Slightly Scrappy

Saturday Cardmaking for Operation Write Home

Operation Write Home is having a cardmaking virtual party over on Facebook.  The idea is to follow along with the challenges and share photos of the cards we are making.  Facebook is not being nice right now, so I will upload photos here to the blog.

This one is for a challenge to use embossing.  I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment on some pink Club Scrap cardstock cut with a Spellbinders die.  The daisies are by Martha Stewart.  I won those little cuties during the recent OWH Bunny Hop.

Operation Write Home Bunny Hop!

Thanks for visiting me on another Operation Write Home blog hop!  I've been having a ball making cards for Easter, Mother's Day and Spring.  Here's one of my new favorites:

 
I used a couple of Nestablities dies, Prima flowers and cardstock from Club Scrap.  The sentiment is a stamp by Ali Edwards at Technique Tuesday.  Sorry, it looks like this Studio AE set is sold out.

Just a reminder, current card deadlines include Easter (March 18th) and Mother's Day (March 31st).  I'll be mailing a box on Monday. 

My plan is to make lots of cards over the weekend, with plenty of stops for inspiration along the hop, too.  The sketches at the  Stars and Stripes Sketch Collection page are also great.  I want to get busy and try out some new designs.

Here's a link to your next blog hop stop with Cara at:

Crafting Adventures

 

Operation Write Home Valentine's Blog Hop

Welcome to my first ever post for an Operation Write Home blog hop!  If you reached my blog in mid-hop, be sure to check back at the Stars and Stamps blog to see all the great sites from the beginning.

I made my card using a plain white base and a tag cut with the new Tag & Bookplate die by Tim Holtz  The small bookplate is also part of the die.  The stamped sentiment is by Hero Arts.

The pink paper is also designed by Tim Holtz.  It is from the Vintage Shabby paper stack.  I used the small heart shape from Tim's Seasonal Mask package and sprayed over it with a red Glimmer Mist, leaving a lighter outline of the heart after the mask was removed from the tag.

The final touches are some lightweight ribbon from Club Scrap and a heart-shaped button from my stash.

I hope that you enjoy this card.  I am offering a small package of blog candy to one lucky winner.  Leave a comment on this post by November 20, and I will do a random drawing to choose a winner.  Here is a photo of the goodies I picked out for my first giveaway.

That's a small sentiment stamp from Club Scrap, a new water pen, buttons from Papertrey Ink, 2 Staz-On ink pads, crystals from Bo-Bunny and some bling by Heidi Swapp.  There may or may not be a surprise or two that haven't yet been chosen.

As a reminder to fellow cardmakers for Operation Write Home, the deadline for Christmas cards has now passed for this year.  We are moving on to cards for Valentine's Day.  The deadline for sending Valentine's Day cards is January 7, 2011.

Another way to help Operation Write Home is to vote in Joann.com's Craft For a Cause contest.  Vote every day, once a day!

Thanks again for visiting during the blog hop--your next stop is Cards by Shirley G

Another change of plan

I will be adding more paper crafting posts soon.  My return to quilting was pretty short-lived. 

Slight Change of Focus

I decided to revive this sub-blog again so that it can include post about my renewed interest in quilting.  I started quilting long before knitting, but stopped for about 10 years.  Not really sure why, just got interested in other things. 

I am still do a little with digital scrapbooking and will try to about that topic, too.  The title Slightly Scrappy works for both crafts, right?

My current projects include a block of the month club, a braided design using Jelly Roll strips and some Crazy Quilting.  I just finished a little Crazy Quilted pincushion and wrote up a quick tutorial at HubPages.

Knock, knock--anyone here?

Yes, I am resurrecting this long neglected blog.  I'm using it to document my page for this year's "Journal Your Christmas" online class offered by Shimelle Laine.  The idea is to use her prompts and ideas to document the month of December right up to January 6.  My journal will be done using Photoshop Elements and printed at the end of the project.

Here is my first page, called the Manifesto for the class:

Credits:  The background paper is from Ronna Penner's Merry HoHo, Rectangle frame and HoHoHo button by Katie Pertiet, RicRac by Penny Springman, Red label w/staple by Sue Cummings,  Font is DJBJudyT by Darcy Baldwin.  I probably won't take the time to add in links every day, but none of these artists are hard to find by Googling.

I have slowed way down on digital work lately. I have been working on some paper projects, knitting and working on genealogy, too. Seeing samples of printed scrapbooks from Shutterfly has me itching to work on a special project. More info to follow after the giftee receives the book.

A bit of green inspiration

Lisa Vollrath has a nice 2007 St. Patrick's Countdown Calendar posted at Ten Two Studios. There are some very nice printable images available, but don't wait too long.

Thanks, Lisa!

I posted this on my new Photo Blog, but wanted to include it here, too. This shows the mess of old photos that I am working to get organized for my Library of Memories class. Makes me wish I'd never taken the photo!

Not quite sure how I will do this, but I have commited to the posting contest at the new forums for Scrapbookgraphics. Why not join the fun and have a chance to get a great free kit, too. Here is the post with all the info.