Doodle Pantry - another Armadillo

UPDATE: My first design team card for the Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog is featured at Bugaboo's blog.  

They are sponsoring our FIRST challenge.  Check it out here! 

Today is the last day of November, so I thought I would finish out my first month as Guest Designer for Doodle Pantry with a card using Laurie's creations.  I just can't get enough of this cute lil' armadillo .  This time I used a sentiment that I thought was very appropriate for cards going to our deployed troops by way of Operation Write Home!  The image, sentiment and patterned papers are all from Doodle Pantry and can be found here.  I used Spellbinders Nestabilities circle and inverted scalloped circle dies as well as Bazzill cardstock to finish off the card.

Laurie Wilson at Doodle Pantry decided to take a month off from the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge, but don't forget to join in again around January 5, 2012 for a new challenge.  Remember, you get a free image set just for playing along!  Never fear though, even though there isn't a challenge for December, you shop and save 30% off all digital images through December 24.  Merry Christmas from Doodle Pantry!

Challenges Entered:
Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown - Use a Digital Image

Melonheadz snowman/TLC sentiment

UPDATE: My first design team card for the Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog is featured at Bugaboo's blog.  

They are sponsoring our FIRST challenge.  Check it out here!

I love everything that Paulette at Create with TLC makes, so when I saw that the Aud Sentiments challenge provided this free sentiment from Paulette, I was thrilled!  I paired it with this cute snowman from my friend Nikki of Melonheadz Illustrating to create a holiday card.  If you know me, you know that I love to follow a sketch, so this time I used one from an old Hambo Hoedown challenge (see picture below).

Challenges Entered:

Aud Sentiments - Any Winter Holiday Sentiment (freebie provided)
Card Makin' Mamas - Sentiment

2 Sisters Challenge - Holiday

Crazy 4 Challenges - Snow

Hiding In My Craft Room - Any Holiday

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Winter Wonderland

Crafty Catz - Snowmen

Fairytale Challenge - Christmas

Fun with Shapes and More - Cold As Ice (must use die/punch)

Pattie's Creations - Christmas

Phindy's Friday Challenge - A Sprinkling of Snow

Card Supplies:
image - Melonheadz Illustrating
sentiment - free sentiment from Create with TLC as part of Aud Sentiments challenge
dies - Spellbinders Nestabilities circle, scalloped circle, oval, scalloped oval
embossing folder - Sizzix
ink - Memento tuxedo black
red cardstock - Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red
dark blue cardstock - EK Success
light blue cardstock/patterned paper - from my stash

Seems A Little Sketchy #1

I am so excited to have been selected as one of the founding designers for the Seems A Little Sketchy Design Team.  If you know me, you know that I *LOVE* working with sketches!  Well, today kicks off the inaugural challenge.  I know you will want to play along, so here's the 4-1-1:

1.  Challenges are every other Monday starting TODAY - November 28.

2.  Each challenge will have sponsors which means prizes for YOU!  

Our sponsor for the first challenge is Bugaboo Stamps.

3.  You may submit up to 3 entries per challenge AND 

you may combine with as many other challenges as you like.

So, what are you waiting for?!  Go get sketchy with it! 

Card Supplies:
Bugaboo Stamps - Coffee Time: Java Great Day
Copic Markers - E29, E33, E35, YG11, YG13
Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Rosy collection
Cardstock - Bazzill
Twine - My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday (Everyday Fun & Happy Days)
Circle Punches - Stampin' Up
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Inks (walnut stain)
Button - from my stash

 

Meljen's Designs & Splitcoast Stampers Technique

This week at Meljen's Designs the challenge is to use Twine or String.  That works perfectly with the spotlight technique at Splitcoast Stampers this week called Spirelli.  I think my card turned out pretty cool, don't you?  I will be sending this to Operation Write Home for the Archway Cookie challenge - 5,000 Love/Valentine's Cards = 5,000 packages of Archway Cookies for our deployed troops.  Don't they deserve a cookie?!  Go make some Love cards and get them to an OWH shipper by December 10!!!

Challenges Entered:

Meljen's Designs - twine or string

Card Makin' Mamas - sentiment

I used this sketch from Jen del Muro at iheart2stamp as my inspiration:

Card Supplies:
sentiment - Meljen's Designs
patterned paper - My Mind's Eye Love Me collection
cardstock - Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red
date stamp - Making Memories
ink - Tim Holtz Distress Inks (walnut stain)
punches - Stampin' Up scallop punch & 3/4" circle punch
Spellbinders - Nestabilities circle and scallop circle
twine - My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday (happy days)
Copic marker - R59

Hambo Hoedown - Computer

When I first saw this image, I thought to myself, "Really?!  I'm supposed to make a card with a picture of a computer?"  Well, I managed to do it and also make it a LOVE card for Operation Write Home! (More about that in a minute)  The other challenge at the Hambo Hoedown this week was to use something soft as in "soft"ware, so I chose ribbon as my soft item.  They don't call it a CHALLENGE at the Hambo Hoedown for nothing!

So, the deal with Operation Write Home and LOVE cards is that Archway will send a package of their delicious cookies with every LOVE card we send to our shippers by December 10.  For the address of the nearest shipper, click here.  For more details on the Archway/OWH Special Mission, click here!  The goal is to send 5,000 LOVE cards so that our deployed troops can receive 5,000 packages of cookies.  Now that's a lotta cookies!

Card Supplies:
image - Hambo Stamps
LOL-Lots of Love sentiment - Create with TLC
patterned paper - My Mind's Eye Love Me collection
red cardstock - Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red
pink cardstock - DCWV textured cardstock stack
Copic markers - C3, C5, R35, B00, Y15
ink - Memento tuxedo black
bling - Heidi Swapp (ruby)
ribbon - Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon
sketch - Stars & Stamps sketch #24

OWH Midweek Throwdown - Stampin' Up Love

This week I was invited to make the sample cards for the Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown Challenge.  The challenge is to make Love cards for the troops to use to send home, for Valentine's Day (deadline is Dec. 31) or for any time of year which is why we prefer "Love" cards to "Happy Valentine's Day" cards.

Your one LOVE card can help in so many ways.  This month, Our Daily Bread Designs is sponsoring a month-long challenge to make Valentine's/Love cards.  For every 25 cards linked on the challenge blog, ODBD will pay the shipping costs on up to two large boxes of cards to be sent to the troops.  We still need a few more people to link their cards to make it to 50 and get that second box of cards paid for!  Click here for more details.

Also, until December 10, Archway Cookies and OWH have partnered up again to send Archway's delicious cookies to our deployed troops for every Valentine's/Love card received by our shippers.  The goal is 5,000 cards which means 5,000 packages of cookies for our troops.  Come on now, who doesn't love a cookie while they are writing a card to the ones they love?!  Click here for more details.

So, what are you waiting for?  Start making those Love cards and share your creations at the OWH Stars and Stamps blog!

Card Supplies:
Stampin' Up -
     stamp sets - Love You Much and Holiday Blitz
     ink - Riding Hood Red
     ribbon - Riding Hood Red 3/8" taffeta ribbon
     cardstock - Riding Hood Red
     patterned paper - Candy Lane DSP
     punches - 1" and 1-1/4" circles
Mark Richards - 5 mm silver metal stickers
Michael's - ivory cardstock

Save a Turkey!

In honor of Thanksgiving Day, Kaylie asked me to make this card!  The sentiment is from Paulette at Create with TLC and says, "Save a Turkey - Eat Pizza This Year!"  The turkey image is pre-colored and was created by my good friend Nikki of Melonheadz Illustrating who is now back up and running in blogland again.  Welcome back, Nikki, we missed you!  Be sure to check out both blogs for lots of freebies!!!

Challenges Entered:

Operation Write Home - Stars & Stamps Sketch #96

Craft Your Passion - Photo Inspiration
Catch the Bug - Thanksgiving or Give Thanks
My Sheri Crafts - Thanksgiving or Thank You
Paper Cutz - Let's Talk Turkey
Pattie's Creations - Thanksgiving or Birthdays
The Stamping Boutique - Thanksgiving

Card Supplies:
image - Melonheadz Illustrating
sentiment - Create with TLC
brown cardstock - We R Memory Keepers
patterned papers - DCWV Harvest Gathering matstack
ink - Tim Holtz Distress Inks (walnut stain)
embellies - Mark Richards (3 mm silver metal stickers)

OWH Midweek Throwdown - Doodle Pantry Love

Boy, I've been busy this month, and it's been so much fun!  I've been Guest Designer with Doodle Pantry, written a tutorial for the Stars and Stamps blog, and now made sample cards for the Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown.

I just love the sheep from Doodle Pantry, and this one is just as cute as can be!  I used the Heart Sheep set, the sentiment from Love Sentiments along with the digi papers from Hearts A Flutter.

At Operation Write Home, your one LOVE card can help in so many ways.  This month, Our Daily Bread Designs is sponsoring a month-long challenge to make Valentine's/Love cards.  For every 25 cards linked on the challenge blog, ODBD will pay the shipping costs on up to two large boxes of cards to be sent to the troops.  We still need a few more people to link their cards to make it to 50 and get that second box of cards paid for!  Click here for more details.

Also, until December 10, Archway Cookies and OWH have partnered up again to send Archway's delicious cookies to our deployed troops for every Valentine's/Love card received by our shippers.  The goal is 5,000 cards which means 5,000 packages of cookies for our troops.  Come on now, who doesn't love a cookie while they are writing a card to the ones they love?!  Click here for more details.

So, what are you waiting for?  Start making those Love cards and share your creations at the OWH Stars and Stamps blog!

Grandma's Feather Bed - Pt. 2

I told you I had more of this paper and other die cuts leftover from making scrapbook pages.  Here's a second card with Bazzill's Grandma's Feather Bed collection along with Bazzill cardstock and some ribbon from my stash.  Thanks for looking!

Doodle Pantry - Quirky Armadillo

There are only 9 more days left to my stint as Guest Designer for Doodle Pantry, and I have loved every minute of it!  Don't forget that the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge is still running until November 24.  Everyone's a winner - you will receive the Wishbone Ants set just for playing along!

Being from Texas, I had to use the Quirky Armadillo on a card before the month was out.  The image, sentiment and both patterned papers are all part of this Doodle Pantry set.  For just $2.50 you receive an outline image, a colored image, 6 sentiments and 3 digital papers!

Recently I saw a hysterical saying that would go perfect with my little armadillo for another card: Keep Texas Safe

Arm-a-dillo

Challenges Entered:

Fetch A Sketch - Challenge 11
City Crafter Challenge - Four-Legged Friend

Card Supplies:

Doodle Pantry - image, sentiment, patterned papers

Bazzill - cardstock

Cricut - George & Basic Shapes cartridge (star)

Spellbinders Nestabilities - small ovals, inverted scallop

Ranger - Tim Holtz Distress Inks (walnut stain)

Grandma's Feather Bed - Pt. 1

Bazzill has come out with patterned paper collections, and this was one of the firsts.  I just love the bright colors!  I bought it back in May and made some scrapbook pages with it, but I had some leftover pieces.  What better way to use the scraps from a page than to make a card to send to Operation Write Home!  I still have leftover pieces, so you are sure to see a few more cards made with this fab collection of paper.  Everything on this card is from Bazzill!

Hambo Hoedown - Wee Henry Turkey

This week's theme at the Hambo Hoedown is to use Wee Henry and his turkey friend along with a tag.  It took me a while to decide whether Henry and the turkey or the sentiment should be on a tag.  I finally decided on the sentiment.  I pulled out my We R Memory Keepers Maple Grove collection which has lovely fall colors in it and a Mojo Monday sketch from April 18, 2011.  Here is the result!

Card Supplies:
Cardstock and Patterned Paper - We R Memory Keepers Maple Grove collection
Ribbon - brown grosgrain from Michael's
Tag Punch - Stampin' Up
Border Punch - Fiskars
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Inks walnut stain
Copic Markers - E00, E33, E29, Y19, BG72, BG75, R46, YR04

Wishing You the Best for OWH

During the 4-day scrapbooking retreat that I attended last weekend, I had a chance to make some cards (after I caught up on my scrapbooking pages).  I didn't bring a lot of cardmaking supplies with me, so I borrowed the stamp from my friend and used some paper I had bought a while back that I thought was fairly masculine and would work nicely for any type of OWH card.  This is what I came up with!

Card Supplies:
Patterned Paper and Blue - Pebbles Downtown collection
Yellow Cardstock - Bazzill
Ribbon - stash
Ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink walnut stain
Stamp and Circle Punches - Stampin' Up (Riveting stamp set)

Love cards for Operation Write Home

The next holiday deadline for Operation Write Home cards is Valentine's Day on December 31; however, the most useful cards for OWH are the ones that are not so holiday specific, so I do "Love" cards that can be used for Valentine's Day or for any day.  At my scrapbooking retreat last weekend, I bought this beautiful paper from the My Mind's Eye Love Me collection.  I bought a 12x12 paper pack for scrapbooking AND a 6x6 paper pad for cardmaking.  I tried to choose the more masculine patterns to make some of my OWH cards this time - stripes, plaids, etc.

Card Supplies:
Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye Love Me collection
Pink and Blue Cardstock - Bazzill
Stamp - Stampin' Up Riveting set
Punches - Stampin' Up
Buttons - stash
Twine - My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday

Masculine Thank You for OWH

Operation Write Home put out a request for masculine thank you cards, so I got right on it over the weekend at my 4-day scrapbooking retreat.  There were about 30 women at the retreat, and they helped, too!  We filled up the large flat rate box we started at Cat's Creations Scrapbooks OWH Cardmaking Party on November 3.  I was able to send a full box of 276 cards to my OWH shipper Kris this week.  About half were "Love" cards and half were "Thank You" with a few other types mixed in.  The upcoming holiday deadline is Valentine's Day/Love cards on December 31, so we are well ahead of that which helps the shippers out a lot.  On to the next one now!  Our next OWH Cardmaking Party at Cat's Creations Scrapbooks in Mineral Wells, TX will be on Thursday, January 5.

At the retreat, we were introduced to the new We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon tool.  What a way to "class up" a card, and it's easy, too!  The pattern you see on the card below uses the Shoelace Sew Ribbon tool, but there are many others to choose from.  You can use your own ribbon or the We R Memory Keepers ribbons which coordinate perfectly with their new brads.  Love me some We R!

Card Supplies:
Patterned Paper and Blue - Pebbles Downtown collection
Thank U stamp - Stampin' Up Pennant Parade set
Circle Punches - Stampin' Up
Tools - We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon
Ribbon - brown grosgrain from stash
Yellow Cardstock - stash

OWH Tuesday Tutorial - Cowboy Birdie

Today I have the privilege of providing a tutorial for the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps blog and it's posting HERE today!  It's a Cardmaking 101 tutorial on layering.  All of the products I used are from Doodle Pantry which can be found HERE and HERE to make my card.  I won't spoil the fun for you by sharing all the information on my blog, just the final card.  You'll have to visit the link above to see how I ended up at this card!

Challenges Entered:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Thank You or Thanksgiving
Stamping Together Divas - Thank You
Card Makin' Mamas - Thanks/Be Thankful
Corrosive Challenge - Give Thanks
Phindy's Place - Thankful
Sentimental Sundays - Thank You or Thanksgiving
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays - Thank You

The Stamping Boutique - Home of the Brave

Because my brother's anniversary falls on Veteran's Day, I chose to post a LOVE card that day instead of my patriotic card, so it's a bit late, but here it is!  I honor veterans and active military every day by the work I do with Operation Write Home and with AnySoldier.com.

Challenges Entered:

The Stamping Boutique - Home of the Brave

Card Supplies:

Image - The Stamping Boutique

Sentiment - Create with TLC

Paper - We R Memory Keepers Yankee Doodles collection

Tools - Nestabilities circle and scalloped circle dies

Embellishment - red bling: Heidi Swapp

Copics - R24 R29, B95, B97

Doodle Pantry - Bluebonnets

It was truly serendipity to find that this month's new releases at Doodle Pantry included so many Texas themed images during the month when I am the guest designer!  Not only did Laurie create one of the cutest armadillo images ever, she also pays homage to the state as a whole with the set called Texas.  My favorite though has to be the Bluebonnet set. 

Bluebonnets always remind me of my dear grandmother who died just as my daughter was turning one!  My grandmother was a Texan through and through who was transplanted to the northeast but NEVER lost her accent.  She loved all things Texas but especially bluebonnets.  Every spring when the bluebonnets blossom, my daughter and I talk about my grandmother and how much she loved bluebonnets.

Hambo Hoedown - Camera Guy

First off, I want to send happy belated birthday wishes to Timbo at Hambo Stamps.  Without him, we wouldn't have all of these cool images to play with!  Thanks!

This week's Hambo Hoedown challenge is to use the Camera Guy digi along with a frame.  They were very specific about it - a frame goes over an image and a mat goes behind an image - so be sure you get it right!!  I was going to make a frame with my Cricut until I remembered all of the slide frames I had from "way back when" when they were all the rage as a scrapbooking embellishment.  Keep things long enough and they'll come back into style again, right?  I guess that should be the title of my post because my patterned paper is a scrap from "way back when" as well!

Card Supplies:
From stash - patterned paper, yellow and black cardstock, plastic slide frame
Mark Richards - self-adhesive black nail heads
Spellbinders Nestabilities - oval and scalloped oval dies
Copics - N1, E00, E35, E37, B91, B95, YG11, YG13, YG17

Hambo Stamps - Turtle Carver

Happy Anniversary to my brother and his wife today on 11-11-11!  

Today I thought I'd use a Hambo digi called Turtle Carver to celebrate love in honor of their anniversary and because at Operation Write Home we are making lots of love cards for the upcoming Valentine's Day deadline on December 31.  I used Basic Grey patterned paper from the Euphoria collection along with the following Copic markers to color my image: N1, YG03, R29, G24, G28, RV21, RV23, and RV25.

Challenges Entered:

OWH Stars and Stamps - Our Daily Bread Designs monthly challenge (Love)

Doodle Pantry - Texas

How fortunate that Laurie of Doodle Pantry and I are both from Texas, and that I am a Guest Designer this month!  As part of the Doodle Pantry new releases this month, she has included several Texas themed sets.  For my card today, I used the set called Texas which can be purchased on its own or in a bundle that includes 3 different sets of everything Texas...after all, everything is bigger in Texas, right, y'all?!

Challenges Entered:

Fetch A Sketch - Challenge 10

Stamps R Us Today - masculine theme
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything Goes with a Digi
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes + Brown

Card Supplies:
Image and Sentiment - Doodle Pantry
Patterned Paper - Creative Imaginations
Ink - Ranger Distress Ink
Embellishments - self-adhesive stars by Mark Richards
Tools - Nestabilities octagon die cut

Don't Be Crabby - TLC Creations

Paulette at Create with TLC is so generous to share her talents with all of us.  This crab image and coordinating sentiment were free on her blog.  If you aren't following her blog, you are really missing out!  Check out her store here, too.  There are loads of great sentiments, images and digi papers to buy.

Challenges Entered:

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Anything Goes
My Time to Craft - Sun, Moon and Stars

Card Supplies:
Image and Sentiment - TLC Creations
Copics - B00, B02, R24, R29, E33
Patterned Paper - Echo Park Splash collection
Cardstock - from stash
Ribbon - ric rac by the Paper Studio
Tools - Fiskars star punch, Nestabilities circle and octagon die cuts

Doodle Pantry - Let Your Light Shine

I have so many Doodle Pantry images and sets that I haven't gotten around to using them all yet.  Here's one that I really like because lighthouses remind me of visiting my mom on the East coast where I grew up.  This set is called Little Lighthouse and includes a pre-colored and outline image as well as the sentiment and the two digi papers shown on my card.  In addition to all the wonderful products from Doodle Pantry, I used my Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval die cuts, self-adhesive nail heads by Mark Richards and Memento tuxedo black ink around the sentiment.

Challenges Entered:

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

Heart Song Inspirations - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges - Minimalistic

Bugaboo November Anything Goes Challenge

I just love, love, love the new Make It Snappy digi stamps from Bugaboo Stamps and have bought quite a few of them for all occasion cards.  Here's one that uses one of my fave papers I bought this summer: Echo Park Splash.  I'm using You Are My Sunshine to enter the Bugaboo November Anything Goes Challenge.  It's all so happy, isn't it?!

Card Supplies:
Image: Bugaboo Stamps
Copics: B00, B04, Y11, Y15, Y19
Patterned Paper: Echo Park Splash collection

Hambo Hoedown - Snail Rake

This week in the Hambo Hoedown progressive challenge, we received this adorable little snail who is busy at work raking up the leaves (Snail Rake digi).  The challenge this week was to use a technique from Splitcoast Stampers along with the image to make our card.  I love Splitcoast Stampers and get sucked in to hours of browsing through techniques and card galleries whenever I visit!  I had printed out the Big Buckle Card tutorial by Beate Johns a long, long time ago so I pulled it out for this week's Hambo Challenge.  Thanks, Hambo, for pushing me to do something I've been meaning to for a while.

Card Supplies:
Cardstock - Stampin' Up Tangerine Tango and blue from my stash
Patterned Paper - Doodle Pantry
Tools: Nestabilities circle die cut, We R Memory Keepers corner chomper (end of belt that is not seen is rounded)
Copics: E00, E33, E35, E37, YG17

Doodle Pantry - Wishbone Ants

I am so honored to have been asked to be a guest designer for Doodle Pantry this month!  Here is the sample card I made for this month's Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge 18.  I love Laurie's challenges because (1) I love her images, (2) you have nearly a month to complete your card and enter the challenge, and (3) you get a free image just for entering the challenge!  That's right, the deadline for the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge is November 24.  I know you will want to participate because who could turn down such a cute image like the Wishbone Ants?!  Check them out:

Pssst, before you go, Doodle Pantry is also hosting a blog hop starting today that will showcase all the wonderful things you can create with the 12 Days of Christmas set.  You won't want to miss it!

Card Supplies:
Image, sentiment and both patterned papers - Doodle Pantry
Cardstock - tan is from Bazzill, dark green (that looks like black but isn't) is from my stash
Tools - Nestabilities long rectangle and long scalloped rectangle
Embellishment - metal self-adhesive nail heads by Mark Richards, purchased at Hobby Lobby

OWH Card Party at Cat's Creations Scrapbooks

Last night I participated in another bi-monthly Operation Write Home Card Party held at Cat's Creations Scrapbooks in Mineral Wells, TX.  I take the supplies (card bases, OWH labels, envelopes, large flat rate box) and make sure that the administrative end of things are taken care of (no glitter, dark cards lined, all cards labeled and tucked).  Cat, the store owner, provides the location, encourages people to come, and provides a few supplies for those who don't bring their own.

We had 7 women attend and got 113 cards into the box.  Cat is hosting a 4-day scrapbook retreat that starts next Thursday and decided that we could get the ladies to make a few more cards and fill the box by the end of next weekend - WOOHOO! 

Pictured below are some of the LOVE cards that we put in the box tonight.  Don't forget that the deadline for Valentine's Day (we're doing LOVE because they have a longer shelf life) is December 31!  Please help the shippers and make sure your cards ARRIVE by December 31 or earlier.  :-)

And we also got some birthday cards as well...

For Virginia

I have a very dear friend for whom I substitute teach quite a bit.  Her name is Virginia and she is battling ovarian cancer (teal for ovarian cancer awareness).  Not long ago she finished a round of radiation treatment and TODAY they are pulling out the big guns as she starts more chemotherapy.  I thought I could encourage her a bit with this card.  Love you, Virginia!

Card Supplies:
Hope ribbon image - Marlene S. at Disguised As A Grown-Up
Never Give Up sentiment - Paulette at TLC Creations
Tools - embossing folder (Sizzix-Heart Blocks), die cuts (Nestabilities-oval, fancy oval, scalloped rectangle), marker (Bic-Terrifically Teal)
Cardstock, Ribbon and Bling - from stash

As You Wish Designs - Fundraiser for OWH Part 3

As You Wish Designs is having a fundraiser in support of Operation Write Home's shipping costs for holiday cards - the estimated costs to ship all of the cards that volunteers across the country have made is a whopping $13,000!  To support the cause and feed your addiction to everything card making related, visit As You Wish Designs where you can buy 13 images for just $5 with all proceeds after PayPal fees going directly to Operation Write Home.

Here's another card I made from the Card Quotes set.  The image is by Sabrina and has a very masculine feel to it which always make perfect cards for Operation Write Home.  I used Nestabilities to die cut the image/sentiment and the scalloped border behind it.  From my stash of masculine papers, I chose the blue and brown combo from a long ago collection from Making Memories.

Challenges Entered:

Stamps R Us Today - masculine cards

Doodle Pantry - November Guest Designer

I am so excited to be a guest designer this month for Laurie Wilson at Doodle Pantry!  I absolutely LOVE her pre-colored images and digital papers.  She has outline images, too, but she can color so much better than I can!  The "characters" she creates are just as cute as can be.  Some of my favorites are the sheep, the birdie and the ants!  What?  You've never visited Doodle Pantry?  You MUST go and check it out...go on, what are you waiting for?  Ohhhhh, you want to see the card I made first?

Today is the Doodle Pantry November Release day.  I used one of the new images from the 12 Days of Christmas set which I combined with the circle sentiment AND the digital paper.  I just love how this turned out because I didn't have it in mind when I started, but it looks just like a gift wrapped Christmas package, doesn't it?

Now, hurry on over to Doodle Pantry to see all of the fantastic new images.  If you're like me, you'll want them all!

Challenges Entered:

Catered Crop FTR 24 - Christmas Theme

Come and Get It Challenges - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Christmas Theme

Ribbon Girls - Jingle All the Way to Christmas (must use ribbon)

Little Claire's Monthly Challenge #14 - Christmas

Card Supplies:
Image, sentiment and patterned paper - Doodle Pantry
Cardstock - green is Bazzill, red is from JoAnn's
Ribbon - I bought it at Michael's a long time ago
Tools - Nestabilities circle and scalloped circle