Hello!  Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home World Card Making Day Blog Hop! I’m excited to be joining over 100 other card makers in celebrating the fun and joy of creating cards by sharing cards made for the purpose of sending to our military members stationed overseas.  Most of these cards are blank inside so that our service members may write to their family and friends back at home.  Others contain notes from the cardmakers to thank these men and women for serving our country.

This year, the blog hop is showcasing a theme of thanks.  The card makers were also asked to use one of the many OWH Stars and Stamps sketches to guide them in designing their cards.  I’ve chosen sketch #183 and decided to make an AnyHero card using it.  So later on, I’ll use this card to write a note to a service member stating my appreciation for their dedication to our country.  I did add an extra layer to the sketch so that the star shaped brads wouldn’t poke through the card front to the inside of the card.  After seeing this star design embossing folder used for so many cards in previous OWH blog hops, I finally decided a few months ago that I should get one, too.  The white background panel and the large white star are made from a textured cardstock with a subtle linen weave appearance that’s often difficult for me to capture on film.

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoy the hop and come back to visit my blog again, and that you’ll join me in creating cards for this wonderful cause!  Click on the OWH badge at the top of this post to find out where you should hop next.

Supplies:
Stamp: Thank You for your Sacrifice and Service (Unity)
Cardstock: Real Red, Brilliant Blue, Whisper White, Whisper White textured (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Real Red (SU)
Other: mini star brads (The Paper Studio); Stars dies (Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps); Stars embossing folder (ProvoCraft)