OWH Spring Brake Bloghop March 20, 2010

Welcome to the Operation Write Home Spring Break Bloghop!   Thanks for stopping by!  I am so happy to participate in this Bloghop.  If you arrived here from Kimme's, The Life of a Princess blog then you are in the right place but if you arrived on my blog in the middle of the hop and want to start at the beginning, please go to the OWH Stars and Stamps blog for the start of the hop so you can get the 'full experience' for the day.

The theme of this Bloghop is springy thinking-of-you or hello card (no sentiment is also fine).  So I made the following two cards to share with you.  I hope you will like them. 

For this card, I used the digital image "In Bloom" from Designed 2 Delights Digi Stamp for March FREEBIE Week 3.    I colored the image with Bic Mark.It markers.  With this card, I am also entering Crafty Calendar Challenge: Challenge 6 - Flower Power.

I used the digital image "Time for Tea" from Karen's Doodles for this card.  Karen Johnson kindly allowed me to use her colored version of this image especially for making cards for heroes.  She said that she is honored to become a part of Operation Write Home.  I sponged the sky and the grass with chalk inks.

I make cards for heroes because I am so thanksful for their serving our country and people.  I have been making cards for heroes with my colleagues at work over a year.  Their contribution is a grate help.  Next Monday we are going to make Mother's Day cards including any theme of cards.   As a reminder, the deadline for Mother's Day is April 1st.

I like to play with OWH Stars & Stamps Sketch Challenges on Sundays.  I hope you will check it out and get more inspirations.

As I mentioned on my previous post, here is how I made my homemade glue dots.  This is easy to make and easy to use.  And also it saves your time when you make many cards with others.
You will need a used (peeled off) Avery Address Label paper which is non-sticky and Aleen's Tack-It Over & Over.  I bought it at Michaels.

On the non-sticky side paper, make a small drops with Tack-It Over & Over liquid as many as you want to make your homemade glue dots.  Leave it until white color turns to clear at least 24 hours.  In my experience, I think it is better to wait for another day.


To store, fold it in half to both non-sticky side facing each other


The next stop on the hop is Anita's, Cards & Coffee blog.  She is very talented and I am sure you will enjoy her creations.