Tim Holtz Santa Claus Patriotic Christmas Card

I made this card not too long ago after I purchased the stamp and die set from Tim Holtz/Sizzix at a scrapbook store in Greensboro.    I just love the Red, White and Blue Santa's.

The papers are from an Authentique Pride paper pack.

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

LOTS OF CARDS FOR OPERATION WRITE HOME!!!

I have two large flat rate boxes packed full of cards for Operation Write Home.. and then some.  I need to get another box taped up and ready to start filling..  there is nearly 600 cards in these two boxes.. and overflow!!  

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

A bunch of "THANKS EVER SO MUCH" cards ~ plus others I made

I was on a card making roll yesterday and made all these cards..  they are all for Operation Write Home.

I used up all that I had left of an Authentique "Pride" 6 x 6 paper pad..  because I had ordered 4 more through www.walmart.com and didn't want to cut into any of them before finishing up the one I already had.  All that I have left now.. is a few very small scraps.. yeah me!!

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

Merry Christmas ~ New Tim Holtz Stamps/Dies in the house!!!

Today we took a road trip north to Greensboro to an Outdoor store that sells Kayaks..  after we were done there my husband suggested that we go to a craft store (Betty's Stamping and Scrapbooking Room) that a week or so ago when my parents were in town, my mom and I was going to go to.. but when I read online about it, I thought it was mostly scrapbooking stuff..  after stopping there today, that isn't the case.. they have lots of stamping stuff.    Plus, I thought they were more like well over 2 hrs away.. yet only 1 hr 26 minutes.. yeah.. not too far to go at all.

I bought a Tim Holtz/Sizzix Stamp/Die set.. along with an MFT die and two Quickutz Dies as well.. and some dimensional thingys..     we got home tonight and I had to make something.. couldn't resist inking up and stamping these fun images.. and then die cutting them out!!! what fun!!!



thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MFTWSC146 Property of Team Awesome ~ MVP card

Early this morning I read an email about a local scrapbook store that will soon be closing it's doors for good.  I was saddened to read this and went by there, not with the intention of buying anything, but to say "hi" and that I would "miss" coming to her shop.    I did look around and found some papers..  oh gosh, how I DO NOT need anymore papers.. but I really liked them and had an idea for using them..  hence the card I made tonight.    

I am going to make some more.. they were super easy to do, and using the sketch below that is this week's MFTWSC146, made it even easier.

Supplies:

card stock:  Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Cream
pattern paper:  Trinity Paper Arts Making The Team line of papers
stamps:  MFT Jersey and Stamp Set
ink:  Stampin' UP! Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler
accessories:   Quickutz Stars, MFT Jersey Die-namics, brads and 3L Adhesive Foam Squares

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

MFTWSC146 "Sweet" girl swinging card

Hi All..    I bought this branch and leaf die from MFT a while back.. and have been wanting to use it. As soon as I seen the sketch earlier today.. I knew exactly what I would do.  I had a lot of fun making this card, while I was attaching all the leaves, I was chatting on the phone with a good friend that we used to both be stationed here 16 years ago..  we had kids within two months of each other..  they are back here again and it's like we never were apart.  



Here is this week's sketch for the MFTWSC146:

Supplies:

card stock:   Neenah Cayon Brown #80 and #100 card stock, White, Light Yellow
ink: Memento black, asst. Copic markers
pattern paper: My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy
stamps:  MFT Start the Day With Whee
accessories:  MFT Branch with leaves Die-namics die, Die-namics Sweet Stack Labels and Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares


thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

OWH Sketch Challenge #192 MY HERO HONORS.... card

I was in Hobby Lobby a few days ago and seen this stamp while walking down the aisle where the wood mounted stamps are..  I wasn't even looking for any stamps.. but it caught my eye and I just had to have it.  I knew I wanted to use it on this year's Veteran's Day cards that I will soon be making.   Today I wanted to make one for my husband.

This sketch below from the OWH Sketch Challenge #192 is what inspired the layout I used on my card.  My card is a 5" square card.

Supplies:

card stock:  Navy blue, cream, Cherry Cobbler, corrugated cream paper
pattern paper: Authentique Pride
ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black ink
stamps:  American Art Stamp AAS5009 (it says Verses on it, but I am not sure that that is the name of the stamp itself)
accessories: Quickutz stars die, Quickutz dotted embossing folder, Stampin' UP! brads, Scrapbook Adhesives Foam Squares

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

OWH Sketch Challenge #193 ~ ALL AMERICAN ~

Hi All..   I made this cards today using this weeks OWH Sketch Challenge and a new stamp I got yesterday after seeing it on a card in the bloghop.

Supplies:

card stock:  Cherry Cobbler, Kraft, MME pattern paper
ink: Cherry Cobbler
stamps: Stampabilities Patriotic Subway Art (got it at Hobby Lobby yesterday)
accessories:   Stampin' UP! Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Border Punch, Brads and Dimensionals!!!

here's the sketch:

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

Operation Write Home ~ World Card Making Blog Hop "THANK YOU" cards

Hello Everybody..  Happy World Card Making Day!!!    Welcome to this stop on the Operation Write Home Bloghop.  

Today I have some super quick and easy "Thank You" cards that can be made over and over again in a multitude of colors.    

I got some new stamps this past week and wanted to get some ink on them.

I used OWH Sketch #78 for my card..  the sketch called for a larger layer under the three smaller pieces.. instead I chose to layer each of the three pieces.

These went together to quickly..   stamp the image three times, punch each one out with a square punch and punch out three colored squares to layer them onto. After cutting and scoring the card base.. I cut the colored layer and then the top white layer.  Stamped the sentiment then put it all together.  The three squares are on dimensionals..  my all time favorite product.. the ones by Stampin' UP! that is.

Card Supplies & Measurements:

card stock:    #100 white cover, Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Crushed Curry and Gumball Green
ink:  Midnight Muse, Raspberry Ripple, Crushed Curry and Gumball Green
stamp sets:    sentiment is from Annabelle Stamps Fanciful Flowers, Stampin' UP! Simply Sketched
Accessories:  1 1/4" square punch, 1 3/8" square punch, Dimensionals!!!!


Card base:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2"  scored at 4 1/4"
colored layer:   4" x 5 1/4"
white layer:  3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them

OWH MWT ~ Holiday/Winter Themed Cards in Multiples

Happy October 2nd everybody~!!   I wanna take a second to shout to the mountaintop that this is the month that my husband returns from Deployment ~ YEAH!!!

I was asked a short time back if I would make some cards for an OWH Mid-Week Throwdown Challenge and that challenge was to make Holiday and/or Winter Themed cards that didn't say Merry Christmas on them.  The cards could then be used all through the winter months.   Of course I said  yes.. because I love helping out OWH any way I can and I absolutely love making multiples of cards.

I have three different cards that I have to show you  (the last one is the one that was featured on the OWH site) ~ I am including measurements for each card as well.    I hope that you give making multiples a whirl.

Winter Wishes:

card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"

red layer:  4" x 5 1/4"

pattern paper:   3 7/8" x 5 1/8"  if you cover the whole piece.. or I cut it into two smaller strips since I was covering the middle with the middle strip and those pieces measure:  1 5/8" x 5 1/8"

middle strip:

red layer:  1 5/8" x 5 1/4"

pattern paper:  1 1/2" x 5 1/8"

sentiment stamped and punched out using Stampin' UP! middle oval punch and layered onto the scallop oval punch

Blessings To You:

card base:  5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"

red layer:  4" x 5 1/4"

pattern paper:  3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

red layer:  3 1/8" x 4 3/8" 

pattern paper: 3" x 4 1/4"

sentiment layers:

red:   1 1/8" x 4"

white: 1" x 3/ 7/8"

You're Always In My Heart:

card base:  5 1/2" x 8 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"

white layer:  4" x 5 1/4"

pattern paper:  3 7/8" x 5 1/8"

embossed panel:

light blue paper: 2" x 5"

dark blue:  1 7/8" x 4 7/8"

sentiment:

navy blue: 1 1/4" x 3 3/4"

light blue:  1 1/8" x 3 3/8"

white:        1" x 3 1/2"

for the circles, I used three different size punches and a Stampin' UP! Snowflake punch

thanks for looking ~

have a great airborne day!
God Bless All Our Military.. each and every one of them