Sometimes You Don't Need Words

Often I make cards with no sentiments.  Because most of my cards go to Operation Write Home, these cards can be used for for sending home for no specific occasion.

This was very fun to make.  The three Kraft papers are from the 6 x 6 Kraft Funday Everyday Fun pack by My Mind's Eye.  The pinwheels were made out of card stock with the templates by Doodle Pantry .  You can find the template here.  So easy to do.  I printed them at the exact size (did not enlarge).  Love them because they are so tiny.  But of course you can make them bigger if you want. And speaking of Doodle Pantry, just a reminder of the free sentiments available today and tomorrow the 19th.

The sketch I used is Sweet Sketch Sunday

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - CAS
Kraft Journal - red, white, blue
Craft Your Passion - Child's Play
Simon Says Stamp and Show - a little paper

Nautical Card

Do any of you struggle with the title of each post?  That is the hardest part of the post for me; coming up with a title that will catch someone's attention.  Well, obviously, I could not think of anything for today so I just went with "Nautical Card"  (So original !  Hope the mojo today won't be that boring!)
I do like the card, though.  It is very simple but that is my favorite style.

The sentiment is Our Daily Bread Design.  I masked it and then stamped the ship which is Clear Dollar Stamps.  When I was doing my practice stamping, I had the ship behind the words a little more but the words mixed into the sails too much so on this piece, the ship is barely behind the words.
The compass (CDS) is embossed with copper and then I added a copper brad in the middle.
Love the wood grain designer paper.  Distressed the edges a bit.  Even with the knotted twine, this card is flat enough for OWH mailing.  I try to take that into consideration when I am making cards, since most of my cards go to OWH.   So having a simple style as my signature style isn't such a bad thing afterall. LOL

Have a great day.

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - CAS
Crafty Cardmakers - 3 techniques distress, emboss, masking
ODBD - wood or stone
Twist of Faith - twine
Word Art Wednesday

FREE Sentiments

For just a few days (May 15 - 19), Doodle Pantry is offering some wonderful sheets of sentiments.   Click on the link to get yours !
I used one on this card that I will be sending via Operation Write Home to some wonderful Heroine in the service.

Here is the sketch I used:

Challenges:
Sentimental Sunday - for special woman
Stamp and Create - colors turquoise, pink, lime green, brown
Twist of Faith - use twine
Timeless Tuesday - use blue and green
Get Inky - use die cuts
Simon Stamp and Show - small paper

Little Star

My grandson just completed his first year of baseball and received a little trophy for it.  He is so proud of it so I thought I would make him a card and send it to him.

I made it as an easel card so he can stand it up next to his trophy.  I have only made a few easel cards but after I made one a few weeks ago for his little sister,  it was fun.  So now I will  send both of them .  The kids  were here yesterday and we had a blast walking in the woods, having a hot dog roast, playing on the swing set.
Just in case you did not see the easel card I made for my granddaughter, here it is:

I just wanted to show you this card because in the post  where I showcased this card, I mentioned how red her hair is.  Here is a photo that my husband took yesterday to show you the color.

And here is a pic of these two goofy kids: 

Now back to the baseball card.  I used a digital by Zenware.  Sentiment by Verve.  Cut out stars with Verve die cut. And the three blue stars are eyelets.  Yes, I do get those out every once in awhile. Card base is Kraft.

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - CAS
Kraft Journal - red, white, blue
Craft Your Passion - child play
Crafty Creations - Keep it simple
Verve - stars and/or stripes

Another Piece of Cake, Please

There is some celebrating going on with this digi by DearieDolls.  And I love the combo of balloons and cake - two favorites at any birthday party, especially for my grandson.  

I paper pieced everything!  I started out thinking I would just paper piece the child because I don't color dark skin well, but then decided to piece the balloons because there again, the solid color looks better than my pencil coloring. So why not onto the cake too?  The only things I colored was the shirt, his hair and tongue. Oh, and the confetti that is part of the digital image.  Did you notice the little bit of twine that I used on top of his hat?  Fun.
I used a dark Kraft paper for his skin and cake, various cardstock for the rest of the items. The confetti background paper is from my Celebration Stack by DCWV.   Sometimes I use real ric rac but this blue one is a die cut.  Sometimes that is really nice because I can just glue it on the top instead of trying to tuck the fabric behind the panel.  I put glaze on the plate so it looks like glass.

If it isn't your birthday, celebrate this day anyway.  It is a gift. (Psalms 118:24  "This is the day the Lord has made.  I will rejoice and be glad in it.")

Challenges:
Stamp and Create - colors
Kraft Journal - red, white, blue
Great Impressions - celebrations
Paper Creators - for boys
Ribbon Carousel - celebrations

Twinkle Brightly Little Star

My second post today and my second card using the Mojo Monday sketch.   I used my new Verve stamps which I won recently.  I am going to so much fun with these.

I sang "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" to all my children and so far to most of my grandchildren; at least the ones I have rocked to sleep in my arms.  I love this little twist with the words.  So sweet.
So with these new stamps, I went a little crazy with the stars.  But it was fun.  Two scraps, embossing, and ribbon all with stars.   I added some Sakura clear star to the stars in the sentiment and added a gem by the Shining Star sentiment, trying to get the shining idea.

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - shimmer and shine
Simon Says Stamp and Show - inspiration
Really Reasonable Ribbon - sparkle, bling
Crafts4Eternity - tic tac toe  ribbon, scraps, bling

Mojo Monday Sunday

 Today I am posting a couple cards with the Mojo Monday sketch.

Here is another square from the Disney paper that sat for so long staring at me.(Mickey is in previous post).
I used the Mojo Sketch:

Papers are from the DCWV Celebration stack.  Plaid scrap has some embedded glitter and the polka dots have metallic dots.  The striped BG piec is textured and glittery too. I think this will be a cute card for one of our deployed heroes to send to a daughter.

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - glitter and shine
Ribbon Carousel - celebrations
Great Impressions - celebrations
Craft4Eternity - tic tac toe  pink, scraps, child theme