Featured Cardmaker: Kim N, Bloomington IL

This week, meet Kim—she's been sending in her beautiful creations for some time! Leave her a comment on this post...as you can do on any of our Featured Cardmaker posts! :)





How long have you been stamping?
About 4 years.

Do you have a craft room or specific area where you stamp?
My “supply area” is in a portion of our basement. I stamp there, at the kitchen table, at friends’ homes, on our patio. I’m a very mobile stamper – tee hee!

What are your favorite stamp products?
If I had to name one I would pick almost anything byStampin Up; but I purchase products from many manufacturers to get the variety I want. My colored pencils and blenders pens are probably my favorite products.

Do you have a favorite technique?
Coloring and embossing – I can’t pick just one!

Are there colors you love to include on your cards?
My personal favorites are purples, greens, corals. I use a variety of colors when I make cards for OWH to try to appeal to as any peoples’ taste as possible.

How did you hear about Operation Write Home?
I was on the SplitCoast Stampers website and saw someone had been making and sending cards for what was then “Cards for Heroes”. I was very interested and signed up immediately for the reasons listed below.

What motivates you to make cards for our heroes?
Every single day there are men and women putting their very lives on the line to protect my, my families, friends and our country’s freedoms. They also put their lives on the line for so many people in other countries. That’s just almost unfathomable to me. I feel a very strong need to give back to these brave men and women.
On a personal level, my Grandpa, (one of my favorite people ever) served in WWII (long before I was born). I make cards for our heroes in his memory.
Also, during the years of the Vietnam War (I was a teenager) and my high school teacher introduced us to the P.O.W. bracelet program. I wore a bracelet in honor of a Lieutenant in the U.S. Marines who was a P.O.W. in Vietnam. I heard from his parents (who I corresponded with) about 3 years after I started wearing the bracelet that he had escaped and subsequently died after he was back in the U.S. in a hospital being treated for the horrendous injuries he had suffered while in captivity. I make cards in honor of his memory and his family.

If you want to get really simple about it – I make cards for our heroes because it makes me feel good!