Card making weekend for OWH!

Hi ya cardmakers and friends!

This weekend the Hero Arts Flickr pool is having a virual cardmaking party for Operation Write Home. There are many fun and interesting challenges going on and I decided to participate making several cards.

First up here is a sketch card where I used some yummy Basic Grey papers, my new favorite embossing folder by Stampin Up (Square Lattice), and some new clear stamps by Hero Arts called "Joy To All". I pulled out the holly punch to go along with the holly on the Basic Grey paper and added a few silver gems for the berries.
I just love the way this card turned out......and I don't normally say that about my own cards- he he!


I made 4 christmas cards (I had no intention of making so many) and one quick birthday card. And by quick I mean quick- less than 15 minutes to stamp it and photograph it! We were given 1 hour total but I didn't see the post until there was only 15 minutes left. Man- that was very intense and super fun! I've never made a card soooo darn fast in my life :) Ink pads and stamps were flying left and right- panic set in as I had only 15 minutes to get one made! But I made it- yeahhhh :)

I'll post all the other cards here without listing every little detail.....I know this is going to be a long post today. If anyone has any question please just send me an email or Flickr mail. Most all the cards created used Hero Arts stamps and some Basic Grey papers and of course that SU embossing folder.


Here is my 10 minute card. This was a quick one-whew!






Another Christmas card following the above sketch- just rotated it and added only 3 items.




And 2 more silver and blue Christmas Cards!






Here is one last card I made late last night for the 1.5 hour challenge to make a one layer card. I got out my Eclipse masking tape and Hero Arts stamps and got busy with my distress inks. Sorry for the poor quality picture but it was pitch black when I took this photo last night.







It feels really good to have made some fun cards for our dedicated and brave soldiers. If you want to find out any more information please visit the Operation Write Home website for all the details and maybe you can donate some cards as well.

Thanks for stopping bye and hope you all have a great week ahead!

Only 6 more days until Scrapfest- I'm counting them down and can't wait!


Inky Hugs, Anne