Cards in Envy Sketch #6

Are you loving these Operation Write Home friendly sketches?? I am sure am! I am walking in the Avon Breast Cancer walk in June and need a lot of thank you cards (NOT complaining that I have A LOT of generous friends and family who have supported me in the walk) I have been using the sketches and challenges at CIE as inspiration for many of them. This one fit the My Favorite Things image perfectly so I couldn't wait to put it together. Papers by Me and My Big Ideas....no jokes, people!! So hop over to Cards in Envy and link up your card based on this sketch.... then mail it to OWH so some soldier can tell someone back home they are loved.

CIE Sketch #3

Time for another sketch at Cards In Envy. I am sending out a lot of cards to folks who are supporting me in the walk and this card I made quite a few of for thankyous. I used paper flowers to keep them nice and flat, papers I found on ShybyDesign.com (She has them for free - super cool of her), and a cut out from the Forever Young cart. Remember, the cards must be flat/requiring no extra postage and fit in a standard envelope. This makes them perfect to send to Operation Write Home So - make a card, load it to the blog here and send it to OWH!!

Cards in Envy Sketch#2

First Monday of the month...time for a card sketch challenge at Cards in Envy... Please join us, we would love to have you! Remember the only rule is that the card fit in an A2 envelope with no extra postage...perfect for your OWH box! Such a simple sketch, leaves room for the paper to really shine. I selected a pretty sheet from websters pages. Used a Martha corner punch with a half back pearl. The ribbon is from Paper Bag Lady on Etsy all layered on a pretty black doily. So hope you can make a card, post it and send it on to Operation Write Home.

Cards In Envy DT Project Feb 4

Yeah!!! This is my first Design Team card for Cards In Envy

I am so honored to be in this group. Throughout the month I have seen the photos of other member’s cards come in to our little corner of the internet. HOLY COW! You are going to be so inspired by these ladies! I already am – ten times over. Each month there will be a sketch challenge on the first and another more formula/technique kind of challenge on the 15th. And little ole’ me will have one in each!! There will be winners and blog bragging buttons, too! Please make it a point to check it out, join the site and make a card. There are very few rules but one is that the cards have to be flat enough to send with standard postage. This makes them GREAT challenges to inspire my fellow Operation Write Home card makers. Every single card I have made for these so far, straight to the OWH box…several were made a few times over. This month’s sketch was very round in my eye. Well, you know I LOVE my Kanban card toppers. This was a great way to see some of these in action. I added the pink Recollections bling for the smaller round objects. For the little treat in the lower right hand corner, I didn't want to repeat bling and brads weren't right, either. SO I tore off the corner, grunged that up and let three petals of a paper flower fill that element. Finally, this one just needed to be a little more shabby; I went over the card stock with TH’s tea dye ink. All right – your turn, use this sketch, make a card, post it on Cards In Envy and send it to OWH!!