Cards Using OWH Sketches 1- 24

Since many units are being withdrawn from overseas deployments, Operation Write Home doesn't need as many cards as formerly.  That means we can take the time to explore new techniques and put a little extra love into every card.  My plan is to use the OWH sketches.  Today the 240th sketch was published, and there are some bonus sketches as well.  That means I'll be busy for quite a while!  Here are the first twenty-four cards made from Sketches 1 - 24.

Sketches 1-2-4-3

Patterned paper won at the OWH Memorial Day Blog Hop
Images and dies:
    1 - Hero Arts "Missing Ewe" OWH stamp and die sets
    2 - My Favorite Things "Funny Bunny" OWH fund raiser
    4 - Mama Elephant "In My Heart" stamp and die sets, sentiment Autumn Leaves "Postmarks"
    3 - Inkadinkadoo "Cats Galore" stamps, Cuttlebug "Celebration Stamps" die

Sketches 5-6-7-8

I turned #7 on its side since a sentiment running up and down on the middle strip didn't work for me.
All papers were won at the same blog hop.
Cuttlebug "Welcome Baby" embossing folder
5, 6, 7 - Mama Elephant "In My Heart" stamps and dies, Sticko flat dots, Stampin' Up label punch
8 - Stampendous "Love Robotz" and "Botz Quotes" images and sentiments

Sketches 9-10-11-12

I made #10 horizontal instead of vertical.
Stamps, sentiments, and label punch as above.
Cuttlebug "Swiss Dots" and Darice "Zigzag" embossing folders
Hero Arts "Hugs" stamp

 Sketches 13-14-15-16

Number 13 with a sentiment going downhill didn't appeal to me, so I made it a vertical card with the image and sentiment on a slant.  Number 14 was supposed to have the image slanted -- again, not my style, so I placed it straight.  I turned #16 into a vertical card as well.
Papers:  Pink zigzag from brights stack by Darice, floral from Big Lots
Corner punch from Carl
Stamps:
    13 - Studio G image, Inkadinkadoo sentiment
    14 - Personal Stamp Exchange image, Hero Arts sentiment, Darice Zigzag embossing folder
    15 - Same as #8
    16 - My Favorite Things "I Spy" image and sentiment

 

 Sketches 17-18-19-20

I turned #18 into a vertical card and # 19 into a horizontal one.  

Papers for 17 & 18 Darice Brights paper stack

Papers for 19 & 20 K I Memories "Celebrate Life" paper stack

    17 -  My Favorite Things "You Are Unrepeatable" image and sentiment

    18 -  The Artful Stamper image, Cuttlebug "Organic Flourish" embossing folder

    19, 20 -  Stampin' Up "Giggle Greetings" image and sentiment

 

 Sketches 21-22-23-24

Number 22 was shown as a horizontal card, but I turned it into a vertical card.

Striped paper same as #19, map paper Gartner Studios "World Map"
    21 & 22 - Stampin' Up "Giggle Greetings image and sentiment, Darice"Paw Prints" embossing folder
    23 - Hero Arts OWH "You're Always in My Heart" stamp, Cuttlebug "Celebration Stamps" die
    24 - Stampin' Up "Traveler" stamp

World Card Making Day is coming on October 4th!

Time to get a "Love" card ready for the Operation Write Home WCMD Blog Hop!

June, July, August, and September Card Classes

Vicky, my Stampin' Up distributor, was busy this summer creating a wide variety of cards for us to make.  I love how most classes offer at least one card with an interesting fold or technique that's new to us.

June

Here are all eight cards made in June.  From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. with time for a lunch Vicky provides makes for a restful, creative day with friends.

This card is my favorite because it's not a regular fold and it has many layers.  I now have the label punch that makes the legs of this screen so can make these cards on my own.

 

This clean and simple card is so elegant.  The scored background adds interest to the plain white paper.  Just remember to stamp the sentiment before scoring.  Ask me how I know! I have a tiny stamp of a package so can make more of this card as well. 

The pink card base is another interesting fold.  To make more of these I'll have to use a shape other than a square since I don't have a square die.

Christmas in July

Eight Christmas cards made six months early.  My Christmas card list gets shorter each year, but I still will need more than eight!  The teal ornament card had a silver bow at the top but it seems to have come off for this photo.

I love hedgehog stamps, and this one is so cute.  I may use a button made from the Martha Stewart punch instead when I mail it.  The candy cane ribbon adds the right touch.

I try to avoid glitter, so instead of using the silver glitter paper for the snowflakes, I used embossed and inked paper.  I love the snowflake edge die.

This is an elegant card with layered borders behind the ribbon and a light blue with greens color scheme.  The sentiment on the inside has the text of "Silent Night" in the shape of a Christmas tree.

Another elegant card with an unconventional grey and blue color scheme.  

This card has a cute manger scene and stamped stars for the background paper.

Somehow I missed the red paper that was supposed to go behind the top paper which has the embossing, scene, and sentiment.  It's good just as it is, though.  I like the little touch of red, the embossing, and the gems in the center of the snowflakes.

This one involved a lot of coloring.  I did add more color to the tree and did some blending when I got home. 

Here's a fold just like one made in May.  The striped paper has a texture and adds interest.

August

These were fun to make.  The top right card is blue and yellow rectangles adhered at right angles and the parts which extend are closed like you'd close a box by folding in the flaps.  I love the fancy edge of the tag below that one.  The birthday stamp with the cheese was so cute I ordered the set. 

September 

 

Last week we made three Halloween cards and five others.  My favorite technique is the blue quilted one made with paper strips.  I went to Pinterest and pinned a bunch of quilt ideas that can be made with paper strips. 

The hedgehog stamp is cute, as are the koala and the frogs.  The trees remind me that I've seldom used the tree stamp set.... I must use it more often.

 

"Whether you're a good witch or a bad witch, it's all about the shoes" tells me exactly who this card will go to!  The three-dimensional scene will go to someone whose birthday is on Halloween, and the witch's hat to a friend who loves folded paper.  It's great how things work out.