Mojo Monday #350

Summer vacation is well on it's way, and I am having lots of fun playing, with all the free time I have. I have decided to participate in this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge. Here is the sketch for this week.


Here is my card that I made following the sketch.

I have decided I am going to try to use some of the stamps that I have collected and haven't used yet for some of the cards I will be making while I'm off. This is one that is in a collection of "Thank You" stamps. I really think it is a beautiful stamp, and I don't know why I haven't used it until now. I will be sending this card, along with others that I've made to Operation Write Home.

Card A Day Blog Post: Thank You For Protecting Our Freedom

Hi everyone, thanks for stopping by. It's that time again for another Card A Day Blog entry. This week's theme is " Thank You". I chose to use a card that I made to send to Operation Write Home, for one of our brave heroes.

To make my card, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" white card base. I then added a background pattern paper from Hot Off The Press, Navy with Stars, cut to 5.25" x 4". I then made a panel using a white piece of card stock, cut to 4.25" x 3.25", matted it with a piece of red card stock cut half an inch larger going each way, stamped my sentiment on it, then adhered it to my star patterned paper.

For the striped paper panel, I used a piece of red, white, and blue striped paper, from Recollections, cut to 3.5" x 1.75", matted that piece with a piece of navy blue card stock, draped a piece of red, white and blue ribbon that I had in my stash, over the top right side, cutting it just a bit bellow the edge of my top panel, and cut a "V" at the end.

I hope the hero that receives this card, enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it.

I would love to hear what you think of my latest creation, so if you have the time, please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think. Be sure to visit The Card A Day Blog, every day, for some wonderful card making inspiration.  Also, if you like challenges, you might want to check out our monthly challenge, where one lucky winner will win a wonderful prize.

Card A Day Blog Entry: Red, White, and Blue

The theme this week at the Card A Day Blog is Red, White, and Blue, and here is my entry, inspired by Mojo Monday designer, Debbie Carriere. Here is my take on her creation.

How I made my card:

First, I started off with a 5.5"x4.25" white card base,then I added a piece of red and white striped patterned paper, 5.25"x4" to the front of the card. I then cut out a piece of white card stock, 4.75"x2.25", and attached it on top of a piece of blue and white star patterned paper that measures 5.25"x2.75", I then attached that to my red and white striped paper.

For embellishments, I made four banners using the same star patterned paper that I used for the mat, placed them going in alternating directions, and then added a red button with a piece of red and white baker's twine tied into it, and placed them on the ends of the banners.

For my sentiment, I stamped the words " Thank You" on a piece of white card stock, cut around it, then added it to a mat using the same star patterned paper. I place it at the bottom of my card in the middle.

This card will be sent with my next shipment of cards to Operation Write Home, and be used for an Any Hero Card.

As always, I would like to know what you think of my card, so if you have the time, please leave me a comment. Also, if you like challenges, please stop by our blog and enter our monthly challenge. We offer a prize to one lucky winner each month.

Card A Day Blog Entry: Friendship

Hi everyone, here I am again with another entry for the Card A Day Blog. This months theme is " Friendship".

How I made my card: 

First, I started off with a 5.5" x 4.25" card base. I then cut a piece of patterned paper from the Bo Bunny Alora collection paper pack 5.25"x4", and attached it to my card base. I then cut out a piece of patterned paper from the Die Cut With A View Mariposa paper pack, 2.25"x5.25" and adhered it to the middle of my card on top of my first patterned paper.

The bird is from a stamp set from "ditto", which I purchased from a recent trip to Micheal's. I really thought this bird looked real neat, and it also came with a coordinating heart stamp. I stamped the bird image on a piece of white card stock, and colored it with 3 different Copic markers in the R and RV families. I can't remember which ones exactly, because I decided to clean up my craft area before I wrote this post, and put away all the markers I had been using. I guess that will teach me for cleaning up....lol!

I cut out my stamped image and placed it on the left side of the strip of Mariposa paper. I added an eye for my bird with a Viva Decor, Holo Iridescent glitter liner . For my sentiment, I used two stamps from the Woodware, Thank You 4, stamp sets. I like this set, because they have little sentence strips, one that says, Thank you for..., then several others that could be used to finish the sentence for several different occasions. I stamped next to the bird on the left, Thank you for..., then on the inside, " being such a good friend". I also added lace across the top and bottom of the Mariposa paper, that I purchased from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

I hope you like what I did with my card, and if you would like to leave me a comment, and let me know what you think, I would really appreciate it. Make sure to check out our monthly challenge, and if you enter it, you might just win a fabulous prize!