. This month's theme is HEARTS, so here is my love card:



White, dark red CS: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: unk
Border Punch: ek success
Sentiment: Lawn Fawn (small stamp with online purchase)
Tiny Hearts Stamp: "Tree of Love" by Memory Box
Heart Dies: Impression Obsession
Heart embellishment is raised

ODBD April Challenge: Insects

When I realized that a butterfly is an insect, I was happy to enter this challenge at Operation Write Home.
When I completed creating my daughter-in-law's card for her first Mother's Day, I made this simple card with the leftover patterned paper. The wings are raised with dimensionals.
DSP: Perfect Petals from the Sweet Sentiments collection by Graphic 45
Die: Darla Butterfly by Memory Box

Challenges:
Our Daily Bread Designs: Insects
Bearly Mine Designs: Spring

TMS #207

It's Tuesday, and I've spent the last few minutes (closer to an hour!) working on a card for the current Tuesday Morning Sketch with a Twist: Use an Animal Image.
Chloe is my cat. And though she has the coloring of a Siamese in the body of a Domestic Short Hair--and looks nothing like this kitty--I love all cats and really love the collection of cat images including this orange kitty, from Clearly Digi Stamps.
Addendum: Thanks, Tuesday Morning Sketches, for choosing this card as a "Top 5" winner!! Kitty says thanks, too :)

Image and Sentiment: 'Kitties and Things' pre-colored digi collection by Clearly Digi Stamps
Colored CS: Bazzill
Twine: Doodlebug Design
Button Brads: Hobby Lobby
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Cloud Die (w/sentiment): 'Puffy Clouds' by Memory Box

Unscripted Sketches #216

Here I used one of my current favorite clear stamp sets from Stampin' Up!: French Foliage. This is a versatile collection of stamps that I will use again and again. I like this sketch, too!
The paper is from my stash. Ink: Stamp Cabana (dark red and green), Ranger Distress (wild honey), Border Die "Savannah Border" by Memory Box. Note: the 3rd row down is a different paper than the other rows. It was supposed to be more obvious (!)
Challenge: Unscripted Sketches #216

S&S Midweek Challenge: Things with Wings

Yay for another chance to play with my BoBunny paper pad. This is the same one I used with the OWH
6x6 Template. With 36 pages of patterned paper, there is still plenty left :) Come join us at the Stars and Stamps Blog for a Midweek Challenge every Wednesday. It's fun ;)

DP: "Serenity Collection" by BoBunny
Butterfly Die: "Darla Butterfly" by Memory Box
Challenge: Stars & Stamps "Things with Wings"

Our Daily Bread Designs June Challenge: Water

Our Daily Bread Designs will sponsor 1-2 boxes of Operation Write Home cards to our deployed military this month depending on how many cards are completed and linked up here at the Stars & Stamps Blog. Thanks again, ODBD! Here's my card.

Image, Sentiment: 'summer4fun' collection by The Stamps of Life

Cloud Dies: Memory Box

CS, Brad: my stash

Ink: Chocolate by TPC Studio

Blue Chalk: Inkadinkado

One Sheet Wonder

Thank you, Seongsook, for sharing this tutorial with Operation Write Home!! I couldn't wait to try it and here is the result. First, I located one of my all-time favorite double-sided patterned 12x12 papers that I had "saved" in my special place for at least a couple of years. I made a small mistake cutting it out, but was still able to make 8 cards. I found coordinating paper at my LSS, Of the Heart, and put everything together today. What fun!

DP: "Hibiscus Heaven" from the Tropical Travelogue Collection by Graphic 45

CS: Bazzill ("Parakeet" Green and "Burning Ember" Dark Red)

Bold Scroll Die: Sizzix

Fine Scroll Die: "Macarena Corner" by Memory Box

Border Die: "Savannah Border" by Memory Box

Pre-colored Flower Digital Stamp: September Blue

SOS Challenge #101: Scrap Attack

This week our challenge is to "shop our stash" for scraps to use on a card. No problem! It took a while to find scraps that actually went together, though.

Butterfly Paper: Graphic 45
Background DP: unknown
Sentiment: The Stamps of Life
Butterfly Die: Memory Box
Ribbon and Brad: my stash

Entered in these Challenges:

Shopping our Stash: Scraps
Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge # 97: Super Scraps Saturday!
Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody #20: Anything Goes

S & S Midweek Challenge: Thank You

Here's a different sort of card for me featuring die cuts using my Cuttlebug. This was really fun to make and I am feeling just a wee bit creative after putting all the pieces together!
This card is also entered in the Unscripted Sketches Challenge # 208, a web site I discovered yesterday. As the name implies, there is a weekly sketch challenge. This one was tricky, but I like the way it turned out ;)

DP: B & W Paper Pack by Colorbok
Buckle Die and Woodland Branch: Memory Box
Nestled Bird Die: Poppy Stamps
Yellow Cardstock: Bazzill
Square Punch: Family Treasures
Sentiment: unk

OWH Sketch # 167

Here's a look at my creation using this week's Operation Write Home sketch.

DSP: "Cherry Branches" by Memory Box
Bird Die: Impression Obsession
Bling: Nailheads by Mark Richards
CS: Bazzill
Border Punch: EK Success

Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge 29

Here's my creation for the challenge using one of the perky snowmen digis from Doodle Pantry! I love snowmen, so I had to have this set.
The red Bazzill CS matches the scarf much better in person.

Blue CS: Core'dinations  
Snowflakes: K&Co
Scalloped Buckle die: Memory Box
Buckle: Aluminum foil insert from my instant coffee
Sentiment: The Stamps of Life
Rectangle dies: Spellbinders


                    

S & S Midweek Challenge

Create a card using Kraft card stock and one or two other colors. Fun! Here I used a selection of paper pads for the Kraft and DP.

Clock & sentiment stamps: Hero Arts
Butterfly die: Memory Box
Kraft CS: Kraft Fun Day paper pad by My Mind's Eye
Colorful DP: Max and Whiskers paper pad by BasicGrey
"Notebook" DP: K & Company

Shopping Our Stash Challenge 64

Technique Time: Try something new or revisit an oldie! This challenge came at the right time as I tried a new technique this weekend but haven't made a card with it until today. I tea stained a piece of white card stock. It is easy to do and I love the results. Use about 1/4 cup boiling water, pour over a tea bag (I used plain Lipton tea), wait a little until it cools. Then squeeze out most of the water and dab on the card stock until you get the the effect you want. Let dry overnight.

I stamped the winter collage (by Memory Box) using brown ink, and tore and inked the edges. The dark brown and blue DP's are from my stash. I used chalk for the blue bird then added blue pencil. Also used pencils to add hints of green and red on the branches. I still think the card is missing something. Any ideas?