Father's Day for OWH

Father's day comes early for Operation Write Home crafters. Our deadline for Father's day cards is May 21, to give them time to ship them out so soldiers can send them home. I was feeling a little uninspired until I found some great color combinations on Pinterest, and wonderful card sketches from Gina K's Stamp TV.

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I found this BoBunny paper this weekend at my Archiver's store. I love the entire pad! I used Special Father's set by Nina Brackett and colored the clock with my Copic markers.

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I made a stacked sentiment with my Nestabilities, and I wanted something to create a splash, but being a Dad's card, it couldn't be flowers or ribbon. I raided the Cabana Boy's tackle box, and got his fishing line. I cut the line into segments, and glued seed beads to both ends. I love how these add a little masculine sparkle to the cards. And just to be safe, I glued the beads to the card, too.

Give it a go sometime - what a terrific addition it will give those fishing styled cards! Now I'm off to make up a few more for soldiers to send back to their dads.

♥ky

Growing in Unity, Day 3!

Wow, this week is flying by! Today I have just a little bit of whimsy for you, Unity style. It's a simple project with tons of flair. I love that Bohemian style of My Mind's Eye paper, coupled with the swooshes from the Growing in Unity set. They just go, ya know?

I stamped the image in Ranger Distress Ink, brushed corduroy (matches up great with the new Suede in-color paper from SU! by the way), distressed around the edges, punched a simple border that echos the paper, stitched it down, popped some beads on a string and a little bling, and there it be!

Your turn!! Leave me a comment (make sure you've commented each day this week) and I'll put your name in my drawing for a free Unity single of your choice!

Ta for now, ~ky