I am very excited about participating in Operation Write Home. This group is made up of crafters who make handmade greeting cards to send to members of the Armed Forces. The soldiers use these cards to send to their loved ones back home. My goal is to make 10 cards a month to send to Operation Write Home.
I made this card for the OWH Sketch Challenge #95. I was given a pattern to use as I designed the card.
I made this card with a "Friendly Alien" stamp from Stampabilities. I stamped the image onto a piece of watercolor paper and colored it with Copic Sketch markers and Marvy markers. I mounted the image on striped patterned paper.
I embellished the card with cotton baker's twine at the top. I made a flower from matching patterned paper with a punch from Paper Studio. The center of the flower was punched from felt.
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I made this card yestserday to put in a box of goodies that I am sending to a soldier in Iraq. This is how I made the card;
(1) I used a pre-made Recollections card that is red on the outside and white on the inside. The card measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
(2) The pink patterned paper is "Smitten Heart" by K & Co. I punched the edge of the paper with a "Cherish" Martha Stewart Punch. The red cardstock with tiny hearts is from a Martha Stewart Holidays border pad.
(3) The digital image is "Stars" from Mo's Digital Pencil Shop. I colored the image with Marvy LePlume II markers. I applied the color with a damp paint brush.
(4)I framed the image on piece of peach colored cardstock.
(5) I embellished the card with a Martha Stewart postage stamp and two paper flowers.
I am entering this card in the following card making challenge;
Crafty Cardmakers ~ #38 Flowers
This week the theme of Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge is "pockets". I used the same digi stamp that I used last week ~ "Harry Needs A Hand". The pig that is giving Harry the Mouse a hand happens to have a pocket on his pants.
I used Marvy markers to color the image. I used a Tim Holtz ticket with the word "Love" on it. The cardstock buttons were punched with a Martha Stewart punch.
I embellished the tree with some glitter and a gold-colored star.
