OWH August Our Daily Bread Design Challenge

I was shocked to see that Operation Write Home does not have 50 cards posted for its monthly Our Daily Bread Design (ODBD) challenge.  If 50 cards are posted ODBD pays for two boxes of cards to be shipped overseas.  Shipping costs are very expensive so we need to get to 50 cards.  Plus you have an opportunity to win a gift certificate for Our Daily Bread Design stamps.  The challenge for August is to include STARS on your card.  I made a card to write to one of our heroes.

Hobby Lobby had IROTOGEN colored pencils marked down in their clearance section.  I picked up some and colored this flag from The Rubber Cafe.  I stamped some old sentiments I have from Cloud 9 and KAndrews.  I'll write a nice message inside for one of our heroes.  If you have time in the next few days please make a card and post it to the challenge HERE.

Happy Crafting!

Donna

January Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge

Every Month the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Blog hosts an Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge.  For every 25 cards posted to the challenge Our Daily Bread Designs will pay to ship one large box of cards overseas to our troops!  This months challenge was to have embossing on a card.  Here is my card for the challenge.

This card looks deceptively easy but I will tell you I goofed on  two sheets of the black flocked paper because I cut the angle the wrong direction!  Since I had already glued down the cream embossed paper I had no choice but to keep at it.  I can make four more cards with the wrong angled sheets as long as I cut the other half correctly!  LOL

The paper is from Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) La Creme Matstack.  The flower and velvet rickrack are from Creative Charms (sadly no longer in business).  The sentiment is from K.Andrew Designs "Winged Things" stamp set. (no longer available on her website)  The die cut label is from Stampin'Up!

I encourage you to make a card and post it to the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Blog so we can meet our goal of 50 cards.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
You can visit my Creative Memories Website HERE.

OWH Our Daily Bread June Challenge

The Our Daily Bread Challenge for Operation Write Home for June was a shaped card. Our Daily Bread Designs sponsors the mailing costs of a box of cards to the troops for every 25 cards we post on the challenge.  Help OWH get to 50 cards so two boxes can be sponsored.  Here is my shaped card.

This will be a Any Hero card once I get the inside written.  This is a cut from the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge but it could be easily done by hand.  It will fit into a standard A2 size envelope.  I used the OWH Hero Arts Stamp set for the front.  The quote inside is from the Freedom isn't Free set by K.Andrew's Stamps and the Patriotic design underneath is from a set by Cloud 9 Design which I purchased at JoAnn's but I can't find a link anywhere for them.  Cardstock is Creative Memories.  Ink is Stampin'Up!, Basic Black, Island Indigo and Poppy Parade.  Brads are from Oriental Trading Company.

Happy Crafting!
Donna
Visit my Creative Memories website HERE.