Technique Class - Thank You card in Fall colors

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I've been out of mojo for a while.  I think I was homesick when I was looking at the leaves that changed the colors.  I collected some particular ones and showed them to some people.  I realized that I appreciate more and more the nature and the life since I started card making.  There is no leave in the same colors like every card that we make is different. We create beautiful cards for our heroes and their families from the heart.  Even though we make some multiple cards out of the same design, each one is different. Because it is handmade.  Isn't that awesome?   

Anyway, I had to work very hard to get my mojo back because I had the OWH Cardmaking Party at Susan's place yesterday.  You will know, it doesn't come back instantly like when you turn on the computer (of course it depends on the computer, too).  I still couldn't upload my photo so I scanned what I wanted to share with you. 

 

 

Every one who participated in the OWH cardmaking party yesterday made and took the card after learning the techniques.  It was my appreciation for them.  While I was demonstrating the techniques one on one, I made one card each time, too.  I still have about 20 cards to complete.  These will be  AnyHero cards for the month.

 

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OWH Birthday Bash 2013 Blog Skip with Stampers Best - Wed., Sept. 11, 2013

Welcome to the Operation Write Home Birthday Bash 2013 Blog Skip with Stampers Best!

If you'd like to start the skip from the beginning, please click HERE.

I made three cards for the skip by using Stampers Best fundraiser stamps.
StampersBest.com makes a donation for each sale of the stamp to Operation Write Home.

Card #1 Ciara in Camouflage Rubber Stamp
 

 

I stamped the image in black and heat embossed by clear embossing powder.

Colored the image with watercolor markers.

The sentiment is a part of the OWH stamp.

 

 

Card #2 Hero Panels Rubber Stamp Set



 

I stamped the background by masking tape technique.

Colored with watercolor markers.

 

Card #3 Love, Strength, Courage



 

I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed by white embossing powder. 

Dry embossed with my new heart embossing folder.

Chalk inked the hearts on embossed surface.

 

Your next stop on the Skip is Marlene.


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Thank You card

Cards in Envy - manly challenge

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Blog Candy Winner Announced

Wow... there are 75 entries.  Awesome cards that I would like to CASE absolutely.

Thank you so much for taking the Triple Die Cutting Technique Challenge HERE during Operation Write Home Labor Day Weekend Virtual Card Making Party (OWH VCMP).

My blog candy winner number  is picked by Random.org and the winner is....

 

11. Paula (ScrapAddictsAttic)

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Congratulations, Paula, on your winning!  Thanks for your supporting Operation Write Home and making cards for our Heroes to keep in touch with their loved ones.  Please send me your address to my e-mail at seongsookduncan dot yahoo dot com. 


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OWH VCMP Eighth Challenge

The Un-BEE-lievable Challenge  is for you to create a card for OWH using an image of one or more bees and adding a creative BEE sentiment.

I didn't use the bee sentiment though.

 

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OWH VCMP Final Challenge

Donna's challenge is to use a negative of a die or punch.  HERE is the link to her blog.

I made two cards out of one piece of paper that I did masking tape background stamping first and then stamped leaves in fall themed colors including heat embossing in gold. 

Card #1

 

Card #2

 

 

Card #3 (working on)

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OWH VCMP Sixth Challenge

The challenge HERE on this stop is to make a kiddie card using the following tic-tac-toe board.




I created a ladybug card.  I stamped around those ladybugs and colored in red only the little ones. I stamped the large ladybug three times on a red cardstock and cut out three different pieces to layer on top each other. Then I cut out parts of the head and the body from a black cardstock.  The wings are raised with dimensionals.  I punched out circles in black by the Owl builder punch.  I colored the background with Copic cool shadow marker.

I used the first row of tic-tac-toe board - Things with Wings, Stamping and/or Coloring, Using Punches or Dies.

I wonder how many legs does a ladybug have?

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OWH VCMP Seventh Challenge

Marilyn's challenge is HERE to create a card using any sketch with a Fall theme.  Her suggestion is that your card can be I Love You or I Miss You card, or even a Thinking About You or Thank You, but not a Thanksgiving card. Use a leaf motif with fall colors - rusts, yellows, golds, red, dark greens, etc. 

Here is my card to share.  I stamped the leave with Versamark watermark stamp pad and heat embossed with gold embossing powder.  Add colors by using stamping daubers.

 

Tip:

 

I used Freshly Made Sketches 101.

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OWH VCMP Fifth Challenge

Donna's Challenge HERE to make a card with the Masking Tape Block Stamping Technique.

My take.  Once I completed the background of my card by masking tape block stamping technique, I stamped the snowflakes with Versamark watermark stamp pad and heat embossed them with the white embossing powder.  I used the embossing resistant technic by using stamping dauber.  I couldn't decide what sentiment would go with this card yet because I didn't want to cover the snowflakes.  I just like how the color turned out.

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OWH VCMP Fourth Challenge

Annette's Challenge HERE.

Use Sketch #29 for a Love Card

My card to share.

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OWH VCMP First & Second Challenges

Whew... after all the technical difficulties on my blog that was resolved by Allison's help, I am here to share my cards for OWH VCMP Challenges.

First Challenge HERE.  Nancy provided the sketch to follow.

My card.

Second Challenge HERE. 
Create a card with elements that represent each letter of Operation Write Home!
Diane listed of hints that you can use and it helped me.

Here is my card based on my Triple Die Cutting Technique. 
Operation - oval circle
Write - wings of butterfly
Home  - hello sentiment

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OWH Labor Day Weekend Virtual Card Making Party

 

 

Welcome to my Triple Die Cutting Technique Challenge for OWH Labor Day Weekend Virtual Card Making Party (VCMP). 

 

I am so excited to participate in this event and have you on my Triple Die Cutting Technique Challenge.  "Triple Die Cutting" is to create the same concept of triple layered card but it is much easier to cut at once with a piece of cardstock and a piece of stamped or desinger paper.  You will love this technique and use it over and over again for every theme of card. 

 

I didn't want to repeat the whole thing and take space here. Please go to my Triple Die Cutting Technique Tutorial HERE before you start.   You may not have the same dies but I encourage you to try by using any shapes of dies you have or even with the paper trimmer that you can cut inside of the paper.  Once you got the whole concept of this technique, it will become easier and fun, too.

   

EDIT:  Hope this picture will answer to your measurements questions.

 

Medium dies

 

  

Small Dies

** Actual die is sized 2-3/8" instead of 2-1/2".

Just space out evenly when you lay it down.

 



For today's challenge, I made new sample cards to share.  Instead of stamping as I showed before, I used designer papers this time.  You will need to choose designer papers with repeated patterns in them. 

Card #1 Snowflakes

Card #2 Christmas Tree

Card #3 TRULY Grateful

 

Blog Candy: 
I will pick one of the InLinkz participants at random to receive my blog candy.  It is Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Stack that I used to make my first card.

You will have until Sept. 8, 2013 to link up and play along!!!

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I miss you so much!

 Tips for you: What would you do with these papers?  

 

 

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Thinking of You

This designer papers reminded me of the time that my grandfather took me to the circus when I was little.  I thought the sentiment goes well with the tickets and the ball images.  I added three hearts to be related with this card theme.  I hope this card will bring kids the fond memories of their dads or moms.

 

Midweek Throwdown Cards 4 Kids

 

OWH August Design Boot Camp



 

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Miss You for the Birds Challenge!

 Tips for you: What would you do with these papers?

For the Birds Challenge

 

 

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Thank You

 

Tips for you: What would you do with these papers?

 

 

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