Pink & black birthday wishes

I made this card using this week's Sketch 82 at Operation Write Home, and plan to post it at the Designed 2 Delight Designer's Challenge which is to make a card using primarily pink & black.
This image is from D2D. I colored it with Copics, and probably proved the theory that "Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as too much Glossy Accents!" Always learning, lol. I do like fluffy white frosting and I definitely like Glossy Accents, lol. Perhaps a bit too much. I used two rubber stamp sentiments: Happy Birthday from InkAdinkAdo's Happy Everything set and Cupcakes Oh What Yum from Eat Cake Graphics.
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Heaven has a new angel

My dear niece, Amy, passed away yesterday at age 40, unexpectedly, leaving two little boys ages 9 and 7. She was in Seattle with her kids and sister visiting their Dad. I am so far away here in Virginia and it's such a helpless feeling; I'm glad I have my hobby to turn to and keep busy. So I made a card with a heavy heart and it's dedicated to our beloved Amy. I will also post a recent photo of her, taken on our fun 4th of July trip together to the beach. I will remember that happy time; she looked well and beautiful and happy. Here is my little card, made with Hambo's new Hedgehog digi; I will also post it at OWH Stars and Stamps where "thinking of you" is the challenge and "missing you" is all that I feel today.

And here is our sweet Amy with her boys,

OWH Sketch #81

Here's my attempt at Sketch #81 for Operation Write Home, using one of Inspired Stamps cute "His Little Ones" clear stamps. The Spellbinder label die I cut from camo paper doesn't pop enough against the dark green embossed background. It's better in person, but I should have inked the edges or matted it.
I made another one with a "His Little Ones" stamp, using a tip that I saw on the OWH facebook page. That is, lining cards with those little notepaids you get from charity groups. I thought that was a great idea so I tried it. I really like this double-sided patriotic DP, so I made the front of the card narrower and added a border punch to show the inside. I had to trim & place the card liner pieces accordingly. Here are photos of the outside and inside of this card:

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K-9 Theme at OWH Midweek Throwdown Challenge

I like this little puppy stamp I bought awhile ago and had never used, so I brought it out for the OWH midweek challenge.
Here are the rubber stamps I used for the card:
Dog: Inkadinkado
Pawprints: " "
Sentiment: Penny Black
Ladybug: All Night Media
The bg paper is from The Natural stack. Thanks for stopping by!

D2D's "Autumn Kaela" digi!

I wanted to get back into Designed2Delight's progressive challenge so I purchased this cute little NEW digi from the D2D shop caled "Autumn Kaela". I think she's really cute! I colored it with my limited but growing supply of Copics. I really love autumn, and it was lots of fun to make this little card!

Hambo's Little Indian

Don't you just love this new Little Indian digi from Hambo Stamps? It's the freebie for everyone who participated in their progressive challenge -- the Hambo Hoedown -- last week! I think this new digi is especially cute!
The Hoedown challenge this week is to choose three items from a tic-tac-toe board to use on our card. I chose punches, flowers and buttons.
I decided to print the digi onto kraft paper. I kinda like how it looks! I darkened the "buckskin" of his clothes a little and even pierced them a bit to enhance the look. I love this "Hi" rubber stamp but I always have a heck of a time inking it up! The rubber is not cut very deeply :(. Thanks for stopping by!

Sketch 80 Operation Write Home

I used another image from Digital Two for Tuesday for this card. Not sure how well the DP works but I wanted to try it. Going for an autumn feeling! I hope a hero's daughter will enjoy it.