Keep Fighting

 

It's that time of year again, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the wonderful folks at Splitcoaststampers is hosting the 3rd annual Hope You Can Cling To. This month long event encourages papercrafters from across the globe to make and send cards to the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. If this sounds like a cause you can get behind click the link to learn how you can help. Most of us know someone who has fought breast cancer, is a survivor or is currently going through a battle with this disease. My aunt is a breast cancer survivor, one of my BFF's lost her mom to breast cancer and I'm currently on a design team with two ladies who are going through their own battles with breast cancer. One being, Jennifer Scull, and I'm sure most of you know who Jen is. :) She's fighting a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer but I'll let her tell her own story. Click the link to see how she has been coping since her diagnoses in February of this year. If you would like to help or learn more about HYCCT then click here for the details including the address to UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. (I highly recommend that you read this first before you begin making your cards.)

I wanted to make a card that would let the person receiving it know how special they are and to keep up the fight. One of the things I learned from my aunt is how discouraged you can get while going through this crises in your life. It is meant as a gentle reminder to keep going, one day at a time. I used two coordinating dp's from Cosmo Cricket's-Tea for Two 6x6 paper pad and Bazzill Basics Paper-Pinkini to create my card. I love the nestie friendly stamps that Claire at Waltzingmouse Stamps created to work with Spellbinders Labels. I used two of the Very Vintage Labels 10 stamps for the front & inside, stamped each one in Memento Angel Pink and die cut each with a Labels 10 die. Both sentiments are from Verve, the quote by Snyder is from One Person and the inside sentiment is from Words of Wisdom, and were stamped in Memento Rosebud. I've kept it simple and sweet by adding pearls to the corners, paper flowers from Recollections, and a strip of decorative ribbon (which we were asked to do) for the Strip Tease challenge at SCS. You can view the gallery for this challenge by clicking here and hopefully it will provide inspiration in creating your own cards. :)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and thanks for stopping by! Before I go, I'd like to welcome my new followers and thank those of you who leave a sweet comment for me. It means so much!

Hugs,
Lisa

HYCCT1123 Challenge



October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and Splitcoaststampers is sponsoring the second annual Hope You Can Cling To month long card drive benefiting breast cancer patients at MD Anderson Cancer Center.  I made this card for the HYCCT1123 Challenge, Save the Boo-Bees, hosted by SweetMissDaisy (Anna Wight) based on this sketch here by Verve Diva, Charmaine. Time is a precious commodity around here these days and this card will also be entered in the VLVOct2011 Week 4 Sketch Challenge. For the HYCCT1123 challenge we were asked to make a card that features bees, a bee-friendly scene or the color yellow. Hopefully this card meets all the criteria and I love the sentiment, don't worry bee happy! Worry steals your joy, robs you of your strength and never solved anything, did you know? ;)

Check out SCS for rules, challenges, mailing address, and any additional information not mentioned here. Please note that cards must be uploaded by November 7th at 12 Noon Central Standard Time to be entered for prize drawings. You must enter a card for each daily challenge if you want to have a chance for the grand prize. I know, so much to do but you can do it. Good Luck!

Thanks for taking a look today and have a worry free day!
~Lisa

Stamps: Garden Party Critters (Taylored Expressions)
Paper: Country Drive (Echo Park), Choice Snow White (TE store); cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Classic Scalloped Circles Lg. and Standard Circles Lg. (Spellbinders); yellow stickles (Ranger); Taylor's Tiny Twinkles (TE store); Copics-Y06, Y13, Y18, Y35; baby blue twill ribbon (TE store)