OWH sketch challenge #73

This card is made with We R Memory Keepers paper except for the red which is Bazzill. I used my new set of Recolections cling stamps. The first time the set has seen ink. The design in the bird went well with the contemporary look of the flowers in the paper.  I think I will spend the day using this set.

OWH-Mid week challenge-Thanksgiving

I pulled out some scraps and made 3 of these cards the same. The sentiment is from Create With TLC. I stamped the Prima flower with a Penny Black script stamp. I added some Crystal Laquer to the centers of the flowers to doll the card up.

Graduation time

The image and sentiment on this card are both from Create With TLC.

I made this card for my youngest grandchild (except for the greats). It seems like not so long ago I was taking care of Erica everyday. I got her off to playschool everyday for a few hours. Then I took her to kindergarten everyday. She has grown into a fine young woman. This summer she will be working full time and getting paid for a 40 hour work week at Girl Scout camp as a counselor. She has been in Girl Scouts all of these years. In the fall she will be starting at the local community college and will enter University after 2 years. Her mother works at LCC so her tuition is free. Can't beat that.

So anyway, she attends high school that has 3 schools in one. She had informal graduation for her school on Wednesday night. Lots of hooting and clapping going on. It was fun. She was the only one in her school to be a valedictorian. She was given several awards. On the formal graduation night for all 3 schools she will be given the black cord for being a North Eugene Scholar along with 11 other students. She was given a North Eugene High School scholarship of $500. That along with her Pell grant should pay for her fees and hopefully her books. It is all so darn expensive. Tuition at our university here is over $8000 this year. So glad Erica can get credits that can be transferred at LCC

We are having a family barbecue on Sunday to celebrate

OWH-ruffle card

I have several of these ruffle cards ready to go out in my next box. This was made with Basic Gray papers. I did manage to make a dent in the supply. I will probably make more in the future. They are fun to make

Hambo Hoedown-Thank you "berry" much

Finally finished my card for this weeks Hoedown. The free image was from their new line of fruit and vegies kids. They have some pretty cute images and you can find them here. This image is Strawberry Kid. The challenge was to use the provided image and sentiment and add some buttons. It seems that most of the cards I make these days are for Operation Write Home. Because I know the troops are not going to use a padded envelope to send the card there is always the concern about buttons not making it through the postal machine. I chose to make a faux star button. I colored Strawberry Kid with Copics and then paper pieced the berry part. Now I want to show you my first version of this card. I decided it was too busy so I did a makeover.

OWH-Happy day

I sent several of this card off to OWH last month. It was made with a piece of Provo Craft clip art. I used Diamond glaze on the water and created a very nice effect. I need to get some pictures of my cards taken. I have been making a lot but I need to get out my lightbox. I am running out of cards to post here

OWH-Any Hero card.

I sent 4 of these to OWH with notes inside. I posted it on Facebook but want to post it on my blog in honor of Memorial Day.

I have a brother, Donald, that died in a car wreck in 1961. He was 25 years old. He was serving in the Air Force in the military police and had been named an airman of the month. He was on his way home from the air base in Albuquerkue and went off the road and hit a bridge abuttment. He was only going 25 miles an hour. We always wondered if someone ran him off the road because he had made an enemy in his job. He left behind a wife and 5 small children, the youngest only 3 months old. He was buried in Boise in a military cemetary. A stateside hero. I will never forget the taps and the gun salute. His wife raised the kids and never remarried.

Hambo Hoedown

In playing the Hambo Hoedown each week you are sent a free digi if you entered the week before. This week we were sent the Moonscape-digi. We were to combine it with another Hambo image. I have several Hambo digis and I chose to combine it with Mouse Chef digi.

If you click on the Hambo Hoedown button on the left side of my blog it will take you to the challenge blog. From there you can connect with their store. They have lots of fun stuff

OWH-Dinasaur cards

I made 9 of these cards by cutting up 1 large sheet of Basic Grey paper.

OWH-Just chicken in on you

I sent several of these cards to OWH. It is a piece of clipart. The sentiment is from Create With TLC.