Birthday Cards

     I was organizing the next box of cards which will be shipped to Operation Write Home and discovered that I didn't have a single birthday card in the whole box.  So, I spent the morning making 4 birthday cards, two of which I managed to photograph before the battery on my camera went dead.  So, while it's in the charger, I thought I'd at least share the two which are ready.

      This first one is a single layer card, something I've not done in a few years.  The single layer is CS (folded in half to make the card), printed with the owl, to which I've added the birthday sentiment.

     The Less is More challenge wanted us to do single layer cards and I don't need to tell you that this one took me less than 10 minutes.    Even though cards like this are really simple, I know they're going to be appreciated by the soldiers who will be able to use them to write home.  If you don't know much about Operation Write Home, please click on the button to the right of my blog and read about this fantastic organization!

     Challenges for this first card:
Birthday Sundaes -- birthday card
Celebrate the Occasion -- child's birthday
Digistamps 4 Joy -- Use aquamarine/turquoise
Make My Monday -- Nature or animals

     OK, I had to stop there and post that much because I was about 8 minutes away from the deadline on one of those challenges.  :-D   Now I'm editing to add the second card which is going to be entered into different challenges.

     The first thing I want to tell you about this card is that I CASEd a card from my friend, Lynn, Creative Crafts by Lynn, which can be seen here.  I loved her embossing, and the way she focused attention on her image.  I warned her I just had to CASE it and now I have to say a special thanks to her for giving me such great inspiration!  Thanks, Lynn.  :-D

     The image is from Bugaboo, and Catch the Bug just happens to be celebrating their 2nd birthday this week so naturally their theme is birthday cards.  The colors I took from Just Some Lines, what they are calling "Haberdashery Hues", denim and other blues plus a pop of red.   Interestingly enough, that also allowed me to enter the challenge at Allsorts, "A Celebration of Nations", which can include your own nation and colors of your particular flag.  My flag colors are red, white and blue.

     The image is colored with markers and I used Creative Inspirations paint to shimmer up her wings.  The embellishments are the blue twine bow (4 strands) and the red buttons.

     Challenges for this card:
Addicted to Stamps -- Use blue
Catered Crop -- Buttons
Challenge Up Your Life -- Bingo: flowers, buttons, & sparkle
Crazy 4 Challenges - monochromatic blues
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations -- glitter (will sparkle do?)
Sweet Stamps -- Hearts (on her pocket)

     OK, maybe I'll get the other birthday cards posted tomorrow assuming I can get them photographed.  I have no idea how long it'll take for the camera battery to charge up but I'll do the best I can.   In the meantime, Happy Stamping.  NanaConnie