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

MFTWSC143 "Wishing You Happiness" card

I have missed doing the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenges..  I print them off each week, but never can seem to get myself to making something.. time gets away from me as usual.    This week however, I wanted to make something after making so many of the same cards (161 S.A.W. Welcome Home Cards) ..  I already had the adorable Pure Innocence image already colored, so it went together rather quickly.

here's my card:

This week's MFTWSC143 Sketch:

Supplies:

card stock:   Kraft, Navy Blue, White, MME Pattern Paper

stamps: MFT Pure Innocence Make a Wish, sentiment from MFT More Essential Greetings

ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Asst. Copic Markers

accessories:  MFT Pierced Circle Stax, Circle Stax, Oval Stax, Stampin' UP! Brads, Quickutz embossing folder, Bigkick, Hole Punch and Dimensionals!!!

thanks for looking ~

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

Completed: 161 S.A.W. Welcome Home Cards

I am so happy with how they turned out.  They are sorted by company and I have already dropped they off at battalion for the FRG reps to pick up.

thanks for looking ~

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

Army Engineer "Thank You" cards

These are some Thank You cards I have made the last week or two.   I made one for some friends that are leaving soon..  it was at their Change of Command and I wanted to thank both C and N for their dedication and service to the soldiers and families in their company.   

This card is a square card, I made it larger so I could write the note inside it and have enough room.

 

 

These next either cards are regular A2 size cards..  I made them to send to some supportors and VIP's that came to a golf tournament that was held last week to help raise some funds to help offset the cost our a mixer/ball that we are having after the Battalion returns from deployment. 

 



thanks for looking ~

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

What I've been up to.. working on 161 Welcome Home S.A.W. cards

 

Our Battalion will be home soon from a long deployment and I am making cards to go into baskets that go into the Barracks rooms for the single soldiers that live there. I am making 161 of these.

I had originally was going to just do a card front with a printed off thank you on the back.. but then decided to put them on white card bases with a black liner and the thank you attached to it.   This picture above shows 150 card fronts..  the number increased the day after cutting all these and I went back and cut 11 more.

Our Task Force is known as Task Force S.A.W.   ~ Sapper Athlete Warrior and the helmet is a symbol used for the Task Force.    I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut all of the helmets out.  Shown is how I did the stacks of 10 of each of the black layers and then I stacked 10 of each of the red helmets on top of them..  I went back and cut 11 more helmets after this.

 

 

Getting them put together.. my Scotch ATG dispenser makes it so much easier..  and will make them stay together for a long time.  Note:  in this picture is the revised sentiment I printed off to put inside the cards..  had added  Task Force S.A.W.  OEF XIII to the sentiment that is in the picture below.

This picture shows what I had typed up and printed out to put on the inside of the cards..  however after typing up and printing out one sheet.. I added Task Force S.A.W.  OEF XIII      see note with image above this one and you can see the pieces in the upper left corner of picture.

 

My AWESOME Fiskars Procision Paper Trimmer that I LOVE!!!   I have cut thousands of pieces of paper in it and they are just as nice as the first one.    

This must've been when I had started the stacks of helmets..  I had opened a new mat for my Silhouette.. and boy was it sticky.. I kept laying it over the throw on the back of my couch to take some of the sticky away..  even my #100 card stock was tearing.. yike!    no work happens without a cold drink from Sonic.

This is my Silhouette Cameo..  the mat to the left has cut so many things..  yet it still works great.  I can honestly say that these mats are way better than any of the ones I used in my Cricut Expression.  I am so glad that I took the leap and bought this machine..  it is worth every penny.



thanks for looking ~

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