challenge cards

here's a couple cards I finished on Saturday
they are based on a sketch posted at pieceofscrap.com and I made a holiday card and love card as the OWH stars and stripes blog issued a challenge to make one or the other .... I, of course, made 1 of each to keep my box equal for the 1/2 and 1/2 card drive  :)

Thanks for Looking!
Robin

OWH midweek throwdown

This week's mid week throwdown at the Operation Write Home stars and stamps blog was to use red and green on your card.   I used my new set of stamps from Hero Arts to make a couple quick cards.  The ink, cardstock and papers are all stampin' up, the star is a gold brad

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Robin

Operation Write Home Sketch #138

I spent this weekend at a motel with 24 other people for a weekend craft retreat
I spent my time making cards for my next Operation Write Home box, lots of fall, winter and Christmas cards and this morning I used today's sketch at the OWH blog to make this card:

 

The paper is from a stack of holiday papers from Hobby Lobby

The stamp is a Hero Arts stamp that I recently got at Archivers

The markers I used are Stampin' Up and the sentiment is from SP & Company Stamps

 

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Robin

 

 

 

Operation Write Home bonus sketch

This month Operation Write Home is celebrating it's birthday!  and we're going to party all month long

to start the party month we were given this bonus sketch:



and here is the card I created:

 

The image on the card is a dearie dolls digi stamp.  This site has such cute images!  I colored it with prismacolor pencils.  The paper is from a DCWV Christmas stack and the sentiment is a SP&company stamp.  The fun this week at OWH is sponsored by Lawn Fawn. I don't own any of their stamps but after seeing their cute stuff I will probably add them to my collection soon!

 

Thanks For Looking!!

Robin

2 final challenges at OWH

I finished the last 2 challenges for the Operation Write Home VCMP!!    Thanks to the girls who posted such fun challenges, I enjoyed doing every one of them

The first card was for a triple layer stamping challenge.  I've never done anything like this before and it was so fun and easy and looks terrific, I will be doing it again!

The second card was for a challenge to use a neglected tool.  I decided to dust off the cuttlebug and use that to emboss this card.  I also used 2 embossing folders that I had never taken out of the package and for added measure used my corner punch!   The flowers were from an unopened package I think I got in March!  The sentiment stamp is a very old Making Memories stamp, definitely used some old neglected product on this!

more cards for the OWH VCMP!

I'm on a roll!!  I have gotten most of the challenges done (there were 10) and I still have some time tomorrow for some crafting to finish the couple I didn't get done

here are the other cards I finished this evening:

 

This card was for the sports challenge.  I originally made a card similar for a niece's birthday and cut two of the image thinking I may need it again sometime, that sometime was today!  The image is from the Sports Mania cricut cartridge

 

The above two cards are for the challenge to make Christmas cards for a child and for a hero

This card was for the challenge to use a horse/cowboy on your card.  I used the cricut cartridge County Fair for both the image and sentiment

 

This card is for your state challenge.   Our state bird is the robin, and since my name is Robin I own a couple robin image stamps.  This image is more of the likeness of a european robin than the american robin

 

Thanks for looking!

Robin

OWH VCMP!!

This weekend I have been creating cards for the Operation Write Home Virtual CardMaking Party (VCMP)

I've gotten 4 of the challenges finished so far:

 

This card was for the Recipe Challenge .. 1 image, 2 patterned papers, and 3 words. 

 

This card started out to be sketch 136 but in the end doesn't look too much like the original sketch but that's okay, sketches are just a starting point for most people

 

This card was to use snowflakes but not on a Christmas card

 

This card was to use a quote or inspirational verse, I unfortunately do not own many stamps that are quotes or verses so this was the best I can do!

 

Thanks for Looking!!

Robin