OWH Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop 2013


Welcome to the next stop on the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Blog Hop.  The theme for the hop this year is Thank You cards using a sketch.  OWH hosts a sketch challenge every Sunday, so I used one of theirs.  You can see all the sketches here.  I used sketch #162.  To find a list of all blogs participating in this hop, please visit the OWH Stars and Stamps blog here. It contains an InLinkz to each blog.


Operation Write Home (OWH) is an organization that provides our nation's armed forces stationed overseas with blank handmade greeting cards to write home on as well as "Anyhero" cards of gratitude to encourage them. If you are interested in making cards for this great cause, please visit the Operation Write Home website here.

Card Stock:  Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Whisper White (SU!)
Stamps:  Stamper's Best (Image), Hero Arts (Sentiment)
Ink:  Chocolate Chip (SU!)
Misc:  DSP - Well Worn (SU!)

Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop 2012

Welcome to the Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop.  For this hop each participant had to use a sketch to make their card and make it holiday or winter themed.  To find a list of all blogs participating in this hop, please visit the OWH blog here. It contains a InLinkz to each blog.

Operation Write Home (OWH) is an organization that provides our nation's armed forces with blank handmade greeting cards to write home on as well as "Anyhero" cards of gratitude to encourage them. If you are interested in making cards for this great cause, please visit the Operation Write Home webite here.

For my card I used OWH sketch #137 and new Riley stamp, Snow Globe Riley and Snowman. You can find all the past OWH sketches here.

Stamps:  Snow Globe Riley and Snowman (Riley and Company)

Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Whisper White (SU!)

Misc:  Patterned Paper (Unknown source), Snowflake brads, Snowflake embossing folder

Operation Write Home Memorial Day Sketch Blog Hop 2012

This Memorial Day weekend Operation Write Home (OWH) is having the biggest, baddest blog hop on the net.  There are over 140 blogs to visit.  For this hop each participant had to use at least one of OWHs weekly sketches to make their card.  All the sketches can be found here.  To find a list of all blogs participating in this hop, please visit the OWH blog here and it contains a InLinkz to each blog. 

OWH is an organization that provides our nation's armed forces with blank handmade greeting cards to write home on as well as "Anyhero" cards of gratitude to encourage them.  If you are interested in making cards for this great cause, please visit the Operation Write Home webite here.

For my card, I used sketch #74 and the Hero Arts OWH set, All the Time.



Stamps Sets:  Hero Arts, All the Time
Cardstock:  SU! Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Midnight Muse
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Misc: Half Pearls, Scalloped Border Punch

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Please go back to the OWH blog , for the full list of blogs on this hop.

OWH World Cardmaking Day Blog Hop 2011

Welcome and Happy World Card Making Day. I am participating in the 2011 Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop. Operation Write Home's mission is support our nation's armed forces by sending them handmade greeting cards to use, as well as cards of gratitiude to encourage them. For more info, please visit http://www.operationwritehome.org.

The theme for this hop is Holidays. To see the full list of 132 participants, you can click on the badge at the top of this post.

Stamps: SU! Christmas Postcard

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Letters to Santa DSP, Deck the Hall Designer Buttons (retired)

Hoppin For the Fun of it's First Blog Hop

Thanks for hopping with us at Hoppin For the Fun of it. Today's theme is All Holidays. Plan on visiting us each month, the next hop will be the first Saturday in October.

You may have arrived here from Shelly's blog, http://www.stampinandscrappingnews.com/, if not you can start at the beginning of the hop at http://www.theloveofstamping.com/hopping_just_for_the_fun_/.

I decided to make a Christmas card and used the Stiched Stockings stamp set from the current Stampin Up Holiday Mini. I also used some Designer Series Paper that I bought when it was on sale last month.

Stamps: Stitched Stockings, Delightful Dozen
Cardstock: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist
DSP: Letters to Santa, Well Worn,
Glimmer Paper: Red and Silver


To continue on the hop please visit Raissa at http://www.raissastamps.com/

VC ROCKS BLOG HOP - PUNCHES GALORE

Welcome to the last VC Rocks Blog Hop of 2011. The theme this month is punches galore. You should have arrived here from Stace's blog at http://www.stampinstace.blogspot.com/. For my card, I decided to use Splitcoaststampers Sketch 344. I used the Scallop Circles, Scallop border and the 1 inch circle punches. I hope you like my card.

Stamps: Field Flowers, Happiest Birthday

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point, Whisper White

Ink: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Pacific Point

To continue on the hop, please visit Kym at http://artfulimagination.blogspot.com/

VC ROCKS July 2011 Blog Hop

Welcome to the July 2011 VC Rocks blog hop. Our theme this month is Big Shot Madness. All of our projects must feature Stampin Up products and the Sizzix the Big Shot in some way.


You may have arrived from Carolyn's blog at http://www.inkingthenightaway.blogspot.com/. If you want to see the full list of 33 blog participants, you can see the list at the VC Rocks blog at http://www.vcrocks.blogspot.com/


I decided to use the Top Note Die, the Fabulous Floretes stamp set from the Summer Mini and one of the newest In Colors, Calypso Coral.




Stamps Sets: Fabulous Florets, Sincere Salutations

Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.

Ink: Calypso Coral, Riding Hood Red

Misc: Just Add Cake DSP (preview from new catalog), Top Note Die, brads

Thanks for stopping by. Please visit Mary's blog at http://mimitojett.blogspot.com/ for the next stop on the tour.

Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop

Welcome to the next stop on the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop. I'm posting a little early since I will be at a soccer tournament all weekend. You should have arrived here from Lisa's blog at http://papergrace.blogspot.com/. If not, you can start here from my blog and make your way around to all the blogs on the tour. If you prefer to start from the beginning, you may go to http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/.

The theme for this blog hop is Missing You. I used The Open Sea stamp set and Nautical Expedition DSP from the current Stampin Up! Summer Mini. I used Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Grey, Early Expresso and Very Vanilla SU! card stock and Not quite Navy and Basic Black ink. I did not have a Missing You stamp, so I used a Thinking of You stamp from Hero Arts.


I hope you like my card. To continue on the blog, please visit Susan at her blog at http://www.salondarte.blogspot.com/

VC ROCKS MAY 2011 BLOG HOP

Welcome to the next stop on the VC Rocks May 2011 Blog Hop. The theme for this month is Color My World. Hopefully you arrived here from Marisol's blog at http://atouchofsol.blogspot.com/. If not, you can start from the beginning of the hop at the vc rocks blog at http://vcrocks.blogspot.com.

One of the requirements for this months theme is to color in the image with either markers, pencils or Water Color Crayons. I don't have very many current SU! image that I can color but I finally decided on the flower from the Friends 24-7 set.



I used the Splitcoaststamper sketch this week, SC322. I colored the image in with Melon Mambo and Old Olive markers. I used Melon Mambo, Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango cardstock since it coordinates with Beyond the Garden DSP from the summer mini.


To continue on the blog hop, please visit Nancy at http://fancynancykay.blogspot.com/.

Operation Write Home Bunny Blog Hop

Welcome to the next stop on the Operation Write Home Bunny Blog Hop. Hopefully you arrived here from Valerie's blog (http://ediehardy.wordpress.com/). If you didn't, you can continue on from my blog and you can still complete the full circle of approx. 132 blogs for this tour. If you would like to start from the beginning, you visit http://http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/

Operation Write Home's mission is to support our nation’s armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them. Operation Write Home will be collecting Easter cards until March 18th and Mother's Day cards until March 31st. They are always accepting cards for birthday, Thinking of You, Anniversary, Sympathy and any other non-holiday occasion. Please go to http://operationwritehome.org/ for more info.

The card I made for the hop is using one of the new stamp set, Nature Walk, from the Stampin Up! Occasions Mini catalog that is good until March. 31. I used the Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge #322 (SC322) to make my card. I stamped the main image in Basic Black and colored it in with Rose Red and Certainly Celery.

Cardstock: Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Rose Red.

Ink: Basic Black, Marina Mist, Certainly Celery, Rose Red

Misc: SU! Botanical Gazette DSP, Basic Pearls and Stampin Dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed my project. Please visit Kapree at http://kcincognito.blogspot.com/ for the next stop on the bunny hop.

Operation Write Home Bunny Blog Hop is tomorrow

I haven't posted in over a month. My mother passed away on Feb. 9 after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer, so I haven't had too much time to stamp and quite honestly, I lost my mojo. So to help get it back, I am participating in the Operation Write Home Bunny Blog Hop tomorrow. There are currently 135 stampers signed up, so there should be lots of wonderful cards to see. The theme will be Easter/Spring. The posts are scheduled to go live by 7am PST (10am EST). Hope to you there tomorrow.

OPERATION WRITE HOME BE MY VALENTINE BLOGHOP

Welcome to the next stop on the Operation Write Home Be My Valentine Blog Hop. Hopefully you arrived here from Heather's blog. If you didn't, you can continue on from my blog and you can still complete the full circle of approx. 112 blogs for this tour.

Operation Write Home's mission is to support our nation’s armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them. Operation Write Home will be collecting Valentine's Day cards to send to the troops until Jan. 7. Unfortunately, the deadline has passed to send Christmas cards but they are always accepting cards for birthday, Thinking of You, Anniversary, Sympathy and any other non-holiday occasion. Please go to http://operationwritehome.org/ for more info.

You can help Operation Write Home win $50, 000 for their cause from Joann Fabric and Craft Stores. Joann's is giving away $50, 000 to the charity that gets the most online votes by Dec. 4. Please go to http://www.joann.com/CraftForaCause to vote for OWH. You can vote once each day per email address.

The card I made for this hop uses the Stampin Up! sets I {heart} hearts and Baroque Motifs. I haven't used Baroque Motifs in a long time so it was nice to pull it out again. I used a retired stamp for the sentiment. I hope you enjoy my card and the rest of the hop.

Stamp Sets: I {heart} hearts, Baroque Motifs, More Great Greeting (retired)

Card Stock: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Basic Black

I hope you liked my card. Please visit Shirley at http://www.cardsbyshirleyg.blogspot.com/ to continue on the blog hop.

NEWS FLASH: There are broken links after Shirley's blog so when you leave her blog, please go to Becca's at http://becca-expressions.blogspot.com/.

When you leave Becca's, please go to Cheryl's at http://willowhouseathome.blogspot.com/.

If you get lost anywhere else along the way, you can go to the OWH blog at http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/ for the complete list and links for each participant.

Enjoy. .

SUStars Inaugural Blog Hop

Welcome to the inaugural blog hop for SU Stars. We are a group of Stampin Up Demonstrators dedicated to Scrapping, Teaching And Rubber Stamping, STARS. You should have arrived here from Veronica Miller's blog at http://bluegrassstamperstudio.blogspot.com/. If you did not and want to start at the beginning, please go to the SU STARS blog at http://www.su-stars.blogspot.com/.

The theme for this month's hop is Halloween or Fall. I dedided to make a Halloween card using the Wicked Cool stamp set. I love this set.

Stamp Set: Wicked Cool

Carstock: Cajun Craze, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Basic Black

Ink: Basic black

Misc: Wicked Fun DSP, Stampin Dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed my card. To continue on the hop, please visit Barbara Furlong's blog at http://www.theloveofstamping.com/. We hope to make this a monthly event, so see you next month.

VC ROCKS 2010 Blog Hop #4

Welcome to the next stop on the VC Rocks 2010 Blog Hop #4. This is our final hop for the year. It is hard to believe that vc_rocks is almost over for the year. vc_rocks is a Yahoo group dedicated to hosting a Stampin Up! Virtual Convention each summer. You don't need to be a demo to participate. New members will not be accepted until April 2011.

You should have arrived here from Kim's blog at http://www.stampingfunwithkim.blogspot.com/. If you did not and want to start from the beginning, please go to http://www.vcrocks.blogspot.com/.

For my project, I used the Just Believe set from the 2010-11 IBC. I incorporated the latest Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge, SC294 and Color Combo Challenge, CC284.

Stamps: Just Believe
Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Ink: Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler
Misc: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Brads



I hope you have enjoyed my project. To continue on the hop, please visit Carolyn's blog at
http://www.inkingthenightaway.blogspot.com/.

VC ROCKS 2010 BLOG HOP #3

Welcome to the next stop on the VC Rocks 2010 Blog Hop #3. You should have arrived here from http://stampershirley.blogspot.com/. If you did not and want to start from the beginning, you may go to http://www.vcrocks.blogspot.com/.

For my project, I decided to use a new set from the 2010-2011 IBC called Morning Cup. I love that this is both a coffee and tea set. I mostly drink tea but like to drink coffee every now and then and like to make cards and projects for both subjects.

Stamps: Morning Cup, Take a Sip wheel
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Early Expresso

Ink: Early Expresso

Misc: Finial Press Embossing Folder, Big Shot

I hope you have enjoyed my project. To continue on the hop, please visit http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/tessaboulter/blog.

Don't forget to join us next month on August 21st and 22nd. for our fourth and final hop for 2010.

Welcome to the next stop on the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Lelia's blog (http://greengoddescreations.blogspot.com/). If you did not and want to start from beginning, please go to http://www.owhstarsandstamps.org/.

I want to thank all of the men and women in the armed forces for all the sacrifices they make to keep us the land of the free and home of the brave. You are truly the brave.

I made my card with Liberty Riley from Riley & Co. I colored him with Prisma colored pencils and blended it with baby oil. I used patriotric patterned paper and stamped a retired CTMH set for the background. I don't have a missing you sentiment at the momemt.

I hope you enjoyed the card and the rest of the blog hop. Please visit http://kimme-thelifeofaprincess.blogspot.com/2010/05/red-white-and-blue-thinking-of-you.html for the next stop on the tour.