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    Operation Write Home

    August 30, 2013 - By 

    At craft club, I learned about an organization called Operation Write Home that provides greeting cards to military personnel for them to send home to loved ones.  They are able to provide these by donations from crafters. sketch 187

    What a cool idea!! I’m so in!!

    While browsing the site I saw that they often do challenges in the form of a sketch for cards. You can take the sketch and make any kind of card you so desire.

    The latest was sketch#187.  This is my interpretation.

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    I don’t usually work that way when it comes to cards, so this was quite a challenge for me.

    I’m thinking I’ll try and work through a few more of the sketches from previous challenges to see if I can work on my direction following. 🙂

    In the mean time, I’ll still be creating cards in my own way.

    Going with my instinct…letting it happen naturally.

    Sometimes I love the end result…sometimes not.

    The point is to keep on being creative every day.

     

    And by the way….

    thanks for stopping by.

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    T Tuesday: a week in review

    August 20, 2013 - By 

    T TuesdayHere it is Tuesday again and I’m linking up with my friend Elizabeth for T stands for Tuesday. I’m pretty sure time is speeding up as we approach Labor Day and the start of school.

    Little J and I made use of the time that her big brother was at camp last week. Being a teenage boy, he hates shopping. I’m not so fond of it myself but my girl…she can shop!! We went to Kohl’s 3 days last week. Yikes! The third was unscheduled…we stopped by my mom’s and she wanted to get something to wear for an upcoming wedding.

    thank you cardLittle J and I also went to Goodwill twice, Costco, the Mall (not MOA), ACE hardware, Target and of course, the grocery store.  Geesh. We didn’t buy a lot but all those add up to a lot of time and moola. But now with the exception of shoes for the boy…I am DONE!! No more shopping for school.

    We had a quiet weekend with a neighborhood bonfire Saturday. Late Sunday evening was a bit more exciting. We were watching a movie when the power went out. Everyone seemed to come out from their homes to see if the world swimwas ending or if it was just them without electricity.  Power was out for a huge area even though it was a gorgeous night without a cloud in the sky. We have yet to find out why.

    In addition, we’ve been still Cuttlebug crazy. I’m going to get it all packed up and give it back this week. I want my family room back!!

    Since the hot humid weather has finally found its way back to MN…we went for a dip in a friends pool. Ah, refreshing.

    Today we have another busy Tuesday on tap. It’s going to be a scorcher too! Yuck.

    What are you doing today?

    Maybe you should stop by Bleubeard and Elizabeth’s for a spell.

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    Craft Club

    August 9, 2013 - By 

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    Our new neighbor mentioned a while back that she hosted a monthly craft club at her house.

    I was very intrigued.

    Last week she stopped by to tell me the date and time.

    So last night I packed up a small plastic tote with supplies to make cards. I limited myself to paper from my scrap files.

    I thought this would be a good challenge for me.

    I learned that limited supplies doesn’t have to limit your creativity.

    There was only one thing that I was really missing…my foam mounting tape. One of the gals I just met was gracious enough to give me a few pieces so I could complete a couple of the cards.

    I’m already looking forward to next month!