New Card Challenge

I decided to try a card challenge using a digi-stamp. This is what I came up with.

OWH Challenge provided the layout:

The digi-stamp froggy is from Doodle Pantry. Their challenge is to use one of their digi-stamps in a card. The paper I used for the background is from NEAPOLITAN by Digital Scrapbook Experts (I changed the colors).

Mickey Card

This is my newest card. I got the red Mickey background paper this weekend from my friends Sandy, President of Operation Write Home. On Saturday we had a card making party with some other local card makers and assembled 553 cards. If anyone doesn't know about OWH I recommend checking out their site.

I made this card for a couple of challenges:

1. Card Patterns Sketch 70

2. Card Positioning Systems

3. Sketch and Stash

I hope you like it. I have been having a hard time knowing what to do with a Mickey Mouse set of stamps.

Airplane Card

Here is my most recent card. I made it for four different challenges. Sorry for the dark picture.

1. A Spoon Full of Sugar: Happy Birthday card
2. Stars and Stamps: Using hardware
3. Crafty Creations: Distressing
4. CCEE Stampers: I used the sketch from this site to make this card

A Quilt fit for a Princess

My friend just got married and I made this quilt for her. She is very into all things princess, and even refers to herself as a princess, so I thought this fabric was perfect. It is the first time I attempted binding a quilt with a scalloped edge rather than a straight edge. It was a bit tricky, but I think it turned out so cute that way!

Birthday Challenge

Here is a card challenge I did for a challenge from Res Q Challenge and Stars and Stamps.



This is the sketch from Res Q Challenge:


The challenge from OWH was to creat a card with browns and blues.

Tinkerbell Challenge

Here is a challenge that I did for 4 different blogs. I enjoy doing challenges, but I think it is even more fun to try to combine multiple challenges.



The challenge from Inspirational Card Sketches had this sketch:



The challenge from Card Positioning Systems had this sketch:

The challenge from Sketch and Stash had this sketch:

And the challenge from 2S4Y had this sketch:

Mojo Monday Birthday Card

I made this card for a challenge from Mojo Monday. At first I was a little baffled by the sketch, but I think it turned out cute.

My Latest Quilt

I just finished this quilt for a girl friend of mine. I think it turned out really cute.

Chalk Tutorial Coming Soon

Hi everyone, and thank you for all of your nice comments on my chalked cards. Just wanted to let you know I am in the process of making a tutorial for everyone. If I don't have it up by Friday then it will be the beginning of April.

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.

A Spoon Full of Suger

Here's an Easter card challenge from A Spoon Full of Sugar. This is what I came up with.

CPS Challenge 158

Here is a challenge I did with Card Positioning Systems (CPS#158). The scan quality isn't that great on this one but you can get the general idea.

Here is the sketch:


Here is my card:

OWH Sketch 8

It's time for a new OWH sketch challenge. Here is the sketch to work with:



Here is that card I made using this weeks sketch from the OWH blog: