OCC Rainbow Maker Day 2

I made a rainbow plaid background using border stamps from Paper Smooches and Alley Way and Simon Says Stamp inks.  Simon Says Stamp "You" die and stamp set for the sentiment.  The borders didn't go all the way across the background, so I cut a heart from Lawn Fawns Stitched Hearts.

OCC Clear & Sheer Day 1

Online Card Classes: Clear and Sheer Day 1

I went with simple elegance for my first card for this class.  I heat embossed a Simon Says Stamp background with WOW Metallic Silver embossing powder. I die cut a "thanks" sentiment from DCWV metallic cardstock.  I used Ranger Multi Medium Matte to adhere the sentiment to vellum that was trimmed slightly smaller than the background panel and to adhere the vellum to the background. 

Paper: Simon Says Stamp, Paper Trey Ink Vellum, DCWV Metallic 

Sentiment; Paper Smooches "thanks"

Stamp: SSS Leaves Background

OWH Top 14 of 2014

2014 has been a whirlwind of a year.  I had to take Summer off from school because my clinical site wasn't approved until classes began and Fall off because I wasn't sure about the internet access I would have while volunteering in South Africa at VulPro. Volunteering for a month with VulPro was just an amazing life altering experience.  I can't tell you how much I want to go back and clean up the Vulture Restaurant (says the vegetarian!).  I had good intentions of sending my small box of cards to Sandy at OWH before my trip, but I just wasn't able too.  But when I returned, that's one of the first things I did and to my amazement, she featured me in an unboxing video! Anyway, to this post.  Sandy wants us to chose our Top 14 cards from 2014, So here's my list:

I think this one is my favorite of all.  Its an OWH fundraiser set.  It's CAS.  And OWLS!

I made this one after taking the Stenciled Online Card Class.  It was a challenge for me to do something abstract with the offset layered pieces.  

Another CAS, but the elephants from Lawn Fawn are just too adorable.

Feathers! 

 Another OWH fundraiser set with this paper is just adorable.

A Patriotic card.  Love this Paper Smooches Eagle. 

I didn't send this one to OWH, but it definitely is in the cards for this year. (ha...see what I did there...in the cards....yeah....)

 This one is a card I created from the Watercolors Online Card Classes.  And Patriotic!

To be honest, I don't really remember making this one.  I was probably enjoying a delicious adult beverage, or 2...At any rate, I love the bright sunshiny colors.

I got this Mama Elephant stamp when it was released so some of the sales proceeds could go to OWH.  And its one of the first cards I jumped on the sequin bandwagon.  

I really like the contrasting stars on this one.  

I totally CASE'd this one, but I used an OWH fundraiser stamp and distressed it a bit and love the rustic look it took. 

I got this Downy Woodpecker stamp and had to immediately watercolor it.  CAS, and an adventure for me to do a realistic watercolor image.

And another Paper Smooches Eagle, but my favorite part are those cork stars.  LOVE!

Thanks for stopping by and running down memory lane with me.  Be sure to stop by the other blogs participating in the HOP and get inspired!

OWH Sketch 226

I have two versions of Operation Write Home's Sunday Sketch Challenge.

First, here's the sketch:

Here's my first card

I used Unity Stamps Harrison Hedgehog and colored him with Prisma Colored Pencils.

Paper from Little Yellow Bicycle's Vintage Summer.

Here's my second card

Paper Smooches Circle of Honor Eagle and Sentiment.

I again used Little Yellow Bicycle Vintage Summer.

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A Few Cards for OWH

Getting in a few cards before the start of school on Monday.  It'll be my last semester in Tier 1, which means I need to get a job at a small animal clinic before I can start the next semester...which means I'll have 3 jobs! Yikes!  We'll see how that goes.

So I was flipping through my notebook of OWH sketches (PDF) that I printed off and decided to do sketch #193. And notice the lack of feathers...it was hard to not include one.

 I've been working hard to use up a Darling Dear by My Minds Eye 6X6 paper pack, so I came up with these two cards.

The heat embossed sentiment is from Paper Smooches Circle of Honor and the enamel dots are from MME "Hello".

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things Peaceful Wildflowers and the enamel dots are from MME "Smile".

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