Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home Red Friday Bloghop! If you’ve gotten here without starting at the beginning, you’ll want to click HERE and start from the top. We’re turning “Black Friday” into “Red Friday” by supporting our nation’s heroes!
Operation Write Home is a charity that sends blank handmade cards to service members deployed overseas. They’ve sent nearly 3 million cards! That’s a lot of letters and love heading home to those who are keeping the home fires burning.
November through February are the slowest months for OWH, and that’s something we as crafters can do something about! We all have a handful of cards in our stash — we don’t even need to take a break from our holiday preparations to just write Operation Write Home on the back and send them in, right? That’ll keep our heroes busy writing home during a long winter away from home.
Be sure to read the information on the Stars and Stamps post so you send in what’s needed (no Christmas cards, no glitter, A2, etc) – and make a hero’s day by giving them a beautiful creation to write home on!
Since we’re spreadin’ the love today, I thought I’d make a card using the Mosaic Heart stencil with a sentiment from the Sending Happy Thoughts set both by Simon Says Stamp. I mean, nothing spreads the love, in my humble opinion, more than a rainbow ombre heart.
What’s a bloghop without prizes? See the Stars and Stamps post for the full list of goodies by the bloghop sponsors – and go link up YOUR love card there, too! There are prizes for both those who comment on the blogs as well as folks who share their own creation!
Your next stop on the hop is one of my all time favorite card makers, ever….Julie Ebersole.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Doublestick Heaven 
Gotta agree with you on the rainbow ombre —–AWESOME!!
Lovely card – your rainbows are always special Laura!!
Love the rainbow colors. They can never go wrong… Love this card 🙂
OWH is a wonderful organization. I haven’t sent cards in a while, so thanks for the inspiration with your rainbow ombre heart card. You’re the best! Happy Day after Thanksgiving- I wish you yummy left overs!
I love your rainbow card! What a fabulous card! I think this is a must have sentiment set.
Love the card and the neat heart!
Lovely ombre heart! Perfection Laura!
Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I love the use of the stencil. I’ve seen many and actually bought one, but haven’t used it yet. Thanks for the inspiration on your beautiful card!
Love your ombre heart!
Thanks, Laura, for all you do, and for sharing your exceptional skills with all of us!
Thanks for the stenciling inspiration! Love the ombre colors!
Love the ombre heart! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love that mosiac heart stencil!! This is a beautiful love card!
Gorgeous card, Laura! I love the heart stencil and the rainbow of colors. Thanks for supporting OWH!
The heart stencil is so pretty with your shading technique and I love that some of the greeting is stamped on the base and some is on a tag! Thanks for sharing your wonderful ideas!
What a treat, two of my absolute favorite things in the cardmaking world together, OWH & Laura B. ! Thanks for your support of OWH and for all the inspiration you share.
Fabulous clean and simple card–I might have to acquire that mosaic stencil. Thanks for your support of OWH.
🙂 Marie
gorgeous!
You always know how to rock a rainbow!
Love that gorgeous heart & the ombre look! Wonderful card!
Great stencil, I really need to try those.
Always beautiful Laura! TFS
Dolly
Beautiful colors and I love the placement of the heart. Great detail with the sequins.
You and your rainbows are always so perfect!
Love this card! I really love the ombré rainbow look of the mosaic heart, so cheery!
So pretty!! I think I need to buy that stencil.
This is the first I have seen the heart mosaic. So pretty. So unusual. So want to have one! Thanks for being a part of OWH.
Ombre is so IN! The sequins add a beautiful touch to the heart which is creatively placed.
Love the heart!
Yummy…love the rainbow in that heart shape!
You always make the rainbow come alive. Thanks for your support of OWH.
love the stencil. the sentiment is great too what a great card
So beautiful! I love the way you can work your signature rainbow into designs.
I love how stencils can make QUICK and EASY cards:)
I just received my TINY DOTS stencil from SSS today…THANK YOU!
Love your rainbow heart! It is so you! Perfect pairing with the stamp set!
great CAS card!!
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Great card design. Love that stencil
Very nice — and simple too!
Beautiful blending on the heart!
Love what you did with the mosiac heart stencil!
I’ve never seen that stencil but I love how you used it with inks and the sentiment. Always great cards that never disappoint.
Wow! This is so striking. The heart stencil is terrific…definitely on my someday wish list. Beautifiul work!
Awesome card, Laura!
Marianne x
the stencil heart is so cool. Love this card.
Beautiful colors.
Great card. I love Write Home. Each time I make a card for this group, I think of the men and women of our military who look at my card and say “This will work’! Very rewarding!
Awesome heart!
Great CASE card. Thanks for sharing.
This card is beautiful
Very nice clean and simple card. Thank you for sharing!
Love it!
Such an incredibly heart-warming, heart-touching way to add special meaning to this day! Your card: pure delight! I’m ordering that mosaic stencil now…
~c
Absolutely love the ombre effect here on that cute heart!! Thanks so much for sharing this means so much to our men and women overseas!
Love the ombre look of the heart. The colors you chose are lovely. TFS your beautiful work.
Beautiful card. Love the ombre effect and that heart stencil. TFS
Awesome creation and awesome cause…
What a great coloring technique with this stencil. Love this!
I always love your cards and rainbow coloring. So pretty! That heart mosaic is definitely going on my wish list!
Such a cool stencil – the color variations are superb as well! Great card I will be CASEing for sure!
Beautiful and simple all rolled into one – YOU are my hero Laura!
the big ombre heart sends home big heart hugs and kisses. what a great card!
Love The colors in the heart.
So simple and so beautiful it means all
Absolutely beautiful! Your Ombre heart is soooo gorgeous!
Love your rainbow colored cards. They are fun and symbolize hope and love.
Great use of the stencil! Love your rainbow colors, Laura. Thx for sharing!
ohhhh I just bought this stencil when SSS had their 30% off sale!!! it’s so pretty!!!!! I can’t wait to try your technique 😀
I just LOVE a rainbow ombre heart and the colors you chose are just beautiful, Laura! So sweet of you to be part of the hop for OWH!
Great card. So clever.
Love the sentiment and font.
beautiful rainbow heart
What a great way to use this stencil. I have it but haven’t used it yet so thanks for the inspiration! Going to get my box together to send this week.
Fantastic design on your card!!! Love that heart!
Beautiful card!
Love the color spectrum!!
Your ombré coloring is great.
Perfect card for OWH! Stenciling is so quick and so lovely.
I definitely love your card! The shading of color is so beautiful. Wow.
Wow Laura! This card is just gorgeous! I love the ombre effect and how pretty and shimmery the heart is against the white cardstock!
Love the subtle colors.
Your opinion is never humble (by which I mean we all hold you in HUGE respect) and yes, an ombre rainbow is always AWESOME! wonderful card!
What a wonderful card design, Laura!
I just love the rainbow effect with stencils..one of my favorite techniques!
I love this stencil!
A fresh and cool feeling is what your cards convey to me. I have this mosaic stencil and love it! Thank you for sharing.
Gotta love a rainbow! Beautiful card 😊
Love your card Laura. An ombre anything spells love..and your heart….well just sayin’
So beautiful! Love that ombre coloring!
I love simple cards. This one is one of the best! Quick and easy.
super beautiful!!!! my favorite card for this hop!!!!
It had to be you, spreadin’ the love with a big rainbow ombré heart!
Really like that heart stencil
and how you colored it!
Pretty rainbow heart!
Beautiful! Your heart is a perfect resting place for your sentiment. Well done!
Love the rainbow ombre heart!
wonderful card as always! you have a great style.
Love the inking on that stencil, so pretty!
Beautiful subtle colors with the stencil and fun card design!
this is beautiful… love the stencil.. just went on my “to buy” list!!
The stenciled heart is gorgeous! Very pretty colors and design.
Simple but gorgeous! The stenciled rainbow heart is magnificent. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome design.
beautiful simplicity! love the sequins – less is more!
Great card.
I like your choice of colors for the heart. Makes it more of an “anytime” love card, not just Valentines Day.
Love your rainbow heart–great colors! And you did a great job making the greeting stand out against the background, too. Thanks for sharing this!
I love this card! Rainbows and bright colors always make me smile! 🙂
Super cute love the creation hugs
Simply beautiful! Thank you for all you do!
agreed it sure does say love TFS
I just love this stenciled design with the little sequin embellishments! Pretty!
Such a sweet CAS card! Love the ombre, really love the corner placement of the stencil, artsy, great contrast against the crisp white! Thanks for sharing your talents for our heroes!
Beautiful transition between the colors!!!
Lovin the ombre heart! (Like this hasn’t already been said hahaha)
Ahhhh.this makes me want to break out my stencils….great inspiration, Laura
Always such a pleasure coming here…I love your card!
Love that rainbow ombré ! It is that W O W! factor!
SO sweet!
I would not have known what to do with the mosaic heart– you have just inspired me!! Thanks for supporting our troops!
Cute! cute card.
Gorgeous card using one of my favourite stencils!
Gorgeous!
Fairly plain and simple but so pretty. You don’t need a lot of embellishment to come up with a wonderful card. thanks for sharing.
Great rainbow ombre heart!
Great great and use of that heart stencil.
That mosaic heart stencil is my all time favorite. Love how you worked it Laura. Happy Thanksgiving!
Great card and technique!!
Love the coloring you did in the heart shaped mask, so pretty
I love the Mosaic ombre heart. So beautiful.
Lovely, cheery colors! I love this sentiment for OWH cards (I have it myself!). Perfect card! Thanks for sharing your card on the hop!
Love that beautiful heart!
Super awesome, just as always 🙂 I LOVE how you coloured the stencils! I think I should pick one up with my next SSS order!
Great card, love the ombre look.
Cute card. I love it.
I love your sense of style as well as your sense of humor! Thanks so much for sharing both and for supporting OWH!
I love the heart!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL! I’m inspired to try something similar 🙂
Simple and Beautiful. May need to CASE this one!
Love the omre design
My son is currently serving in the Air Force overseas and loves getting cards in the mail! it’s a little piece of home and love from across the ocean 🙂 It sure does ease the separation from being away from family and friends:) This momma sure does appreciate all the card makers out there!
I love this stencil and your clean and simple card design. Always a pleasure to see what you’re working on.
Wonderful card! You are always inspiration.
I agree with you on rainbow ombre hearts – it just screams “LOVE”. Nice card.
Terrific card! Love all the colors. That stencil is very cool!
So pretty!! Love it!
That rainbow is so dang pretty! What a truly lovely card!
Beautiful multi-toned effect on the heart! Love it!!!
Beautiful stencil work on this card. Love it! Thanks so much for your support of OWH!
Wonderful stencil. I love what you did with it.
Awesome card
Thanks for supporting OWH and Sandy!! Great card! I’m sure our Heroes will enjoy your generous talents!
Love the use of the stencil and the emblishments on the card.
Love your colorful mosaic heart! TFS
Nice card, good job with the stenciled heart. TFS.
Love your card as usual. So simple and effective. Thanks!
I was just thinking I needed to get back into some serious stencil cards and now I’m really inspired! Fabulous card.
Great card, ombre/rainbow/heart, how could you go wrong?!
Very cool color effect! I really like this card and think it would be great for a man or woman
What a great colored heart. I can feel the love you put in this card. Thanks for sharing.
Very cute!
SUPER CUTE card Laura 🙂
LOVE your ombre heart, the mosaic and colors are DELIGHTFUL!!!
… I didn’t realise that I could use my SSS inks for blending like this => NEED to try it NOW!!!
I love the rainbow effect you achieved on your card with the heart stencil! Beautitful!
You never fail to impress…gorgeous!