Stamp Something Challenge- Red, White & Blue

This week's challenge at Stamp Something is red, white and blue.  This card that I made to send to a friend's son who is serving in the Navy is perfect to share for this challenge.  I'm getting all of my soldier packages together to send out, now I just need to bake some cookies.  

 The inside:

More Patriotic- Welcome Home with a Gift

A family friend has just come back from deployment and I made this card and small gift to welcome him home.  The gift is a small frame that I made say "Home Sweet Home".  It's a great little frame that I found at a discount store some time ago and it was perfect for this project.  I embellished it with some silver corner pieces and some patriotic ribbon.  I hope he likes it along with the cookies I'll be sending.  

Another Soldier Card- For My Son

Here's a soldier card I created to send to my son in Afghanistan but first, here's a picture that was posted on facebook this week that I love.  This is the first I've "seen" of my son since January and the picture looks like something out of movie.  He's the one in the middle with his back to the camera but I was still thrilled to have the picture and wanted to share it.  I can't help it that I'm a proud Army mom.

 And here's the card... It uses Jolee's stickers that I just thought were adorable.  I'm sending him this card along with his favorite cookies.  

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC8- Getting Edgy

This week's challenge at CAS-ual Fridays is "Getting Edgy"- in other words, create a card with a creative edge.  I chose to make a "welcome home" card for my nephew who is coming home from Iraq this week.  The seems appropriate since it's almost 4th of July too.  I made a few patriotic cards this week since my son, my nephew and two family friends are all serving.  I like to send them all packages now and then.  

Liberty for All

Here's another patriotic card that I made to send my son in Army Basic Training. I'm making some cards now so that I can send them to him as soon he can receive mail. I'm not even sure when that will be yet. I miss him terribly and hope he's holding up okay with the strenuous boot camp in the 100-plus degree heat in Oklahoma.

Back to the card....

The Statue of Liberty image is from SU and I stamped it in sage shadow pigment ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The paper is K & Company designer paper.
I added stitching with my sewing machine. Does anyone know the name of that stitch? That and the zig zag stitches are my favorite. If you know the name of it, would you please leave me a comment and let me know? It's the most forgiving of all the stitches so if you are new to sewing on cards, I would suggest trying that one first.
The Lady Liberty charm is from my collection of charms for my jewelry business. Click here to see what I have to offer at really reasonable prices for your artwork.
And here's the inside... matching and stitched also.
Hope you enjoyed this one. Don't forget to go check out Cards for Heros. Click the link at the top of my sidebar.

Two Challenges in One: TPE #22 & CPS #124

Tonight I found some time in my art studio and created a card that fits into two challenges.  The first challenge is The Pink Elephant Challenge #22 (click here to view), which is to create a card with "stars and stripes".  The second challenge is Card Positioning Systems #124 (click here to view) and that one is a card sketch.  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

I like the CPS sketch layout and the stars and stripes theme was perfect because I wanted to make some patriotic cards this week.  My 17 year old son who just graduated high school left for Army Basic Training last week and I wanted to make some very special cards to send to him as soon he's allowed to receive mail.  This is the official first one!

I'd also like to take a moment to point out the new link on the top of my side bar: Cards for Heros.  In honor of my son, I am making an effort to support them and I hope you will to.  

Okay, back to my card....
This card uses night of navy cardstock and designer paper.  The stamped images are all SU and are embossed with night of navy ink and clear embossing powder.  
I used my sewing machine to add some stitching detail.
Here's a close up of the sentiment on the front.
And here's the inside of the card with matching details.

I hope you'll join me in support of Cards for Heros and keep all of our soldiers in your thoughts and prayers.  They are very brave and wonderful men and women!