Saturday, April 6, 2013

Spring Training Hop with OPERATION WRITE HOME!


We are honored and excited to be featured on the Spring Training Blog Hop with our friends at Operation Write Home OWH's mission is: Supporting our armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on.  

If you just joined us for the hop, start here to get in on all the action: http://operationwritehome.org/spring-training-bloghop-masculine-card-tutorials/

Every year, volunteers from across the nation create blank, handmade, masculine cards (no glitter please!) to send to military serving overseas so that they can write int he cardas and send them home to loved ones. The task is simple:
We decided to create a card that is easy for you to replicate, fun to make, and has a general theme, as suggested by OWH's guidelines. 


Watch Sabrina Alery create this card, start to finish, then try your hand at making one! 




Post a link to your card (preferably posted on your blog) here in the comments section of this post. We'll choose one winner on April 25, 2013 to receive the ColorBox Queties set used by Sabrina in the video, plus our "For My Friend" My First ColorBox Mini Stamps Set. Then send your card(s) to Operation Write Home!

To continue on the HOP, head over to Bazzill's blog next!

Happy Hopping!

217 comments:

  1. I've never been good at one-layer cards, but I want to give this a try. Nice color combination and I love how the image extends past the circle. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. What a great card! Love the masking technique!

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  3. Thanks for your support of OWH. I love the simplicity of this card, but yet there is a great feel with the grungy colors.

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  4. Nice card and thanks for the video; it was great to see your techniques....I like the way you slid the card under the mask after aligning the mask to your mat. I am going to try this! TFS!

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  5. Love the simplicity of this card! Thank you for sharing! *hugs*

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  6. Love the background. Not fussy, not too busy, just right.

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  7. Came for the OWH hop but cannot locate the tutorial link.

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  8. Wow, no glitter is sooooo hard. I realize how out of my element I am with this masculine theme - thank you for offering lot of inspiration (I will need it!) I hope this is a big hit, the OWH is a great idea.

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  9. perfect for making dozens! great card

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  10. Awesome!!loving the great design and the fun stamping in a mask technique!! Have a Fabulous Weekend!! ;)

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  11. Your card is very cute - I enjoyed the techniques. I especially like how easy the Queties applied.

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  12. I will go and make a card or two but I do not have a blog to post. Thanks for the inspiration. Love the card.

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  13. Didn't get a chance to see the video but your cards are fantastic. Love the distressing you used.

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  14. Beautiful cards, but unfortunately there is no video.....I will check back later. I love the blended ink technique.....very cool!

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  15. Love the bold simplicity of these. Thank you for supporting OWH.

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  16. Love the blended background and the clean and simple style! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  17. What an easy card to make. Your video really makes it easy to follow. Thanks

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  18. What a great card. I love the technique and the colors. Jean Sundquist

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  19. Nice Card and nice colors. You rock is definitely masculine.

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  20. Cute card, I like the text background.

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  21. Love your CAS card, I think this can be used both as a for anyone card. I like the outdoors feel of the card. TFS

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  22. For some reason, I can't see the video :( I'll come back later, but thanks for participating in OWH Blog Hop.

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  23. Beautiful cards. Thank you for supporting OWH!

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  24. Love the colours of this card. Great sentiment too.

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  25. I don't see the video.

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  26. Thank you for sharing this with Operation Write Home. We really appreciate your support.

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  27. Beautiful card! I love the inking technique! Thanks for sharing!

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  28. Thanks for the card, even though I can't see/access the video, but we appreciate your support of OWH!

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  29. I love those cards, with the pretty blending of colors! thanks for the youtube video tutorial!

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  30. Simple is my favorite kind of card. Thanks for sharing.

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  31. Fabulous cards, but for some reason the video isn't coming up for me. I'll check back later!

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  32. You say there is a video, but can't see anything, just white space. However, the You Rock cards at the top of post are simply adorable. Hope you fix the video, would love to see it...I will check back later. :)

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  33. I really like how the circle is full of wonderful masculine color and the sentiment is just perfect too. Thanks for supporting OWH and our heroes.

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  34. Like the color schemes on the "You Rock" cards. Simple and yet says a lot :) Thanks! I will have to attempt this technique soon.

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  35. Nice card love the masking TFS!

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  36. The cards are very pretty, but in the Chrome browser, no video shows up.

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    1. Jackie, it's the last image - it looks like another OWH badge, it's just the thumbnail. (I'm on Chrome and it almost had me puzzled too!)

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    2. Thanks so much for the technique idea - I am totally going to be using it!! Thanks for hopping with OWH!

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  37. This is a very cool card. Love that easy technique. Not so hard and big effect. My favorite type. Thanks for the video and for supporting OWH.

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  38. really interesting technique. I am going to have to give this a try!

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  39. Great card and thanks for the video showing how to do it.

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  40. What a great technique! I love those Cuties. I'll have to keep my eye out for them. I've used the Cats' Eye inkers for years and they have always been a favorite. Thanks for your support of OWH!!

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  41. Beautiful card and I love the technique. Thanks for supporting OWH and for the great video.

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  42. great card! I will have to play with this later!

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  43. Great cards! Love the natural feel.

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  44. Nice masking job and I love the color palette. Thanks for participating in this weekend's OWH bloghop!

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  45. I will have to try this technique soon.

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  46. What great cards and a super way to demonstrate that Clean and Simple can still be beautiful!

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  47. I love CAS cards. Thanks for the great tips.

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  48. Very nice!!! Love the simple technique!

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  49. Beautiful card, but I didn´t get any video up either??

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  50. I just love this look, so elegant!

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  51. Really like this on white and Kraft. Thanks for the video.

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  52. This card is quick, but has nice details. I liked the text added to the background. thank you for partnering with OWH!

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  53. Thanks for sharing this CAS card technique. Love Clearsnap inks!

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  54. What a real nice card! My husband is a Veteran, he was one of the first to go after 911. He is home safe and sound. He always likes seeing what the troops get from back home now a days. He never had anyone send him goodies boxes or wonderfully homemade blank cards. We thank you as a family for the wonderful people that have these projects for our troops, they are very lucky in deed.

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  55. What a great cause for a blog hop!

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  56. Nice color, style, and sentiment. Could be used by anyone!

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  57. Love the colours of this card! Thanks for sharing and being a part of the OWH Spring Training Blog Hop

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  58. Great technique and the resulting effect is really cool. I think that I *might* actually be able to make a good one layer card after seeing this. :) Thanks for joining in the hop and supporting Operation Write Home!

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  59. Thanks for sharing your single layer card. No problem mailing! :-)

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  60. Thank you for the terrific tutorial! I love one layer cards, and this one looks perfect! Thank you for supporting our troops and Operation Write Home!

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  61. Love the card - thanks for the video!! I will have to try it out!

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  62. Fantastic card! Thanks for the idea and the tutorial! Thanks for supporting OWH!

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  63. awesome technique for a clean and simple card.

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  64. This is a great card!!! Love 1-layer cards, especially for mailing. Thanks for sharing in this blog hop for OWH!

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  65. Love the "layering" on this flat card. I'm a big fan of kraft, so really fell in love with that example. Thanks for the great tutorial, and thanks for participating in the hop and supporting OWH.

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  66. Beautiful card - thank you for the tutorial (and for the chance to win) :)

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  67. That was an all new technique for me, so thanks for the video. I will be trying this out for sure.

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  68. Lovely card! Thanks so much for sponsoring this hop and supporting our troops! As a military spouse, my hubby and I especially appreciate it! :)

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  69. Fantastic cards! Thanks for the tutorial and for supporting OWH!

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  70. Love, love, love. Thanks for the bravery to try pigment inks as well as my roller stamps! Who said one-layer cards couldn't be awesome! Thanks for the tutorial. Lori Law

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  71. Love this card! So versatile!

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  72. Love the masking technique. These are good masculine colors.

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  73. This is perfect!! The CAS style is ideal for sending to our guys and gals serving in the military. Thanks for your support of them.

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  74. I enjoyed the tutorial and will try it soon.

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  75. I was really surprised by how simple this technique is and how versatile! Thanks for supporting our troops.

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  76. I need Clean and Simple ideas, and this one is great! Thanks for sharing with us.

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  77. I like the way the text adds another layer and interest to the card. The colors are great. Thank you for partnering with OWH.

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  78. Nice reminder of how to use masking to create and relatively CAS card. The addition of the text to the background is my favorite takeaway from this blog stop. Thanks!

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  79. I love OWH. Thanks for participating in the blog hop! :) Gorgeous cards!

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  80. Love the simplicity of the card. The colors and technique add so much interest.

    Thanks for participating in today's OWH Blog Hop.

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  81. Beautiful cards! I love the colors.

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  82. I love masking! What a great way to get a beautiful one layer card!

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  83. Great cards and video, I really like that you showed it on kraft and white. Thanks!

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  84. I enjoyed your idea for masking a lot! I have always loved your inks--particularly the Chalk inks. I love the way they blend so softly. This is such a great idea for a flat card! Thanks so much for sharing (and I use Chrome and saw the video just fine).

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  85. This morning I could not locate a video but now it is visible..??? Love the simplicity of the technique and the card is lovely! Or should I say Handsome? I will post my attempt soon.

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  86. blend, blend, blend! i'm a brand new cardmaker/crafter and am impressed at how easy this looks. i definitely want to try embossing and just love the negative cutout framing technique. thanks for this!

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  87. Love your card!! Thanks for the video...I saved it as a tutorial to go back to!!

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  88. What a great clean and simple card. Love these ease of these.

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  89. I adore those cards...just a perfect style for all those silhouette stamp images and your background colors are wonderful too.

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  90. I got the video and was inspired to make a card...I am very happy with the card results, thanks for sharing the technique. http://1alabasterowl.blogspot.com/2013/04/owh-hop-clear-snap.html

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  91. I love these creations...they look fresh and I look forward to duplicating them. Many thanks!!!

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  92. It's great the way you used the masking with both the background inking and the rollerstamping. What a great masculine look! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  93. Great card. Love the inking technique.

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  94. Such a great guy card! So simple and yet so perfect. Thanks for sharing and offering inspiration for OWH cards.

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  95. Gorgeous card with very pretty colors and so easy to make. Thanks for showing how. Mary L Schreiber

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  96. Cute one layer card...I need to try this! Thanks for supporting OWH!

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  97. Love your card...the colors are great too! I'm going to have to try your technique!

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  98. This would be terrific for a serviceman or woman to send to a teenage son!

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  99. This would be terrific for a serviceman or woman to send to a teenage son!

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  100. thanks for the card sample. It is very pretty in either format - the white or the brown.

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  101. clearsnap, thanks for honouring our troops.... nice card!!!

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  102. Very nice card. I loved the masking technique and the use of a cotton ball to blend the inks is great. Thanks for the great video.

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  103. I really liked the technique you used for inside the circle, bravo!

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  104. These are the cutest cards, I will have to try this

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  105. Like the colors used in the card - such a nice card! Will re-check later, can't see any video right now.

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  106. Great video! I can't wait to try this easy background technique. It really adds nice depth to this card! Love the colors. Thanks for supporting Operation Write Home!!

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  107. Neat idea! I'll have to try this.

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  108. Neat idea! I'll have to try this.

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  109. I watched several of your videos, you really make things easy. That card is so simple, quick and effective. I also love the idea of the hot glue leaves with bookpaper. Thank you for sharing.

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  110. Lovely card! I love the masking technique and stamping the text over the image gives a nice effect too.

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  111. Beautiful card. Thanks so much for showing a new technique.

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  112. Love this! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  113. This card is really nice and not gender specific. Great job!

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  114. Great technique video - thank you so much for showing us how to make this amazing card!

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  115. This card looks so clean yet not boring at all! Perfect for a guy!

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  116. Love the colors and simplicity of your card.

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  117. I like your clean and simple approach (especially the one on kraft paper). Thanks for supporting OWH!

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  118. This looks so simple to create, but what a great finished look!! I love the text and dual colors working the background, and the kraft always works for masculine cards! NJ!!

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  119. Wow....love the colors. Hmmmm....video must be busy with everyone looking at it!! I really want to learn how to do this. I love color and this is spectaular! Thank you so much for sharing.

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  120. cool, very easy, very elegant one layer card.

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  121. This is a fabulous technique for creating a card. I'm really impressed and I'm learning about some new products on this blog hop! Plus, it's for a very good cause.

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  122. Loved the card and appreciate the video.

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  123. Loved the card and appreciate the video

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  124. Great papers and the cards are so eye catching. Thanks so much.

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  125. I love the clean and simple cards and this one would be fun to create.

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  126. The colors on this card are beautiful.

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  127. Gorgeous! Thanks for your supportof OWH!

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  128. Thank you for the video. Very nice card.

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  129. This looks like a very versatile yet stunning technique - thank you.

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  130. Stunning card! Great technique! Here is my version. http://cardsandcoffee.blogspot.com/2013/04/congratulations.html

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  131. Love the inking technique! What a wonderful cause and blog hop!

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  132. Always loved your chalk inks. The cuties look easy to use. Loved the look of the roller over the completed project. Thanks for your support of OWH! Mary, Wausau WI

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  133. (I thought I had commented but I do not see it.)
    Great one layer card - SO hard for me but this is stunning.

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  134. What a great tutorial! I like the heat embossed stamp! I don't have the tools for that, but I tried my own version of watercolor blending. Here's my blog: http://justalittlecrafty0807.blogspot.com/

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  135. Interesting technique - might have to try this.

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  136. What a wonderful background...love the final look.

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  137. Such a very nice and simple looking card. I just love it. Thank you
    Linda

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  138. This card rocks. Love that is one layer and easy to do. Thanks for supporting OWH.

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  139. I love the video. I have to try and do this tomaoorw. Thank you for the inspiration. Love the card.
    Linda

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  140. Love the look of the background even though it is not a background! Thanks for the tutorial!

    Carmen L

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  141. very pretty in both CS colors. thank you for supporting OWH

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  142. Love this card!! Thank you for the video tutorial on how to make the card.

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  143. Fabulous cards! Love the color combo! Looks great on both white and kraft backgrounds!

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  144. Great way to make a one layer card that still has lots of interest and pizzaz. Thanks for the video and for your support of OWH and our troops! Love my clearsnap products!
    R/

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  145. Thanks for the instructions and inspiration!

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  146. Thanks for the video! Love the colors and coordination.

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  147. Just discovered how much I like using silhouette images now I have a new background technique to try

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  148. Thank you for all the inspiration!

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  149. Wow, thanks for sharing your talents, inspiring!

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  150. Another nice simple card, great idea, thank you

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  151. Thanks for contributing to this "HOP!" Love your C&S card!

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  152. Loved all the ideas shared on the video. Can't wait to try it. Thanks.

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  153. Wonderful vid. I love this card. It's beautiful. Great colors. Thanks for the great hop and as always, great products.

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  154. What a cool technique and great inspiration. --Audrina T.

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  155. This technique gives such a great effect. Thanks for the demonstration and for participating in Operation Write Home. --Audrina T.

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  156. I like using masking as it's relatively easy but looks great. Thanks for sharing the video with us.

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  157. I do not have a blog, but I appreciate the ideas! Thanks!

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  158. Excellent video and inspiration.I look forward to giving this technique a try soon.thank you for supporting OWH and our armed services.

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  159. Fab CAS cards, love the pop of colour :)

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  160. Love this card, and the masking technique. Thank You!!

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  161. I watched your tutorial and said I can do that. I really like this card so thanks for sharing.

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  162. great card - thanks for sharing your tips!
    Sandra ltb

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  163. I can't wait to try this! Thanks for sharing this beautiful idea for a stunning card!

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  164. Thanks for this tutorial for such a stunning card - can't wait to try!

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  165. Here is a link to my masculine card.
    http://celestebrodnik.blogspot.com/2013/04/operation-write-home-and-clearsnap.html

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  166. Neat! I will have to try this.

    VinDeeLoo
    vndlewis at rocketmail dot com
    vindeeloosthisnthat.blogspot.com

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  167. Really like how this card was done--thank you!

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  168. Really like the technique for creating dimension with one layer - thanks for sharing
    Jean xx

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  169. wonderful one layer card, have to try this!
    linda patti tpatti@windstream.net

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  170. Thanks Sabrina for the video! I love this technique, and will be trying different variations, Here's my first effort:
    http://joansstampin.blogspot.com/

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  171. Wonderful card that can be sent to anyone! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  172. Awesome cards! Love the colors!

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  173. Nice looking card. An idea I'll try.

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  174. Nice looking card. An idea I'll try.

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  175. Love the card and also the sentiment!

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  176. Really nice cards and great video how-to as well.

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  177. Love this beautiful card and stamped image! Thanks for the video!

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