Hello! Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Sketch Blog Hop!
Today we’re remembering the brave men and women who have given their all for our country and its freedom by sharing cards made for the purpose of sending to our military members still stationed overseas, so that they may write to their family and friends back at home.
The OWH Stars and Stamps blog has over 120 great sketches to help jumpstart your creativity and make it easier to get started making cards for our heroes to use. I’ve used sketch 49 for today’s card. Love-themed cards are always useful, and I wanted to make something that would be suitable to send a man, woman, boy or girl of any age. I combined several Lawn Fawn stamp sets to create this postcard image. I repeated the little hearts on the liner inside the card; in the photo you can see one peeking out. (I combined the three hearts from two different stamp sets on my acrylic block so I could stamp them all at the same time.) The red and black panels are both dry embossed (which makes this card qualify for the current Lawnscaping challenge), although it’s hard to see that detail on the black panel. The love theme also ties in with the current OWH Midweek Throwdown Challenge.
Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and be sure to take some time to remember our heroes who have died in service in order to make our country and world a better place.
Supplies used:
Stamps: You’ve Got Mail, Bows and Holly, My Silly Valentine, Love ‘n Breakfast (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, Real Red, Basic Black (Stampin’ Up); Solar White (Neenah)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: markers (Copic); Hearts embossing folder (ProvoCraft); Plaid embossing folder (Sizzix)
61 Responses to “OWH Memorial Day Sketch Blog Hop!”
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Your postcard is so creative snd just down right cute
This is such a creative and unique card with the postcard! I love it!
Love this simple, bold card! Great embossed piece and I love that postcard stamp – perfect for this occasion!
LOVE the bright, cheery colors, the postcard, and the embossed hearts background piece. Fabulous card!
I love that postcard! Very creative! 🙂
Great card! Love the postcard and all the bright colors!
Hi Patricia,
What a bright and fun card!! I really love the sketch you chose too! Blessings!
I am absolutely in love with this card– I will certainly be looking at this for inspiration when I do this sketch!
Love the post card and the embossing!
LOVE your creative and versatile card!! TFS and for supporting OWH!
This is adorable! LOVE LF and the embossing on this cute postcard card. 🙂
Wow, how creative to create the post card the way you did! I love the idea of making cards that can be used for anyone. It makes them so perfect for OWH. You did an amazing job with this sketch Patricia! Thanks for joining in the Memorial Day hop and for supporting OWH.
Paula S.
OWH Blog Team
Oh, my! This card is eye candy for me! I love absolutely everything about it!
What Dixie said. This is just absolutely beyond special and not only did you cost me yet another stamp purchase today (poor me, lol) I’m going to use what you’ve done. I love Lawn Fawn, but couldn’t figure out what I’d do with that stamp. Now I know. 🙂 Thanks for sharing and wow, is someone going to be happy to get that card!
Great card. Hugs
Terrific card. I love the two types of embossing.
Love your postcard! The hearts on the left and stamp and to/from on the right are so darn cute!
Lovely!
Love the postcard and the embossed hearts panel.
A postcard card! How cute is this! This is going to make someone very happy to receive it!
Love the post card look on your card.
This is so darned cute! What a great idea to turn a postcard into a card! Thanks for hoppin’ with OWH.
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This is a fabulous card! I love the way you created the sketch.
What a cute idea for a card!
Wonderful card!
beautiful card. love the postcard as the center of the card.. thank you for playing with us at Lawnscaping
Wonderful use of the sketch and stamp! Love it!
LOVE this card. What a great postcard! Thanks for sharing!
That postcard is so cute! What a nice way of combining the stamps and embossing.
Love this! The postcard is great and I love the 2 different emossed papers!
What a fun idea to use a postcard on the front of this card! Fits beautifully with the sketch design. Fun colors and perfect sentiment. Thanks for sharing it!
I never thought of using a faux postcard for a focal element, but will now. Thanks for the great idea. Thanks, too, for participating in the blog hop and your continued support of our troops.
What a wonderful card for a wonderful cause. This cause hits very close to home for me as we are a military family! I love what you have created here! That is one of my favorite stamp sets too! GREAT JOB! And thanks for joining us at the Lawnscaping challenge!!!!
Fantastic idea with the post card. Love the embossing.
Hummer Hugs,
Misty
OMG what a fantastic card!! I adore that postcard as the focal point and the extra stamping you added. I will definately pin this for inspiration. Perfect for our heroes or for them to write home. Change the stamps and it’s perfect for anyone on any occacion. Very versatile!
Love the heart embossing! Great card 🙂
Great card – the postcard is a brilliant idea. I love coming to your blog and seeing what you have created, it always gives me new ideas.
Love that postcard stamp.
This is about the cutest card I’ve seen yet. I love everything about it!
Great card – Love the post card!
I love Lawn Fawn stamps but have yet to add any to my collection. This is a really wonderful card.
OMG I love the colors, the embossing and especially the postcard theme! Thanks for the idea!
What a wonderful idea I love the postcard on the front.
I love your postcard! It makes a wonderful love card. Thank you for the inspiration.
Oh so cute, Patricia! I just love that little postcard! Adorable!
Oh, I just love this! What a fabulous card 🙂 I need to add that set to my ever growing wish list…
Love the postcard and the embossed hearts! Terrific job!
The embossing really adds a special touch to this card! Love that postcard.
What a cute card! Love the bright colors. The postcard image is so cute. Like how you dry embossed the red and black piece.
Great card. What a wonderful idea to use a postcard image on a card.
Such a great idea for a card.
Awwwwhhhh-some. I need to case this! TFS!!!
I love your card! Patriotic and practical! Thanks for your support of OWH! And thanks for sharing your card!
Patricia this card is fabulous!! You know I love me some Lawn Fawn 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thanks for hopping with OWH!!!
That’s a beautiful card. I love the blue you used. And the postcard idea is great! Thanks for supporting OWH.
love this blog because I see items other people have used and I have that item but I haven’t used it yet. I have the postcard! It is getting to work this week since my summer vacation starts this week. Thanks for the great ideas.
Great card that can be sent to anyone. I like the use of the embossed hearts.
adorable card!
Adorable and very nice colors!! Thank you for playing with us at Lawnscaping 🙂
Love how it’s a card with a post card, LOL!!! Super Cute!!!!
Hi Patricia! I’m late catching up on the hop but I wanted to tell you I think your card is really clever and cute! Love Lawn Fawn.