Hero Arts - Background Stamps Challenge

Black and White Friends Card
Features the Hero Arts Italian Poetry Background Stamp
(stamped on black cs under butterfly chipboard, and on the chipboard!)
I also used the Hero Arts DesignBlock Tree - not sure it qualifies!
ps. This is my favorite card! It was so fun to make, and just makes me happy!

Thank You Card With Butterfly
The HA Italian Poetry is also stamped on the little butterfly,
but in a pearlescent ink.. So hard to see!
I also used the 'flower' design from the HA Clear Design Paisley & Flower Patterns set.
The flower design is stamped on the sage background card stock,
and on the darker green patterned paper.
This card is going to Seattle!

Another Card for Cards for Heros!
This card features that cute HA Tiny Jubilee Dots stamp,
that I used as a background and the HA Swirls and Stars stamp.
The dots are stamped in blue, white and on the ribbon.
This card is going to Seattle!

Thanks - With Bird
And this one features the flowers again, this time stamped on the felt bird!
This card is going to Missouri!

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A quick share...

Last week's challenge at the Hero Arts Blog site was to use background stamps in unique ways.

I have about 3 or 4 Hero Arts background stamps... so I felt challenged, indeed!

Above are my creations. I'm amazed I made 4 cards! I was not feeling 'on board' for this challenge. Between Jake's Birthday and mine, I have so many Thank You cards that need to get out!!!

Thanks for looking!


Ranch Life News:

It's going to be a CRAZY week. I have the opportunity to be at 4 markets this week, and with eggs coming out of our ears, I think I need to go! We got rained out of Boise on Saturday (I have photos to share) so gonna go back for their first ever Thursday Night Market (sure beats getting up at 3am!)...

And, since we have had rain for about a week, today is mow the out of control lawn day!

And, we are weaning the lambs off their bottles... they are graduating to a bucket...

Which, I need to go photo! Sami and Jake are taking the bucket out now!

Definitely a photo moment... Just wait to you see 'the bucket'!!!

Hero Arts and Cards for Heroes - Challenges

4th of July & Born in the USA Cards
See the USA block in Red?
I made that with my new cricut!!!

It's Your Special Day
(I'm lovin' the stars!)

Born in the USA
For a soldier to send home as a birthday card for a loved one

It's Your Special Day and Congratulations Cards

I told you I was on a star kick!!!

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This is how I spent my Memorial Day.
Making Cards for the Cards for Heroes project.
And of course, mowing, raking, feeding lambs, doing laundry and feeding my family :)

BBQ??? We had slow cooked ribs and mashed potatoes for dinner!
AND we all had a fun ice cream treat midday!
The kids and I delivered ice creams to Dick & Ramon who were at the headquarters
making the pasture poultry 'house'

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This is an awesome week at the Hero Arts Blog! The challenge this week is to make manly cards, and for an 'extra' challenge, to make cards to send for the Cards for Heroes organization!

How cool is that!!!!!!!

I actually started early - thanks to the weekend Cards for Heroes Blog Hop!

Right now, I have 9 completed cards to send off! Gee! and for the 25 + 2 challenge which lasts all summer, I'm ahead of the game!

Yippee Skippie!!!!

Reality Check:
I started out making 4th of July cards.. Which would be good for the 'Any Soldier' program (send them a card you sign) but not for the Cards for Heroes - which are cards for the soldiers to send back home.. Too long of a delay.. So I switched to birthday, special day and congratulations cards!

And, as I stated earlier.. I am on a star kick right now!!!!!!!!

And Red White and Kraft....

Vintage fun.

OK.. I gotta go rake some grass!

Go Green - A Day to Celebrate

Getting Motivated! Seeing Stars
Do you see the Red USA piece?
I cut that out with my cricut!

More Stars!

A Day To Celebrate - 4th of July
For the Hero Arts 'Go Green' Challenge
I used a Wrangler tag that I have been saving from one of Sami's shirts!

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I've been gathering inspiration from the Cards for Heroes Blog Hop! Earlier today I stamped a boat load of stars on Kraft card stock for card bases... Tomorrow I'll be assembling them and getting a start on the summer '25 plus 2' challenge!!!! I've also enlisted the help of my new Cricut Expression! Fun fun fun!!!

What's the 25 plus 2???? The current challenge for Cards for Heroes is to make 25 cards over the summer, plus an additional 2. One additional one that you sign with a message for the Any Hero program, and another - a birthday card for Any Soldier. See that blinkie at the top? Click on it to get more info!


Ranch News: Five more bummer lambs arrived today! That makes 12 bottle babies... Crazy crazy crazy! So today was spent cleaning out boxes - freshening them with new shavings, and making room for the new babies!

We also had another Thunderstorm come through in the early evening... I love those! Reminds me of Missouri.... love that place!

Stopped Me in My Tracks... Cards for Heros and...

Where Have all the Flowers Gone???

Ok friends... I am sitting here, checking out all the blogs involved in the Cards for Heros Bloghop...And let me tell you! It's the who's who of the Card Making World!!!! OH my gosh.. It is such a gorgeous array of talent, inspiration and respect for our troops!

Before I tell you what stopped me in my tracks I want to share with you the gal that started it all.

Sandy Allnock.

I know this gal! I've been to her place and I have seen her Cards for Heroes setup/office/shipping center/boxes/etc! It was over a year ago, before 'she went big'!!

Sandy, you Rock! The blog hop starts here: The Cards for Heros Blog Hop...

And, I got 'stopped in my tracks' right here... Where Have all the Flowers Gone.

A song, from my youth! And, now that I am older, wiser, and more aware.. I finally 'get it'.

Go check it all out.

And join me.. in making cards this weekend (be sure to read about what they need!), and sending them to Sandy.

And, Thank You to all of the families and service men and women who are and have made so many sacrifices on our behalf! We are so lucky to have you!!!!!