Welcome to the bloghop! If you’re just checking in here, you’ll want to go to the top of the hop here and check out why part of this banner is in DANISH! 
Here’s the sketch for my card….
I turned it into what I think is called a Kickstand card – let me know if it’s got another name! But…the front is cut short and a panel stretches to the bottom. It’s not a particularly popular type of card format, but thought it might be a fun thing to try out. I used one of the MFT images in the sets being given away on the bloghop – so be sure to comment and get a set for yourself!
Copics used to color the image: E53, E51, RV69, R37. Stamped the image on white and ran it through my Big Shot, trimmed it as a pieced dress. I debated whether it ought to say “my head” inside – but the stamp in the set says “It’s YOU!” so I decided to go with that!
Your next stop on the bloghop is my friend
Charlotte, at her blog: At the Home of Charlie
She’s the one who started up the Danish OSH, so you’ll want to go see her post for sure! I happen to know she’s got some Peanuts going on – you’ll smile! She does speak English, so leave her lots of love and OWH encouragement! Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting me….be sure to leave comments on all the blogs to qualify to win – there’s a winner of an MFT stamp set on EVERY blog, so get chatty!
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that is an unusual card but cute all the same!
What a funky card! I love that you’ve used the American colours without reverting to doing a patriotic card – goes to show versatility! Thank you for setting up the blog hop – I am proud to be part of it.
Nice card. I like the way you have build it up, may try that one day.
Greetings from Denmark
love your color scheme! the kraft and dark blue go together so well
Very pretty… Even if she is headless. Lol
I `m very excited to be part of the blog hop and what a beautiful card you made. Greetings from Denmark
What a great card.
Grettings from Denmark.
What a cool idea to emboss the dress! Even without her head, she looks stylish – LOL!
Neat card. Thank you for putting this hop together. So happy to see another group supporting the troops with cards.
Sandy! I love the name “kickstand” for this type of card! Love your card and love this USA – Denmark blog hop! Go, sisters!
You do a great job with the headless images!! They make me laugh.
I love how you embossed the dress! That is a fun card design and the colors are great! I’m glad I’m not the only one who wonders where their heads are!
too cute…love the color combo.
What a sweet card you created! Thank you for making this bloghop wich im proud to be part of. You and Charlie both make a huge work.
Nice card – love the sentiment
/Tina M.
WAAAU a new kind of card for me – i has to be a must try some day. happy 4 th of July.
Cool Card Sketch – thanks!
Great style of card! Of course the rest is perfect. Super sentiment! TFS!!!
Kickstand is a perfect description for this and I don’t recall ever seeing one before. This card turned out beautifully!
Wow – what a lovely card. I love the style and the many details without beeing crowded.
Great job you have done with the bloghop – I’m proud to part of it.
Love your card Sandy, thanks for a fun hop!
Thanks for this cute card and all you are doing for our heroes!
Love your card, Sandy. I think the sentiment is just perfect. Having fun checking out all these wonderful creations from everyone.
Love the embossing and even in the pic you can see how sturdy the card is. Fun shape as well.
What a great card. Love it.
Greetings from Annette, Denmark
Love the card! I will have to use this design sometime. Thanks so much for all you do!
This is a card style I’d not seen before, so now I’ll add it to my bag of tricks. Thanks for being a blog hop blogger!
WOW Sandy!! I love your card like always! I like the design and think you made a great sentiment choice
The kids and I would love to Skype with you sometime again!! Miss You!
Fantastic card – love the bloghop
The checks and stripes are great together, and the sentiment is perfect! My head, LOL, you are so funny. And I agree, the colors with the kraft paper work so well together. Another great card!
Very unusual card style. Haven’t seen that one before. Thanks for setting up this bloghop. It’s good to know others are doing the same as we are doing.
Love this… I am just finishing up my sketch! I didn’t do it kickstand style. I was too chicken. I think I will try it though!
thanks for sharing! Awesome hop! Thanks for all the hard work you have put into it. I especially love the photos from CHA and the story behind the union!
Cute card, awesome hop.
Gorgeous card! SO elegant.
Thank you for the fun bloghopping!
Gr. Karina
from Denmark.
I love the kickstand sketch (and name)! I will definitely try this. And I also loved your “my head” idea, but sometimes we need to stick with the stamp set!
You combined the papers together wonderfully! Thanks for all your work with OSH to get this hop going!
Hi Sandy – LOVELY card and the dress is SO smart – that’s yet another embossing folder I must get for my stash. Thanks for you and your team’s effort in guiding us through our first bloghop – great opportunity and lovely to be part of the “family”. Greetings Charlie, OSH, Denmark
Hi, the card is great so nice to see a different card shape being used, I will have to try that, and the text on the front is so perfect I am sure that just sums it up for so many of our deployed heros. Thankyou so much for giving us the chance to “hop together” and to see what you are doing in the USA. Take care. Best wishes Vikki from Denmark
Love your card! Her dress is adorable.
Great card, love the kickstand idea. Thanks for extending OWH to OSH – it’s nice to feel connected to another country. Great hop and love all the new sketches!
I love the embossed texture on the dress! I hadn’t thought of paper piecing that way, but you can be sure this idea will be CASE’d soon!! How fun to be introduced to a sister organization and to know they impacting their culture in such a positive way.
What a cool shape for a card! Maybe you can use this sketch on Stump Sandy! Thanks so much for this wonderful hop!
You have a way with unique cards Sandy. This one is so fun. Thanks for setting up such a great blog hop.
This hop is so fun! I can’t wait to get all of way through. It’s going to make me a week to do all these great sketches. Your card shows great care and attention to detail. Love it!
That image/sentiment combination made me laugh out loud!
Love the kickstand idea Sandy! This is a ‘must try’ for me. Your card is adorable and I really like the embossed dress. What a nice touch!
Love the layers on this, as well as the embossed dress and the “kickstand” idea. I like cards that are different. Thanks for putting together this international blog hop. I know it takes a lot of work. You always have such great ideas! I’m looking forward to seeing what our Danish sisters share. It seems different countries take on different styles, which is always fun and enlightening and inspiring.
Great card! Love the patriotic colors and the chevron texture on the dress!
Thanks for putting this together…. an interesting change of pace and inspiration.
Love the shape of this Card, great Card and colours : )
Greetings from Denmark
I wil hop along …….. : )
Love this card design…definitely going to need to check out how to create one of these. And I’m still laughing… haha my head!
Cute card! I love the shape.
A kickstand card, eh? Well, maybe that’ll give us a kick-start in the pants with inspiration. BTW Miss Sandy, CUTEST HAIRCUT EVAH!!!!!!! LOVE it!!
Ooops, one more thing, can we pls get all the bonus sketches posted along with our usual ones, if it’s not going to be done already; thanks so much?!
Bright colours – I like it so much. A perfect card . Thank you for making this bloghop:)
Karin, Danmark
I love this card..love the texture of the dress as well….wonderful:)
What a neat card with a fun, new design & the sentiment is perfect. Thank you for sharing this and for putting together this wonderful bloghop with our Danish sisters – so cool!
I would have loved if you have say your head.
Christina P.
Love that fold and the great colors. Fun bloghop!
Great card. I haven’t seen this style before. I always see great ideas on your blog. Love the sentiment!
Love the shape of the card and the texture of the dress!
Interesting that you used the kraft paper to line your card – kraft is my favorite card base and I always assumed I’d need a lighter liner…
So, kraft paper’s ok for the troops to write on? Hey, I guess I’ll head over to the new FORUM and ask…. thanks, Sandy!
Denise, white/cream is usually what I use…on this one I wanted the kraft to peek out of the kickstand. This kraft is light enough to see a pencil on – there’s a couple colors of kraft that are way dark and you still need to line that
(And of course anytime you’re in doubt, liners are always good!)
Wonderful colours – really like your card.
Love your card. Love this bloghop!It’s been so much fun. Pat K.
Love the cutting and embossing you did on the dress.
Another great card — really like the colors and the sentiment is just perfect. Thanks for a putting the bloghop together.
Hi..What a nice card you´ve made…I just love the saying on the card…well I just love sayings in english, because there is just someting, that sound great in english…and not so much in danish…he he he..
Sandy, you have such a cute card. I love the inside sentiment and the neat texture of the dress. Nice work. Thanks for the fun hop!
OH MY Sandy! I saw your card and almost decided to skip this sketch. But I stood firm and made myself tackle it and I’m glad I did. I have never seen this particular fold/design but it was not hard to do and I like the results. Your card is gorgeous and inspired me to get it done. The sentiment on your card is just right! I love it!!!
hugs,
Ellen
Great card. I must try a kickstand card. Thanks for the inspiration to create.
I’ve never trIed a “kickstand” card, but seeing your card has inspired me to try it. I love the craft paper and the dress. It’s a very charming card. Thanks for sharing a new card technique.
Sandy, this is fabulous!! Thanks for this great bloghop!!
Sandy, I’m missing my head most days so I think I agree with your thought to use those words instead. Your color sense always amazes me.
Hello, Sandy!! Great card, I love the embossed dress and the color combo! Kraft is a fantastic base!
Keep up the good work, can’t wait to see what you come up with next!
It’s so good to ‘see’ you again Lisbeth!! See what you started by stopping by our booth!
Hello Sandy. Thanks so much for the great idea. You made a beutiful and funny card.
I am very excited to be part of the blog hop.
Greetings from Denmark
What a cool card! I’ve never seen one this style before. Great bloghop Sandy!
Wauv, what at great card. Love it. Greetings from Denmark…
Great card–this is the first I have heard of a kickstand card.
I like your idea for the inside sentiment!
Love the texture idea for her dress!
Sandy, you always leave me in complete awe of your amazing crafty talents! I love how you created this unique card! The sentiment is wonderful, and SO perfect for an OWH card! I LOVE this one!
The sentiment is great!! Very useful for OWH cards.
What a pretty card, its nice to know we have scrapsisters so far away with the same heart for the deployed that we do. Greetings from Denmark
The kickstand card design is very unusual – I hadn’t seen one before. Love the colors on the Kraft paper. Very fun.
I like this card, very unique. You had me for a minute when I first saw the dress. I thought you did a magic copic technique to get the pattern. This blog hop is such a great idea so excited to see all the cards.
It would just have been so fun if you had put the text “my head” inside the card
Very unique card but also very lovely..
I love your card! It seems like the PERFECT card for OWH’s mission… some lucky soldier wife/girlfriend is going to treasure it.
Thanks for sharing…
off to “blog hop”
Great card – as always!!
BobbisTreasure at aol dot com
Don’t think I’ve ever seen that fold before. Love the color combo and how you embossed and pieced the dress!
R/
hi sandy love u card and i think it amasing this bloghop betwin usa and denmark. great idea.
hugs mette, denmark
Love your cute card. Beautifully done. Really like the material in her dress.
Great Card – thanks for a perfect sketch
Ha ha ha Sandy, when I saw the sentiment the first thing I thought was “My head” too! -looks like a lot of us thought that! I like the embossing on the pieced dress, it keeps the white from looking stark with all of the deeper colors.
As always you hit it out of the park…love the fold, the design and the sentiment placement…and the hop is so fun!!!
That image is too funny and I to love the patriotic colors on the kraft cs. This hop is just too cool. thanks for making it happen
Hello, nice card I like it very much. Love your blog, Happy 4th of July
I love this card! I am thrilled that Denmark has a similar project – it is a fabulous way to help the troops by helping them keep in touch with their families.
I smiled when I saw this card. I have a small stack of cardstock cut for cards that I somehow scored wrong, leaving one side longer than the other. Now I can trim the pieces and have a use for them. Thanks for sharing this idea!
Happy 4. of July. What a wonderful card. Greetings from Denmark.
Hugs 10na
What a lovely fun card! The colours are just wonderful together!
Hugs
Rene
Love the colors with the kraft. I think I once had a dress like that…;D
Love your card. Like you have embossed the dress
Greetings from Denmark
I’ve never heard of a kickstand card but I like that it’s different than the usual rectangle.
ROFL at your “my head” idea for the inside of the card! I often think that about those MFT images, too. I really like the texture you added to the dress.
Loved your sketch , posted on the Stars and Stamps blog!
I really like the placement of the sentiment inside!
Thank you for the awesome ideas! You are our inspiration.
I love the headless stamps because they’re more versatile. If you colored this person as a blonde for example, that might limit who wants to send the card. Also, I’m pretty terrible at coloring skin and hair, so these help! I think this is the first I’ve seen of a “kickstand” card. It’s interesting but I don’t know if my cardstock is hefty enough to pull it off well.