Operation Write Home Any Hero Card

I was doing a blog hop last weekend and one of the gals had used the sketch from the current OWH challenge.  It reminded me that I hadn't made any "Hero" cards lately.  No time like the present. If you live in the USA and you're not familiar with Operation Write Home, please take a moment to check out their blog.  

The stamps are from Stampin' Up.

Naturally, I am entering this in the OWH Sketch Challenge #219

and just a few more:

Crafty Hands Challenge #12 - Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Flag It Up!

Word Art Wednesday Challenge # 127 - Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu Challenge - One For the Boys

Hope everyone has a lovely week-end!  

My youngest grandson has his first baseball game of the season so I hope the weather cooperates.

Unfortunately, his older brother is spending his first few baseball games on the bench.  He slid into 2nd base at practice and cut his knee on a piece of metal under the base.  Ouch!!!  He practiced for another 20 minutes before looking to see why it hurt so much.  His 11 stitches don't come out for another week.

I asked him if there was a Stitch Fairy like there is a Tooth Fairy.  He said no, but he did get ice cream!

Waste not....

Please make sure you read to the bottom of the post for a very important announcement!

I used the advertising sheet of paper from the front of a pack of CS for the bottom portion of this AnyHero card which is headed to Operation Write Home.  The die cuts are from the new CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.  And I used a border punch for the burgundy strip in the middle.  

 

A Quick and Easy card for the following challenges:
Crafter's Companion September Challenge - Embossing 
Natalie's & Amy's Challenge #12 - Embossing
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Die Cuts and Punches
The Cupboard Trilogy Challenge #15 - Male
Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge #16 - Something for the Men
Whimsy Stamps Challenge #63 - Masculine
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #59 - Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge - Let's Hear It For the Boys; Stash Item - punches/die cuts
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge Challenge - Dies and Punches  (My oldie is the striped piece from the paper pack.  I usually don't use the front panel until the paper inside is all but gone and I don't need it anymore.  And the punch I used is at least 6 mo. old.)
Unstampabelles Challenge #27 - Using Scraps or Old Stash
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge #51 - Male Cards
 
I've been trying to get a repetitive post at the top of my blog all week with no success.  If I could get it to show up, this is what you would see:

SAVE THE DATE!

I'd love to meet some of my blog visitors at the Heirloom Productions York Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival,  October 12th & 13th;  Sit down at my Make & Take Table at the Close to My Heart booth; Meet my friends, Joyce Houck and Betty Locco, both CTMH consultants; Sign up for the CTMH class on Wearable Art and make this fab necklace and gift box:

 

Have a great week-end everyone!

Monday Duo

I decided to combine the Dynamic Duo Color Challenge 

 

with the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

 

this morning to make a birthday card for my brother.  Father time is after all of us!!!  It's hard to believe I'm working on cards for October.  When I went to the market on Saturday, there was a sign posted that said there were only 97 days until Christmas.  I don't even want to think about it.

A few more challenges for this card before I attend to some overdue chores:

Make It Monday Challenge #159 with Rick St. Dennis - Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations Challenge - Magnificent Men at Ooh La La

Parade Your Crafts Challenge #4 - It's All About The Birthdays

Stamp and Create September Challenge - Birthdays

Tammy's Scrapin Corner Weekly Challenge #81 - Happy Birthday

Victorine Originals Challenge #68 - Birthdays

Come and Get It Challenge - Happy Birthday

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #51 - Male Cards

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #53 - Happy Birthday

Wait, don't go yet!

 

I used some of the scraps to make an AnyHero Card for Operation Write Home, too.

It's called an “AnyHero” card because it will be given out to those US enlisted men and women who get little or no mail.