Saturday, January 3, 2015

ODBD Challenge For January

I am back with a second post today.  This one is for the ODBD January Challenge for Operation Write Home.  This month they are looking for Any Hero Cards.  This could be a hero in the armed services or even your local Police or Fire departments, First Responders, etc.  It is always a nice idea to thank those who protect or help us in any way.  I think this is a terrific idea and I plan on sending several of these types of cards to our local heroes as well.   Here is my card for a Hero that will be going into the next OWH box.  

I started this card by picking out the paper first, which is a sheet from a scrap booking calendar that I received as a gift three years ago.  I kept all the sheets so that I could use the papers from them on cards.  I colored the hat and the sentiment to match the colors in the paper.  I started coloring the hat, the flag and the sentiment without any problems but when I started the little bear I realized that this was printed on a paper that does not work so well with Copics because my initial intention was to use colored pencils.  As I was so far into it I proceeded anyway and as you can see I had trouble blending the bear the way I'd like to but I'm hoping the hero that gets this won't mind too much.  Keeping my fingers crossed.  I added some Glossy Accents to his nose and eyes.  I cut him out with SB Square and Postage Stamp dies.  On the sentiment piece I used one of my go-to corner punches.  My mats are Chocolate Chip from SU!  Hope your Saturday is going smoothly and I thank you for your visit today.   See you again soon.  I'm happy that I'm getting to spend some extra time in my craft room lately.  
 

9 comments:

  1. Love the colors and coloring on the HERO. Nice job!

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  2. Hi Donna! Your card is just delightful!! Great colors and I love that heroic bear!!
    Hugs
    Darcy

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  3. This is so sweet, Donna! Love the background and adorable image! Happy New Year!

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  4. What an adorable card this turned out to be! I love the way you colored the bear - it looks like real fur!! A matching top hat for the background paper finished this hero card perfectly!!

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  5. I think the blending on the bear is just fine - and he looks real. Love that paper in the background and the matching hat. VERY, VERY cute!
    Lynn

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  6. The bear turned out so cute and I love thr vibrant background. Very sweet

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  7. A fabulous card Donna, such a cute bear and wonderful colours - a flovely bright and cheerful card.
    Pauline
    x

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  8. Totally cute hero card. Love that image and your great colors. Hugz

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  9. Love the bright colors for your hero card. Image is cute too,.

    Hugs
    Sue

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