READ PINK & OWH Midweek Throwdown Card Challenge
It's good to be back blogging more regularly! Traveling this summer, along with some issues with my sweetie's Parkinson's, proved a distraction, but things are starting to settle back to normal. Which is good, since the sixth book in my Shelter Bay series is due in January. And have you ever noticed how time flies even faster during the holidays?
The Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps midweek challenge calls for an anniversary or love card, so I decided to go with red and hearts. I chose OWH sketch #115 because the narrow strip was perfect for the fence I wanted to use.
The stamp, which I colored with Copics, is from Penny Black, the card stock is Cherry Cobbler from Marks' Finest Papers, the paper is from Echo Park, and the picket fence is a Martha Stewart punch. (Btw, the glow around the hedgehog isn't as dark as it appears in this photo.)
Since this blog's also about my writing life, I wanted to share the way cool ad that Penguin Books ran in USA Today yesterday to celebrate their annual READ PINK program that donates $25,000 to breast cancer research. Doesn't The Homecoming look pretty with its pink ribbon on the cover? Since I have too many friends who've battled this horrible disease and -- yay!!! -- won, I was honored to have The Homecoming reissued as one of this year's READ PINK books.
Thanks for visiting! Comments are always appreciated and I hope you'll drop by again tomorrow for my Friday photo!
xo,
JoAnn
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12 comments:
I love this Penny Black image and what you've done with it, especially the red paint! Cute cute cute!
Congrats on having your book reissued too, you certainly deserve it after your devotion to writing for so many years! I hope you enjoy the book's success for a second and possibly third round as well :)
This card is simply adorable! I love the red and all the hearts!
PS Getting ready to download one of your books…it's a great day for reading!
The cards are lovely. I like the second one...
As for the books I have read 8 of these books already...But it is so good that these books are being offered up for Breast Cancer...
JoAnn, This card is just precious. I love Penny black and you've done it proud. Great job. Love that fence. Congrats on the book deal. I'll have to get off the craft desk someday and start reading your books. Enjoy your week.
The penny black stamp is so cute and I love your coloring on it. Very cute card.
Your hedgehog card is so pretty! Love the colors and layout!
Oh hooray! I love that fence punch! Thanks for sharing your cute card! And what a nice cause for the books. I don't know anyone who isn't effected by someone with breast cancer.
What a cute card! Love the Penny Black hedgie with his paint can. I really like the fence border - what a great idea!
The Homecoming does look very nice with its pink ribbon. It's wonderful that your book can help out in the fight against breast cancer.
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good work.
Hi JoAnn, I'm leaving an answer for you here too because for some reason I can't leave a response for your comment. So just to make sure, I thought I'd post here too.
I use PSE 7. Treat the digis just like a photo. Images do need to be PNG (transparent background) so the white areas don't cover up anything. (Use the magic wand to click on the white background - if the background is locked, just double click on it in the layers palette - then hit delete. Presto! Transparent background.) If you try it and run into other issues, which you may, just ask me and I'll help you out. Once they are transparent, just drag them onto a new file background (I use U.S. standard paper - 8.5x11.5 - and make the background transparent) and re-size as needed.
Hi JoAnn! Happy to see your adorable card; I just love it. Thanks for telling us about Read Pink and great to hear how well your writing is going!
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