OWH Midweek Throwdown - White on White

Always such a classy look - white on white.  Still have Thanksgiving shopping to do {sigh}, so this was a quick one.  Used three different embossing folders, a simple sentiment, and a couple of dies.  I hope everyone has a fantastic holiday and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Embossing Folders:  Large Heart - Tim Holtz Alterations Swirls; Small Heart - Darice Dots; and Quickuts scored lines for background
• Spellbinders Heart Dies
• Printworks Collection Sentiment Stamp
• VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
• Copic R46 (Strong Red) for little heart and Glossy Accents

OWH Design Bootcamp - How Does It Feel

This month's Design Bootcamp was a great lesson from Paula about Texture - tactile and visual.  I was working on the Throwdown Challenge for masculine birthday cards, so this card is missing buttons and bows :-)  The link wasn't working for the Throwdown but you can see my other card here.

Visual texture - Found this great weathered wood paper in my stash for the base layer to compliment the sentiment.
Tactile texture - Used a silver Paper Pen to make hubcaps and Glossy Accents for the other chrome pieces.  Added smooth silver faux metal dots to resemble the hubcaps.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Supplies:

• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Recollections Black Cardstock
• MME's Dolled Up "Favorite" Cardstock
• Doodle Pantry's Hot Rod image and sentiment
• Colorbok Victorian Parlour Metal Accents

OWH Midweek Throwdown - Masculine Birthday

Spending time with my Dad this week, we found ourselves reminiscing about the fishing trips our family used to go on...all those many years ago. It seemed only right to feature a fish on this Throwdown card.  I used OWH Sketch #49, Doodle Pantry's Bass Fish, and added a little upholstery thread to catch the "big one."  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Memory Box Licorice Cardstock
• Bazzill Neptune Swiss Dots Cardstock
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Doodle Pantry Digital Paper, Image, and Sentiment - "Bass Fish"
• MME Enamel Dots
• Clark Black Upholstery Thread

OWH Sketch Challenge #199

Sunday's sketch stumped me at first.  I blanked at what to put in the 3 squares.  As a last resort, I started looking through my sticker stash.  I tend to not use stickers very often...but buy them frequently when they are on sale.  Gotta love those sales LOL!  I ended up making two cards, changing up the sketch some for the first one, using circles rather than squares.  The puppies just seemed to "sit" better.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Sketch #199

Card #1 - Playful Puppies

 



 

Card #2 - Happy Birthday

 

 

 

Supplies:

#1 - Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Bazzill Black Cardstock, Fiskars 1-1/2" circle punch,

Jolee's "Bringing Home Puppy" Stickers, Hero Arts OWH Sentiment Stamp, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, Black/White Polka Dot Washi Tape.

#2 - Memory Box Lavender Cardstock, Coredinations Ranger Collection "Worn Lipstick" Cardstock, JoAnn Craft Essentials Birthday Embellishments, Stamps of Life "birthday2celebrate" Sentiment Stamp, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, Ribbon from Stash Jar.

 

OWH Midweek Throwdown - Dry Embossing

The Midweek Throwdown for this week is dry embossing. I pulled a card that included dry embossing out of my OWH box that will be sent later this month.  I used a vine embossing folder and then rubbed some fine sandpaper on the leaves for additional texture.  I just noticed that the little monkey's eyes are stuck in a wackadoodle way ~ makes him a little cuter, don't you think?  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies:

• Coredinations Green and Brown Cardstock
• Paper House Little Animals Paper Pad
• Sizzix Vine Embossing Folder
• ColorBox Chocolate Ink
• Impress Rubber Stamps Sentiment
• Ribbon from stash jar

 

  

It's a Boy!

Born:             November 10, 2013

Height:         5.5”

Width:           4.25”

Name:           Uh-Oh

Labor:           Two Hours with no pain! 

Uh-Oh was conceived on a rainy Sunday afternoon.  It was my first attempt at using a digi stamp.  After seeing so many great cards on the OWH blog site using digis, I had to give it a try.  This turkey caught my eye on Doodle Pantry’s website, I added the sentiment using some alpha stamps, and ta-da!  My first digi card is born.  He will be flying the coop shortly and landing at my nephew’s home for Thanksgiving.  I think I just might try this again!

 

 

 



OWH Sketch Challenge #198

A little late to the Sunday party, but here goes.  For Sketch Challenge #198, I decided to make a couple of cards for kids with this great "super hero" paper I had in my stash.  My grandson is my super hero and I'm hoping that a deployed hero has their own little "super hero" at home that will enjoy receiving one of these.  The measurements are not true to the sketch so I could use the focal points I wanted.  Special thanks to Doodle Pantry for sponsoring this challenge.  I've never used digis before but ordered and downloaded ~ wish me luck!  Thanks for stopping by!

Sketch #198

 

 

It's a Bird...It's a Plane...

 



 
Super Boy!

 



 Supplies:

• Stamps of Life Banana Cardstock; Bazzill Red Cardstock
• Pebbles "Super Kid" Patterned Paper
• Fiskars Small Star Punch with Glossy Accents
• The Twinery blue/white twine and Offray yellow satin ribbon

OWH Midweek Throwdown - Any Hero Holiday Cards

The Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown this week is to focus on sending Any Hero Holiday Cards (deadline November 30th).  Having had many service members in my family over the years, I know how important it is to reach out during the holiday season when they are missing their families and the sights, sounds, and smells of Christmas at home.  I thought I would add a little red, white & blue to the holiday theme to recognize their service to the country as well as wish them happy holidays.  Thanks for stopping by and let's send our heroes some holiday love! 

 Supplies:

• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Memory Box Cranberry Cardstock
• Coredinations Blueberry Cardstock
• The Paper Studio Color Kaleidoscope Paper Pack (for ornament)
• Hero Arts "Real Pine" stamp
• Impress Rubber Stamps holiday sentiment stamp
• Fresh Ink Mojito and VersaFine Onyx Black
• Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Ornaments dies
• Offray ribbon  

OWH Sketch Challenge #197

Today's card for the OWH Sketch Challenge is a Thank You card.  I don't remember when I bought this stamp and I don't think I've ever used it...it looked too clean!  Anyway, I enjoyed this sketch and turned it on it's side because that's how I scored the base card :-)  I'm glad you stopped by and hope you have a great week.

Sketch #197

Many Thanks

Supplies:

• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Pop Tones Black Licorice Cardstock
• S E I Black Orchid 8x8 Paper Pad
• Inkadinkado Sentiment Stamp
• VersaFine Onyx Black Ink
• Red Ribbon from stash jar