Welcome to OWH Hop/Card drive!

Hello everyone. We are so thankful For heroes.

Today we bring our creativity together in the hopes that we would inspire you to join us (DT members) in doing a good deed!

Most of you know our Boys and Gals from the armed forces are deployed all over the world. Sometimes these men and woman are in places that make it very hard, or they’re far away from anywhere that they can pick up a sweet card to send a quick note home. Luckily, they have OPERATION WRITE HOME (OWH). OWH is a non-profit organization that sends special boxes filled with cards to soldiers all over the world. How can you help OWH keep the good deed going? Making cards!!! Yes! OWH angels receive tons of handmade cards from crafters all over the world, then they check and organize cards to be sent out to our soldiers.

Would you like to see how happy you can make a hero?

Check it out this video produced by OWH

Take a look at some of their own words about OWH packs over THE HEROES BLOG too!

Now we would love for you to join us to help OWH. We thought it would be amazing fun to do a blog hop to inspire you! Design Teams from Paper Temptress, Oozak and Color me Creative Class will join together in one amazing Card Drive HOP. The fun just gets better! You can join in by making a project (following OWH – size and safety guidelines), entering a picture of the project on the hop inlinkz (One project linked per person please) then mailing the project to us. We would loooove it if you could send as many as you can by November 7th (we will screen them and send all of them to OWH) . You could win super prizes from amazing, super generous sponsors!!! YES!! You do a good deed and you also can win a sweet gift!!!

Inlinkz will be at you final hop stop .

Thank you to our sponsors

♥ Paper Temptress (2 $25 GC)  ♥ Oozak (3 $15 GC) ♥ Color me Creative Classes (class of winners choice!)♥

♥ Heartfelt Creations ($25 GC) ♥ Gilli Stamps (Set of stamps) ♥ Bugaboo stamps ($30 GC) ♥

♥ A day for daisies ($12 GC) ♥ Through the Craft Door Room Magazine (1 yr subscription!) ♥

♥ Floppe Latte (3 Digis) ♥ Pizzaz a plenty ($10 insponsor choice of goods) ♥ Sweet pea stamps ($15 GC)♥

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eros..that is what I had in mind when I created this projects to share with you. I hope these cards will be a little way to say to each one of them THANK YOU for your service. Thank you for your commitment to freedom and keeping us safe.

The first project is quite simple I colored a Gilli soldier image with copics and added a few layers with PaperTemptress papers (Safari Brown Skinny Columns, Cryogen paper and Poptones). A little punch (Martha Stewart) to frame the image and a touch of distress on the edges to give a nice touch. To bring some more color I used some green washi tape from the Dollar store. The sentiments are stamps from dear lizzy and amy tangerine.

Since I know some of us do not use copics I created this second project by just using different washi tapes and beautiful paper from Paper Temptress (Pop Tones and Heavenly White. Hello stamp by studio g. Vavoom you are done with a sweet and good quality card .

For the crafters that are just starting coloring, this one you could do with any marker or color pencils…cut a few little hearts color to match. Add strips of cute washi tape and add to a base layered with colorful papers (Papers from Paper Temptress, Starbust Glichen Glimmer - the blue has a shimmer to die for, Antique gray linen and Butternut treasures). Specialty papers with textures will add interest to the card without adding bulk to the envelop!

I hope these projects will inspire you to create lots of cards of your own to enter this hop/card drive!

It’s time to HOP around. Leave little note as you pass by these lovely designers’ blogs! Don’t forget to add you project to the inlinkz at the end of the Hop! You can Hop throughout the month of October. This way everyone in their own time can hop and join in!

Please now go have some fun and be inspired by no other then

SANDY ALLNOCK

OWH founder & amazing designer!

Huge hug & thank you sooooo much ♥

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Blog Hop list directory

♥ Anary ♥ you are here.

Sandy Allnock

Patricia St Martin

Steph Ackerman

Ann Fran

Dana Joy

Anita Autore

Danni Bindel

Lynne Haston

Monica Lowrance

Suzanne J Dean

Linda Payne

Amanda Reed

Nancy Jensen

Cathy Preissing

Vickie Kertz

Holley Barnhart

Karen Gautier

Samantha Casey

Christine Riley

Melanie Jacquie Heffner/Paper Temptress

Miss You and Heads Up for a ♥ cause

ello everyone! I missed you all! Yeap true…I love to be in touch with my fellow crafters as much as I can. I enjoy sharing and listening about the life updates..birthdays..graduations..all the trimmings. But you know who needs helps doing that? Our wonderful soldiers! Yes. Our Boys and Gals that are deployed all over the world. Sometimes these men and woman are in places that is very hard or far away from anywhere they can pick up a sweet card and send a quick little note home. Luckily our Armed forces have OPERATION WRITE HOME (OWH). OWH is a non profit organization that send special boxes filled with cards to soldiers all over the world. How can you help OWH keep the good deed going? Making cards!!! Yes! OWH angels receive tons of hand made cards from crafters all over the world then check and organize cards to be sent out to our soldiers.

Now we would love for you to join us to help OWH. We though would be an amazing fun to do a blog hop to inspire you! Design Teams from Paper Temptress, Oozak and Color me Creative Class will join together in one amazing Card drive HOP. The fun just gets better! You can join in by making a project (following OWH – size and safety guidelines), entering a picture of the project on the hop inlinkz (One project linked per person please) then mailing the project to us. We will loooove if you could send as many as you can by November, 7th (we will screen and send all to OWH) . You could win super prizes from amazing super generous sponsors!!! YES!! You do a good deed and you also can win a sweet gift!!!

Just as a initial idea I created the little card above following OWH guidelines. Amazing quality paper and NO glitter. Everything is super duper glued so it will resist battlefront conditions.

Stay tuned our OWH Hop Card drive will happen on OCTOBER 2nd!

THANK YOU to our sponsors!!!

Check them out!

♥ Paper Temptress ♥ Oozak ♥ Color me Creative Classes ♥

♥ Heartfelt Creations ♥ Gilli Stamps ♥ Bugaboo stamps ♥

♥ A day for daisies ♥ Through the Craft Door Room Magazine ♥

♥ Floppe Latte ♥ Pizzaz a plenty ♥

 

Cannot wait to see you lovely project!!!!!!!!

I am sure you will create amazing cards for the soldiers!

 

 

 

Paper Temptress Ruche paper (amazing texture), column paper and marble paper. The ribbon is also from PT! I also used copic paper, copic markers and Gloss accents for an extra texture on the sentiment (studio G).

Congrats Grads

ey you! I am sure you are enjoying the break. Kids out of school and proud parents are celebrating the culmination of years of their babies work..well theirs too! As a friend said…I am also graduating : ) after all this year of tutoring. . Well more to come. A chapter is completed and many many more beautiful chapter are to come in the lives of these kids! Congrats Grads!

 

My project today is all about graduation. I created this card as a gift for a very dear girly…she just finished HS and will be off to college soon. Guess what her favorite color is? HA my fear factor color…PURPLE. LOL. Yes I have not yet passed of my purple fear. I still do not get why. I like this color on others and things…but never pick an item in purple for me hehe. I guess my friends, and I seriously say that 4 out of 5 LOVES purple, will get anything I thing is cute in purple.

I used Gilli Graduate for this project. One little adaptation I extended her little original hair to match my friend’s hair (gorgeous and smart…oy that is dangerous lol).

All the papers are from Paper Temptress. People, you must get by Patricia’s store. Some specialty papers that you will NOT find in your mega craft store. And they give that extra bam you need in your cards/projects. Just check that distress..and the columns of the paper. This paper also picked the inks very nicely allowing me to create a super personalized background. I am not going to even mention that the weight of these Pop tones papers are perfect for creating layers (and match the inks out there folks!!).

For coloring I used my faithful copics and my multiliners. I have been coloring less then I would like to …but OH I love  my markers LOL. I know  you understand me..’cause most people..don’t.

I guess I will need a few more occasions to get my card making kick up to speed!

I am so glad you stopped by..Leave a hello if you feel like it…I say I have been missing my craft buddies : ).

More project to come..sooner then you think .

Love to you all!

 

 

 

 

 

Gilli rubber stamps :: Gilli Graduate ; Copic markers (RV69,66,19; V05,25,99; BV13,0000; E21,000,02; C9,7,5); Copic multiliners; Liquid pearls (majestic purple and orchid); Queen and co Twine (purple); Memento inks (london fog, sweet plum and peanut butter); Martha Stewart punches; Ribbon; Clear stamp (gotta look for name ooops); Distress Inks.

Today is a special day!!

 

 

ello Helloooo!!!! Boy oh boy! It has been a long winter! Yeap I have been away for far too long from the blogsphere…gosh I miss you all so much! I will share a bit more of the backstage and what have been happening over here in my neck of the woods…lots of people to thank also for their support! Today I have something very special to do…join the CMC Design Team to wish Suzanne J Dean a fantastic birthday!!!

If there is one gal that you can count on for the good the bad and the ugly is Suzanne! I am more then happy to call her my friend (right bestie? LOL). Not unusual for me to end up with my cheeks hurting from laughing so hard when we manage to get together. Even when we are apart we have a ball…distance is not an obstacle for this lady…we manage to keep in touch through out her travels (and crazy adventures!) around the US. A true entrepreneur she is an inspiration for young ladies out there.

On your day Su I wish you a lot of health and that your wishes will all come true! The rest is I know you will conquer! Cheers my friend!

So here is my gift for you Bestie!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A Suzanne Mobil!! LOL Kidding! Well I wish I could! You would look lovely in this wild thing! HAHHAHAH. For sure all neighborhood will know where you are HAHAH.

For now I am sending this virtual card…wishing you a colorful and splash FULL birthday!!!  You  bring so much joy to your friends…it is just fair on your special day you have a load of fun!

It is good to be back crafting! I am so glad to be back (specially for such sweet occasion!). I missed my markers, papers and glitter!!! I have a lot to catch up!

I feel a little rusty on my coloring..it happens when you lay the pen down for a while…but the passion still here!

Gilli painter in “Mermaid colors” (I am just going with the flow and I will pledge the 5th in case I am called in as witness in sanity case LOL) to celebrate Su’s bday!

I hope you enjoyed this little project and thank you for coming by! I MISSED YOU!!!!!!!!!Please don’t forget to stop by the bday girl blog and wish her tons of good vibes!!!!!!!!!

As for me…I will see you soon…sharing the news : )

Muahhh! Now you are off to Melanie LaBelle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be inspired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the blog list just in case you get a little lost LOL

Tina Gilliland

Brook Guinn

Anary Baumgarth (guest DT) :: You are here ♥

Melanie LaBelle

Marie Gamber

Pat St. Martin

Jenn Cochran

Michele Spera

Andi Murdock (guest DT)

Shelby Goolsby

Marti Wills

Linda Payne

Julie Price

Karen Gauthier

Shannon Kromeke

Kim DeRuosi

 

I used little things that I love in this card…papers from Paper Temptress, Washi tapes and memory box dies from Oozak, DP from Michaels and lots of ♥