OWH Blog Hop Winner!

Wow!!! Was that a great Blog Hop or what!
I did manage to visit each and every blog and everybody did a great job!
The OWH elves did a great job setting it all up ~Thank You!

This was my first Hop and I was overwhelmed by all the comments, so....
I decided I needed to have not one but four winners! {I have e-mailed them}

Sarah V-M from Sarah's Stamping and Stuff
Ruby from Ruby Craft
Marie F from NJ Stamping Queen
Cheri W from Stamp'n Boomer

Congratulations Ladies!  Thank You for supporting the Troops thru OWH!

Thank You Hopping

Happy Memorial Day!  

Thank You if someone in your family served in the Armed Forces!!!

Operation Write Home is having a Blog Hop this weekend.  The theme is Thank You and we were asked to make a card with one of the many OWH Sketches.

I really like this older sketch and tried making one very similar but ended up with squares that were too big so I thought it would make a great AnyHero card!

It is fun to make a larger card sometimes and AnyHero cards are the place to do it.

I tried again and used the measurements that OWH gives {I love that they do that!} as a guide.

  This card has 1.75" inner squares and 2" outer squares.

I have been wanting to use one of the SRM stickers and thought this would be perfect card.

Be sure to check out as many blogs as you can; you may win a prize!

{Speaking of prizes, check out my post from yesterday}

Leave a comment on this post letting me know who or what you are Thankful for.

If your name doesn't link back to your e-mail or blog, leave me an e-mail address like byannette at rocketmail dot com so I can let you know if you are the winner!

Update: Winners chosen, see next post

Supplies Used:

Celery Green Cardstock ~Bazzill Basics

Aqua Cardstock ~Bazzill Basics

Daphne's Closet Paper ~Lawn Fawn

Desert Storm Cardstock ~Neenah

Peeled Paint Distressed Ink ~Ranger
Tuxedo Black Dye Ink ~Memento
Flower Friend Stamp Set ~Simon Says Stamp
Mixed Brads ~Basic Grey
White Button ~Close to My Heart
Thank You Sticker ~SRM Sticker

Blog Hop Tomorrow!

Be sure to come back tomorrow and join me as I participate in the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop !  Our theme is THANK YOU cards. Thanking Heroes as well as Heroes Thanking  others.  I think there are 150 blogs to visit over the weekend. Some are other cardmakers/bloggers like me.  Some are crafty companies. {Some have Prizes!}

You can't have a Hop without giveaways! I have some yummy May Arts Twill/Chevron ribbon in black and in red~I will be giving away a yard of each so be sure and comment on tomorrow's post!

   

Hope you can Hop along at some time over the holiday weekend remembering those who served our country.

Oh Snap

Oh Snap! Did I forget to wish you a Happy Birth Day??
What is a Birth Day you ask?  It is the celebration of the day a mom gives birth!  I think it should be celebrated more than the kid's birthday, since she does ALL the work!

This Camera & Bird digital image is courtesy of Torico from Birdie Brown and her April Challenge.  I love her style and her images are great to color!

Supplies Used:
Camera & Bird Digital Image ~Birdie Brown
Oh Snap Digital Image ~Birdie Brown
Jack & Jill Quite Contray Paper ~My Mind's Eye
Red Cardstock ~Bazzill Basics
White Eyelet Ribbon ~My Stash
Circle Cutter ~Creative Memories
B000  G43  G46  R24  R29  W2  W5  Y13  Y19 ~Sketch Copic Markers

Web Friends

I attended a papercrafting event this past weekend with friends who were ladies I met on the web.  Now I can stalk stay connected on the web with the new friends I made as well.  I thought this cute Dragon & Spider Web -digital images by Hambo Stamps looked like they would be friends.

The Hambo Hoedown Challenge for this week was to use webbing. I used glossy accents on the web to make it shine and add some texture.  The chisel end of a Copic marker makes a nice brick effect.

Supplies Used:
Dragon Digital Image ~Hambo Stamps
Spider Web Digital Image ~Hambo Stamps
Oval Cutter ~Creative Memories
Jagged Edge Cutter ~Creative Memories
Raven Black Cardstock ~Bazzill Basics
Glossy Accents ~Ranger
BV11  BV13  V01  V06  W2 ~Sketch Copic Markers

Tweet Yourself!

Have you ever thought you should "Tweet yourself!" sometime??  Well, you may notice a new badge or two on my blog. Yes, I took the plunge and attended the Copic Standard & Intermediate Certification Classes in Peachtree City, Georgia!  Lori Craig is a great instructor and I enjoyed learning even more about Copics and techniques to practice.

I thought this Bird Egg -digital image by Hambo Stamps would be a perfect card to remind you to "Tweet yourself!" sometimes. The Hambo Hoedown Challenge for this week asked us to incorporate feathers into our design. I cut three feathers out with my Cricut and added a little detail with my Copics.  I scored the middle vein of one of them, glued the middle vein down to a second feather and  folded the edges up to make it a little dimensional.

Supplies Used:
Bird Egg Digital Image ~Hambo Stamps
Orange & Patterned Paper ~Webster's Pages
Feathers from Artiste Cartridge ~Cricut
0  B000  E23  E25  E29  Y19  YR09  YR12 ~Sketch Copic Markers

Open at Your Own Risk

The Hambo Hoedown Challenge for this week was to use the Hazmat Suit -digital image by Hambo Stamps with Orange, Yellow and Aqua.

I made a little slider for the sentiment.  One of the other sentiments that come with the image that I especially like is "Caution: Open at your own risk!"

I just love those beady eyes even though they are almost hidden in the suit!

Supplies Used:
Hazmat Suit Digital Image ~Hambo Stamps
Orange & Aqua Papers ~My Stash
Chicken Wire Embossing Folder ~Cuttlebug
Oval Cutter ~Creative Memories
Corner Chomper ~We R Memory Keepers
Yellow Stripped Washi Tape ~Simon Says Stamp
Mandarin Twine ~The Twinery
BV25  E000  T0  T2  Y19  YR09 ~Sketch Copic Markers