Operation Write Home Challenges

Today's post includes two challenge cards...the first was made for this week's OWH Stars and Stamps sketch challenge and also this week's Ippity challenge and the second one was also made for the Ippity challenge. The Ippity challenge for this week is to make one or more themed cards (blank inside) or a thank you card to honour a member of the military and mail it to Unity Stamp Company.

Here is the sketch for the first card...

...and here is my interpretation of the sketch...

This is another fun card I made for the Ippity challenge...thought I would stick to the red, white and blue theme from last weekend!

Supplies:-

~Thinking Of You~

Stamps - Just Wanted to Say and Where You Should Be by Ippity

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Copics

SU coloured cardstock

CM patterned paper

SU corner punch

Brads

Ribbon

Foam Dots

~Miss You~

Stamps - Alphabetically Adorable by Ippity

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Pattern unknown

Copics

Brads

Foam Dots

SU coloured cardstock

Faith

This week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge is to use a heart on your card; it can be in your designer paper, an image or an embellishment. I chose to use the stamps from this great little set by Ippity and punched out little hearts to make the petals of the second flower.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Faith Blooms by Ippity

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

SU markers

Copic R83

SU coloured cardstock

SU heart punch

Paper flowers

SU buttons

Embroidery cotton

Dream Of Magical Things!

Today's card was made for this week's "Eyelets, Ribbon, Paper, Oh My!" blog group challenge. The host for the challenge is Debra from Paper Maven Projects and she has given us a fun challenge involving movies...and the inspiration we may find from them. We may use a colour scheme, period the movie was set in, content of the movie, etc as inspiration.

I made this card for my Mum as she LOVES Cinderella...not just the movie but she collects the books too! There is a little star shaped rhinestone on the tip of the magic wand and two little rhinestones on the flowers at the top of the straps. I used glitter on the wand trail and also on the dress. Unfortunately, the sparkles don't show up very well in the photograph but it really is a sparkly card!

Supplies:-
Stamps - SU Blooming With Happiness, Unity KOTM November 2009 and Birds by Inkadinkadoo
PTI white cardstock
Brilliance ink
Bazzil textured cardstock
Copics - B00, B12, B14, Y02
Rhinestones
Silk ribbon
Dazzling diamonds
Foam Dots

And the winner is.....

Before I announce the winner of the blog candy I offered during the OWH Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop I want say "thank you" to all the wonderful people who stopped by my blog and took the time to leave a comment and also to those who signed up to be a follower. I am touched that you would choose to come back and visit my blog again.

Now onto the winner who I chose at random with the help of random.org....

Congratulations to LadyDoc!

You've won this great set from {Ippity}!

Please send me an email HERE with your details and I will get it in the mail asap!

Happy!

For the OWH Memorial Weekend Blog Hop please click HERE. There's some {Ippity} blog candy up for grabs so you won't want to miss it!

Welcome to another fun H{ippity} Hop Monday! Be sure to check in at the {Ippity} Blog to see the full list of Blog Hop participants and all their wonderful {Ippity} creations...and to see what today's challenge is!

As today is Memorial Day in the US I thought I would make today's cards in a red, white and blue theme! The first card uses the "happy" stamp from A Little Buggy and this card could really be used for any happy occasion!

My next card uses a quote from Delightful Little Things which I thought went perfectly with the patterned paper in the background!

Don't forget you can purchase {Ippity} stamp sets and paper from me HERE and you won't pay any shipping within the US!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Supplies:-

Stamps - A Little Buggy and Delightful Little Things by {Ippity}

PTI white cardstock

SU ink

SU coloured cardstock

Bazzil textured cardstock

Assorted scraps

Lace

Ribbon

Binder punch

Brad

Pinking shears

Foam dots

Happy Birthday Buttons

For this weekend's Memorial Weekend Blog Hop post please click HERE.

Last Tuesday's Trigger over at Moxie Fab World was to use Betsy Veldman's card below as inspiration for our own card.


Here's what her card inspired me to make...I love buttons and thought this was a perfect design to show them off! It was about 10 years ago when I was busy quilting that I discovered how much I liked buttons...not just using them but collecting them! Who knew my collection would come in so handy years later? I love using buttons on my cards...they are great by themselves, threaded with cotton or even tied with a ribbon! They go perfectly with ribbons, fabric or lace and can easily be matched to different papers. I love adding texture to my cards and buttons are a great way to do it! I store my buttons mostly according to colour so it was easy to find lots of different purple buttons for this monochromatic card.

Supplies:- Stamp - Happy Birthday Cursive by Savvy Stamps
SU coloured cardstock
Bazzil textured cardstock
Assorted scrap paper
Buttons
CM corner punch
Scallop square punch
SU ink
Nestabilities

A Pocket Full Of Love

Hello and welcome to the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop! If you are not hopping and would like to...please click HERE for the start of the hop! There are over 140 participants in today's Hop and lots of great prizes to be won!

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I have been living in the US for five years but am originally from Australia. I have friends and family scattered all over the world and I love sending them my handmade cards.....it’s like sending them a little piece of me. When I learnt that Operation Write Home collects handmade cards to send to the troops overseas so they can send cards to their loved ones I knew I wanted to help. I love being able to donate my cards to this wonderful cause because I know how much it means to send them.

If you would like to learn more about supporting the armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them then please visit Operation Write Home's website for all the information you will need to contribute and also visit Stars and Stamps Blog for great tips, tutorials and challenges to get your creative juices flowing!

A BIG thank you to the troops all over the world for their huge sacrifice for our freedom!

Our theme for today's blog hop is red, white and blue "Missing You" cards and here's what I made to share with you today...

Here's a close up of the little tags in the pocket...

Before you hop over to the next blog I have a little blog candy to offer. Just leave a comment at the bottom of this post by 8pm Monday the 31st of May and I will select one random comment to win this great set of stamps from {Ippity}...perfect for making cards to send over to the troops! I will announce the winner on Tuesday the 1st of June and you will have one week to send me an email to claim your prize. For an extra chance to win sign up to follow my blog and you wont miss the good news on Tuesday! If the prize is not claimed I will pick another random comment. Good luck!

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by today and leave a comment. Have a great weekend and enjoy the rest of the Hop!

Click here for the next stop on the hop ~ Melissa!

Supplies:-
Stamps - Unity KOTM July 2009
PTI white cardstock
Brilliance Ink
SU ink
SU corner punch
CM patterned paper
Brads
Eyelets
Ribbon
SU coloured cardstock
SU heart punch