OWH Birthday Bash with Perfect Papercrafting 2013

 

Hello everyone,

 

We are still celebrating our birthday! I hope you have been able to party right along with us.

 

Welcome to the OWH Birthday Bash blog skip featuring Perfect Papercrafting Perfect Layers!

If you click here you can start at the very beginning of the skip. You know you wouldn't want to miss out on any of the great inspiration.

 

If you've been skipping from the beginning you should have come from Patti's Blog.   

 

I used two of OWH Sketches.

 

First is #132.

 

 

I have no idea why I thought this color combination would work. But for some reason I like it.

What hero wouldn't want to send hugs and kisses to their loved one. This one could pass easily for a love card but even could be used as a valentine card if needed.

 

The second card is sketch #173.

 

 

With this card I will be writing an Any Hero message for my next box.  

 

I've gotta tell you I wasn't sure I was going to like using the Perfect Layer rulers but I have fallen in love with them. It makes it so easy to have even layers all the way around your image or sentiment.

You can have layers from 1/16" all the way to 1".

 

This skip gets better. I'm sure you read it on an earlier blog post but I want to be sure to remind you.  Perfect Paper Crafting has generously given us a discount code to give you our readers that will get you 5% off their purchases - no expiration!  So you will need to use this code:  OWH5%. And it doesn't stop there, they are also doing a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to PPC. What you need to do is comment on every blog on the hop to qualify.  

What you say, you have never made cards for OWH? If you click here you will get the guidelines needed to keep our heroes safe and to make it easier for them to send the cards back home to loved ones.

To continue with the fun check out Lezlyes blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 Marianne

 

OWH Sketch #191

Hello Everybody.

Here's my take on the new sketch for this week at OWH.

 

 

I loved this weeks sketch. It would work well to highlight a sentiment too.

I used my new Perfect Papercrafting Perfect Layer rulers for all the black matting. I just love these rulers. I even got them to work on the pointed endings for the banner.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Marianne

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge at OWH

Hello again,

Yes I know. I have problems posting regularly and now I have posted twice.

I wanted to be sure you all knew about the Our Daily Bread Designs challenge.

If you click here you can join in the Our Daily Bread Design challenge over at Operation Write Home. It is a great challenge because you could win a $25 gift certificate if your card is randomly chosen and our heroes win free shipping from ODBD for 1-2 boxes of cards depending on how many stampers add their themed cards to the inlinkz (only one entry per person).

I hope you will join in the fun.

Marianne

Operation Write Home Birthday Card Class

Hello everyone,

Just a quick post to promote the card class over at Operation Write Home. It's free so why not go check it out. You'll learn some great coloring tips from our very own President, Sandy Allnock.

Just click here or on the banner at the of this message or in the side menu.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Marianne

Operation Write Home Hero Arts Blog Skip

 

Hello everyone,

 

Yup another blog skip celebrating Operation Write Home's Birthday Bash.

 

So you don't want to miss any of the fun be sure to start at the beginning here.

 

Here is my card for the skip. I hope you enjoy it.

 



This card is from Hero Arts Epic Love set. I got the idea from Sandy's one layer card she showed last week in one of her daily videos.

 

If you'd like to see all the fundraiser stamps sets from Hero Arts you can just click this link.

 

So are you making cards for Operation Write Home to send to our nations heroes?

Yes - Yay for you. If you'd like to start here is a link to their guidelines.

 

One last thing to continue on the skip click here to get to Nancy's blog. You will love her card.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

Marianne

 

 

 

 

 

 



Stamper's Best

Hi everybody,

With all the excitement over at Operation Write Home for their Birthday Bash I thought I should join in the fun. Here is a card using the Write Soon Minnow set from Stampers Best Operation Write Home fundraiser collection.

There are several fun sets and you can find them here.

Come back on Wednesday and see what I made for the Hero Art's blog skip for the birthday bash.

Marianne

VCMP #7

Challenge #7 is here. A fall card not a Thanksgiving card. This was easier than I thought.

I thought this card was rather fun to make and will be fun for the recipient.

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

   

Marianne

VCMP #6

Hello,

We are already up to challenge #6.

The challenge this time is a tic tac toe game.
I choose to go down  the middle of the board.

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

 

See in challenge #7.

 

Marianne

VCMP Sketch 188

Here is the sketch for this week and the next challenge in the VCMP.
This is my take on the sketch.

My strips at the bottom are washi tape put on a white piece of cardstock. It is hard to tell from the picture but my embellishment is two rhinestones put on the wheels of the first bicycle.

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

 

See in challenge #6.

 

Marianne

VCMP #5

Here comes VCMP #5. It's a new technique to me and I can see myself using it again and again.

Masking Tape Technique

Isn't that background fun. I hope you'll join in the challenges.

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

 

See in the challenge.

 

Marianne

VCMP #4

Hello Everyone,

I've been busy this weekend working on card challenge for the VCMP at OWH.

Challenge #4 was to make a Love Card with Sketch #29.

 

Masculine cards are difficult for me so I thought I'd give myself an additional challenge of making a masculine love card. What do you think?

 

 

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

 

See in challenge #5.

 

Marianne

VCMP #3

Hello everyone,

Here we are at Challenge #3 which was Triple Die Cutting.
This was really difficult but I survived!

 

This is similar to the Triple Stamping Technique only it is flat because the images fit one inside the other instead of on top of each other.

 

 

Our heroes are so far away from home I can image that they would one to send a kiss home to a spouse, child or maybe a parent.

 

 

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

 

See in challenge #4.

 



Marianne 



VCMP #2

Hello again,

Here is my VCMP card challenge #2. We needed to place something on our cards that represented the letters O W H.

My O is the ornament.

W is the Wistera Wonder cardstock.

The H  is the Ho Ho Ho stamp from Stampin' Up!

 

 

Sorry about the poor picture - I didn't have my regular camera only my I phone.

 

I hope you enjoy my card.

 

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

 

See in challenge #2.

 

Marianne

 



VCMP #1

Challenge #1 is to make a Christmas Themed or General Winter Card

 

 

I thought this card could be used for either a wintry card or a Christmas card. I love the blue and gray colors.

 

If you would like to join in the fun just click here to start at the beginning of the challenges.

 

See in challenge #2.

 

Marianne