Saturday, October 6, 2012

World Card Making Day Bloghop with OWH

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Hello to all my visitors.  Thanks for stopping in to join in Operation Write Home's World Card Making Day Bloghop.  It is such an honor to be a part of this hop and having the opportunity to share my wintery card creation.

Making handmade cards for our Heroes to write home to family and friends is just a small way that I can say "Thank You" to our amazing Heroes who risk their lives daily for our freedom.

You could join us in thanking our Heroes by making handmade cards too  -- go to Operation Write Home (OWH) for all the information on how to get started.

Now for my Wintery card:

I used OWH Sketch Challenge #37.  I flipped the sketch and changed the 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 rectangle to create my card.
The sentiment and image are stamps from Artistic Outpost. 

I wanted to show a close up of the glitter (safe and sound) under the acetate.  I also punched my snowflakes
from my prepared Stained Glass Acetate.



Thanks again for stoping in and enjoy the rest of the blog hop.  Just in case my Blog Hop Link at the top is not working you can go to OWH World Card Making Day bloghop to get back to the hop.

I also have a brief list of steps to create the Stained Glass Acetate I used on today's card on my blog's post from yesterday, October 5th.

Thanks for stopping in -- enjoy the rest of the hop.

Sharon

Take time to laugh -- it is the music of the soul.
                        ~Anonymous ~

41 comments:

Sharon Huffman said...

Absolutely stunningly beautiful! I've got to try that glitter under acetate trick!

Janie Cooper Ryan said...

Love the details...the embossing, the colors and the style. It's very elegant. Very good work.

Anonymous said...

Love the cool colorway and your safely contained glitter. :)

Gayle Wheeler said...

Beautiful card and I love how you contained the dreaded glitter - great idea! Happy WCM Day!

Donna Hanley said...

Super pretty card and great job with the glitter behind the acetate. Your scene will match our upcoming weather here in MA real soon. It is suppose to go down to 40 degrees tonight. BRRRRR
Thanks for sharing this beautiful card.

Queenie Jeannie said...

Stunning and elegant card - you rocked it!!!

Happy Hopping!

Paula S. said...

What a cool technique...one I've never seen and it looks fairly easy too so I need to get some acetate and give it a try. This wintery card turned out great and so smart the way you totally encase the glitter. Thanks for hopping with us today!

Paula S.
OWH Blog Team

P.S. I think your tutorial would make a great Tuesday Tutorial for OWH.

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Tammy said...

WOW this is absolutely gorgeous!! I love how you've added the glitter under the acetate!

Sarah said...

Such a pretty card-- it's stunning! Thank you so much for your support of OWH and I love the clever way to encase the glitter!

Operation Write Home said...

Love how the scene takes up the diecut shape - just lovely!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!
Sandy, OWH President

Pat said...

Beautiful image.

Renee said...

What a beautiful scene! Love the snowflakes and how it looks like you're looking out a window into peace..so pretty!

Gretchen Wilson said...

WOW! This is absolutely gorgeous. I amazed by this awesome card.

KindleLover said...

I am definitely going to check out your tutorial. I love the texture of the snow!

Misty said...

Stunning! Brings to mind.Burls & Ives? Booked to come back for tut.
Hummer Hugs,
Misty
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Lee Mae said...

Scrolling down to the comment area, I kept seeing the work stunning, and I have to agree. Just stunningly beautiful. I also like the sketch turned on its side and the substitution of a shaped panel for the rectangle. This is one of my favorite sketches and you have totally given it a new life.

Pamela said...

Wow! This is beautiful!! Great work! :)

Jen M said...

What a beautiful image!!

Kathryn said...

I saw your tutorial yesterday, so I'm glad to see another example of what to do with it. This is so lovely and has so much depth! Thanks for sharing.

RoseofGold said...

So pretty. I'll be trying that acetate trick soon.

Barb said...

fabulous card---great techniques used

Anonymous said...

I can't wait to check out your technique for the stained glass acetate. Really beautiful on the card.

Dixie Cochran said...

Oh, I love this scene! Your card is terrific!

Carol L said...

What a stunning creation! I can almost see the person's smile who opens this card during the holidays! You've done a beautiful job with this technique!

Julie said...

Beautiful card, Sharon! Love how you tweaked this sketch! And thanks for the tutorial on the acetate technique, I'll have to give that a try! Thanks for being part of our hop today! ~ Julie, OWH Blog Team :)

Donna Nuce said...

Beautiful card. Love all the layers and embossing. Thanks for blogging with OWH.

teresa said...

Stunning...love the technique you used on this card beautiful!!

An'Jenic G. said...

Amazing image used. And the whole layout of your card is just perfect. TFS AJ-

craftysahmiam said...

Such a pretty card, makes me wish for freshly fallen snow to take a stroll through =)

Unknown said...

This card is GORGEOUS! 'Nuf said, that sums it up. Fantastic job, thanks for sharing!

Nancy M said...

Such a gorgeous card; truly one of my favs from the whole hop!!! TFS!!

Nancy M said...

PS I am now a follower so I can see all your beautiful creations!!

Ann said...

An absolutely stunning card! I love everything about it!

mtscrapgal said...

Neat way to make the glitter serviceman friendly. The image you chose is so lovely. Thanks

Linda said...

Gorgeous card! Love the colors and the frame idea! tfs!!!

Nancy Keller said...

This is so pretty! I love the acetate trick, that looks like fun!!,

Sue D said...

Very pretty--I like your safe glitter technique!

Hushgirl said...

Stunning!how did you get the snow drifts to look so real?is that the acetate trick? This is fabulous!

BobbisTreasure said...

The textures and colors make your card so elegant - beautifully done!

Tanya Boser said...

Love the stained glass effect with the acetate!