Miss You All The Time for OWH

This is a card I made for Operation Write Home sketch challenge #174.  It will be going in a box of cards I am sending to OWH.
The base of my card is Canvas Corp Heavy Cardstock I got at Hobby Lobby.  The image is from one of the Hero Arts Operation Write Home sets from Hobby Lobby.  I used SU Baha Breeze CS and DSP and matted them with SU Basic Black CS.  I used a SU scallop punch and Spellbinders Scallop Circle die for the mats on the image.  The little black strip is embossed with SU Starburst EF.  I used white baker's twine for the small vertical panel.

 

That's it for my card.  Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

 

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

 

Merry Monday #64

This is my card for this week's Merry Monday #64 sketch challenge.  The card base is Canvas Corp. Heavy Cardstock and the mats are SU Garden Green and Real Red CS.  The DSP is from DCWV Christmas Matstack.  The cute penquin is by Hampton Art.  I stamped him in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink and colored him with Copics. I added some dimensional paint to his hat brim and pom pom, but it doesn't show up in the photo. He is mounted with foam tape on some snow hills created by tearing the paper and curling the edges with my fingers.  The bottom snow hill is mounted with foam tape also.  I sponged some clouds on the background with a scallop punch mask and Bashful Blue ink. The snowflakes and sentiment are from MFT's Christmas Ornaments & die-namics set.  I stamped the snowflakes in Bashful Blue and the sentiment in Real Red.

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Sweet Baby Boy

 

 

These are two baby boy cards I made for a friend who requested them. 

 

Card 1:  I used last week's sketch from The Paper Players.  The image is from SU A Slice of Life (I just love that cute little onesie with the heart) and stamped in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It Blending Card.  I used my blender pens and Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Pretty In Pink inks to color the image.  The sentiment is from SU Itsy Bitty Banners stamped in Mememto Black ink on Bashful Blue CS and cut out by hand. It is mounted with foam tape.  The DSP is from SU Nursery Nest (retired).  The hearts are from SU Heart trio punch (retired).  I round the corners of each panel and mounted them on Bashful Blue CS.  I inked the edges of each panel with Bashful Blue ink.

 

Card 2:  I CASE'd my self for this card.  You can see the original .here.  I used the same image from A Slice of Life, stamped in Mememto ink on X-Press It Blending Card, colored with blender pen and Bashful Blue ink.  I cut it out with Spellbinder's Ovals and inked with BB ink while still in the die. It is matted with a SP Scalloped Oval cut from Bashful Blue CS and mounted with foam tape.  The sentiment is from MFT PI Cute As A Button stamp set and cut with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax & Fishtail Flags Layers Stax. The center panel is SU Bashful Blue DSP and the other printed paper is some from my stash, which I thought matched the cute image.  The buttons are from my stash also and mounted with Glue Dots.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Seize The Birthday 17 - Hey Cowgirl

 

Here is my card for Seize The Birthday 17.  It is for my great-granddaughter who loves pink and loves cowboys/cowgirls. 

The image and sentiment are from MFT PI Cowgirl and LJD Howdy.  She is stamped on X-Press It Blending Card and colored with Copics.  I inked the edges and added some pretty pink rhinestones. The paper is from The Paper Stuido scrap kit from Hobby Lobby.  I used SU White and Early Espresso CS. Buttons are from my stash.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

 

Happy Stamping,  JoAnn

Freshly Made Sketches #87

 

This is my card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches #87.  I used SU Primrose Petals and Whisper White CS.  I stamped the Sanded background stamp on the white panel in Blushing Bride ink.  The vertical panel is embossed with SU Vine Street EF.  The flowers are from Heartfelt Creations Posy Patch and stamped in Primrose Petals ink on PP designer paper.  The sentiment is from SU Teeny Tiny Wishes stamped in Primrose Petals ink and punched out with the Word Window Punch and matted on a PP Modern Label punch.  The leaves are from the SU Build A Bird punch.  The white brads are American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Happy Memorial Day

 

Freedom Is Not Free
Kelly Strong

I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it, and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform so young, so tall, so proud,
he'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil? How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down? How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night, when everything was still.
I listened to the bugler play and felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times that TAPS had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children, of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands with interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard at the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.

 

 

Wishing everyone a Blessed Memorial Day.  May "God Bless America" again and bless our troops and their families.



Thank You Cards for Operation Write Home

 

These are two cards I made to send to Operation Write Home for our heroes.  One is feminine and one is masculine.  OWH is having an awesome blog hop for the Memorial Day weekend.  Check it out here.  You could win a prize for hopping a long. There are 146 participants, some companies also, and a lot of inspiration.

 

 

I made my first card following Color Throwdown Challenge #243 and  Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge. The card base and sentiment panel are white.  The sentiment and yellow flower are from Verve stamps.  The flower is from On Occasion and is stamped in Daffodil Delight ink on DD designer paper, and I sponged the edges also.  The sentiment stamp is a little goodie I got free in one of my orders from Verve. The frame is from Our Daily Bread Designs stamped in Mememto Tuxedo Black ink and cut out with Spellbinders Lable 26. I trimmed around the stamped image and mounted it on a Black mat cut with the same die. The striped paper is Marina Mist and the ribbon is also Marina Mist.  I punched the black border with SU Scallop Border punch.  The Wild Wasabi leaves are punch with SU Bird Builder punch.

I would also like to include my first card in Linda's Catered Crop Mellow Yellow Recipe Swap since it has Daffodil Delight as the main ingredient. 

The second card uses SU Baha Breeze and Basic Black CS. The designer paper is from a retired pack.  I punched the stars with a SU punch and the "thanks" is cut with a Cuttlebug die I have had for quite awhile.  I saw it used on one of the cards in the OWH hop and had to dig it out to use it.  The brads are from my stash.  The center BB panel is embossed with a harlequin EF and I also pierced around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by.   I appreciate your comments.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Blue Christmas for Merry Monday #63

This is my card for this week's Merry Monday #63 sketch challenge.   The card base is some older DCWV cardstock from my stash.  The ornament is an Inkadinkado stamp and is embossed in white on some of the blue CS.  The snowflake DSP is from Recollections Festiva 6x6 christmas pad.  The ribbon is white with silver edging, but it looks bluish in the photo.  The sentiment is from SU More Merry Messages and the white panel is embossed with SU Snowburst EF (I decided to use it since the DSP had snowflakes on it).

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Hello for MFTWSC125 and JUGS#189

This is my card for this week's MFTWSC125 and Just Us Girls #189.  This is my first time participating in the JUGS challenge.  It was a color challenge this week.

 

My card base is SU Crumb Cake, next is a layer of Sahara Sand DSP from a retired pad.  The flower DSP is from Teresa Collins Fabrications-Canvas 6x6 pad, matted with Crumb Cake and the edges are inked with Pumpkin Pie ink.  The flower is made with MFT Blueprints 3 die-namics, cut with some retired SU DSP.  I cut beween the flower petals, inked the edges and shaped them with a bone folder.  The flower center is Crumb Cake and the edges are inked with CC ink.  I used MFT Leaf-Filled Flourish cut in Crumb Cake to add a little texture.  The sentiment is from MFT LJD-On The Line, stamped in Pumpkin Pie ink and cut with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax and matted with a Crumb Cake Fishtail Flags Stax Layers die.

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

A Note to Say - Freshly Made Sketches 86

Here's my card I made following Freshly Made Sketces 86.  I will be sending this card to Operation Write Home to be sent to our military men and women overseas, so I used this new stamp set from Verve called Take Note.  I love that cute little envelope in the set and it has a lot of sentiments also.

 

The DSP is from MME Breeze 6x6 pad, except the text print is from Theresa Collins Vintage Finds.  The mats and ribbon are SU Basic Gray.  The card base and white panels are Canvas Corp Heavy Cardstock.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

 

 

 



 



A Very Merry Christmas - Merry Monday #62

 

 This is my card for Merry Monday #62 sketch challenge.  Check out the challenge by clicking here.   I love playing in the challenge each week as I am getting a lot of my Christmas cards done early. 

For my card I used a cute reindeer stamp by Recollections from Michael's dollar bin.  This is the first time I have inked him up.  I stamped him on X-Press It Blending Card and colored him with Copics, then cut him out with MFT Circle Stax and used SU Early Espresso for the mat.  All mats are Early Espresso.  The card base is Canvas Corp Heavy Cardstock.  The DSP is from Echo Park Very Merry Christmas 6x6 pad.  The sentiment is from SU More Merry Messages, and is cut with MFT Fishtail Flags Stax.  The brads are from JoAnn's.

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate your comments.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Sweet and Sassy - MFT Scrap Sketch #7

This is my layout for My Favorite Things Scrap Sketch 7. You can read all about it here in their SCS Forum.

 



These are photos of my "Sweet and Sassy" great-granddaughter.  Lately she has been a real poser for the camera.  I wanted to take her picture because she was dressed so cute and she immediately posed so I got some cute photos and had to scrap them.  I got this cute PI Feeling Sassy because it reminds me of her.  I stamped the image with Mememto Tuxedo Black and colored her with Copics.  I had some Zebra print DSP, copied it and reduced it way down to have it small enough to stamp her top on and cut it out.  Her hair bow is also paper-pieced.  The pink check & pink dotted papers are some older Making Memories paper from my stash.  I used SU Basic Black for my layout base and mats. I sewed around the edges of the pink paper in a zig-zag stitch, but it doesn't show up in the photo.
The panel for the cute PI image is cut with a die from MFT Blueprints 1 Dies  and I inked around the edges with SU Bashful Blue ink while it was still in the die.  I added the grass following Inge's tutorial here.   I added the Old Olive Leaf-Filled Flourish becasue of the green bush in the photos.  The sentiments are from 3 different MFT stamps sets:  PI-Feeling Sassy, LLD-Document It -Right This Way and  Captured Memories and are mounted with foam tape.  The buttons are from my stash and tied with some crochet thread.

Thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate you taking the time to leave me a comment.

Happy Staming and Scrapping,
JoAnn