Hambo Hoedown: Three Ties Digi

I combined two Hambo digis to make this card: Lion and Three Ties. Normally I wouldn't deck out a guy card with flowers, but this cool dude is probably girl-watching from behind the tropical flowers in Hawaii. And he's all ready for the luau with his cool island tie!

OWH Sketch #72 MelonHeadz birthday boy

Recently my OWH shipper, Dixie, reminded me that OWH always welcomes patriotic cards, even when they are not for a patriotic holiday like July 4th. That made me think how happy and proud a child must be to receive a patriotic-themed card from their Mom or Dad hero! So I went to my red/white&blue stash and MelonHeadz birthday boy digi for this card.
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Craft It Forward card for Operation Write Home!

This is a card I made for Operation Write Home using a Designed 2 Delight digi, K&Co.'s Americana Designer Mat Pad, ribbon from Michael's, and colored with Copics.
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Purple & green MelonHeadz girl for OWH MWT challenge!

I colored the birthday girl digi (MelonHeadz Illustrating) using a combination of Copics and Marvy LePlumes because I only have a few Copics. I decided it was pretty clear on the front that it's a birthday card, so I stamped the inside with "Happy Birthday to you". I think I should have lowered the whole front down a little; do you think it needs anything there on the bottom front? Thanks for stopping by!

Strawberry Kid - digi - Hambo Stamps

Our challenge over at the Hambo Hoedown this week is to use their new Strawberry Kid digi and add buttons. I like the bright colors in this card! The bigger button is purple, altho it may look blue in the photo.
Remember if you dance in the Hoedown you get a free digi!

Also at Hambo this week we bid adieu to the retiring Bacon Bits DT and welcome the new team! Good luck to them and it will be fun seeing their creations.
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Inking reverse of embossed sheet

I had never tried inking the reverse of an embossed piece of paper using a brayer. It was easy and fun, and easy to clean the brayer with a baby wipe. I love how it looks! You can also ink the inside of the embossing folder, and I want to try that next.
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Blog Candy Winner!

Good morning! Amanda is the winner of my blog candy prize for the OWH Memorial Day bloghop! I have sent Amanda an email. Remember, if you'd like a copy of my children's book, "Card Auntie's Wonderful Workshop", it's available on Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com or you can ask your local bookstore to order it!