A few years ago, when I would stamp with my SU demo Lena, I would stamp a million images of her stamps for my stash to use on future cards. Well. Here is one of them. The one problem... THIS STAMP SET OF HERS IS NOW M.I.A neither one of us know where it is. Which is a bummer because I am on my last images of her from Elzybells. :(

Owh love cards

I love this little image from Taylored Expressions. I bought it about 2-3 years ago, and I am not going to lie, I often neglect it.. But it is so perfect for some love cards for OWH.

Sometimes you feel like being

A mermaid.

Seems life would be soooo much easier as a mermaid. or so it seems.

OWH: Thank you cards

I purchased this thank you set a while back... like 4 years ago, and never used it until I moved here. As you can tell, I really like the color orange. I will eventually be making these in other solid colors... hopefully finding the patience to paper piece these.

Thank you cards are always in demand at OWH. Just a heads up!

a little neglected Ippity

Its been a while since I have used any of my ippity stamps. I think a lot of their sentiments are perfect for Operation Write Home Cards. Lately I have been using a ton of that bright orange color... I dont know why... maybe its because its my favorite color?

Pin up Kitty

I love Sassy Studio Designs... (ssd). I used to use their digis all the time when I lived in California, and first started using digis. I HAD TONS of them. I might still.. SOMEWHERE on a flash drive. Well. now.. I used to be apart of Paper Craft Planet (PCP) and there was a group for people who enjoyed SSD images. Well... long story short, That group made a group on FACEBOOK. Come join the fun!

Sade's Birthday card: Make a Wish

Here is Sade's birthday card.
I love the little sprinkles I added to this card. I kind of wish I would have put a little glitter accent to it or even liquid applique to make some frosting. Maybe next year.

I love this paper.. Ive been hoarding it for quite some time now.

WW motivation

I made this card for a contact I have kept in touch with from Operation Write Home. He is in the Navy Reserves and just told me recently that he is doing weight watchers...

 At the time of this card being made he was down roughly 6ish pounds that week. I figured why not make him a card to help motivate him! He claims he likes it... but it doesnt look like him... lol.

I hate eyelets.

Lets be impressed....
I used eyelets. I hated eyelets... probably because I dont know how to use them! lol. Makes sense right? on why we dont like certain things.

I do love this orange color. I made a bunch of different versions of this card for Operation Write Home.

OWH sets

I love this theme of a card. Its patriotic, yes. I love it that way. I love the bold sentiment, and It is very simple. I hope the few of these I made for Operation write home find good homes!

Really Cute Boots

Wow these pictures suck.
But I love the colors used for these Operation Write Home cards.
I love the sentiment of this.... I am, and so is my daughter, Sucker for Rain boots. Just how we are. They are quite fun... I have a pair of Orange retro floral patterned ones. I love them. Ive had them since I was in College.

Thinking of you.

I made this card originally for my daughter D.
This card was tooooo much fun to make, that I made a few for OWH.
Best choice Ive ever made. I think the Thinking of you sentiment went perfect in how the image was set on this piece of paper.

Not to mention, this little girl looks a lot like D. :)

TOY-- Thinking of you

I love using Rose's Portait for Operation Write Home cards.
This card was mass produced on some perfect paper for OWH. I am very happy with the way it turned out.

I wish I could hoard this paper forever. Its so pretty!

Man's Ruin

Here is another take on the Man's Ruin set... this time I didn't alter this image this time. So you get to see the Skull feature.

I hope to use this for a birthday card as well as the last one I featured yesterday.

Mans Ruin with a DT call notice

Seems like I am on a roll lately with the Bombshell Stamps. I actually adore these ladies.. I was even apart of their design team many moons ago. I was in such a rough time in my life when I was apart of the group that I quickly neglected them. I miss this group, but my life has taken a different turn, and so... I must share my wealth of knowledge of this group with you... Passing on the tourch with telling you... They are having a Guest DT call. I say Guest, but in reality they are called... MONTHLY PIN UPS. I totally suggest if you're a crafter, and wanting to try it out to do so!!

I received this set during my time with these ladies. (one of the perks of being apart of the crew.)

I am not a fan of the skull that is on the glass, so I took one of the Roses from Roses Portrait and adorned it on there in replacement. It just so happens to be adhered with dimensional tape. I put glossy accents on the glass and on the bubbles. I am hopeing to use this for a upcoming March birthday!

Now... Heres the link to apply for Bombshell Stamps DT call. :)   CLICK ME!!!!

Im bringing sexy back

I have a few really good friends who are in the physical fitness industry. I figured I would make one of them a card. This one is for Hot Mandy. Hot Mandy is a yoga instructor. You may have seen her name mentioned in a few posts back as well.

I used the MFT WTG set. The name of it is slipping my mind right now... but I love the sentiment on the front... Im bringing sexy back and on the inside its says.. I dont sweat, I glisten.

I love the shape of this card, and it fits in a standard business envelope which is nice!!! Since I try to save all my A2 envelopes for OWH.

OWH bunnies

So many bunnies!!!
 I guess I am addicted to these little cuties!
I hope they make their way to some happy home!

Love card for Diem

I made this little card for Diem. I love to send her mail every week. I loved this little image, and I knew she would too. We talked about it on the phone one day and she told me she loves it when I make her cards. She says she also keeps them on her dresser at her dads house. Who knows... maybe one day, I will need to make a container for her to keep all her cards in it.

Penny's Valentine

A girl I work with at my part time job requested me to make her a card. So I did. She showed it to another co-worker, which led to this card.

I love how it came out. I used watercolor paper and Tim Holtz distress inks. I love how the water helped create the best Rasta effect. If you arent aware of the rastafarian colors they are RED YELLOW and GREEN. So I tried my best to incorporate that into my card.

HOLY ANYAS!

Here is a wide variety of Anya cards I made for OWH. Mostly the blank/ Thinking of you, or even the basic thank you card.

You can see in a few of them, that they have "coffee/tea" sentiments. I think they are a perfect match up to the Latte Anya. Who I love... probably because of her little hat and how her hair wisps up.

Tommy's birthday card

Here is a birthday card that I made for Diem's uncle Tommy. He is married to her Aunt Jess. Both are very supportive of my crafty habit. I am so thankful to have them, and their 3 littles in our lives. Tommy is such a guys guy. So I figured I would make him a manly card with this Buck, and Tim Holtz paper.

Currently Tommy is going through a lot of cancer treatment at this time. Here is a article about Tommy. I cant believe its been a year since he was diagnosed with Stage 3 cancer.

Please keep him and his family in your thoughts.

OWH Cards

..I have been obsessed with this stamp since I saw it for the first time featured on a Sandy Allnock card. I knew I had to have it. Supposedly... I am supposed to be sharing it with my Mom... I don't think that is happening since I use it 100% more times than she does. I love this stamp. I use it a lot on my OWH cards, and for my personal use cards for people I don't see or talk to very often and I just want to check in on them. Got to love that its a HERO ARTS stamp, and I love it even more that its a MADE IN AMERICA PRODUCT. :)

Mandy on Canvas

She was drawn on tissue, and placed on canvas.. this is just the beginning.. I am terrible about drawing literally on canvas. I figured I could add more textures, dimensions, color, etc to this now that there is TISSUE on there.

Pencil art

I am calling this the Hot Mandy series...
Actually a friend of mine said that this reminded them of my friend Hot Mandy. I drew this a few weeks ago... I dont like that its a little crooked... but I love it just the same!