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Saturday, October 1, 2011

WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!!!

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Today, October 1rst is World Card Making Day, and I am celebrating with OPERATION WRITE HOME and also with PAPER CRAFTS MAGAZINE

We were to make a Christmas or Seasons greetings card. I made both, one is definitely going to OWH, the second one I am not sure yet, and I'll tell you why further down.

Here is my first card, as you can see it is pretty CLEAN and SIMPLE--CAS, which the folks at OWH prefer.

All products by STAMPIN' UP, everything BUT the stamp set is retired though. I had to use different red brads. (I taught this card to my daughter and some of her friends, and I used all the correct shade of red brads on their cards, so mom had to improvise, LOL!) The Kraft card stock base of the card opens from the bottom, I try to make some of the cards different from the normal straight, right to left opening.

The inside says:

"Warmest greetings of the Season

and every good wish

for the coming year."

The card you will see below, has GLITTER on it which is a MAJOR NO-NO for OPERATION WRITE HOME cards. As we all know glitter loves to flake off and land on everything, this sparkly stuff can very well land on the uniform of an enlisted person and give away their location. WE DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT !!

Stickles and other glitter glues are ok, as the glue totally encases the glitter.

The glitter on the below cards, are actually foam stickers that came that way, and I have deliberately tried rubbing off the glitter to see what happens. So far, nothing has come off. I might run this past Sandy, but MOST LIKELY will NOT include it in my Christmas card box.

I would like to share with you why I support OPERATION WRITE HOME.

* I am a very patriotic person

* I am surrounded by veterans both living and passed on

*Initially out of HS I was supposed to go into the Air Force for Nursing, but circumstances kept that from happening

* I have always been a supporter of our service men and women, I THANK THEM, whenever I see one, wherever I see one! (You should also)

* Our enlisted troops have NOTHING to do with politics, you may not think they should be where they are, but they are where they are and need to know they are supported!

* I have always been a worker, always employed from the age of 15 on, in 2005 I became permanently disabled. I need a purpose, as my kids really do not need me anymore or the hubby (you know what I mean by need) so by making cards for OWH I am supporting our military personnel and I feel good about doing it.

I can not afford to donate cash to anyone at this point in my life (though I always do include $5-$10 in with my card shipments) However OWH is running extremely low on funds for shipping these large boxes of cards overseas. We would love to have more card makers and would never turn anyone away, but we also need donations. Please consider clicking here to Donate to OPERATION WRITE HOME: