OWH-paper challenge

Today I am going to post 4 cards. My Angela gave me a bunch of paper and in it was several pieces of wierd shapes. I decided I was going to challenge myself to use these shapes. I chopped up the paper into useable sizes and this is what I came up with

The main images here are both from Inkadinkadoo sets.

For this one I added a big Prima flower to a circle of glossy paper that I colored with alcohol inks.

This one has a stamped image from a Fancy Pants Pollen set. I used a nice layer of Diamond Glaze on the petals.

I rather like how these all turned out.

OWH blog skip

This is the last stop on the skip. I hope you have enjoyed the different take we have all had with this Whipper Snapper image provided to us by Barb. If you arrived here other than via the links on the OWH Stars & Stamps blog you can click this link and start at the top.

Barb sent all of us a kit with the image and included the papers we were to use. The image really puzzled me. I could see his feet facing forward. I saw what I thought was his nose down low or maybe his tail. It looked like his rear end sticking up at the top but why would a rear end have whiskers! I thought he was bent over looking through his legs because his ears were touching the ground. That couldn't be because his feet were facing forward! I went to the Whipper Snapper site and found the stamp so I knew I could get the colors right. Finally I gave the site link to a couple of friends and asked them to explain this image to me. They laughed at me. What I thought was his nose was a belly button. He had his head tipped back and was smelling the flower. Of course! Now I could see it! Yes, I was able to laugh at myself.

 I had 4 papers to choose from so I picked 3 to work with.

There is a bunny hop (blog hop) coming up soon and I would like to invite you all to sign up here. There is also a bloghop button on my sidebar with the link. I am going to link you back now to S&S blog

Details
Copic Markers
Sakura Glaze pen
Diamond glaze on the flower petals
Stormy Sky Distress ink
Tim Holtz ink applicator
Versafine for the sentiment
Sentiment stamp from Joannes, no name
chipboard tag handcut
VersaMagic chalk ink for tag edge
Brad and ribbon from stash
Bunny image Whipper Snapper

Happy 21st birthday

This is a quick card I made yesterday for OWH to send to a young lady serving in Afghanistan.

The crazy birds image is a Hambos digital image. I colored with Copics, added Diamond Glaze to the hats. The chocolates paper is from the DCWV snack pad. This young ladies favorite colors are pink and brown so it worked well.

Eye Monster

This is the second card for Hambos Hoedown. When I found this free digi in my inbox this morning I smiled BIG! I love monsters an this Eye Monster is adorable. I got busy right away this morning so I could get this card in the mail.

The base of the card I have had put together a couple of weeks. When my Sammy was here she told me how much she liked the combination so I used it. I printed the image out on some Prima patterned paper that I love and then cut the image out. Because the words printed next to the image I chunked them up into small pieces. I placed the words inside a Sizzix die heart. For the image I colored in just a few places with my Copic markers and then added some Spica glitter pen. The heart eyelets are Creative Impressions.

Here is a link to  Hambos. You can get to the blog via the button on my sidebar. They have great digis and also rubber stamps.

Valentines

Since my friends received their valentines it is time to add the cards here. I got busy with other cards this year and made very few valentines. Such is life.

The card with the animal was made with a freebie digi. I glossed up the balloons with Diamond Glaze. The tag was made with a Sizzix die. The heart is a fuzzy little brad that my friend Peggy sent me. Thanks Peggy. The paper is from Basic Grey. Ribbon from my stash.

The card with the cupcakes has a digi image by Hope Jacare. I love her artwork. I colored with Copics. Added Diamond Glaze on the cakes icing. Mounted it on my newest Nestability die cut. The heart paper is older than the hills. No idea who makes it.

The card with the topiary tree is an image from Inky Antics. Also colored it with Copics. Used Diamond Glaze on the hearts. (Do I love Diamond Glaze? Oh yes!) The chipboard V is from my stash. I covered it with paper, painted with Twinkling H2Os and then put through my Cuttlebug.

OWH-Red and white

Several of the papers that my Angela gave me were round with scallops or square with fancy edges. You get the idea. I decided I would challenge myself to use these papers. The paper for these cards was a big scalloped edge circle. I started by chopping it up into the sizes I needed for OWH cards. I have already shipped these cards off. I am thinking I made about 2 of each design. After I did the cards with scallops I still had some chunks left so I just had to use those too. I stamped the birds and glossed up with Diamond Glaze. The middle card I cut the bird out after it dried. It always tickles me how rubbery these cut out images feel. The butterflies I think are a Nestability die. Not sure about that but I got them from a play day with my friend Teresa. I kept the backgrounds on white because I liked the clean look.

Hambos Hoedown-Football!

I love Hambo Stamps. They tickle my funny bone. A couple of weeks ago I bought 5 more digis  to add to my previous ones. For a few days more they have a special sale going on. I think I will take advantage and get a couple more. They also have rubber stamps but I do not have any of them.

They just started a new blog and you can find it here. They have a fun challenge they will be offering each week. The opening challenge was a free digi of Football Girl and the theme was football.

My football card is using the school colors of my 9 year old great granddaughter. The colors are blue, yellow, and white. She goes to a small elementary school that goes through 8th grade. She is a junior cheerleader. The older girls are teaching her and being very kind to her. Somewhere down the road, maybe in the Fall, I will send her this card.

OWH-barnyard midweek throwdown #3

Another image from my stash. The word art is from Create With TLC. I can't say enough kind things about this site. Freebies everyday and good images and sentiments to buy at very good prices.

This will be my last barnyard image for this OWH throwdown. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Lots of fun entries. A nice prize also from Bugaboo Stamps

OWH-Barnyard mid week throwdown #2

Here is another cow image. This one was also in the box that I mailed 2 days ago. I have no idea who makes the stamp. Just another image from my stash. I colored with Copic markers. Bugaboostamps  is sponsoring this challenge for OWH.

OWH-Barnyard challenge

I have been coloring a lot of images from my stash. This is one of them. I won't swear to it but I think it is a Penny Black image from a friends collection of stamps. Colored with Copics. The word art is from Create With TLC. The sentiment says "I've got happy feet".

I have some more images for this challenge at Operation Write Home. The sponser is Bugaboostamps and the winner will get some free images. I have lots of Bugaboo images and I love them. Last month they had 60% off all images and I dropped a good amount of money there.