Operation Write Home VCMP

It's Operation Write Home's Virtual Card Making Party  http://operationwritehome.org/vcmp-master-list/ for the weekend!  I want to do all of them but I know time is limited, so I will post as I finish some of the specific challenges.  Here's my card for  Challenge #9   http://craftytafty2.blogspot.com/
which said to make a masculine card using a vintage image.  I didn't have a vintage image so I used
brown ink on creme paper to give a "vintage feel"...
I said they'd be out of order and this is the first one I finished, so here it is:

Challenge #9

I am working my way back through the other challenges, so stay tuned!


Well that didn't take me too long...here's my take on Challenge #10 which was just posted about 1/2 an hour ago.

Challenge #10

The challenge was to use at least 3 different textures in the design of your card.  Well, thanks to my trusty Cuttlebug, I have some wonderful texture plates to use.  The background paper is hard to see but it was already pre-textured in a diamond pattern when I bought it.  The other papers went through the cuttlebug and then I used enamel buttons on the corners and popped the image with 3M foam tape. And that's Challenge #10, let's see what the next one is!O

It's almost June - that means it's almost Graduation time and since I've been getting a few invitations and announcements in the mail, I thought I better get some cards ready.  Here's what I came up with - trying to use some of the school colors.

May ODBD Challenge - 

This is the same card I used for my midweek challenge last wekk but I love how the embossing on it turned out and I think it fits the requirements for this month's ODBD challenge quite nicely as well.  http://operationwritehome.org/may-odbd-challenge/

I simply used a folder I picked up in VA one time when I was visiting my son & DIL (I think it's a Darice folder), and ran it through my cuttlebug.  I love my Cuttlebug!  I have noticed that by just adding an embossed paper vs. flat, can change the whole look of a card.

It's time for Operation Write Home's Midweek Throwdown (http://operationwritehome.org/blog/)  - this week's challenge is Masculine Thinking of You.  I have a box almost ready to go for them (they said they need more Miss You cards so I'm making a bunch more to add to the box before I send it).  I pulled out a couple of the Thinking of You cards I had in there that fit this challenge quite nicely.   My sentiments are all stickers that I used on cardstock.  And of course the embossed backgrounds were done on my cuttlebug.  Thanks for looking and have a great day! :)

Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #221 - (http://operationwritehome.org/blog/)

Here's my Clean and Simple take on it.  Not one of my better cards, made while I had the ham in the oven for Easter and waiting for the family to arrive. . . but I thought I'd share anyways!  I'm going to see if I can get some time this week to jazz this up a bit and make it more friendly, but it'll have to do for now!

Operation Write Home Sketch Post Challenge #220 (http://operationwritehome.org/blog/)
gave us NO measurements!  Only a few pictures and some ideas to follow.  Stumped at first but then I realized I had to think out of my A Personality box and it all wasn't going to be lined up neat and tidy! I dug out some patterned paper with some women's high heels pictures that I hadn't used yet that had a coordinating check with it.  I think it turned out bright and cheery (especially when we have MORE SNOW on the ground this morning here in Michigan...in mid-April...really!!!).

Then for the midweek Throwdown last week, our challenge was masculine cards.  Here's  a couple that I have waiting to send in with my next box - 

Today's challenge from Operation Write Home (http://operationwritehome.org/blog/) was to make a card with Yellow and Purple.  I made this simple card the other day with scraps I had sitting on my desk.  I thought it looked really Springy!  Maybe once all this snow melts, it will finally start to feel Springy around here!

Here's my take on today's Operation Write Home Challenge (http://operationwritehome.org/blog/) 

- usually I don't get to play along midweek, but today I don't have to work until later.  The card I am posting I actually made last week, but it fits with this week's challenge - notice the circles not only on the sentiment (which is a sticker) but also on the black background.   I used my cuttlebug to emboss the black paper with circles for extra dimension.  I think it makes such a BIG difference when I use my cuttlebug on plain background papers.  I have a lot of this music paper scraps (still quite useable size) leftover from invitations I did years ago so I wanted to find some way to accent it on cards (and use it up finally!). 

Happy New Year!   I have been sick with the flu and a cold for 2 weeks.  Completely missed Christmas and New Year's :(  But now that my mind is starting to clear and I'm starting to come out of it, I have been able to get some cardmaking done while I'm still at home.

Here's the post for this month's challenge from Operation Write Home -  http://operationwritehome.org/odbd-january-challenge-2/

Here's the card I made for this challenge from a 6 x 6 pad I had on hand.  I love 6 x 6 pads because it all coordinates - couldn't be easier to make a card without having to think about if all the papers match or not.

Here's a scarf that I finished (FINALLY!) knitting today.  I have been working on it since June but I couldn't talk or watch TV while doing it because I would mess up the pattern - so I could only work on it during quiet time.  I like the pattern but I need to be able to talk while working so I'm not sure if I'll make it again.  The yarn was some hand-dyed wool yarn I picked up on a visit to Chicago with my sister-in-law last Spring.  You can get the pattern here - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bulky-open-work-scarf

Here are some cards I made in the last week from my Create A Critter cartridge.  I really want to use my Cricut more in my cardmaking.  I made one sample card and then I was able to cut 9 more out of one sheet at a time.  Using the Cricut is great for multiples in record time!

Thanksgiving Cards

Here's what you can do with one sheet of extra nice decorative paper and some solid color layering, ribbon and stamps...

First Grandbaby!

My first grandchild arrive this week!  I haven't met her yet except through video chat but I will get my chance to hug and squeeze her in just a few short weeks.  In the meantime I'm sending a package off to her today from Omi (german for Grandma).  Here's a card I made to go in the package:

And as soon as I get this package off, I'm heading to the frame store to find a frame so I can frame my finished product pictured here below.  I think this is my last counted cross stitch though...it's getting too hard to see the squares.  Guess I'm too old to do cross stitch now that I'm a Grandma - hah!!!

And here's another one with the same papers...might be one more yet and then all my scraps will be used up!  (I just noticed that in the picture the background looks like a dark blue, it is actually a teal to match the one stripe in the plaid paper).

And because I can't throw the tiniest scrap of paper away (LOL!) here's another card in the same color hues.

OWH Sketch Challenge #197 - Needed to make a birthday card for a very special son this weekend so this came at the right time.  Here's the link to their page - http://operationwritehome.org/sketch-challenge-197/#comments.  Here's my take on their sketch, a masculine birthday card.

OWH Midweek Throwdown Challenge

This week's Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown was to create something with pink and green for Valentine's Day - here's the link to the challenge - http://operationwritehome.org/midweek-throwdown-color-challenge-11/.

Midweek Throwdown: Color Challenge

Posted by AllisonGinTX on Oct 23, 2013 in Midweek Throwdown Challenge, Stars and Stamps | 4 comments

You all seemed to have “snow” much fun making the cards for last week’s challenge.  Thank you for participating!  Are you ready to move on from Winter and Holiday cards yet?  I know some of you have been hard at work making Christmas cards since early in the summer.  Well, here’s a color challenge for you that would work perfectly for Valentine’s/Love cards: Pink and Green!  It’s not too early to start working on cards for Valentine’s and we ALWAYS need Love cards because our heroes use our cards to keep in touch with those they love most.  The Valentine’s deadline is December 31 so mark your calendar and start today!

Here's my take on a pink and green card for OWH this week!

OWH Midweek Throwdown: SNOW !!!

Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown: Snow Much Fun

http://operationwritehome.org/midweek-throwdown-snow-much-fun/

I just sent a box of cards in and changed some of the sayings at the last minute from Christmas to an all around Winter theme since I figured she probably gets A LOT of Christmas and not so much all around Christmas.  Then yesterday the Snow Much Fun Challenge was presented.  Here's a couple of my cards:

This is my take on OWH Sketch Challenge #189 (http://operationwritehome.org/sketch-challenge-189/#comments).  Not great, but not too bad either.  I love all the ideas I get from everyone else who contributes.

OWH Cardmaking Challenge #2 - I took some liberties with this one and pulled out a note card I had already made for my next box to send in to OWH.   We had to design a card with items that represent the letters O W H for Operation Write Home.  My O is the orange color; my W is the striped "Wallpaper" looking background and my H is the Horizontal lines of the string I used behind the sentiment.  Kinda stretching it, but I think it works!  On to the next challenge.....