Red and Blue Dots Card with Stars

For this card, I drew two rows of dots (1/2" circles) and drew stars inside three of them. Finished with a knotted strip of ribbon, a computer-printed sentiment "Thinking of you," and a shiny clear epoxy dome sticker on each of the stars.

The gold stars were colored with Y26 Copic marker. The red and blue dots, 3/8" grosgrain ribbon, and bottom stripe were colored with B41, B45, and R29 Copic markers. The white card stock is Neenah, and the dark blue card stock is Papertrey Ink enchanted evening. The font is "Lucida Handwriting."

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (024A)

Embroidered Ribbon Card - Red and White

I found a very old package of embroidered cotton ribbon - Wright's trim for sewing. Beautiful colors and texture. It didn't seem to need much more to make a great card.

The red card stock is Papertrey Ink pure poppy on a white card base. The red and white lines were drawn with gel pen.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (022)

Apples Card

This week I bought a box of Gravenstein apples, which came with an old-fashioned advertising postcard. I couldn't resist cutting out the image to use for a greeting card.

The card stock layers are Paper Source frost luxe (light gray, textured) and Hero Arts punch (light red). The knotted ribbon is 3/8" grosgrain colored with a B39 Copic marker. (020)

Orange and Black Doodles Card

A strip of orange and black doodling, cut into rectangles.

To make four cards like this, I used my Copic multiliner to doodle a pattern of wavy lines and circles on a 4" x 4.5" piece of white Neenah card stock. I colored it with Copic markers YR04,YR07,YR09,and YR14. Then I cut it into four strips, each 1" wide.

After labeling the back of each strip with pencil (L-C-R for left-center-right), I cut each strip into three 1.5" pieces. I mounted each set of three onto a 1.5 x 5.5" piece of black paper, with a 1/4" margin outside and between the orange patterned rectangles.

The sentiment is computer-printed in Papyrus font. The orange card stock is Papertrey Ink orange zest. It is all adhered onto a white card base. I used a black Copic multiliner for the horizontal lines.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (019)

Doodled Dots Card - Kraft, Cream, and Blue

For this card, I punched four large dots, doodled and colored on them, and drew four more partial circles. With a few lines and stripes of paper, it makes an interesting card.

The punched dots are 1.75", Papertrey Ink vintage cream (top row) and kraft (bottom row) card stock. The partial circles are drawn directly onto the white card base. The sentiment, "Thinking of you," is computer-printed (Chalkduster font) on a 1/2" strip of white card stock and layered on a 1.5" strip of black paper. The lines are black Copic multiliner and white Uni-ball gel pen.

The Copic marker colors are B01 and E43. The E43 is a great match for the kraft paper - just a bit darker, as you can see from the darker brown stripes in the bottom right kraft dot. The B01 on kraft is a very muted color, while on white or cream, it's much brighter.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them." (018)

Green and Purple Stripes Card - and Two Versions in Other Colors

Three very simple cards with stripes of paper, ribbon, and ink. It was fun to play with the colors, and I enjoyed using my new "classic" set of Fiskars paper edger scissors. All were created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them."

For the first card, above, the base layer is Papertrey Ink spring moss (light green) card stock. The wide outer stripes are Papertrey Ink plum pudding (purple) and ripe avocado (dark green) card stock, edged with ripple pattern. The middle stripe is 1/8" purple satin ribbon from my ribbon bag. All adhered with Scor Tape. I used a purple Copic multiliner for the purple lines. The sentiment, "Thinking of you," is computer-printed in purple ink using Lucida Calligraphy font.

The second card, below, is a blue and gray version. The sentiment is computer-printed with dark blue ink in Lucida Calligraphy font. The dark blue stripes are Papertrey Ink enchanted evening, edged with deckle pattern. The middle stripe is a woven-stripe 3/8" ribbon, colored with B21 and C1 Copic markers. There are also lines of cobalt and cool gray Copic multiliner.

The third, at the bottom, is made with Fall colors. The sentiment "Thinking of you" is computer-printed in medium brown ink with Lucida Calligraphy font. The brown lines are sepia Copic multiliner and E25 Copic marker. The card base is Papertrey Ink melon berry, and the outer stripes are Papertrey Ink terra cotta tile (rust) and dark chocolate (brown), edged with corkscrew pattern. The middle stripe is 1/8" metallic gold tinsel ribbon from Papertrey Ink.

For Christmas, I made a red and green version with "Joy" in red ink. (Not posted) (017)

Diagonal Stripe Cards with Daisy Circles

Two cards with diagonal stripes and my daisy drawing in circles. Soft yellow and orange with touches of gold and green. For the second card, see the bottom of this post.

The card stock is Papertrey Ink lemon tart (yellow) and summer sunrise (orange). The sentiment "Thinking of you" is computer-printed with "Lucida Handwriting" font, using ink in deeper shades of the card stock. I used Copic markers for the flowers, their backgrounds, and the diagonal and circular edges.

To create the diagonal stripe, I laid a 6" ruler (1" wide) diagonally across the A2 piece of card stock, then marked each end on both sides of the ruler. I cut the diagonal strips with my paper cutter, taking care to keep the cuts parallel and to line up both colors the same, and pieced it all back together with Scor Tape.

My daisy drawing was scanned and printed on Neenah. Click here for all my cards with the full or partial daisy drawing.

Created for Operation Write Home, "supporting our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them. (016a)