WELCOME to the HOP of all BLOGHOP's!
Welcome "Hoppers" to my page SMBdesign - which is a blog for my shop on Etsy. My name is Susan and I am so proud to participate for my fourth year now. My card design is following Operation Write Home's Sketch #31. I am using a festive Mary Vogel Lozinak Stamp from Viva Las Vegastamps! stamped on a paper stained with a rainbow ink pad misted with water. I accented the edges with antique pearl dewdrops, colored in image with Ranger Distress Markers and finished off with small green gems for some "BLING"! I will be entering this in the VLVS Mary Vogel Lozniak Link Up Bloghop which is going on this weekend as well which will feature creations using Mary's hand-drawn images pressed to rubber. CLICK HERE to visit that hop!
My youngest sister is in the Army National Guard [for 3+ years now], is now married. Her husband is also in the Army and just returned from Afghanistan last month. She and her husband are based in Hawaii - how romantic is that...serving in one of the most beautiful and tropical places on earth.
I am so proud and grateful to all the men and women serving our country, and to their families, too - my thoughts and prayers are with you. Happy Memorial Day everyone! Thanks so much for taking the time to visit. Have a happy and safe Memorial Day Weekend : ) Sb
P.S. I do have two other blogs participating in the hop and waiting for inlinkz update. Please visit www.sbartist.com and also www.SalonDArte.com to see my other cards on the hop!
Operation Write Home began in 2007 with just a few cards made by friends on a message board; what began as an outlet for a hobby has become a much larger mission to help heroes keep in touch with home - and the effort has been joined by thousands of cardmakers!
OWH receives handmade cards donated by crafters across America (and beyond!). Cardmakers range in age, location, and level of skill; cards are provided by individuals and groups, schools and scouts, companies and churches. All have one primary thing in common: a desire to serve those who defend our nation!
Cards are mailed to one of our volunteer shippers in quanities both small and large. The shippers process, sort, repair, and document each donation, and then pack and ship boxes of over 300 cards each to our contacts. Our heroes request cards (families may also request on their behalf; we serve all branches in all deployed locations. Click Here for info on how you can participate.
Thanks for dropping by... to get back to the beginning... CLICK HERE to get back to Operation Write Home at the top of the HOP!
69 comments:
The graduated coloring is super! i love the whole thing and the way the bling looks like juggling is cute!
Hummer Hugs,
Misty
http://deliteful-gifts.blogspot.com/
hummingbird204 at comcast dot net
Susan, I so much like the background watercolor that you stamped onto! Beautiful card! Thank you for sharing today and supporting OWH.
Cute little juggler.
http://www.nutsandcats.blogspot.com/
Really neat card. Love the colors. Thank you for sharing and may God bless you and your family
I LOVE this card - such a cute image.
Thanks for sharing your families story and for supporting OWH
Love the colors! What a great, bright card!
Hi Susan,
What a colorful card...definitely grabs my eye and gives the WOW factor! Please thank your sister and her hubby for their service! blessings!
Susan your card is wonderful! I love the colors you've used and that stamp/image is cool! Great use of the OWH sketch too :)
pretty card
FUN FUN card!
Nice card, Susan! Love the juggling "bling!"
That funny stamp made me smile!
We stayed up til almost 4 and had to eventually close out the inlinkz (or we'd never have gone to bed) - only this blog went live by then, sorry!
Cute card! Love the juggling! Thank you for your support for OWH.
Nice artistic quality to this card! The bling adds the perfect finishing touch to it. Thanks for joining in the Memorial Day hop and for supporting OWH.
Paula S.
OWH Blog Team
I love the image so darn cute;)
Just awesome!
Unique card! Love the misting! Thanks for hoppin' with OWH. craftycolonel.blogspot.com
really pretty card. Thanks to your sister!
Very colorful card! Lovely!
The gradient colors are so striking, as is the use of the green diamonds. I've not seen this image before. Lovely! Thanks for your participation in the hop and support of the troops.
What a fun card!
Nice card - AND and big salute to your younger sister & her husband!
Thanks to your family for its service.
Great card! Love the watercolor effect and juggled bling.
I love the card design and the stamps you used!
LOVE your card... great colors... JUST LOVE IT!!!!
Thanks for sharing!
Great card Susan!!!Thanks to your sister and her husband for their service to our country!
I love the shiny balls. Fun!
I love it, very artsy.
Sweet cards. Happy Memorial Day weekend. Hugs
Great card - I really like the graduated coloration of the image's background and the gems look awesome as the juggled items.
Wonderful composition and colors...TFS
I Love your compositiion and the colors
are so fun!
TFS
What a fun card! Makes me smile.
Goodness! That's a beautifully crafted card! I LOVE it!
Love the juggler!!
Sheila
Http://2pawprints.blogspot.com
I really love the watercolor look of this piece. Well done! Thank you for supporting OWH and have a great weekend!
I never would have thought to use those colors together, but they're stunning. I love the juggling "bubbles." Beautiful card!
What a fun card - love this whimsical stamp and all of the colors your used on this - the bling as juggling balls is genius! Thank you for sharing this and for your support of OWH and our heroes.
I love how you have done the colours around the image ... so effective.
xoxox Carly
Love the background of your card and those fun stamps~!
I LOVE this, with the juggling bird on the elephant's back :)
Gorgeous card! I love the colors you used.
What a super funky fun image, great card!!!
Wow, life is a celebration/carnival on that card! Love the colors, the misting, and the bling! Please thank your sister and her husband for their service to our country!
LOVE the beautiful background and the fun stamp image. TFS and supporting OWH.
I love the card! Great job and thank you to your sister and her family for their service :)
I love the colors! The card is great TFS :)
Love this card. Really unique the way you stamped one image on top of the other. Your background colors are very pretty, too.
Really cute card
Very cute image and rainbow colors! Your bling circle is a great accent for the image.
love the unique stamp and the effect of the rainbow stamp pad - great creativity
Barb Housner
Thanks to everyone for dropping by and for supporting Operation Write Home! The image is all one stamp called "Bird On Elephant #18552" from Viva Las Vegastamps! Here's the link: http://www.vlvstamps.com/mary-vogel-lozinak/bird-on-elephant-1-3-4-x-3.html
Adorable card....so fun!
Love everything about this . . . from the colors to the bling used for the juggling. GREAT job!!!
I like your color combination.
What fun colors and that stamp is interesting!
A quirky image + imagination = a delightfully charming card with a juggling bird :)
Mary, Wausau WI
I am loving this card. so whimsical with the cute quirky bird on the elephant's back..adorable. love the coloring & color choices.
I love the idea of stamping with a rainbow pad and then misting with water. Thanks for sharing.
Why am I enjoying all these blogs, when i really want to make some more pics myself - inspiration overload!
Beautiful card!! Love the bling!!
Love the bg you created for the cute stamp.
Very fun image and great colors.
Super card, love the coloring.
JUGGLE BABYYY JUGGLE!
Very pretty card...love how you used bling as the juggling balls.
Wow! What a creative card!
Such colorful cards!!
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