Woven Plaid Card with Hearts

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Woven Plaid Card with Hearts

Wow - one million cards! shipped to the troops by Operation Write Home, a volunteer group with thousands of card makers, "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."

The design of my woven plaid card (for Operation Write Home) was inspired by a growing pile of scraps - 1/2" to 1" wide strips of leftover red and blue card stock. See below for another version.

Technique: Adhere the horizontal strips on the left end. Weave in the vertical strips and adhere at both ends. Straighten the horizontal strips and adhere on the right. The strips may vary in width and spacing, but they must be parallel and at right angles.

My card stock is Papertrey Ink fine linen (tan background), pure poppy (red), and enchanted evening (dark blue). The 1" heart punch is EK Success. The tan dots on the hearts are from a 1/4" punch. (072)

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Operation: Quiet Comfort

Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

I will post a few times a month, whenever I have a new card to share. For cards before 2012, the date on the post is the approximate date of the card, not always the posting date. Reference posts like "About My Labels" are filed together as 1973, but are much newer.

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Unless otherwise noted in the blog post, this is my original creative work. All of my cards, drawings and text are copyright, and are shared only for your personal, non-commercial use and enjoyment. Copyright © CPOvermyer 2009-2024.

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Saturday, May 14, 2011