Since I slipped up and forgot to post earlier in the week, I decided to share two cards with y’all today.

The first one is just an easy peasy one using this week’s Stars and Stamps sketch.  I had printed the digital image a while ago, so all I needed to do now was color it and cut it to size.  Embossing the background took just a few moments. I decided to use twine instead of ribbon, so I used three pieces to give some width to that feature of the sketch.  And within about 20 minutes, I had a card.

I actually made today’s second card about a week ago.  This time InStyle Stamps’ Chloe is happy to present someone with a gift.  I’ve always interpreted it as a birthday gift, but there’s no reason this image couldn’t be used for any other gift-giving occasion – Christmas, Hanukkah, Mother’s or Father’s Day, or even as a thank you.  Just change the colors and add a sentiment of your own to suit your needs.  That’s one thing I love about creating my own cards – there’s no really “right” or “wrong” way to make them!

Anyway, back to the card.  I used the Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge #83 for the layout and decided to make it a birthday card.  During the OWH CAS Blog Skip a few weeks ago, Kate at Hello from Kate! had used this floral print designer paper with the sandy-colored background.  I’d always been kind of stumped as to how to use it, and she inspired me to give it a try.  So I paired it with a multicolored stripe paper from the same package, and used the colors in the striped paper to determine my color scheme for the card.  After all,  just because there’s a girl on the card it doesn’t mean the card has to be pink.

And there they are – two more cards for Operation Write Home.

Supplies for the bunny card:
Digital Image: Bunny Hug (Amber Ink.)
Cardstock: Kraft, Pink Pirouette (Stampin’ Up); Basics White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: printer ink
Other: Premier colored pencils (Prismacolor); odorless mineral spirits (Houston Arts); D’vine Swirls embossing folder (ProvoCraft); brown sugar twine (Really Reasonable Ribbon)

Supplies for the Chloe card:
Digital Image: Birthday Chloe (InStyle Stamps)
Sentiment: It’s Your Birthday (Stampin’ Up)
Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Delicate Dots designer paper (SU); Basics White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Bashful Blue (SU); printer ink
Other: Premier colored pencils (Prismacolor); circle and petite scalloped circle Nestabilities dies (Spellbinders)