Military Stars & Military Hero - Day 2

Welcome back for day two of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. Today I will be focusing on my two new military stamp sets, Military Stars and Military Hero. I wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your kind words and comments yesterday regarding these new sets as well as your well wishes and thanks to my husband. Your e-mails and comments mean so much and are truly appreciated by both of us!

I'll have more projects to share with you using Heart-2-Heart #5 later on in this weeks countdown but for now let's get started with today's post.

First up for today are these star images from Military Stars. All of the images in this set have a bit of a distressed look to them. I started by stamping the circle image onto Vintage Cream cardstock and then punched each one out using my 1.75" circle punch. Next, I die cut 3 stars using the smallest Seeing Stars die and then stamped a different star inside each one.

Before we go much further I wanted to share a bit of info about the star images in this set. This was posted on Nichole's blog...

"The stars were designed with a rustic, distressed edge to give them a unique look, however, we realize that this look will not be applicable to all projects.  To make the stars as versatile as possible, they were designed to be just a hair larger than the smallest Seeing Stars die which omits the distressed edge.  If you would prefer to include the distressed edge when cutting these stars out, the Fiskars 2" X-large Star Punch works perfectly and can be found in the store here. We hope you enjoy these additional options and the design opportunities they provide."

For my projects today I have used the smallest Seeing Stars die so you will be able to visualize how they will look when stamped with the die.

With the stamped stars above I created a set of 3 cards that would be perfect for sending to any service man or woman. 

On all three cards I scored two lined about 3/4 of the way down. In between those scor lines I stamped one of the small star images repeatedly across my card front. All of the sentiments on all three cards are from Military Hero. On this one, 'Thinking of you during your deployment.'

'Across the miles on your birthday.'

'To our military hero'

Here is a CAS card that took no time to create and would be perfect for mass producing and sending to those far from home.  

I wanted to also show you that Military Stars has tons of versatility. It is geared towards our military but it also could be used for creating other cards as well. This card above is just one example. I stamped the circles across the front and then went back over and stamped a few different star images inside each one. 'Thank you' is from Think Big Favorites #15. 

And here is a simple birthday card using the star images as well as sentiments from Heart-2-Heart #5 and Heart-2-Heart #2.

 

 

Many of you have mentioned to me that you were excited about these new sets because you create cards for Operation Write Home. For those of you who don't know about this wonderful organization you can read all of the important information about it right HERE.

 

That wraps up day two for me. Nichole Heady and Heather Nichols will both be sharing projects with you today using Military Stars and Military Hero and Dawn McVey will be sharing projects using her new set as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

3 military star cards

Stamps: Military Hero & Military Stars (available June 15th)

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Prussion Blue Palette ink

Cardstock: Vintage Cream

Tools: Seeing Stars die, 1.75 circle punch

 

Star notecard

Stamps: Military Stars (available June 15th)

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Prussion Blue Palette ink

Cardstock: Vintage Cream

 

Thank You

Stamps: Military Stars (available June 15th), Think Big Favorites #15

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, Spring Moss

Cardstock: Vintage Cream

Accents: cream twine

 

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Military Stars & Heart-2-Heart #5 (available June 15th), Heart-2-Heart #2

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, Spring Moss

Cardstock: Vintage Cream

Accents: Raspberry Fizz ribbon

Tools: Seeing Stars die, 1.75 circle punch

Comments

[Tracey C.]

Spectacular!! Thank you for donating the proceeds of Military Hero to the Wounded Warrior Project. I think that is just fantastic. Love your samples that you made with these sets today -- and I can't wait for them to be in MY home :). Have a super day!!

[Kristii]

Melissa, You are amazing!!! Thank you for donating your proceeds!! What a wonderful thing for you to do!! I am completely in awe of your generosity!! I love your cards as always!!! Thanks for your inspiration!

[Ally]

Awesome cards. ;-) I appreciate how you've illustrated the different ways you can use the set, to show how versatile they are. I'm sure they will get plenty of use just for the military purpose, but it's nice to have the flexibility in them to create other projects, too. You do a fantastic job! ;-)

[Cindy O]

Love these samples! The stars and sentiments are beautiful. Thanks for supporting our troops and Wounded Warriors, and thanks for including the info on Operation Write Home!

[Kathy Mc]

Mel, your cards are just perfect for mass producing, and that is key for those of us planning to support organizations wanting cards. Your generosity to the Wounded Warrior Project does not go unnoticed ~ that is totally awesome. Congrats on these two military sets!

[June K.]

I like both your Military Hero and Military Stars. Congratulations on two great sets. I think it is so generous of you to donate your proceeds from Military Hero to the Wounded Warrior Project.

[Gabby]

More great cards from your new set! Great sketches and tf showing the versatility of the set. You gotta love all those stars! :)

[janet wilson]

Oh Melissa - wonderful cards today - love the bright colour versions - just the ticket to cheer a homesick soldier!

[Kari D]

Just PERFECT, woman! Love the distressed stars and your sentiments and font selection are wonderful. THANKS so much for more inspiration!

[Christi Lavengood]

You can go wrong with stars. Love them!

[Cynde]

Melissa I love the sets! My mom does "Quilts of Valor" for our service people and she is always looking for little notes to go in with the quilts when she sends them off. Now I can truly make some Beautiful ones for her!! Such nice and warm sentiments also....Love it all so far. Can't wait to see the Full Deal! Thanks ever so much for all the Service people out there, who are going to be "Loving" all the new mail.

[Janice Williams]

Your use of colors are amazing. Thanks to you for honoring the soldiers.