Time to start blogging again

     I knew it had been a long time since I have put anything on my blog but I hadn't realized it was over a year. I am still making cards but not as many since I started a mixed media art journal. I hadn't wanted to share much of my art journal in the beginning; now I am starting to like more of the pages (I finally ripped out the ones I could not stand).
     When I look at what is posted of others journals - I love the faces and want to draw them too! Problem is I am not very good at drawing. Recently I decided to go ahead and focus on drawing faces, starting on what I can do. It's great that there are so many tutorials to learn from. (It's not so great how much time passes by while watching them,)
      This past weekend I came across the Art Geeks facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/284357721651733/
Lots of great inspiration there!!!!! From that I found a 29 faces challenge for the month of September.
http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/p/29-faces-sept.html
Since I am already focusing on faces, I am up for the challenge to do so many this month.

Making Cards for Operation Write Home

OWH Birthday is coming up and they will be celebrating the whole month of September.

To help support them and their efforts my next card party September 17th (I have changed the date) we will be making cards for them. So bring Papers, embellishments, stamps and other supplies to make cards and join the fun. You don't have to wait until then to start making cards for them. Who ever comes with at least 20 finished cards to donate I will give a discount on any Stampin Up products ordered that day.

All cards made and donated, I will provide envelopes and pay the shipping fees to send to OWH. I also will have a collection jar so you can donate money to help offset OWH'S shipping fees to the troops. Their expected shipping fees for September, October and November are $13,000. They appreciate all donations.

What kind of cards should you make? Cards need to be A2 size (5 1/2 x 4 1/4), no glitter and well made. They can be Thanksgiving, Christmas, Birthday, Thinking of you, Miss you, I love you or blank. You can check their website for more guidelines.

Calligrafun

Here are some envelopes I have ready to give out birthday cards in. My hand writing is not very elegant, but using the Calligrafun style and method I can manage something cute.

Calligrafun by Martha Lever is an online class I took that you can check out on the Creative Workshops website.

Cards to show

I haven't made many cards lately because I have been taking several different online classes and playing with mixed media Journaling. But with several friends and family having Birthdays this month I managed to make some cards.

This next one I have done for several friends on different styled cards. It always gets a chuckle.

This next one was for my Husband on our anniversary last month. The one after that is for his Birthday. Can you tell he is into Sailing?

Thanks for looking!

Random Acts of Kindness.

It's my Birthday tomorrow, and I have received a couple of cards.

This cute one was sent by Steph S from Tennessee Stampers.

And this one is from Libby W from the BRAK group of Splitcoast Stampers.

Thank you ladies for my Birthday cards!

Random Acts of Kindness

Recently I signed up for the Random Acts of Kindness group on Splitcoast Stampers. In this group I will randomly pick someone from that group and send them one of my handmade cards to brighten their day. Also at times I might recieve a card. I am going to enjoy taking part in this group because it sure did brighten may day to recieve these 2 cards from the Welcoming Committee. This first one is from Stacy Sheldon "JBgreendawn". I had never thought to sponge the dry embossed edges that way. It really looks like that main image panel is layered.


The 2nd card is from Debra Rack "dtstampz". She also did a neat trick that I will be trying. The 3 circles on the left are not brads but punched cardstock with glossy accents.


Thank you both for these great cards and brighting my day!!

Patricia

OWH Spring Thaw Challenge

Finally I have the box filled and ready to be mailed today. Thank you Adrienne, Marie and Sara for helping me fill it with 200 handmade cards.