Saturday, March 20, 2010

Operation Write Home Spring Break Blog Hop

Happy Saturday to you all!

Welcome to the
You should have arrived here from Cr8ive ME
If you did not, please start at the Operation Write Home Blog and hop with us today!

I love Operation Write Home!  It is such a great organization.  Crafters from all over help to make and donate handmade cards to help our nation's heroes keep in touch with home.  If you have not been involved with OWH, please check it out and consider donating some of your handmade cards! 

I just love bright colors!  Here's my Spring Card:



Products:
Cardstock:  American Crafts
Pattern Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Ribbon:  Michael's
Stamps:  Stampin' Up (Limes), Hero Arts (Sentiment)
Embossing Ink:  ColorBox
Embossing Powder:  Ranger Clear
Chalk Ink:  VersaMagic
Edge Distresser:  Heidi Swapp

Since today is the first day of Spring,
I am offering surprise Blog Candy! 
If you would like a chance to win, please become a follower and leave me a comment letting me know what Spring means to you!

I hope you enjoyed your stop here today!  : ) 
Please continue on your Hopping Journey to Marcy's Blog! 

Have fun and don't forget to make some cards for our Troops!
April 1 is the deadline for Mother's Day Cards.  Let's get busy and show our troops how much we care!

61 comments:

  1. Hi Steph! Thanks for sharing your cute card for the blog hop! I am going to follow - and I just have to say that I love love your cute blog layout with those flowers and buttons and stitching. . . adorable! Happy hopping to you! I am following!

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  2. Nice card Steph! And such a wonderful, heartwarming project! Thanks for the opportunity for blog candy...and yay for the blog hop!!
    dvwayne at gmail dot com

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  3. Love your card!! Great colors!!

    for me springs means flowers!

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  4. Love your card. I like spring because the weather is just right. I am pretty picky and don't like being hot and don't like being cold so spring is a great time of year. It's just right.

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  5. Yummy colors. Spring for me means new life and renewal.
    thank you for sharing,
    darlene a

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  6. What a lovely limey card!! CUTE! And I love your blog background too.

    For me, spring means planting the sweet peas - every Good Friday they go in the ground, and come up all summer to give me lots of joy!!

    Thanks for joining the hop!

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  7. Love your card. Spring, this year, means no more snow. We had three blizzards with tons of snow this winter. Very unusual for us. Cardkel@gmail.com

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  8. I LOVE the lime stamp you used. Spring for me are the flowers starting to appear in my flower pots!

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  9. I love your card. Spring is starting anew. Everything comes up new and fresh. I love spring.

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  10. love your card and for me spring means color!

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  11. What a fun fun fun card...Well done!

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  12. great card. Your blog is very cheery!

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  13. Nice card. I'm seeing so many great spring colors that I can't decide which is my favorite! I think green and orange are winning.

    Spring means that school is almost over. That's very important for a teacher! (Less than fifty days of classes left!) Thanks for the chance at blog candy.

    jeanne706 at yahoo dot com

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  14. I love the limes too - makes me excited for some delicious limeade this summer! Thanks so much for joining in the hop and sharing your creativity!

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  15. Such a pretty spring card. Its time to make cards with the inspiration I have seen today.

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  16. Adorable card! Definitely makes me think of spring! As for what it means for me: it's sad in a way... 3 of my hubby's 4 deployments have been during spring...so they get lonely. Anyway - as a military wife I must say thank you for helping OWH keep families together in heart despite being apart because of duty.

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  17. I love green so this card is right up my alley.

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  18. What a cute card you made for the blog hop today! My fav color is green - Happy Saturday!

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  19. Cute Cute card and great blog. Spring means cool days and lots and lots of Flowers bloomin everywhere.
    God Bless,
    Jeanine @14 on the blog hop.

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  20. Spring hopefully means no more snow!

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  21. Super cute card! LOVE your blog - so colorful!

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  22. Cute card!! LOVE the limes!! Spring means the flowers will be soon in bloom!! :)

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  23. I could use a Key Lime pie right about now! Love the card! Thanks for hopping today!

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  24. Love this card! For me spring me newness and possibilities. I live on a farm and watching the ground come alive after a long winter's nap is awesome!

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  25. Cute limes! I have a stamp like that and I never even thought about cutting it in half to use as a slice

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  26. What a great card! Love the colors!!

    As a military spouse and someone new to OWH, I thank you for taking part in this awesome blog hop and in OWH!

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  27. Love the lime! Became a follower. THanks for all you do for OWH.

    thedoglady2004 (@) ymail (.) com

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  28. your cards looks like spring, so cheerful!

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  29. That card just makes my mouth water! Seriously! Love the limies. Just perfection.

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  30. What a beautiful card; so bright & cheerful! Besides that, green is my favorite color! I also love the others on your blog. You pay so much attention to details & your man cards are great! I see we like so many of the same companies.
    I love spring!!! The rebirth of the bulbs that have been waiting to blossom is just too cool! I can't garden anymore due to my disabilities, but I can still drool over other's gardens & offer them advice on how to have color all year long!
    I'm also a hopper & my daughter is a soldier, so thank you for helping with OWH! We are so appreciative of anyone who is involved with this awesome organization!

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  31. oh such a cute card :) love it

    thanks for sharing :)

    Hugs x

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  32. What a happy fun card! Love those citrus slices! Spring(to me) means de-cluttering my house. But seriously--spring to me means starting anew, but remembering where you came from;)

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  33. Love the limes!! So cute :) This year spring had and extra special meaning for me...HOMECOMING!! My husband just returned from a 14 month deployment and we are so happy to have him back home.

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  35. Love the lime card...makes me want a margarita! :D To me, spring means refreshing...done with the long closed in winter and now it's open fresh air and sunshine and all things new! Thanks for sharing.

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  36. You are so talented. Thank you for sharing with all of us! Spring, to me, is renewal in all things.

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  37. Thanks for your support of OWH and our Heroes! You've got some great cards on your blog. I like the blue one for the man challenge. The one for the hop is really bright and cheerful!
    R/

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  38. Love your card....so bright and cheerful.....I also became a follower....love your blog.....thank you for sharing.....

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  39. Happy Spring to you! I followed your blog...

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  40. Love your card....thanks for the heads up on the the blog hop...I am a follower of your blog and saw your post on my dashboard. I went to the beginning and have been hopping along for two days!

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  41. Forgot to say that Spring means beautiful flowers and butterflies...I love to be outside with my camera trying to capture these beautiful creatures.

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  42. love the bright green of your card....
    to me spring is the arrival of the flowers in the garden, the start of baseball season but most important to me is NHL playoffs!

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  43. Great card- so perky with all of that green! I'm a follower- you're actually how I found this hop! Spring to me is when things start greening up and the brown all around us recedes.

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  44. Oh boy! Your card says Margaritas to me, lol. Sunshine and salt on the air. Sounds so good to me. Thanks!

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  45. Your blog was so refreshing.... loved your color choices!

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  46. Wonderful bright cheery card!

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  47. What a fabulous, spring creation!!! I love the vibrant colors and the lovely papers. You asked what spring means to me...it means warm weather..sunshine...seeing nature begin anew...and golfing. Unfortunately, it also means allergy time, but I will take all the beauty over the bad and stock up on the Claritin;o)

    Hugs!
    Carolyn

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  48. Lovely spring card! Spring means sunshine to me!!! Thanks for sharing and supporting OWH.

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  49. Such a happy card!!! thanks for supporting OWH!

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  50. Your card is great, actually makes think of summer, LOL...great composition!

    Spring means to me: no more wood stove mess! LOL
    AND... the reemergence of color!!

    Thanks for what you do...It is an amazing org. and I am planning on joining.
    I am now a follower of your blog!
    Susan

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  51. Spring means fresh air for me this year. We were couped up inside for way too long this winter. I am so happy to get back out into the world.

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  52. great idea....great colors. Spring means to me...time to get dirty....love to plant flowers and work in the garden....its it time to get started!!

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  53. How fun - my mouth is watering at those bright limes! Great card - thanks for being a part of the Spring Break blog through OWH

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