Verve Stamps Winner!

I am thrilled to let you know the winner to the Verve stamp set is Samantha, of Expressions of a Craftaholic blog; her comment as is follows........ "Thanks for your support to OWH! I really loved your sketch and it helped me to make a thank you card for my Hero!"
I think it is awesome that the set is going to a gal who's hubby is serving for our freedom...thank you so much Samantha!  Contact me using the link to the right to give me your snail addie.  Thank you so much for all who played along and left comments, you all really touched my heart.  It is a pleasure to give back through my card creations!

You gals are the best...enjoy!

Operation Write Home-Verve Stamps Giveaway

 This is now closed, to see the winner post go here!

I am posting my giveaway now to get on the same page as the Star & Stripes Blog.   I don't think anyone will object, do you?  As I mentioned earlier today, I have the great honor of helping the OWH celebrate their birthday....you can also help and have the chance to win Verve Stamps in the process!  Doesn't this sound fun?   Head over to the Star & Stripes Blog to link up your holiday themed card using the sketch I have drawn up(thanks sweet Amber for putting the photoshop touches to my sketch).  One random winner will be drawn to win the stamps that are posted over at the Star & Stripes Blog, head over to see what is up for grabs.  You can also win here just by leaving a comment and a way to get in touch with you.  I am giving away the Great Friend set.  Thanks for supporting OWH and be sure to read the guidelines for sending cards to our soldiers.  Winners will be drawn next Sunday September 19 at 8:00 PM EST!  Enjoy.

Mojo Monday Sketch

Good morning, I am sharing this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch, Mojo156; it is actually one of my sketches(thanks Julee for using it).  I flipped it to make a taller version of the sketch.  I used an older SU designer paper called Sweet Slumber on the back panel and then paper pieced the balloons with the same solid matching colors.  I used stickles on the balloons for a little dress up on the card.  I will be sending this card to OWH to celebrate their month long birthday celebration over at the Stars & Stripes Blog, otherwise I would have used gems or glitter.  Anything that can fall off is not acceptable for sending to the soldiers.  I hope that you can play along with this weeks mojo sketch and pair it up with the OWH celebration.  You can also win free Verve in the process, find out more here!  I hope your Monday is the start of a fantastic week...enjoy!
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Stamps:  Birthday Bash and Big Wish(Verve)
Paper:  White and Sweet Slumber Designer Paper(SU)
Ink:  Black(SU)
Accessories:  Bakers Twine, Stickles, SU Circle Punches, Button, Linen Thread, SU Corner Rounder, and 3D Foam Squares

Curtain Call Colors-Operation Write Home

Good morning all, this is a long post but I have some exciting news to share and the information here is important.  The awesome news is that I have the humble and honored opportunity to help Operation Write Home Celebrate there birthday this month.....yippie!  I am going to encourage you to play along and submit your cards to OWH.  They are having challenges everyday and prizes, you can read more about that here.  My challenge is up tomorrow and of course there will be prizes, you will have two chances to win.  I have made a birthday card today to wish OWH a very happy birthday!  I have made two cards, the first card cannot be sent to OHW, it is square.  There are guidelines you must follow when submitting your card to send to the soldiers, sending only A2 cards is one of those guidelines....you will need to go here and read all about that.  I also tend to make my cards a little cas(plainer) because of the whole shipping thing.  Remember these cards will be shipped at least three times.
I have used this weeks Curtain Call Colors Act47, they are great manly colors.  I was thinking about the women who serve when I was making these.  I made my own ticket, I do not have a ticket die yet(notice I say yet...hehehehe).  I took kraft paper and cut it to the size I wanted, clipped the ends with my SU punch, and then distressed the ends.....so easy!  These fit  Sharon's Stamp Simply Challenge, ssnotime156; challenge, to make it manly.  I also used the sketch from OCCSC31 a week or so back, the stamps are Skipping Stones Designs, luv this cake!   

For this card I used the same Curtain Call Colors and the sketch from Taylors Sketch Challenge, TESC127.  I flipped the sketch and used all Verve stamps on this one.  Be sure to give the Curtain Call DT some luv and I cannot wait to see what you create, you have plenty of challenges to get your mojo flowing.
Introducing...

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper

Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes

Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs

Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio

Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper

Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation

Silke Ledlow at My Life

Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage

and me....also we have the sweet and talented 
Vicki Dutcher at All I Do is Stamp 

she is our September Guest DT 

My Little Pumpkin

 Hello, I do hope your day is going well, the weekend is here and that is always a good thing!  I want to share a card I made for today's F4A23, side swipe.  The end of this card has been side swiped by lots of yummy designer papers....hehehe.  I have been cleaning my stamping studio...lol.  I went through all of my scraps, I can tell ya I saved tiny pieces...why?  I am asking myself that has I am going through them, why did I save a piece of dp that is the size of a postage stamp...lol.  It is not that bad, but I did have some small pieces.  I can't seem to throw out any green dp....happy sigh...I luv green!  I used this wonderful sketch for today's challenge from Get Sketchy, GS49; I am not sure if I have played with these gals or not....I luv the sketch this week.  It is a super way to use scraps.....yeah!  This is another card I will be sending to Operation Write Home, if you have not helped these ladies out, you can find out how here!
They want to get some of the holiday cards in now, you can find out more about that here, it is there half and half project.  I want to share my new toy, I have had my eye on the Scor Buddy since it came out, I finally got it....it is perfect for card makers.  I picked my up from Emma's, you have got to check out her store, she has everything!  I hope you day is full of laughter, share a smile with someone today!  Enjoy. 
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Stamps:  Hello Pumpkin and Tall Oaks(Verve)
Paper:  White(SU) and Mud Pie(Bazzil)
Ink:  Chocolate Chip and Tangerine Tango(SU) 
Accessories:  Blossom Nesties, Circle Nesties, Tiny Tag, Bakers Twine, Janome, Scor Buddy, and Glue Dots

Verve Project Parade-Hero's

I am so excited to share with you today's cards....Verve's Project Parade is going on and you still have time to get you "Hero" themed project in for your chance to win.  The deadline for getting your project in is July 30, you can load your project on this Verve post.  To see my completed project(there are six cards) and to read all about it, head over to the Verve Blog.  I chose to make cards for the men and woman serving in our military, Operation Write Home is a great way to help.  They are wanting some help with a half/half project, you can read about that here.  There are some guidelines, it is super important that you take the time to read them in your effort to help.  You can read all about it here.  NO glitter is a huge guideline, you can read about that here.  The cards must be marked Operation Write Home on the back, I made labels on my computer.  Only A2 sized cards and the tuck of the envelopes are also important, you can read about that here and watch the video.  These ladies put forth a huge effort to stay organized and keep it uniform, lets help them help the men and woman in the service....true hero's!  I used a sketch from the dirty girl challenges for the card on the right.  
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Stamps:  Verve
Paper:  Carolyn Gavin's Designer Paper(K & Company)
Ink:  SU
Accessories:  Yarn, Crocheted Flowers, Janome, Pearls, Nesties, and 3 D Foam Squares