OWH Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop

Hi!

Today I'm participating in Operation Write Home's

I just love OWH. My hubby is always commenting on how much I watch their videos. LOL

OWH does a wonderful service for the troops by providing them with homemade cards. And
I'm proud to be a contributor to that cause.

My brother-in-law Sheen, my hubby's middle brother, is in the Air Force Reserves. But just because it's the Reserves doesn't mean they haven't sent him into the war torn regions.

Our family is very proud of him and all the members of our family who've done military service. Like my step-uncle Ben who's retired from the Air Force, my father who served in the Navy, and my father-in-law who served in the Coast Guard. We even have a whole new generation of nieces and nephews who are thinking about doing military service.

And that's one of the reasons why I create and send cards to Operation Write Home.

Plus, although last year had it's ups and downs. One of the biggest ups was that my Mom became a US citizen. After being a resident all my life she finally did it. And I couldn't be prouder of her and that pride extends to those who defend our freedom.

For the hop we were asked to use one of OWH's sketches. I picked sketch #78

Isn't it gorgeous!

Of course, I had to do my own spin on it. I know it's kinda CAS but I think it will still be appreciated.

Oh and if you check out my post from yesterday I am taking Pre-orders for the Close to My Heart promotion that supports our troops.  

If you are just starting to hop you can click here to start at the beginning. Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the blog hop and have a great Memorial Day weekend.



Happy crafting,
M.E.

Celebrate

Hi!

Happy Wednesday to you!

Yes, I'm still feeling a bit sick so no work for me today.

But I did get a chance to play a little.

Plus, I found out I didn't exactly get the job I was interviewing
for. Oh, well.

At least the birds are singing, the sun is shining, and I'm not
running a high fever today. Trust me that wasn't pretty, I was
having some horrible delusions and trouble breathing.

Today is Sketchbook Wednesday over at The Digi Shack. You've
just got to see the amazing cards that the DT came up with and
can you believe it Toni even participated with an adorable take
on a Mother's Day card. She used an image that hasn't yet been
released to even the DT. So you definitely will want to check that
out.

Oh and don't forget you can participate with us too! You can even
use the image that I used on my card above. It was Monday's
FREEbie and it's still available for FREE. But hurry cause the FREEbies
don't stay up for long. But don't worry it will still be available for
the low price of $1 after that though.

For today's card of course I used the Sketchbook Challenge sketch
but I also took a little inspiration from Sketches! {by tamara} with
using this week's Challenge # 115 - Recipe Challenge. Which was to
use

• Brads
• Buttons
• The Color Blue

Now for the deets on my card.

Well the ribbon, buttons, and brads along with the sentiment stamp came from my stash.

Materials Used:

Stamps: The Digi Shack

Paper: Bazzill Basics Paper Wildberry Pie, Basic Grey Offbeat paper pad

Ink: Bic Mark-Its, Sharpies, Copics, Uniball Silver Gel ink, SU! Classic Chocolate Chip

Accessories: SU! round tab punch

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

Just what I need Friday Inspiration

Hi!

I don't know about you but sometimes I need a little inspiration.

Over at Sketches! by tamara they provide some Friday Inspiration.

I must be more inspirational then I thought. Since this is my 4th time
being featured as Friday Inspiration over at Sketches!

You should definitely check out what other inspiration was featured today.

And if you missed my 3 other times you should check them out here, here,
and of course here.

This is the card that is so inspirational.

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

2 Corinthians 9:15

Hi!

This is my last card for the night.

And I've been very good by using paper from my scrap pile. Oh, and I found
this stamp set at the last Scrapbook Garage Sale I participated in.

I created this card using the card sketch from Inspirational-Card-Sketches.
It's IC Sketches #15.

The recipe for this card came from Sketches! {by tamara}. It's Recipe
Challenge #47.

And the sentiment on the card was for the Caardvarks challenge. Which is
"Don't quote me, but...".

Also, if you've been reading my blog then you know that I'm participating in a
Bible Verse challenge over at SCS. Check it out here.

Materials Used:

Stamps: SU! Faith & Hope

Paper: CM Cardstock Pink Lemonade, Raspberry, Doodlebug Glitter Cupcake cardstock

Ink: Marvy Brush Marker No. 18 Dark Brown

Accessories: CM Meadow Shapemaker, CM Custom Cutting System - Oval, EK Success Butterfly punch, Nestabilities - Classic Scalloped Ovals Small

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

3rd times a charm

Hi!

Just wanted to share with you that my card is Friday Inspiration
again over at Sketches! by tamara.

She's displaying cards that were uploaded using Card and Layout
Sketches #89 and also Recipe Challenge #42. Check them out here.

And if you missed my card that is being featured you can check it
out here.

Also, if you would like to catch up on the first 2 times I made Friday
Inspiration on Sketches! by tamara. Here's your chance to catch up
on #1 and #2.

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

Guess who's Friday Inspiration

Hi!

Just wanted to share that my card is one of the cards for
Friday Inspiration over at Sketches by tamara!

Which is awesome!

Plus, this is the 2nd time I've made it onto Friday Inspiration.
If you missed my 1st time you can check it out here.

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

Asian Inspiration

Hi!

I created this card using the Sketch Challenge at Inspirational Card
Sketches. It's ICSketches #11.

The ingredients are from the Sketches! by tamara Recipe Challenge
#43. Which is to create a card or layout using the following items:

• Stitching = Prism Skein
  
• Brads = red flower brads
  
• Cut out flower from Patterned Paper = Quickutz Nesting Flowers
  

I like how it turned out. Plus, I got to use 2 acrylic stamp sets that I
really like a lot. Also from this pic you can see that I made the face
more 3D.

Plus, I get to create something very Asian. Which is something that
my mom uses in decorating her home. Not to mention cuisine. Hey
what can I say we're Asian. My mom & Step-dad are Filipino. I'm
half but most Americans don't recognize it. DH did that's part of why
he liked me. Other Filipinos can tell though, I say it's the nose.

Him & his youngest sis like a little Asian Fusion in their marriage.
They both married half Asian people. Everyone else married Anglos.
(DH is the baby of 6.)

Materials Used:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Four Dolls, Amuse Artistamps

Paper: CM Cardstock White, Black, Cranberry Ink: VersaColor 82 Black, Copic E00 Skin White, W2 Warm Gray, R35 Coral, RV13 Tender Pink, SU! Classic Chocolate Chip, Marvy Brush Marker No. 48 Leaf Green

Accessories: Quickutz Nesting Flowers CC-FLOWERS-01, CM CCS - Ovals, Bazzill Basics Paper In-Stitch'z Template, Prism Craft Thread

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

bats about you

Hi!

I created this card for the Clean and Simple challenge. Since it didn't
require any coloring or anything overly complicated other then my
Big Shot. I felt like it should qualify for clean & simple.

I used this for the inspiration for my card.

And the card sketch #82 is from Sketches! by tamara.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Studio G stamp, Imaginisce Skull stamp

Paper: CM Cardstock White, Black, Doodlebug ladybug - sugar coated cardstock

Ink: VersaColor VC-82 Black, SU! Classic Stampin' Spot Basic Black

Accessories: Joanne's heart shaped brads, Quickutz Nesting Flowers CC-FLOWERS-01

Happy Crafting.
M.E.

love

Hi!

Happy Valentine's day everyone!

I don't know what dh & I are doing today since my tooth still hurts from the root canal yesterday. Well, at least I finally got the root canal done. Now I just have to get a hold of my regular Dentist to schedule putting on the crown. Since, it's like a conspiracy that the regular Dentist can't do a root canal but can do a crown and the "Specialty Dentist" can do a root canal but not a crown. What's up with that?

Oh well, dh will probably just want me to rest today. He is a sweetheart though because since we knew they were going to finally hopefully get all this mess of a root canal done. He bought me my box of chocolates last weekend.

Anyway, I love this couple stamp. It's super cute. I actually used it for the Shoebox Swap that I did in San Antonio and mid cleaning I found that card. So I will have to post a pic later.

Anyway, I joined in a challenge on PCP for Special Valentine "Sweet Treat" Challenge!

We were to pick our top 3 choices for what we wanted for Valentine's.

And then later we found out that they applied to embellishments we would use on a card.

So I picked:

1, New Craft Workspace - Stitching either hand or machine
2. Romantic Dinner with that Special Someone - Pattern Paper
3. Heart Shaped box of chocolates - Brads or Eyelets

I used the Sketches! recipe challenge Recipe Challenge #35. The brads are heart shaped and I used 2 of them.

And the card used the 2 Sketches 4 You Challenge Laura's Sketch 19.

Materials Used:

Stamps: American Art Stamp Couple in love

Paper: SU! designer paper, CM Cardstock Black, White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic YG11 Mignonette, Y02 Canary Yellow, BV04 Blue Berry, RV13 Tender Pink, E00 Skin White

Accessories: Joann Fabric brads, Quickutz Lemonade alphabet, Bazzill Basics Ribbon Black Dashed

By the way in case you decide you like the look of the Copic pens remember to only use Fade-resistant dye ink or the ink will run all over your pretty coloring. I use Memento by Tsukineko. Just giving you a heads up.

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

be mine ladybug

be mine ladybug , originally uploaded by mardriggs.

Hi!

Don't you just love the ladybug. I created that at the Superbowl party
that I was at.

It's an older Sizzix die.

The card was created using the card sketch #80 on Sketches! by
tamara. They always have really great card sketches.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Studio G stamp

Paper: CM Cardstock White, Black, Cranberry, Taffy

Ink: VersaColor VC-82 Black

Accessories: Brads, Bazzill Basics Ribbon Red Dashed

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

You're so sweet

You're so sweet, originally uploaded by mardriggs.

Hi!

I created this adorable card for the 2s4y challenge - Laura's Sketch 18 and Sketches! Recipe Challenge #33.

I used some items that I hadn't really gotten a chance to play with yet. Like the cupcake holder. It's some paper that my mil gave me when I first started scrapping and I just never had a chance to use it because it's shimmer type of paper. The ribbon because I do cards more now and like to have them all look the same and I just don't have enough of the ribbon to make as many cards as I usually do.

The buttons were a gift from my Secret Santa and I just got my Glaze pens.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Studio G stamp

Paper: CM Cardstock White, Taffy, Cactus, Honeydew, Doodlebug Glitter Cupcake cardstock Ink: Marvy Brush Marker No. 18 dark brow, Glaze pens by Sakura

Accessories: ribbon, SU! buttons

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

Friday Inspiration

Hi!

I wanted to share the exciting news.

I am one of the Featured cards over on Sketches! {by tamara}.

You can check it out here.

And this is the card that was featured.

Happy Crafting.

M.E.

Just thinking of you

Hi!

Today's card is a pocket card - that is the challenge from Hero Arts blog.

It's distressed, has a tag, and 3 layers - that's the Recipe Challenge #31 on Sketches! OK so it's got more than 3 layers, but that was just the best way to make it look.

And the top of the pocket has a slider - that's what Challenge#12 is on DRS Designs.

I used a SU! ribbon slider and then flipped it over. Then I used SU! Stampin' Dimensionals on the back to help create the ribbon slide.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Hero Arts C4572 Just Thinking of You
Paper: CM Cardstock Pink Lemonade, CM Cardstock Brown, Anna Griffin designer paper
Ink: Scrappy Cat Chocolate Truffle
Accessories: ribbon, flower, brad, Hero Arts Pearls, SU! Stampin' Dimensionals, Prima Forever Flowers

Happy Crafting.

M.E.