Ooops!

In trying to get this month's cards made for the pediatric ward at the local hospital, I forgot to take a photo of some of them for this blog. I printed out this little guy, colored him (which I should have done first!), fussy cut all 24 of them and, using pieces cut from the Whitman's 'bubble' sheets, I 'popped' them on the card fronts which said, " Hugs and Flowers" on the outside, with "Love and Kisses from Your Secret Pen Pal" on the inside. Frank delivered them to the third floor of the hospital and I was only a week late with them.

Operation Write Home (continued)

These are the cards no one wanted to try on Saturday.

After working on the one card (the birthday cards with the stacked flowers in yellow & blue) off and on all day to make 24 of them, now I know why. They didn't seem to be so time consuming when I made the samples...learned my lesson! There was a lot of cutting out of flowers, etc., because I don't have a punch for the stamp and for some I should have used the Cricut to cut out the nose and eyes for the dragon card (that would have saved a lot of punching). I had cut all the other pieces for that card; Helen inked all the edges and assembled about half the cards which I finished today.

Cards for Operation Write Home

Last Saturday, Bonnie, Patricia, Esther, Helen, Beth, Margie, Eva, Ida, and I finished making 182 cards to be sent to Operation Write Home. I'd like to be able to do this about every other month; unfortunately, we plan to leave in April for the Oregon coast (nine weeks on the road in our RV)so that puts paid to that plan. We had some cards left over from the last card making session that wouldn't fit into the large Express Mail box provided by the Post Office so I put them in this box and managed to get 285 in to be mailed tomorrow. I believe I have enough cards no one was brave enough to attempt on Saturday to probably fill a small box. Hopefully, I can get them finished and mailed before we leave on this next trip.

March 2013 Secret Pen Pal Cards

I found this little bear by doing a Google image search for "Irish Bear" then right clicked on the one I wanted in order to save it to my computer's photo files. I printed the cards out and added the inside message, "when I think of you". After printing and cutting the bears out, I made woggles for them so they would 'dance' on the card. I inked the edges of the card fronts then mounted them between the words.

2013 Sale-a-bration Card Gallery

The "Hello" card is a freebie kit (all the elements including the envelopes to make eight cards) during Sale-a-bration when you order exceeds $50. I was finished in under two hours making these twelve cards. Because I don't need a graduation card, I changed it to a Thank You card to send to Operation Write Home next month.

January 2013 Secret Pen Pal Card

This month's card was quick to make even though I had to cut out the 24 'monster's by hand after printing them. I then mounted them on 'woggles' to give them some action and added a googly eye to each one.

Secret Pen Pal Card for December

This is the December Secret Pen Pal card I made for the kids in the local hospital. Thankfully I only have to make about 24 cards each month as some of my supplies didn't arrive until yesterday! The white snowflakes took almost 24 hours to dry because I used the only white I have, Stampin' Up Craft Whisper White which is really thick/dense. The inside of the cards say, " 'cause snowbuddy loves you like I do!"