Father's Day Card

Next Sunday is Father's Day, and my youngest son will be a father soon.  June 19th or so.  I think I might send this card to him.  :-)

The paper is from Stampin' Up, and the stamps are both by Impression Obsession.  Learning to layer stuff for better design has been interesting.  My paper cutter blade was dull, so the edge of the blue mat wasn't nice enough to keep plain.  I distressed the edges with a Stampin' Up distressing tool (similar to the one Tim Holtz sells), and it was serendipity.  I think the old row boat and sandy hillside really works better with the distressed mat.

OWH Sketch Challenge #124

It took me all week to do it, but I finally finished the OWH Sketch Challenge from last Sunday.  The image for the card is a hummingbird getting nectar from a flower.  I chose the hummingbird because it makes me think of Sandy Allnock.  She's the heartbeat of OWH, and like a hummingbird's heart, she goes incredibly fast to do all she does. 

I did a dozen cards for this sketch challenge - lots of learning how to color better, how to fix mistakes (fussy cutting!!! or adding a sentiment layer), how to choose paper combinations, etc.  These cards will go toward the "Duty Honor Cards" drive due by Independence Day.

OWH bloghop candy

Operation Write Home has a huge Memorial weekend blog hop.  Several of the bloggers are offering "candy"-- here is just one:

Blog Candy: a2z Scrapbooking with over 300 products including Hero Arts OWH Stamps is giving away a $15 gift certificate to be used on it's Etsy shop.

Mix it up Monday w/ Summer Fun, and Challenge 173

 LOL!  I just discovered this post was still in my "draft" stage - from summer 2011!  Well, I'm learning (gradually) about blogging. 

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Here are a couple of new cards made for challenges.

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Stamp TV's last "Mix it up Monday" challenge was to do a Clean and Simple sketch. I chose to do that sketch using summer colors to fulfill the challenge on the Crafty Purple Frog site. http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/
http://stamptv.ning.com/photo

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 173 was "Going Round in Circles" so I chose to do the card body in a circle.  Cut with Nestabilities just slightly inside the top edge, so the fold is at the top.  It made me think of a canon ball or cherry bomb, so "Have a Blast" is a Happy Birthday card.  Seen here on an A2 envelope, it shows that even with the 'fuse' lite, it will fit for standard mailing.
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

Have a Blast Birthday Card

Card Challenges have been a great way to "push" me into doing the craft I love.