OWH Spring Break Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Operation Write Home blog hop! If you are joining me today from Kaere's blog, Whispers and Wishes, you are in the right place, but if  you've just stumbled onto our hop today, you will definitely want to go back to the start of the hop to see all the amazing creations and blog candy chances along the way!

We are holding this hop today to inspire you to create as well as to raise awareness for and the need for greeting cards and words of encouragement for our troops stationed around the world. The wonderful and caring volunteers of Operation Write Home, work tirelessly to help make sure our troops have cards to write home on, and to make sure they themselves receive mail to lift their spirits and know that those of us back home appreciate ALL that they are doing for us and our freedom.

I am honored to take part in this event. I did so last year and I plan to do so each year as I am able. I think it's important that we do what we can for our troops, however big or small. Last year I sent OWH a couple boxes of old swap cards from when I was a Stampin' Up! demo, it was great to be able to recycle those cards for a good cause. I'm hoping to gather up enough cards to send another box this year too. If you would like to send some cards or have questions about OWH, you can find all the info you need by clicking HERE.

The theme of our hop is "Spring" so I've created this card using the Whimsy Stamps carousel horse Spring Stepping. I think this stamp is absolutely perfect for this time of year! And since today is the first day of Spring it makes it all that much more appropriate.

I've colored my image with Copics and added some Stickles glitter to give her some sparkle. The papers are BasicGrey Sultry with Stampin' Up card stock in chocolate and pink. I've distressed all the edges and stitched with the sewing machine. I've embellished with ribbon, lace, and Prima flowers and cherry blossoms.

To thank you for taking the time to visit my blog along this hop. In addition to sharing a card today, I am also offering some blog candy. You don't have to do anything special to enter, except leave a link with your name and blog address in the linky feature below. If you would like to help us spread the word about this hop, that would of course be greatly appreciated. My candy will remain open for this weekend and end at 9am EST on Monday, March 22nd. I will announce the winner later that day and he/she will have 48 hours to claim the prize. One lucky random person will win this beautiful Spring Stepping stamp set, deeply etched red rubber mounted on EZ mount foam!

ENTER BLOG CANDY HERE

Now, I hope you will continue with our hop today and stop at Kelli's blog, KelliStamps4U...and U can 2, which is the next stop on the hop.

Thank you so much for hopping with us! Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping,