Stamping with Jen! A Meer Thank You

I had a friend ask if I could make/donate some cards to send to the Canadian Military that are stationed outside of Canada.  Her two sons are in the Military, both still stationed in Canada, but could be deployed within the year.  My nephew is also new to the military and is currently stationed in Petawawa.  I thought it was a great idea to send members of our military that are abroad a card, but then ....what to say?? What do you say to someone that is putting their life at risk for their country. That lives away from home for their country...for your country.  It is quite humbling and quite difficult.  But this is what I have come up with so far.  This will be my project for a while.  If you want to join me, you can send me some of your cards and I can make sure they get in the hands of our deployed troops.

I did two cards in this video, one using blends (the Meercats) and one using ink (Someone Special).  For both, I used the sponge brayer and applied soft suede ink to the stone 3D embossing folder before embossing my paper.  What a cool effect.  Here is the first card using the Gang's All Meer.

Here is a closer look.  What a cool effect.  It makes the background just pop! I colored the meercat with the crumb cake blends, the lizard with old olive blends and the cactus with grannyapple green blends.

For the inside, I used my stamparatus and some good old scotch tape for the sentiment.  Some people cut their stamps, but I don't have the nerve to do that, so if I have a sentiment that I only want part of, I mask with tape (watch the video to see what I mean).

I used the same design, but switched it up using the Special Someone stamp set and the coordinating dies (that are available until March 31st or while supplies last) called Special Day Dies (item # 153587).

Which one do you like better?

Please watch and share my You Tube video posted below.  If you would like to purchase the supplies needed to make these cards and you live in Canada see below for the supply list for both cards.  The first one is for the Gang's All Meer and the second supply list is for the Special Someone.

For a complete list of supplies to make the Meercat Thank you..please see below.

tams# 41470

Product List

152294	151497	151622	132708	147115
144601	144597	147274	115318	121043
100730	151690	151254	141714	104430

For a complete list of supplies to make the same version using the Special Someone, see below

tams# 41471

Product List

151643	151497	152294	151622	151690
153587	115318	121043	100730	147115
132708	147116	147113	147118	151254
104430