OWH Blog Hop: Proud to be TSB and FBD!!

Hi and welcome! 
What a great weekend this is going to be!


I'm so proud and honored to be a part of the Operation Write Home Blog Hop!


What better way to thank our soldiers than to send them handmade cards that they can use to send home to their families and friends?


That is the mission of Operation Write Home! To date 672,400 cards have been sent to deployed heroes...91,000 in October alone!!


Because the cards are processed thru voluteer shippers and have to go through triage before being sent overseas, the time has already passed for Thanksgiving and Christmas cards.


We are now working on VALENTINE'S CARDS for our soldiers!!

This handsome fella is named AJ the Romatic and he is one of the adorable creations of Tracey at The Stamping Boutique!


There are a few very simple rules when sending cards for soldiers. Visit the website for more information! 


One of the biggest, and most important, is NO GLITTER!! NONE!!!


The deadline for VALENTINE'S CARDS is January 7th! So get your cards sent in quick as you can!


Please take a second to vote for Operation Write home in the Craft for a Cause Contest! The winner will receive $50,000 from Jo-ann's! That's a LOT of postage and envelopes for our volunteers!

This little sweetie is "Sending Love" from the fabulous collection of Fresh Brewed Designs! 


It's so hard to think about Valentine's cards and themes when we just finished trick-or-treating!


Thank you so much for visiting today!


Enjoy the rest of the hop!








Lots of my friends are offering yummy blog candies... visit the links on the right to feast your eyes on all the goodies!

You should have arrived here from Ayana's Creations.

Your next stop on the hop is: 

Holly at InkPaperStamps 


And if you get lost on the way, here is the beginning of the hop, which lists over 100 participants!

PARTY tonite! Hop Tomorrow!

Tonight is the night!


The big Fresh Brewed Designs 
Grand Opening Party
at Papercraft Planet!

Click here to RSVP and join us
from 7-10 pm!


We'll be playing games, chatting, and introducing Heather's new store (which is awesome, by the way!)...


There are lots of prizes and goodies up for grabs, too!


This image, called "Hot Date" is one of my favorites!
Look at the lip print on his collar! 
Too cute, Heather!!!

And, after being up all night partying with the girls, we have to get up and at 'em bright and early!
Tomorrow is the Operation Write Home Blog Hop!!


It's going to be HUGE!!


Here is one of my cards I'll be sending!


The image is Audrey with Hearts from The Stamping Boutique!


Isn't she sweet?




Hope to see you all over at PCP tonite! Stop in and say HI!
And I'll be back tomorrow for the Hop!


G'nite!

Remembering September 11th

Hi and thanks for joining us today!

You probably arrived here from

APRIL'S AMAZING POST

If not, you may want to head to 
the beginning of the hop

 at The Stamping Boutique.

Surely you remember where you were

when you heard the news that the towers

had been attacked!

And we'll never forget the images

of the poor souls who lost

everything that terrible day!

And the heroes in the field

of Pennsylvania

who stood up to the terror

and died for it!

That day is burned into the memories 

of everyone around the world!

Today, the Team at
the Stamping Boutique

in coordination with 

Operation Write Home

is hosting a Blog Hop.

Tracey, at the Stamping Boutique

is offering a FREE DIGI STAMP to all!

Visit The Stamping Boutique

to get yours!

In fact, Tracey has created 
a whole new line of stamps

you'll want to check out!

Please take a few minutes today

to honor the memories of 9/11.

All the ladies on the Design Team

have created some of the most

beautiful tributes to America 

and to the soldiers who defend our country!

You'll definitely want to hop over to see 

LORIE'S FABULOUS POST
Her card is awesome,
straight from her heart!

... she's the next stop on the hop!
Lorie is giving away not one, 
but TWO RAK'S
so go see her, QUICK!

And if you get lost along the way,

here is the list:

Collette
Christy
Debbie
Genevieve
April
Stacie (you're here now)
Lorie
Marie
Jenn R.
Jan
Jenn M.
Amanda 

And don't forget to stop in to
The Stamping Boutique
to pick up your freebie!

The card posted above 
and a few others
are going out 
in the next shipment to OWH!

Including this one,
made with ANOTHER awesome 
Stamping Boutique Image!

 

Operation Write Home Challenge, Sketch 34

The Challenge this week
at Operation Write Home
is a Sketch with a Touch of Yellow.

I flipped the sketch on its side,
colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils,
added a few layers of Colorbok papers,
wrapped a 9-1-1 Commemorative Red, White & Blue Ribbon,
and called it "Ready to Go".

The image is called "Patriotic AJ" from The Stamping Boutique.



The sentiment is computer generated
using the free font "Junkos Typewriter"

The Challenge Theme over at Crafty Ho's
this week is Peace!

How appropriate that in all the times of turmoil
we take a moment to remember our
soldiers around the world
on peace-keeping missions!