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.....

I'm going to try and follow the OWH Labor Day Virtual Cardmaking Party (when I have time) this weekend!  Here's my response to card challenge #1 and here's the website link to the first challenge -
http://brujahrose.blogspot.com/2013/08/labor-day-weekend-vcmp.html

Clean and simple - I think it turned out pretty good!  Stay tuned for challenge #2!

It has been SO LONG since I posted.  That just means I've been busy and haven't taken the time to put any of my latest craft projects online.  I just finished a little boy's vest and pants out of tan linen for a wedding next weekend.  I had the hardest time finding a pattern for a 4 year old!  I finally resorted to calling a friend that I knew sewed and she had a pattern from 1984 that I started with and altered!  I don't have a picture of the vest & pants but I do have a picture of the signs I made for the ringbearers to carry!  I used my cricut and vinyl on raw wood that I purchased at Michaels.  I learned that you have to seal the wood first in order for the vinyl to stick and then I resealed it again once I had the letters in place.  My Dad helped to drill the holes for me and then I ran some twine through them.  Hope the bride likes them.