Missing You Is Ruff...

Cards in Envy has a Love Me or Love My Pet Card Challenge.  Make a love card, bonus if a pet is included.  

What better way to show love than to miss someone who is far away?!?  This is for Cards for Soldiers, perfect for a kid big or small.  The bones are dimensional, but pretty flat - well under the USPS 1/4" requirement.  I think the strings on the button bone aren't quite right - I'l  have to try again!

Missing You Butterflies

Missing You card for Our Daily Bread Designs June challenge, and for the Crooked Stamper Sketch challenge #5.  First the card, then my explanation. 

        

This started out as an attempt at a one layer card, and turned into an opportunity for embellishment.  I stamped the vines, heat embossed, and added the die cut butterflies.  Looking good!  Until I stamped the sentiment CROOKED!  My one layer card had to be trimmed to make the sentiment look straight, without making the vertical element look off kilter.  I had to trim so much that my one layer card now has three layers.  And it looks better with the blue framing the center panel than it did without.  Happy accident!  Unity sentiment, Spellbinder die, watercolor paper, Anna Griffith pigment ink, clear embossing powder. 

Little Red Wagon - Use It Up!

We all have some NBUS (Never Before Used Stuff).  I am so fortunate to have a husband who supports my interests, and never asks questions when something new appears.  This week's challenge over at Little Red Wagon is Use It Up! 

Lots of NBUS on this card!  Unity Sending My Love images, Spellbinder die.  Stash DCWV paper and corner punch.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Scrap By - It's A Man's World!

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #22 - Have a nice Trip

I stumbled on a new (to me) challenge blog - Craft Hoarders Anonymous.  Since so many people travel for the holidays, their challenge is to celebrate adventures with a travel-themed project.

Operation Write Home always needs masculine cards, so I thought I would make a few of these.  There are still a few days left to play the Words 2 Scrap By December Challenge - Eat, Drink, and Be Merry.  Join the party!  Sentiment from All Night Media, Spellbinder and Sizzix dies, striped background, twine, and other supplies from my wonderful Marti stash. 

OWH VCMP - Missing You

First stop in Operation Write Home's Virtual Card Making Party is the monthly Our Daily Bread Designs challenge - Missing You cards. 

Here is mine:

DCWV Bella Boutique papers.  Fiskars sentiment.