6x6 Sunshine More Bikes

I ended up with 21 total cards - all masculine birthday cards.  It felt really good to get back into the OWH swing.  Note the awesome Rumple Ribbon on this one!

Here is the paper pack... what's left of it :)

And a sneak peek at all the cards I made

Hero Mondays

I love making cards for Operation Write Home.  I love that my hobby/obsession makes an elisted person feel good and their loved one back home feels his/her love and mine when they open the mail box.  How many people get to use their hobby this way??  AND!!! I can do what I love and SEND IT AWAY!  It isn't hanging out 'waiting for a home' or what ever - I make em and send em on.  While my son in law is deployed I am going to focus on the Any Hero cards.  Here is one set I made this weekend.  I had a package of a few 6x6 sheets and stickers I originally intended to use for my daughter when she was enlisted (US Navy) but they didn't work.  So, I decided to make some OWH Any Hero cards.  This card was based on this Pinterest Sketch

 Since I was working with 12x12 sheets I cut 6 mats and made 'em all.  I am helping the local DAR chapter to make some cards in a few weeks, so any I don't have filled out by then those ladies can write in.

Throwin' Down a Pun

I haven't participated much in the OWH challenges lately.  But since I am gearing up to support my son in law's deployment I thought I would check them out.  Just so happens the Mid Week Throw Down on writehome.org/starsandstamps/">The Stars and Stamps Blog is puns!! One of my favorites!!
I made this card with the MME Sunshine 6x6 stack, that I plan to show you over the next week or so.
I cut the 'staches with a sizix die and layered away.

I made 21 cards from the 6x6 pack below and will show you over the next week...ish (shown below)

Retirement Card

Another card for work.  This one was much easier to make. Also a woman I admire (They are dropping like flies in my office) Who is retiring fairly young and I couldn't be happier for her!

For this one I used Close to My Heart stamps for those squares on the left, I stamped off the first blush of the ink to make the squares a bit more muted.  I dried them with embossing gun so that when I went to heat emboss the pocket sillouette in black - it would be cleaner and more vivid.

Funky Pink 'Shrooms

Not too long ago I attended an auction/dinner benefit for the American Theater Company.  A good friend of mine was heavily involved in gathering donations for the auction.  If she told me once, she told me 10 times she had secured a 'HUGE' basket of Stampin Up goodies. 

I could read between the lines... I was to bid to win! Well, I did!  And there were so many great papers, this Funky Four stamp set, the Blossom Punch seen here was in it, too.  I am so glad I won it, Seems like the next 20 cards I made had some of these goodies.

Yellow and Embossed

This was one of those cards that was really hard to make.  A woman I really admire from my office has decided to resign.  She is a true welath of knowledge and personally, I have really looked up to her.  She is the exact opposite of me.  She is quiet, thinks before she speaks and never insults anyone.  Since the day I met her, I have tried (believe it or not) to imitate her style to a degree.
There is no sentiment on this card because, well, frankly, I didn't have one that fit the situation.
I used an embossing folder directly to the card front - leaving the left side untouched and rounded the edges.  The strip down the front is that French Script stamp I can't ever get enough of.  I layered that on a little bit of a scalloped edge.  That pretty yellow flower was from a swap and since this one doesn't go in the mail I used a big, fat, lush ribbon and larger than usual brad.

Serene Masking

I am pretty sure this was a Pinterest case, but I am not too sure.  The white area is left because I punched a piece of scrap paper and used a tiny glue dot to hold it in place.  Then I inked over it.  I think the irregularities of it all really help make the feeling of a sky.  Then I used a little matching DP scrap paper for the top and bottom, added a SU punch and sentiment and coordinating brads. 

Hello There...

I never can get enough of animal prints.  This card is so versitile it can be used all year round.  The giraffe here is from SUs Zoo Review and the sketch is a Gina K classic.

A Little Shabby Card for a Change

This card was a bit different from my usual OWH style.  I don't often use the shabby methods of a nail file to the edges and extra inking.  Guess I was in the mood for a change.  I layered some papers from Prima, ripped, filed and shabbed em up.  Stamped the beautiful cage from SU's Nature's Pace on a tag.  A little button and some twine to connect it al together.

Father's Day on My Mind's Eye

My Mind's Eye paper pack was the inspiration for this set of pretty cards. I don't do as many of the masculine cards as some. But I sure do try for Father's Day. My brother lives in Wyoming and is a real old cowboy. This horse stamp had me thinking of him. I think these are the kinds of cards that one of his four boys just might give to dad.

Authentic 6x6 paper pack

Lovin LOVIN this. Cranking out a stack of lovely cards, using up my favorite goodies all to send some homemade love to our heros. One evening of junk TV and these five cards are in the box.

MME World Travel Series: Open Seas

Those OWH folks inspire me all the time... All. The. Time. I read this post on using 6x6 packs to make a stack of cards. I was so inspired to get started. I love my 6x6 packs and really need to use more and hoard less. In one night I made 5 cards - 4 sketchs in 3 hours. I really enjoyed the process. Over the next few days (weeks if I keep going) I will share what I made. Here is the paper pack Teresa Collins designed it for MME...no wonder it speaks to me! I love her style.

I used Stampin Up's Open Seas for that little compass just simply layered on circles... Hope you enjoy and are inspired to dust off a 6x6 paper pack and get started! And Mojo Monday's sketch #150

Love Cards Don't you?

Simple card to showcase a simple sentiment. I like the focus of the sentiment here and the layers of paper with ribbon to add that pop. Hope you do, too.

MME World Traveler Series: Simple Sentiments

Those OWH folks inspire me all the time... All. The. Time. I read this post on using 6x6 packs to make a stack of cards. I was so inspired to get started. I love my 6x6 packs and really need to use more and hoard less. In one night I made 5 cards - 4 sketchs in 3 hours. I really enjoyed the process. Over the next few days (weeks if I keep going) I will share what I made. Here is the paper pack Teresa Collins designed it for MME...no wonder it speaks to me! I love her style.

I used a sentiment I bought from a fellow crafter - one woman's scraps... Hope you enjoy and are inspired to dust off a 6x6 paper pack and get started! And OWH Sketch #61 - find more here

Valentine Series Puppy Card

I found a sheet of 1.5x2.5 little valentine images like you would trade in school. All on one 12x12 sheet at Michaels. For the next few days I am going to show each one. They are simple, but when the image is the same size I like how the sketch kind of shows through. Stay tuned and let me know which is your favorite!!

MME World Traveler Series: Phone Booth

Those OWH folks inspire me all the time... All. The. Time. I read this post on using 6x6 packs to make a stack of cards. I was so inspired to get started. I love my 6x6 packs and really need to use more and hoard less. In one night I made 5 cards - 4 sketchs in 3 hours. I really enjoyed the process. Over the next few days (weeks if I keep going) I will share what I made. Here is the paper pack Teresa Collins designed it for MME...no wonder it speaks to me! I love her style.

I Stampin Up's Feelin Sentimental set Hope you enjoy and are inspired to dust off a 6x6 paper pack and get started! And OWH Sketch 501 - find more here

Valentine Series Light me up

I found a sheet of 1.5x2.5 little valentine images like you would trade in school. All on one 12x12 sheet at Michaels. For the next few days I am going to show each one. They are simple, but when the image is the same size I like how the sketch kind of shows through. Stay tuned and let me know which is your favorite!!

MME World Traveler Series: Bicycle

Those OWH folks inspire me all the time... All. The. Time. I read this post on using 6x6 packs to make a stack of cards. I was so inspired to get started. I love my 6x6 packs and really need to use more and hoard less. Tonight I made 5 cards - 4 sketchs in 3 hours. I really enjoyed the process. Over the next few days (weeks if I keep going) I will share what I made. Here is the paper pack Teresa Collins designed it for MME...no wonder it speaks to me! I love her style. I used the Stampin Up Feeling Sentimental set. Hope you enjoy and are inspired to dust off a 6x6 paper pack and get started!

And OWH Sketch #93 - find more here

Sailing By

New stamp sets are big inspiration for me. This one came today from Stampin up. Just a simple layer of crumb cake stamped world map on top of cranberry. A bit of sheer ribbon on the side. The ship is embossed and the brad is from My Mind's Eye thought this would be a good masculine card. Three of these for OWH tonight.

Valentine Series Cupid

I found a sheet of 1.5x2.5 little valentine images like you would trade in school. All on one 12x12 sheet at Michaels. For the next few days I am going to show each one. They are simple, but when the image is the same size I like how the sketch kind of shows through. Stay tuned and let me know which is your favorite!!