Those of my readers who are interested in or are members of the Express the Moment kit clubs may know exactly what I mean when I say that some times that monthly kit can be soooooo full of supplies that you barely know where to start! Sometimes. . . I get card block too. . . I sit and look at the pretty papers and embellishments and I think - wow. . . where to begin! That's where the other love of my crafting life comes in quite handy! Operation Write Home has a newish blog called Stars and Stamps. Like ETM, you can look and go . . . wow! There is so much stuff to learn and do here! Luckily, these two revelations come in quite handy when they are paired together!
Another thing that I love about Express the Moment is that I get so many supplies in my card kit each month that I have plenty of stuff to make eight, ten, even upwards of twelve cards every month, and I still might even have scraps left over! Now honestly, I send a few of those cards to friends and family, but I was a little bit at a loss for what to do with the rest. Last July, I came upon Operation Write Home (then called "Cards for Heroes") and the answer to my dilemma was solved. Now I have the supplies on hand every month to make plenty of cards for myself and for the troops - and the Stars and Stamps blog helps keep me inspired with ideas of things to do with those supplies! Serindipity I tell you! But here. . . let me demonstrate!
Stars and Stamps is hosting another color challenge this month. The idea is to make a card using the colors brown and blue. They posted a photo of this shower curtain as an example. Isn't that a pretty shower curtain? It makes me want to make a brown and blue bathroom. :) All you have to do to participate, is make a card using any of the colors shown here.
Now it just so happens, that the Expressions kit for April has a ton of really fun colors - two of them being brown and blue. Oh happy day! What an awesome suprise! I was able to make a card from my kit to participate in the Challenge!
The S&S blog also had a sketch challenge this week. A sketch challenge is a handy thing for exercising your creativity. See! I KNEW that this had something to do with exercise!!! Here is the sketch:
The April kit also includes lots of cute patterned papers and embellies that can be used to make cards from this sketch. Oh happy day again!!! I was able to participate in this challenge too!
All right . . . well . . . I think that you guys get the idea. If you love card making as much as I do, i'm sure that you would be a big fan of either place. ETM-ers, won't you please stop by Operation Write Home and check out what a super cool organization this is? In fact I challenge you - to make one card from your Expressions kit each month and send it for the troops. It will give you warm fuzzies. . . you'll see. For me, these two things go like peanut butter and jelly! Ham n Cheese! Peas and Carrots! Rum and Cok. . . . okay. . . :) I love you all. Thanks for stopping by!!!
8 comments:
Love the details in both these cards Nancy. What a fun blog to read too. :)
Great cards for both challenges! I love all the flowers on the first, but that dsp and text background are super cool on the 2nd! Your blog banner makes me smile every time I come here:)
great cards!
Both of your cards are wonderful! The Brown and Blue challenge has so much texture, I love it! And your sketch challenge what a great focal image panel you came up with, wow! ;)
Love them both... And so need to figure out the watermark thing for cards.
Love your card! For some reason I was having trouble getting started with this sketch. I really how you used it!
Great cards...thanks so much for sharing your talents with us!
Great cards!! Love all the embellishing on that first one!
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