OWH Spring Break Blog Hop

Hooray for Operation Write Home!! This is the first blog hop I've done so I'm excited. Plus, I just love OWH. Thanks to all of the shippers for their time and hard work.

I can't remember how I found OWH, but since I did I have fallen in love. I have always been interested in doing things to support our troops because I think they deserve to be honored for what they do for all of us. In the past I have worked with a few other organization sending paperback books, snacks and other things that they might need and may not be able to get there. With that I would ship directly to my soldiers or platoons. I love OWH because we ship to Kris, Dixie, or Sandy and they put the cards together into big batches to send over seas. I love making cards so this is new favorite way for me to support our soldiers and it gives them a fun way to write home to their families.

To reach the beginning of this blog hop (or if you come upon a broken link along the way) click here.

After visiting my blog please continue on to Bonnie Rose's blog "A Life Unrehearsed".

Here are 2 of my stamped cards. The first one is simple but I think it is so cute. Sometimes I use white cardstock for the card. I stamp on white cardstock and mount each stamp on yellow cardstock.



I also enjoy chalking my cards. It's vey time consuming but I think the finished product is really impressive. I have a chalk set from the local craft store (Ben Franklin). I use a thin paint brush rather than the small applicators that come with the set. I prefer the brush because you don't have to worry about transfering the previous color onto the new section. You just brush the old one off on something like a paper towel and you are good to go. The stencils are from the same store but I have also seen them at Joann Fabric. The come in three parts making it a little easier to distinguish the different parts of the flower when applying the chalk.

Here are a few of the cards I have made. If anyone has any questions about how I did this feel free to leave a comment and I can get back to you.














If anyone is interested in seeing a tutorial for the chalked cards I can put one together. Leave me a note in a comment so I know if anyone is interested.

One more fun thing that I love about the Stars and Stamps blog are the sketches. I think it is fun to take an idea and try to create something of my own that mimics the original is some way. Sketches are fun because your card doesn't have to be the same, just have something in common with the sketch. It is a starting poing. It is fun to challenge yourself to try something new, and maybe you will love what you made so much that you will use the idea on your future cards.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the blog hop, and don't forget to leave lots of comments on everyone's blog to share the love and so they can see how many visitors came to see their work.