Memorial Day "Any Hero mail" signing for OWH

I made about 170 cards (with some assembly help from some little crafty girls & their mamas) for a card signing at my church.
These were "Any Hero Mail" cards for Operation Write Home. They have a constant need for these to include in the boxes of handmade cards they send out to units of deployed U.S. Armed Services. You can read more about this here http://operationwritehome.org/anyhero/

Kristina Werner blog giveaway haul!

Kristina Werner did a huge giveaway on her blog -- she was moving to a new house & needed to purge her craft room. She just asked that we pay for shipping of the box of goodies -- what a deal!
I was one of the lucky winners of a Priority Mail box stuffed w/great stuff!
I knew this box was meant to be mine because the first thing I pulled out was a box of Eiffel Tower cards w/French-themed stamps! Further into the box, I found a BG set w/ more French sentiments!
I hope the pictures give you an idea of how much goodie was packed into that box.
Thanks, Kristina! May your new house be a blessing to you & to everyone who enters it!

Online Card classes: Pattern Play, day 2

Here's my card to show stamping on patterned paper. It also shows the mixing of patterns, using a coordinated set of papers.
The classes at OCC are really good.
Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Supplies: Bazzill Card Shoppe, MME Stella & Rose PP, PTI stamp, Memento ink, Martha Stewart punch, Corner Chomper

PTI 6th anniversary: Design Team Favorite inspiration

I used this card (BELOW) by Maile Belles as inspiration. I like the images turned different ways to form a pattern. I decided to use card stock, instead of stamps to make my pattern. My son is a Valentine, so this (ABOVE) is his birthday card.



Supplies: PTI cardstock, dies & stamp; Versafine ink, foam tape, Corner Chomper.

Waltzingmouse Blog Party -- even cameos deserve a little kiss!

Here's my card for the January Waltzingmouse Blog Party. The stamps I used are some that I won in a release night haul.
This will be my husband's Valentine card. (Shhh, don't tell him!)
Thanks for taking a look!

Supplies: Waltzingmouse stamps, Inks: Amuse & Versafine, cardstock PTI, punch- Martha Stewart, foam squares

OWH Mid-Week Throwdown: Show us your green

I saw this sketch on the OWH blog & wanted to try it. The Mid-week throw-down seemed like a good reason to do it.
Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies: Bazzill cardstock, Cosmo Cricket PP, dollar stamp from Michael's, Punches -- EK success & Martha Stewart, (wavy square unkown)

Camp mail for Laura

Two quick cards for our niece -- she's at G.S. camp. She likes to make cards herself, so will like these handmade ones.

Thanks for taking a look.

Supplies: PTI -- cardstock, stamp, dies, PP; Crate-- PP; Coredinations Kraft Core, Sizzix embossing folder, foam tape, Versafine ink

SAF group

We missed getting Jess Witty in this pic. Had such a fun time w/these ladies @ Kristin's house -- great food & lots of die & patterned paper swapping! I got cool washi tape as a door prize & I even made 2 cards amidst the visiting.
Let's not wait a year to get together again.

SAF Limited supply Challenge

One of my favorite color combos!

SAF Morning make & take

Not lined up very well, but I had fun.