http://donnainks.com An adventure in Stampin' Up! Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:02:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My friends, Kate and Julie, and I spent the weekend at a lake cabin having Stamp Camp. While there we worked on the brayering tutorial posted today at the OWH Stars and Stamps blog. I love this new stamp set, Artistic Etchings, and have made a number of cards with ... http://donnainks.com/?p=110 Thank you all so much for the wonderful comments and participation in this past weekend's Operation Write Home Blog Hop! To pick the winner, I picked a random person and asked them to pick a number between 1 and 109 (since that was how many comments I got!) and that random ... http://donnainks.com/?p=106 Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop! Today's card starts with a Night of Navy 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" base. Using Sticky Strip, I adhered 1/2" strips of Textured Real Red and Whisper White cardstock to the base. Next, I stamped ... http://donnainks.com/?p=92 I made this card as part of Operation Write Home's Stars and Stamps Challenge #11. I haven't been able to play in a while and I'm glad I'm able to now. I started with a 4 1/4" X 10" Chocolate Chip base scored for a vertical card at 5 1/2". ... http://donnainks.com/?p=88 I made this card for my oldest nephew's birthday. He'll be 8 the end of this month. I thought it would be fun to try the scratch and sniff technique. I think he'll like it. He always gets such a kick out of my cards. I started ... http://donnainks.com/?p=81 Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home Spring Break Blog Hop! The Hop starts at Operation Write Home's Stars and Stamps blog. Operation Write Home is an organization that gathers cardmakers and resources and sends blank handmade greeting cards to our Armed Forces for them to write home. The ... http://donnainks.com/?p=73 I made this card as part of the OWH Stars and Stamps Sketch Challenge #5. You can see details at the post. I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" Pretty in Pink base. Then I cut two 1 1/4" X 2 1/2" and one 1 3/4" X ... http://donnainks.com/?p=69 I made this card as part of the Operation Write Home Stash Challenge. The instructions were to create a card using two patterned papers and a button. This morning, I came across this card and used it as my inspiration. I started with a 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" ... http://donnainks.com/?p=61 This is possibly the largest and most labor-intensive card I've ever made. I'm really kind of proud of the fact that I made this. I made it for a friend's little boy and I love the color combination. I was inspired by the design and colors in this card. ... http://donnainks.com/?p=53 Operation Write Home is hosting a bloghop this weekend for Veterans Day. The hop starts at the Operation Write Home Blog and starts at noon CST today, November 14. For the bloghop, we are to make an AnyHero card, which is a card with a message written in ... http://donnainks.com/?p=47