Blog designs

Hello blogland!  After another stinkin' snow storm in New Jersey that left about 18 inches of the white stuff, I'm just too tired to head into my craft room.  But as I blog hopped through my long list of favorites, I noticed a lot of new blog designs being added over at Scrappin' Blogs.  Their designs are beautiful, easy to install and best of all free :)  I'm still new to the blog world but changing the design is very easy to do, so I'm heading back there to pick a new design for my little blog.  Go check 'em out!

Mid Week Throwdown at Operation Write Home

Hello Blogland!  I'd like to share with you a card that I made for Operation Write Home's Mid Week Throwdown Challenge.  My challenge was to make a card for a soldier to send home to their kids and here's what I came up with:

I used a DCWV scalloped edge card for the base then added a scrap piece of Jillie Bean cardstock on top of that.  I stamped the cute little Unity Stamp owl and sentiment on top of some craft cardstock and cut it out with a circle Nestability as well as the scallop circle under that.  I finished it off with some Stampin' Up ribbon.  Easy peasy!  Come on - play along with us today!  Follow the link above and share your card with us. 

  Here are a few more cards I made yesterday to add to my next Operation Write Home box:

This card was made from scraps, which I love to do.  I used some craft cardstock for the base and layered a cut piece of Jillie Bean patterned cardstock and topped it off with two Martha Stewart fabric embellishments and a Stampin' Up sentiment.

This card was also made from scraps.  I used a scrap piece of Stampin' Up cardstock for the base and added another piece of Jillie Bean patterned cardstock.  I had this digi stamp already colored and layered it on top of a piece of DCWV cardstock which was also used for the scalloped circle, which I stamped with a small stamp from {The Stamps of Life}.  The brown border was cut from a scrap piece of DCWV cardstock and punched with a Fiskars border punch.

One last little thing - on Saturday, January 29th, Operation Write Home will be launching the first of a brand new Saturday Seminar Series covering topics of card design. These will be FREE seminars, offered every other month on the Stars and Stamps blog, and will be taught by professional graphic designers!

The Seminars will cover design principles like Focal Point, Texture, Color, Contrast, and more. They will apply the concepts specifically to papercrafted greeting cards. Sample cards will illustrate the before-and-after in several styles, clearly showing the difference that the application of one simple principle can make in a card, and a gallery of juried projects will be added to the OWH card gallery. A preview of the January 29th seminar has received rave reviews, so you won't want to miss it!


Thanks for stopping by and I hope you come back again!

OWH stands together for our heroes

From a Facebook post byOperation Write Home tonight:

In honor of the President's speech tonight, how about we all post an Anyhero card on our wall tonight? (Make a really nice one and you could end up in a patriotic AnyHero card gallery on our site!) Let's show the world that no matter our position/party, OWH stands together for our heroes.

 

These two cards were in my last box of OWH cards as Any Hero Mail.  I hope they gave someone a smile :)

Can't get rid of this cold

Hello Blogland!  For almost 3 weeks now I've had a nasty head cold and have felt aweful.  I haven't felt well enough to play in my craft room for very long, but did cut out the pieces I need to make some bridal shower invitations.  They'll look a little something like this:

The umbrellas are cut from the Sweetheart Cricut cartridge and the border is cut from a Martha Stewart border punch. I used a scallop oval for the base instead of the one pictured above and the cardstock color is different, but this is the design the mother-of-the-bride settled on.  I'm also making a cute little tag to attach to the thank you gifts.  This afternoon I sprayed the white umbrellas with pearl Glimmer Mist to give it just a little sparkle.  Hopefully I'll feel well enough tomorrow to start assembling everything.