Welcome to a stop on Operation Write Home's 2013 Memorial Day BlogHop!
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The theme for this year's bloghop is thank you cards -- using OWH sketches. The card below is a thank you card for one of our troops to send to a loved one. The card at the right is an Any Hero card.
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| OWH Sketch #74 Distress Ink core paper computer-generated background and sentiment (Mistral) Paper Studio antique brads the Ribbon Boutique natural jute |
Blog Candy
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| Blog Candy Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades Airmail & Compass Set |
If you'd like to be entered in the drawing for the candy at the right, please do the following:
- Leave a comment about a recent gesture of thoughtfulness that meant the world to you by midnight Monday Pacific Time.
- Include your e-mail address written in the form cards[dot]by[dot]sybrina[at]gmail[dot]com.
Parting Thought
Thanks for stopping and happy hoppin'!
120 comments:
Your computer generated paper is fabulous and so very appropriate. Enjoy your weekend.
Love the different thank yous on the background paper. Great use of burlap!
Hi Sybrina!
Really liked the burlap on your card! Glad you are supporting OWH!
Blessings,
Antoinette
This is really pretty. TFS.
Hi Sybrina. Love the computer generated background on your card and the rustic burlap ribbon. Thanks for supporting OWH.
LOVE this burlap! and the colors you used are very pretty together
Love when different colorways are shown.
Lovely card... creative way of using the burlap..
Fantastic cards, and I love all of the distressing!
Great card, love the jute you used on. Gives it some great texture.
Wonderful! Love the kraft and the burlap too!
Very nice CAS enhanced by the burlap. Thank you for a chance for your blog candy.
We have a single woman living with us (since October) because she is working here on a job which 5 hours from her home. She bought me roses for Mother's Day. I thought that was so sweet.
Love the burlap strip and the background paper is great. Thanks for supporting our Heroes and OWH. Would love to win your compass EF. Happy Memorial Day,
R/
You cards are wonderful and just go to show that you don't need a lot of supplies to make a great card. It meant so much to me that my brother took some any hero cards to his friends for them to write to heroes. Showed his support for our heroes as well as my efforts too. avtaft(at)aol(dot)com
Your cards have such an earthy look with those great colors! Very pretty!
The nicest gesture of kindness I've experienced lately was on Mother's day when my neighbor surprised me with a beautiful vase of cut flowers! How sweet is that?!
Thanks for offering those cool embossing folders too - incredibly I've never seen them before, but I like them ......a lot!!
Have a happy Memorial day weekend!
Great card...and I love the background paper! Thanks for joining the blog hop and for the chance to win some goodies. I have been very blessed this year with RAofKindness...finding flowers, wine and hand decorated cookies at my front door to lend support during my husband's treatments. It really goes a long way to make someone else feel great! I try to pay it forward whenever I can. slbuller at fullchannel dot net.
Lovely card....like the color combination!!! Recent act of kindness in my life? People who have checked in via phone, fb, or e-mail since my surgery. I also appreciate the cards sent (I love snail mail!!!). Thank you for supporting OWH!!!
Fabulous card! My dd gave me an extra gift of candy when she heard me talking about candy with my sister. :)
Wonderful cards. Love the layout and the burlap ribbon works wonderfully too.
very nice card. I like the burlap it adds dimension and interest. thank you for sharing and supporting OWH
Great card.
Love the use of words as a background texture and I love the way you used the burlap.
Act of kindness: Mom has early Alzheimers. She lives in Kansas and her brother lives in Hawaii, my sister is in California and me in Ohio. My sister took all of us to Hawaii so we could have quality time while Mom can still appreciate it. Thanks Sis!
Great card liking the burlap have yet to use it myself maybe something I need to try.
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I love the background with the many thank yous on it!
Love the burlap! Your cards are really nice!
Recently a friend stepped in to watch my daughter for me when I needed to see my doc - I could've taken her along, but it would have been more difficult and stressful for me. I am so thankful she took her for an hour so I could focus on my health!
Jen
jennifer.mueller409 at gmail dot com
Nice Cards!
Great idea to make two cards at a time with same design.
really love the burlap touch, very lovely. TFS
Pretty card! The natural jute is gorgeous! What a wonderful way to honor those who serve and have served.
Love the message and the texture. Different and interesting.
Very cool using the fiber. This would also look good with drywall tape - I've got to find my roll!
What a great card, Sybrina, love the computer paper background and the use of earthy elements! TFS and have a great weekend. #133
Always love texture and you have it down pat!
Hummer Hugs,
Misty
http://delitefulsuds.blogspot.com/
hummingbird204 at comcast dot net
Love the burlap on the cards. Thank you for supporting OWH.
Love the band of texture with the burlap. Lovely card!
Thanks for supporting OWH!
So cute. Love the background paper and burlap. Nice coordination of the sentiment to the "world" theme.
What a wonderful cards. I love the background paper. For me it was last week when some of the local young men showed up the edge and mow my lawn because my mower isn't working.
Awesome card-- love the burlap! Thank you for supporting OWH!
Burlap is a nice masculine touch.
Fabulous use of burlap - and I love the big circle. Nice!
Sandy, OWH Exec. Dir.
Burlap made the card.
such pretty cards - great use of the burlap too!
Great cards - love the use of burlap, and the large circles really focus on the main sentiment! A small act recently - when a teenager (not an employee) offered to put up the shopping cart of an older lady in the parking lot the other day.
As soon as I read the requirement I knew exactly what I was going to write. I was going through a very hard time with a family situation. I just felt lead to call a particular co-worker-she asked me where I was and she left work immediately and came to my house to check on me. She was so comforting and supportive.
Thanks for the blog candy...I hope I win. TFS. Your card is beautiful! (Amy A. #118)
I like all the thank-yous on your background paper. The burlap was a perfect touch of texture. Great cards - TFS! ~ Marilyn
I have witnessed so many RAK recently here in Oklahoma following the tornados. No way to list them all - God is so good!
Love the textures. Beautiful cards.
I like the use of burlap and white ink!
Hi Sybrina, these are such great cards!! I love kraft and your jute ribbon is awesome. Great to see you on the hop!
Sybrina, fabulous! I love, love, love the burlap ribbon! The computer generated background is awesome, too!
The burlap is a nice touch.
Thank you for sharing.
so creative - great choice of paper - thanks for sharing and supporting OWH
Very nice! Thanks for sharing!
Great cards Sybrina. I like that you made the sentiment the focal point. Since I have so many embossing folders, you can exclude me from your blot candy, but I wanted to stop by and leave a comment for ya.
Wonderful cards, the burlap adds great texture! A crafty friend recently sent me some WONDERFUL crafty goodies as a RAK. mprantner at gmail dot com
I like the distressing and the textural quality the burlap adds to these cards Sybrina. Thanks for joining in the hop and for supporting Operation Write Home!
Paula S.
OWH Blog Team
Great cards. Love the burlap.
This is what I like about your cards: the background stamped in different languages, the burlap ribbon with the buttons, the Kraft, and the monochromatic colors.
Here is a gesture of thoughtfulness that someone did for me: My dear husband took the kids to get me some gifts for mother's day including a whole bag of pistachios and a bouquet of flowers!
Here is my email address: sarahstone[at]marykay[dot]com
Love the card! I just bought a roll of burlap from Blitsy and this would be a great card to use it with.
I like the jute. I'm always a fan of texture on cards. Thanks for sharing and supporting OWH.
Love the sanding you did on the sentiment. Thanks so much for sharing this.
I was driving on the highway recently when someone abruptly cut me off to get in my toll lane at the last minute. It scared me half to death and I'm assuming I was visibly upset because when I finally got to the toll booth, the man had paid my toll. Sometimes people make mistakes and own up to them, and I appreciated that.
I love cards that have extra interest, such as your with the burlap...will make people want to feel it!
What great cards. Lovely use of texture. My teen girl scout troop has been working on a 100hr community service award. Their amazing desire to help others and come up with so many creative ways to do that has amazed me with how wonderful these young women are.
Fabulous card, love the burlap, nice texture
Mmmm, jute. I just got a too-big roll of the stuff. I'm stealing your idea for using it. :) (leslie #113)
Like these cards for several reasons--computer generated BG (i've done the same), the distressed cs--way cool and the elelments of the cards are work together.
Your cards are wonderful. Love the burlap.
Hugs,
M.E.
Nice cards! I love the fringe on the canvas layers!
One form of thoughtfulness that touched me recently was how the nation came together after the bombing in Boston and the tornados of Oklahoma
I love the jute. Thank you for sharing and supporting OWH!
Amanda :)
www.ajsdigishoppe.com
These are absolutely beautiful!!
I love that your background paper says "thank you" in so many different languages. :)
Recent act of kindness: a few weeks ago my husband and son went out to one of our favorite restaurants for supper, but I didn't feel up to going because I had a really nasty cold. DH ordered a whole rack of baby back ribs for his meal and brought half home. I figured he was going to take them to work for his lunch the next day, but he told me he'd brought them home for me to enjoy. Let's just say he didn't have to force feed them to me. LOL
ph_in_va[at]comcast[dot]net
Love the texture! Thanks for sharing.
oconnorfarms(at)comcast(dot)com
I love the background piece and both cards are wonderful! The distressed burlap strip is fabulous!
I love how you used burlap on your cards. Now I know what to do with my scraps I saved!
So nice! I really need to start using my computer and digital elements!
RAK: My older son (14) cooking for my younger son (11). That seems so odd, I know, but they are in the stage of arguing constantly and this struck me as a VERY RANDOM act of kindness.
Thank you for the opportunity to win. cissy[dot]murphy[at]gmail[dot]com
Love the kraft and burlap together! THe pop of green is awesome! This OWH hop is so touching that so many people have gotten together to thank our military men and women for their service! macaskillbarbara at yahoo dot com TFS!
Love your sentiment! sometimes thats the hard part of a card! Burlap is so "in" right now, you did a great job.
The post right before this one had a patriotic card with a child waving a flag, totally cute but the creator said in the comments that she left off a boot because she thought it would make a hero sad! I would not have thought of that. Its thoughtfulness such as that that I appreciate.
loved the card- great use of burlap
Very trendy and beautiful card! Great job!
I enjoyed your cards, the sentiment goes great with the background you created.
the gesture of kindness I recently experienced was receiving a card from someone I hadn't been in touch with for many years.
tpatti/at/windstream./net
Beautiful!! Have an awesome weekend.
Love the earthtones!
I like the burlap.
I really like the jute in the background. TFS.
Love the frayed burlap. Nice paper too. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing. I am new to stamping and one of the girls blog that I follow is in the service. She just got deployed and is an administrator at their military hospital. With all her new duties and traveling, she still took time to e-mail and answer to one of my stamping questions. I salute her and all of the military.
dodge3670atAOLdotCOM
I like the burlap on the card. Great going!
The burlap is wonderful! I love the texture.
I like the distressed look of your thank you cards. I like the sentiment, too.
My boss recently gave me Bravo points for working so hard (Bravo points are like money to spend on stuff in the company store). I really appreciated the recognition. april(underscore)story(at)hotmail(dot)com
April
Super nice job on generating you background paper...it is fun to do...the second card stands out a little bit more with the sentiment spacing. I have to say that my parents gave us a little cash and a card for our anniversary...that was thoughtful...lough855ataoldotcom.
I like what the burlap adds. I was in for an emergency CT for an abdominal mass (I've had cancer 4 times!) and I have no cell phone mins left; the secretary there gave me $20 to add mins to my phone!
RBBRRMQN at YAHOO dot COM
Great idea creating your own background paper. Love the texture of the burlap.
Recent RAK: After putting my groceries in the car, I saw an older gentleman several slots over was just about done loading his. I went over to get his cart and instead, he insisted on taking mine! I've never had anyone turn the tables on me before over a cart.
kelleyroth81 at gmail dot com
Hi Sabrina. I like that you did one of each with the same design. The burlap is a nice touch.
I am very lucky to have a very thoughtful daughter who performs RAK all the time. If she isn't doing something for me she's doing something to help out a neighbor or make someone's day brighter. She always makes me want to be more like her!
Oops, I forgot my email address - thanks! imwritingtopatti[at]gmail[dot]com.
love how you used the netting on the cards! great texture!
so....today at the grocery store, between the arguing with each other, my sons took the time to help a man in a wheelchair pick out cereal. sounds crazy, but you should have seen two teenage boys grabbing boxes, reading price per ounces, ingredients, making suggestions, etc. I think they (and the man) enjoyed the interaction more than the actual cereal. sorry to ramble!
yetanothersusan at gmail dot com
thanks!
Just wanted to stop by and say how fun it is to use burlap on your card! No blog candy for me downsizing my craft area...let some else enjoy the prize this time!
Great cards! Thanks for sharing. What means the most to me is: my late fiance's daughter was expecting twins and a friend of mine on FB asked me for my address and showed up with a crib, baby clothes, bottles, and other items that the twins would need and refused to let me pay her for the items! Thanks for the chance at the blog candy.
The burlap is so perfect!
wonderful cards!
My sister drove 10 hours to help me out while our mom is in the hospital--this gave me a much need break and meant the world to me.
slrdowey at hotmail dot com
Wonderful texture on the card. I have had many people offer to help me with my little one. jeandonny2000 at hotmail dot com
First of all, Beautiful card!!!!!! Love the texture! A few weeks ago, I moved into a new place with my son. It took everything to pay the rent, deposit, get the utilities on, etc. I was going to have to just have my son and myself moving us because we didn't really have anyone to help. I didn't tell anyone I was tapped out on $$ bcuz I was a little embarrassed. A friend of mine paid two guys to help me move as a housewarming gift! I felt so blessed to have the help. She has become like a mother to me and I cherish her greatly!
Birdofparadise73[at]gmail[dot]com
And thank u for sharing and offering BLOG candy on top of it! OWH is blessed to have you join them in this!
I love your take on this sketch and the burlap ribbon! I will be marking this one for inspiration. When I first moved out here to this very rural farm and had no stamps with which to make the cards, a generous OWH lady heard about me and sent me a care package of SU stamps. I was shocked and blessed! Once again, the true spirit of the folks who are involved in OWH. Thank you for supporting OWH and have a great weekend!
Well done ! I like that jute behind your computer generated sentiments. Thanks for sharing and making cards for the heroes !
wonderful cards. Love the idea of computer generated paper. It is really neat. Love the different colors too. Thanks for joining in the hop. I have not really put myself out there to be helped because I am the one that is always so busy helping someone else. But I did have this wonderful woman who I helped out because she locked her keys in her car. And she surprised me months later with flowers. It was amazing to be thought of after helping her and that she still remembered. You feel blessed to have made someones day. Thanks for the chance. HUGS
amy_cj79 (AT) yahoo (Dot) com
Great card. Love the background paper and the burlap is a nice touch
I love your card with it's customized background and the texture! I especially like seeing masculine cards. I appreciate every small gesture in everyday life that i experience, whether someone who lets me pull into a space in traffic or the newspaper delivery person who always makes sure our paper is on the porch! It touches my heart when I read about supporters of OWH who use their craft to send thanks to those who are far from home.
That burlap adds such a wonderful texture to your card. Great design for OWH!
Glad to see your stop on the hop! Love how you did the background, and the dimension and texture with the buttons and burlap add great detail!
Lovely card. The burlap adds so much.
great card. I love cards that can be easily multiplied. :)
Great job with the sanding and the burlap! :)
Fabulous addition of burlap, and I love your sanding! :)
I love the different languages all with the same meaning! Great cards!
The most RAK that I saw was when the kids at our VBS all made any hero mail to send to OWH! Their heartfelt messages will be sure to mean so much to the troops.
bfiscus[at]nntc[dot]net
Pretty cards!! LOVE the burlap!!
I was truly touched when a stranger overheard my son talking about graduation in line at Dairy Queen and she bought his ice cream
Love that touch of burlap...the texture is awesome. Fantastic!!!
Nice to see a different take on your card. Like the threads a lot.
It might be after the weekend here in the UK, but I just wanted to support such a good cause.
"Like the ivy and the wall, together we stand united we fall"
Great card! Love the CAS design! TFS!
Great card! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us. And how kind to share a goodie! ;) A recent act of generous thoughtfulness? When my niece gave up her own time to care for my FIL in his last days, with no expectation of gaining anything other than time with him. Gives me so much hope for the future! zimmersgirl(@)yahoo(dot)com.
Love your style! Thanks for sharing!
ptucker6 at cox dot net
Nice cards--I love the distressing of the white core cardstock--it makes that center image pop. thanks for your support of OWH!
:) Marie
Recent thoughtfulness? All the comments on my own blog from this hop! So sweet and thoughtful and they mean the world to me.
Love your cards, I gotta get me some of that jute!
Your cards are wonderful!!!
You have so much texture I want to reach out and touch the card!
Thank you for sharing your talent. I am still hopping. Keep stopping to make cards, what can I say.
Lyn Kaufmann
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