Saturday, March 24, 2012

Celebrate the Day with OWH

I love making cards for Operation Write Home, so I made this little trifold birthday card with a child in mind. I think a dad or mom might like to send their child a bright, happy card for their birthday. Well, that's what my thinking was when I made this anyway.

I started with a simple trifold in navy blue. The yellow, orange and green were scraps I had collected from who-knows-where.  I stamped the cupcake and sentiment on the front panel, coloring the cupcake to match the papers. When it was finished, I wondered if I should have chosen a color other than green for the frosting, but what the heck--kids have a goofy sense of what's right when it comes to food, so I figured there has to be a little kid out there who would love green frosting!


The center panel is just a sentiment and candles, colored to match again.  To stick with the theme, I added mini cupcakes and a sentiment to the last panel, with a bit of blue ribbon for interest.

Now the problem. When the card was done, I was admiring my handiwork when I realized there really wasn't a good place for whoever was giving this card to write a note. What to do, what to do! After a moment, I realized I could simply line the back side of the panels in white to give a bit of space for a note. Problem solved, and another card's ready to get shipped out! Yeah.

Have you checked out Operation Write Home yet?  It really is a great organization, and it feels so good to do something to help pay back the sacrifices made for us every day. Consider sending a few (or a bunch) of cards to OWH. All the information you need is on their website. You'll be blessed and so will some soldier and their loved ones.

4 comments:

  1. Fabulous coloring on the cupcakes! I totally 'get' the green frosting ... for my 10th birthday, I requested a purple cake with green frosting.

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    1. Hey KellyRae! How'd the Copics class go? I'm so glad you understand the green frosting thing! So, did ya get your purple cake?

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  2. You know my little hooligans would dig that green frosting! Of course, they'd expect the cupcake itself to be rainbow! You're such a great colorer (colorist?)...I'm always envious of your talents!

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    1. Aww, thanks Megan. Actually, I was thinking of your little "hooligans" when I made this. I figured if ever there were kids that would get the green frosting, it would be them. They are such amazing little kids--can't wait for them to come home.

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