Even though I keep a record of my families birthdays, I still miss them.  It is well known fact that cards from Granny are always late ... this card is for my sweet brother-in-law.  It's weeks late but it's the thought that counts, right?

The card stock is from my stash, I used a stamp from Stampin' Up and colored it with SU watercolored pencils, followed by a blender pen; the sentiment is also from SU.  There are six of the images, all cut out and taped on top of one another to the front of the card.  There isn't a picture to show of the inside, but I used a SU rubber stamp of a snail and stamped it on the insider lower corner, cause I am so stinkin' slow!  :D

I am pleased with the results, but really I wanted to attach the top package to a bobble head widget, whatever they're called, but couldn't find it in my craft room.  No surprise there, you should see my craft room!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

Card Swaps

I am participating in another card swap in one of my groups.  I won't mention which group because I want the receivers to be surprised when the cards come.  

This is a photograph of a peacock that I printed out five times and each cut was 1/4" smaller than the cut before.  They were they mounted with foam tape on top of one another to create a 3D image.  The front of the card is cut on the diagonal to add interest.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up.

 

 Another photo of the peacock decorates the inside of the card.

 

Saturday, Feb 18, 2012

I watched the world say goodbye to Whitney Houston today.  It was an amazing service and I'm glad I took the time to watch it.  Her music was beautiful and we will miss her.

It's a cold day here and I'm still battling an URI, so as I watched the service I went out to the craft room to catch up on a little card making.  I'm sorely behind; I've only made a few cards this month for Operation Write Home.  I'll have to double my efforts next month.  Our heros need cards!!

But I thought I'd share at least a couple of what I made today.  I still have a bunch to post that I've made for OWH; it's a way of sharing my card-making journey.

The outside of a birthday card.

The inside of the card.

When I made cards for Operation Write Home I only add a white liner for our heros to write on.  They don't always have colored or marker pens to use.  I've recently joined some card making groups where designers are used to decorating the insides of their cards and I must say, it certainly adds to the card!

This card I made as a 6" square, which is also something new for me.  I can tell that my Copic coloring skills still needs a lot of work, but that's what this is all about.  Gotta practice, practice, practice!!

This is the inside of the anniversary card.  The mats on the sentiment looks brown, but it is a black cardstock.

Christmas 2011.  For the first time ever I created some Christmas cards that I sent to family and friends.  Some of them were very simple, some more complicated.  I enjoyed making all of them and hope my friends and family enjoyed them!

 And isn't it curious that I can't find the cards I worked the hardest on.  I know I have pictures somewhere, but I can't find them.  If and when I do, I will share them.

An Introduction

Recently I've joined a group of talented individuals that craft greeting cards to send to our Heroes deployed overseas for their use in communicating with their families.  The group is call Operation Write Home.  You can find their website here:  http://operationwritehome.org . They also have a Facebook page you can find here:  https://www.facebook.com/opwritehome .  I have been inspired by these dedicated people to join their ranks and do what I can to help our Heroes. 

I'm not a complete newbie in card-making, but it's been a long time since I really made a concentrated effort to come up with some beautiful cards for sharing.  I'll be posting pictures of my cards so that we can all see the progress I make.  Maybe somewhere along the journey, you'll be inspired to join OWN!

I want to shout out a special thank you to my friend Barbara Thomas for encouraging me back in paper crafting and Cynthia Rodriguez, my Stampin Up distributor.  They make wonderful friends!