Our Second Annual Operation Write Home - Christmas

Megan, Traci, Martee and Marianne

Ahhh, finally a moment to post again. I have been very busy with the kids schedules and also some projects for upcoming UStampwithDawnandFriends sessions ( stay tuned for coming announcements) and have not posted much. 

Anywhoo, I am glad to post our pictures from our 2nd annual Operation Write Home day. Last Sunday, 5 of us met at my house and worked away stamping Christmas cards for our troops. We even put on a little Christmas Music to get into the mood. It's always such fun to get together with friends for some stamping, lots of chatting and laughter and of course a little food. I believe we will have completed 80 cards for our package that I will be sending off on Monday.

Operation Write Home is such a wonderful organization, please visit http://operationwritehome.org for more information. 

Operation Write Home - 92 Cards Created!

Our Stampers Hard at Work

Our Finished Cards

This Sunday, I hosted an Operation Write Home day to make cards for our service men and women to send home to their loved ones. For more information about Operation Write Home click here or on the OWH name above.

We had four stampers working through the afternoon to stamp and create holiday cards. The OWH deadline for holiday cards is October 30th. We used lots of discontinued paper as well as our new and old favorite stamps to create various designs. You would think that there would be a lot of chatter going on, but our group was so focused on reaching our goal of 20 cards each, and concentrating on the assembly of the cards that it was very quiet.

Here are our creations

Kim's Cards

Marianne's Cards

Megan's Cards

My Cards

After Kim and Marianne left for the day, Megan and I created these cards using the self adhesive die cuts from the Simply Scrappin' kit from last year ( discontinued). Simply scrapping kits are a great way to QUICKLY make a variety of cards and contain almost everything you need to make a great number of cards. These cards literally take about 2 minutes to make. 

It was such a joy to host an afternoon for Operation Write Home. It is so fun to see other stamper's creative process and work side by side to create something together for others. I will definitely be hosting another Operation Write Home event after the New Year. Please check out the OWH website and host your own OWH gathering.