what's more appropriate for President's weekend than a blog hop to make cards for
Operation Write Home? two days with a total of 10 card challenges.....and for those not super speedy, they even give you until February 25th to get them posted!
Erika was the first stop and she asked you to use zig zags (ric rac, chevrons, whatever) on your card. I am not a huge fan of a lot of zig zags but found a way to tame them down enough for me. One Father's Day card down!
Products used:
My Minds Eye
Martha Stewart punch
Sizzix die
Lasting Impressions button
Misty challenged us to use "creatures great and small" on our cards at the second stop. OWH had mentioned needing more boy birthday cards so I thought I might try making a "cool" birthday card......of course using a penguin! I was going for black & white & red but a few other colors made their way into the mix.
Products used:
SEI Holiday Hoopla
QK die
Jillibean Soup alphabets
Queen & Co brads
The third stop was originally an utter failure for me.
Beth had this really amazing challenge to only emboss part of a card to leave room for stamping or something else. I had a really cool idea about leaving an oval in the middle unembossed and adding an oversized fleur de lis. It didn't work. I didn't have what she used so tried to mock it up on my own. After the second attempt I decided to just make a card and move on.
Products used:
My Minds Eye
Cuttlebug embossing template
QK Die
THEN.......while I slept my subconscious kicked in and figured it out for me! I had been going about it BACKWARDS!!! so this morning after donating blood and running a ridiculous amount of errands, I came home and DID IT!!! The problem was I was trying to use the whole folder!!
Here is what I did:
I cut 2
pieces of chipboard approximately 4.25 x 5.5.
Then I took a big Sizzix
heart die and cut hearts out of the same spots on both pieces of
chipboard (did them separately).
I adhered the pieces together.
I cut a
piece of paper to emboss and lined it up against one side of the
embossing template (the side the pushes out to emboss.
Then I layered
(in this order) the A pad, B pad, my chipboard shim that I made, the
paper, the embossing template, then the other B pad.
Ran that through
the Cuttlebug and PRESTO!!!
Here is a close up since you can't see the LACK of embossing well in the whole card photo!
Products used:
SEI
Cuttlebug embossing template
American Crafts rub-ons and stickers
Doodlebug brads
I was happy to see one I knew I could easily complete from
Yvonne at the 4th stop! She challenged us to make a card including something with wings. I'll be honest, it took a lot to not make a card with a bat on it! But instead I used a
My Sketch World card sketch and made a nice Mother's Day card with butterflies on it. Not sure how many mothers would want a card with a bat on it anyway!
Products used:
SEI
Heidi Swapp ghost shape
Making Memories paint
embossing template
punches
The last challenge for Saturday came from
Leslie. Her challenge was two-fold: first, use the OWH sketch she chose, and second, use an entire 12x12 piece of paper to make a total of 6 cards! Sweet! I can do that! I changed things up a little bit so I couldn't have 6 completely the same cards.
Products used:
Gin X
Sizzix
Queen & Co brads and plastic shapes
Doodlebug flowers
Prima flowers
American Craft felt
Sunday morning,
Linda was our 6th challenge. She told us to use things with wheels. Somehow I thought this would be perfect with this week's
OWH Sketch #160. I think I actually made the opposite of the sketch! But, if I hadn't started thinking about that sketch I am not sure what I would have done for this challenge since I don't have a lot of car things.
Products used:
Gin X
QK
The next challenge was from Jen and oh so timely! She asked us to caffeinate our card by using something caffeine related like a stamp or die. Luckily for me, during one of my recent purchasing binges I picked up a cute coffee cup QK die. I wish it were a bit bigger, but it worked nicely with
OWH Sketch #159.
Products used:
GCD Studios
Spellbinders
QK die
misc ribbon
Challenge 8 came from
Jacque. She asked us to use washi tape on a card. Um, I don't own any washi tape! That came in to vogue post LM and I haven't really seen the allure! Luckily, though, Arlyn had sent me some. Other than liking that it adheres to things, I still don't see why anyone would go crazy over it......you know, like I did with ribbon! lol!
I am not sure this card is going to OWH. I tried really hard to get glitter to come off the card base but it didn't. I think it has been coated but am still debating.
Products used:
DCWV card base
doily
washi tape
QK
Prima
Bazzill brads
Of course after I do a wedding card, a challenge to use all white/cream comes up from
Sharon! But I really had fun with it and used a whole lot of textures. Maybe I'll make another for an upcoming wedding?
Products used:
2 different Bazzill whites
2 embossing templates
Spellbinder die
Queen & Co mini brads
misc lace
The final blog hop challenge came from
Kaylee. She challenged us to use glitz & glam without glitter (remember, no glitter on OWH cards as it endangers the Heros!). A
My Sketch World card sketch and four rhinestones later, I was done with the weekend's challenges!
Products used:
unknown patterned papers
Doodlebug rhinestones
Spellbinder die
Prima flower
Thanks for checking out all my cards! There is still plenty of time to hop along and make cards!
and to keep me honest................
LAYOUTS: 2
CARDS:
OWH: 18
PURCHASING:
4 "other" dies
2 embossing templates
2 dimensional adhesives (pop dots, framing tape)
USAGE:
cardstock: 4
patterned paper: 11
buttons: 1
brads: 17
flowers: 5
ribbon: 2
alphabet stickers: 9
stickers: 2
rub-ons: 1
die cut alphas: 1
die cut shapes: 12
punches: 8
misc embellishments: 12
ink: 4
pens: 1
