Have A Ball -OWH Sketch 257

This is it, the very last card I made to donate to

Operation Write Home.

It was loosely based on the most recent sketch, #257, at OWH. 

As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew exactly what stamp set 

I was going to use to make my sketch inspired card.

My box of 321 cards is overstuffed, 

I can not get another one in it,

and it will go out this week. 

I believe this brings my total donations over the years to 1125 cards.

I'd like to say Thank You once again

to everyone that has helped with this organization

in one way or the other these past several years.

I know many of us are going to miss making cards for our heroes,

but it is great to know that so many are back home now. 

SUPPLIES USED:

Red, White, Black, Gray card stock

assorted inks

Have A Ball stamp set and matching wheel , Stampin' Up!

Snap Stamps alphabet to create the sentiment

circle punches and scissors

black marker

stapler

adhesive

Thanks for looking =) 

Gracias Card Set

Set of cards I made with precut die cut card front pieces from
Cards In An Instant by Me and My Big Ideas.

Decorative background papers, Die Cuts With A View paper stack.

I colored in behind the letters on the orange piece of card stock with a wide chisel point Sharpie marker so the letters would "pop".  The first one I made, I tried to make them look like sketchy, scribbly letters with a thin tipped marker, but wasn't happy with the way it turned out, so solid black they are.

They are being donated to Operation Write Home in my final box of cards going out this weekend.
They are also being entered in the final Our Daily Bread Designs challenge at Operation Write Home:Thank You cards. I have several different Thank You cards that I made to donate that I still need to post, look for them over the next few days.

 I glued orange card stock behind the die cut letters to make them pop. The background was made with an embossing folder by Cuttlebug.

Thanks for looking =)

Smiling Fish Scrapbook Page

Oh what a cute new kit by JMC Designs at Scraps-N-Pieces.com! As soon as I saw this fish with the big grin embellishment, I knew what photo I wanted to scrap with it. I didn't even notice the fish swim in between the kids (photobombed by a fish before photobombing was really even a thing!) when I took the photo, but seeing it afterwards, one of the few memorable, awesome photos I have.

All papers and embellishments (several have been reduced in size) used were in the Bits N Pieces Enjoying The Summer kits. There are several kits to choose from: 2 paper packs, 2 embellishment packs and 3 different alphabets. Each are just $1 through July 7th, 2015 !

This is my own crazy (busy!!!) layout.

Word art was easily created in the My Memories Suite V6 software.

Thanks for looking =)

Anything But A Card July Challenge

It's the first Sunday of July 

(already !??! the year is half over?)

which means it is time for a new challenge at

Anything But A Card.

This months theme is 

Anything Goes !

With the recent record setting flood we had,

I decided to make digi scrap pages with 

some of the photos I took.

Basic how to in My Memories Suite software:

I made a sort of paper punch digital page,

using Shapes (triangles) in the software that I altered

to make the sun rays. I paper filled them with a gingham 

patterned paper to match the circle sun.

The waves were an experiment that I am happy to say

turned out pretty well ! 

They are also made from punches (circles) in the software

as well as a large square, all of which were paper filled

to match. They were laid on top of the background paper.

See the graphic below

Thanks for looking and be sure to check the Anything But A Card blog each Sunday
for more inspiring ideas shared by the design team. Should you decide to join us,
be sure to read the few easy to follow rules posted here before creating and sharing your project.

Happy Fourth Of July

Wishing my American friends a 

Happy and Safe Independence Day !

Photos taken at our local 

Fourth of July celebration last night

(yes, it was on the 3rd!).

Digital scrapbook page is a "quick page"

from the My Memories suite V5 software.

Red, White and Boom kit by jsscraps. 

All I had to do was pick out one of the 

six premade album pages and insert my photos,

soooo fast and simple ! 

House Of Cards - July Challenge

"You stole a "pizza" my heart"

It's the first of the month and

time for a new challenge at House Of Cards.
 I am so excited and honored (and nervous!)
to have been chosen 
as one of the newest Design Team members ! 

For this months challenge, find your inspiration in the below photo,

using food images or the colors (or both!), on your card.

The challenge runs all month long, 

closing at 11:55 CST ,  July 31st =

plenty of time to create a card to share !

Be sure to read the House Rules first :)

 I decided to do a different take and not use the 

gorgeous color palette or fruity/food stamp images,

making a fun pizza slice shaped card instead.

I actually made an entire pizza of cards !

 I'll be donating them to Operation Write Home.

Finished card size is approximately 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

So much fun creating the details on the pizza toppings!

Tutorial at bottom of post.

Thanks for stopping by to see my project !

Be sure to visit all of the other

amazing House of Cards designers' blogs 

to see what they've cooked up this month ;) 

Barbara

Cohenna

Cornelia

Daen'Ys

Donna N.

Donna T.

Dotty Jo

Em
Emily

Gracie

Heather

Jane

Joni

Judy

Karen

Katy

Lilian

Linda

Lisa

Merethe

Michele

Monika

Mrs Duck

Pat

Rocky

Ruza

Shawna

Steph

Sue T.

Sue N.

Tammy
Toni

 PIZZA CARD TUTORIAL

Freehand cut the "crust edges".

Sponge inks lightly on each piece to

make it resemble a baked pizza crust edge.

I cut one large circle from a 12X12 piece of card stock.

Each piece needed to be trimmed to fit the card bases.

The card itself started as a 4" x 10" 

piece of card stock. I folded it in half then 

marked the center along the 4" side that opens.

I used a paper cutter to trim from each corner

of the folded edge

at an angle down to the center mark,

making a triangular shaped card.

Lightly sponge inks on top of the baked "cheese"

(top of triangular shaped card base).

I used acrylic craft paints to create the "sauce".

Adhere the crust to the folded end of the pizza slice.

When adhered to the folded edge,

the "crust" will hang over the edge. 

Trim as needed.

It's easy to make sliced "black olives":

punch a 1/4" circle in black card stock then 

line up a slightly larger circle punch over it.

The "green peppers" were freehand cut from

Gumball Green card stock that I added a bit of 

Garden Green along one edge of . You could use

nesting dies if you have some that are close in size

and of a shape that may resemble a green pepper slice.

"Pepperoni" was cut from red card stock with a circle punch.

I used the splatter stamp from Itty Bitty Backgrounds

and Basic Gray, Bravo Burgundy, Whisper White inks.

The edges were sponged with Early Espresso.

I shaped each piece by hand to give them the curl

like pepperoni on a baked pizza gets sometimes. 

The "ground beef/sausage" was free hand cut from

kraft card stock then water colored with Soft Suede ink.

I then crinkled them up to create texture.

There are other toppings you could make from card stock, too:

mushrooms, purple onions, etc

Have fun baking up your own pizza card !

Full House Digi Kit- JMC Designs

There is a new digi kit being released today by

JMC Designs at

Scraps-N-Pieces.com

Above are two pages I created as part of her

Creative Team.

I used two fun templates found on the

 template challenge forum at ScrapsNPieces.

Below is a 5" x 7" printable I created with numerous elements

and a word art from the kit. They have all been

reduced in size. So much fun to make ! 

Here are the Full House kit contents:

Friends Card I Received

http://margyvogelcoomer.blogspot.com/

http://margyvogelcoomer.blogspot.com/

I love this card !!!!!!

Sure was a nice surprise in the mail

after the week (month!) I've been having.

It was made by my long time "pen pal".

Isn't the detail on the embossing folder amazing ?

And what a fun use of the designer papers.

You Light Up My Life Cards

Cards I made and donated to 

Operation Write Home. 

I really like the "simplicity" of them.

Begin Again Digi Kit - JMCDesigns

Above are three projects I made with the newly released kit

Begin Again

by

JMC Designs

at 

Scraps-N-Pieces.com

Her store is 40% off through June 30th

Two 12x12 digital scrapbook pages 

and a greeting card front.

I used a PSD template from a challenge at

scraps-n-pieces.com

for the first scrapbook page.

This was the first time ever that I 

used a PSD file in Photoshop Elements 10

to create a scrapbook page.

I had to look up a couple of tutorials on

how to do it first ;)

Normally I look at a template

and use it as an inspiration like a sketch,

then build my pages from scratch

using My Memories Suite software.

The second page was built by myself 

in My Memories Suite V6 software.

The border piece was inspired by one

 sent to me in an email by MyMemories.com.

The card was created in My Memories Suite V6.

It is sized as a 4.25" x 5.5" ready to be 

printed card front. 

I used pieces from the kit then added text.

Begin Again kit Components:

Check out more amazing scrapbook pages by 

the rest of the Design Team here !

WOW!!!

Go LIKE her facebook page

for a chance to win a free kit !