Our Daily Bread Challenge for OWH Postage!

The challenge for this month is to make shaped cards.   I thought I'd start out easy, with something round.  It actually went better than I thought, since I've never made a round card before.

~Nancy F.

Memorial Day Bloghop - Operation Write Home

It's time for another great blog hop from Operation Write Home!  Here's my list of cards  - all due to the inspiration from the Stars and Stamps blogs.  There's 126 blogs on the hop this year.  If I think I'm going to get a card made from each one of them, I'd better get moving!

While you're having your family picnic, please take a moment to honor all the men and women who fought for our freedom.  Thanks for looking!
~Nancy F.

OWH Sketch 122

After a bad night (see previous post), I didn't want to skip another Sunday sketch.  I already missed one last week!  Obviously, I wrote the measurements down wrong, oh well.  I used Stampin' Up paper and stamps from the awesome stash that Kim gave me and in person, the ribbon color is actually the same as the paper.    Thanks for looking!  ~Nancy F.

A Trip to Doggie ER

After a 1 a.m. trip to doggie ER last night, I made these for our nation's heroes.  I shouldn't be complaining about losing a little sleep considering what they go through.

Ozzy will be fine.  Infected and ruptured anal gland (ewwwwww!).  I need a nap!

Armed Forces Day!

I wanted to do something to thank our armed forces today, and in conjunction with Operation Write Home's blogskip with Stampers' Best, I used my Stampers' Best Statue of Libery stamp and made some hero cards.  I'll write notes to heroes in them and send them off to OWH in my next box of cards.

I used papers from a stack by K & Co. called Sleepy Tree.  The colors are a little non-traditional but really cute.  I hope to mail these cards off in time for the troops to receive them around July 4.
~Nancy F.

Rebellion!

Sherry's challenge is at  Bits of Cheer - make a card for a child using paper piecing.
One of my favorite cards to make are cards for kids.  I don't do a lot of paper piecing, but this particular stamp looked like it would be perfect for it.  And, I think it turned out a lot better than if I had just colored the clothing.

Carol, my neighbor, 20 miles to the South, decided we need to use something we've been hoarding............well, I hate to admit it.....I've been hoarding pink poodle brads.   Yes, it's awful, I know.  And I'm so embarrassed.  But look, Carol, I did  it!  And I used three, count 'em three! 

 

Lisa, at Stamping With A Mission, has asked for cards with food as the focus.  I don't know about you, but I always have olives in my fridge.

Yvonne at Penguin Papers is being rebellious by asking for cards using bright colors.  I guess this is her answer to the April Fool's day request for brown cards.  (Which I fell for, by the way......)

I threw away two kites before I managed to get one that I was happy with.  Who would think a simple looking kite could be such a problem?

This next challenge threw me for a loop, "use any five elements".  I ended up with this.

Buttons, twine, patterned paper, stamp and sentiment.  I'm not sure why I pulled out Christmas stuff, but the paper was awesome and so I used it for the next challenge too, which was to use a die cut.

Yeah, I know, more Christmas.....But maybe I'll be ready this year!
Next on the list was Sketch 120, where I also used a piece of paper that I've been hoarding.

Here's my blue and gray card for Allison.. (I'm partial to the Navy.)

And my last post for today are my "sister cards" for Sybrina's challenge at Scrapping With A Purpose.

Thanks for looking!  I had a great time playing along all weekend!  ~Nancy F.

Sketch 119

Grass mowed - check
Weed wacking done - check
Blow off driveway - check
Make cards for Sketch 119 - check

And for good measure, I tried to use up some of the scraps.

Thanks for looking ~ Nancy F.

OWH - Sketch 118

I used a new stamp that I purchased last weekend at the Heirloom Rubber Stamp Show.  It's from Nellies-Choice.  I  don't usually go for cutsie stuff, but as soon as I saw this stamp, I knew I wasn't going to walk away without it.  Must be my love of frogs.....

The plan this week is to use this sketch for at least another 6 cards.  I know I have a lot of larger stamps, so it
should work out well...
Thanks for looking!
~Nancy F.

Operation Write Home - Sketch 116

Happy Easter everyone!
Here are my first two attempts at Sketch 116. 

Thanks for looking!  ~Nancy F.

Operation Write Home - Stars & Stamps Blog - Sketch 115

Finally!  I can play along with the weekly sketches.  I made it my obsession at the start of 2012 to go through all the sketches and make one card, and to not stop until I was finished.  Let me tell you, by the time I had only a dozen or so sketches left to do, my work got sloppy and I was mostly just focused on being done.  So I'm not all that happy with the last few cards, but I'm overjoyed to be done and to be able to play along on a Sunday again.  Here's my first attempt at this week's sketch.  I had several Snoopy's already colored, so I consider this a slight cheat.  But I don't care!

My second attempt was because I'm short one Easter card to send out this week.  This was easy because I used more of the bunnies on steroids paper (per Dixie).

By this time, I had decided that I really like this sketch, since the size of the main image seems to fit so many of my favorite stamps.  I also had just listened to Sandy's Two Things and a Rant and so I grabbed some brown stuff.  Does this card seem brown enough?  What do they really want when they ask for brown cards?????

 My last card (so far!) is for my nephew, who is going to be having a birthday soon.  I doubt if he even knows this blog is in existence, so I'm not really worried.  But, just in case -

ANDREW - LOOK AWAY NOW!!!!

He's going to be a famous drummer one day.  Hopefully with Metallica or 30 Seconds to Mars or one of my other favs (so I can get into concerts for free, of course.........).   ~Nancy F.

Done! Finally!

Finally!  I finished all the sketches.  Whew!

107 - 108 - 109 - 110 - Almost All Caught Up!!!!

107 and 108

109 and 110

At this rate, I'm hoping to be all caught up and able to play in next Sunday's sketch!  And it only took 3 months.....sheesh!  ~Nancy F.

Add Six More Sketches To The List

101 - 102 - 103

104 - 105 - 106

99!

Manged to work my way up to #99 this weekend.  Woo hoo!

A few more weeks and I'll be done

I finally got smart and am making multiples, so that I can get the box filled for Operation Write Home sooner.  I usually have a full one (approx. 90 cards) ready by the last week of each month.  I was so overdue last time.  Can't let that happen again.
Here's my answer to sketches 88, 89 and 90.

And here's 91, 92 and 93.

That's it for me for this week!  Thanks for looking!  ~Nancy F.

Cross another four off the list...........

Sheesh this seems to be taking forever!  I'm up to 87.  Seems so close, yet so far away...... lol
What I started, I MUST FINISH!!!!

~Nancy F.

Take another ten off the list!

Yes, I'm still working away at it, and I can hardly wait until I'm done.  It's starting to drag.......lol  These are 74 through 77.  I'm still having a great time playing with all the Stampin' Up stuff from Kim.  I wish she had a blog so you could see her work....hint, hint, Kim......

78-81 - Love the butterfly paper from a K & Co. tablet, but now, I've used it all up.  The above cards were made during the workweek.  I usually do a little planning, cutting, pasting before or after work, but rarely have enough time to actually sit and make a whole card or two.

The rest of the cards were made inbetween coughing and nose blowing - yuk!  It's going to be one of THOSE weekends.......but at least it hasn't put a dent in production.
82 and 83 and I'm calling it a night.

Thanks loads for looking!   ~Nancy F.

Two posts in one weekend...who'd-a thunk?

Paved my way right through 68, 69 and 70.

Then I kept on going and plowed through to 73.  All on Saturday.

Sunday, my sister came over we managed to spend three hours on this........................

Yes, three hours.  How is that possible?????? ............... So then we realized we were supposed to be making cards,and somehow it took us another 40 minutes to get these done.

This is not going to get my monthly box filled for Caro!  But it was nice spending time with my sister.
~     Nancy F.