Blog Hop - Operation Write Home World Card Making Day

http://operationwritehome.org/starsandstamps

Be sure to click the link above to be taken to the list of
awesome bloggers sharing their wonderful creations this weekend !

Also, if you've not heard of Operation Write Home,
take a moment to read about this wonderful organization.
It is gratifying to make works of heart to be sent to the troops
 overseas so they have something special to write home on.

I'm thrilled to be a participant in this years 

Operation Write Home World Card Making Day blog hop! 

Thank You So Much for stopping by =) 

Sorry that this is not the best photo, 

it does not show the glittery accents on the snow,

silver ink or dry embossing details very well.

I assume the different shimmery effects as well as the 

contrast of dark and light colors messed with

my camera, not allowing it to capture the image well. 

I used the crayon resist technique and added glitter highlights

on the tree and snow. Please remember, NO GLITTER on the cards

you make to send to Operation Write Home. 

Our challenge was to create a holiday/wintry feel card based on a sketch from the Operation Write Home sketch designs. My card front uses a slightly altered version of sketch number 21. I changed the dimensions of the pieces since the finished card is a 5" x7" size.

Although I am pleased with the front of my card, the inside is what I'm most excited to share: a decorate it yourself pop up mini Christmas tree ! I made tiny ornaments with various paper punches and backed them with adhesive dots. I left them on the release paper so the recipient can easily removed them to decorate the tree. Wouldn't this be fun to send to someone special, such as an injured service member recuperating in the hospital or one that is serving overseas ? Please don't use glitter if sending to service members though.

We were asked to keep our posts short for the hop, so if you'd like more information about how I made this card, please come back tomorrow, Sunday October 7th. I'll be sharing the technique I used on the tree, the supply list as well as a sketch with the sizes I used to make this 5" x 7" card.

Lastly, please take a quick peek at my second post for the day, One Sheet Wonder Cards, that I shared for the Papercrafts magazine blog tour celebrating World Card Making Day. I will post all of the details for this set of cards on Monday and Tuesday. So many details and photos it requires two posts !


Now go get inspired from the rest of the wonderful blogs in this hop ! I'll be visiting all the blogs throughout the weekend. Most of the time I plan on being in my craft dungeon to work on Christmas cards to be sent to hospitalized service members. Last year I stuffed a box full of over 350 cards to be sent to Operation Write Home. I'm not making nearly that many this year for OWH since I've already done nearly 100 for an Honor Flight and am working on those cards for injured heroes to be collected locally. It really is gratifying and fun making cards for our heroes, just a small way to show my support for all that they do and sacrifice for our country.

Thanks for stopping by,
Heather