Challenge Your Stash

Over at SCS there is a monthly group challenge to use only items in your stash to create a card based on a theme that month's hostess has picked...September's challenge theme is "We have choices...Get Well, Hope you are feeling better, Thinking of you, Hope your recovery is going well"

I did a quick CAS card...You know I'm a CAS kinda girl!

Paper: Whisper white, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Strawberry Slush

Ink: Coastal Cabana

Stamp: Wordsworth "Just Because"

Accessories: Glitter Dots, Daffodil Yellow Ribbon

Punch: Blossom Bouquet Punch

Thanks for looking!

Pink & Teal Card Swap

FINALLY!!!...i have some time to post...big sigh...been so busy i'm not sure if i was coming or going...going crazy i guess...some days i didn't know the day of the week or the date...i think i lost track of an entire month...i know we have all been there right?

well on to the cards...this swap: Pink & Teal over on SCS was one i really connected with...the color combo represents the ribbon colors for breast (pink) and ovarian/gynecological (teal) cancers...which are cancers that have effected those nearest and dearest to me...

the first card is done with a favorite retired SU set...tickled pink...my out-laws live in Florida and send us all kinds of flamingo things...so fun..and the sentiment inside was just right..

Tickled Pink
Paper: Early Espresso..Taken with Teal..Whisper White..DP
Ink: Jet Black..SU markers..pretty in pink
Stamps: Tickled Pink

Inside

for the next card i used a digi stamp..ribbon bear...used GIMP (a pic editing program) to color in the ribbon and to "piece" the DP onto the bear...if you look close you can see it matches the DP behind the image..

Ribbon Bear
Paper: Pretty in Pink..Whisper White..DP
Ink: Printer
Stamp: Ribbon Bear Digi

My oldest daughter..Jonni.. also joined this swap...she used the ribbon bunny digi stamp...she is new to coloring with SU markers...so give her some leeway..i think her addition of a teal gem bellybutton was cute and fun.. 

Ribbon Bunny
Paper: Taken with Teal..Pretty in Pink..Whisper White
Ink: SU markers
Stamp: Ribbon Bunny Digi
Accessories: teal gem

thanks for hanging in with me...be safe/be well...i have another couple of swaps to get posted...

The Creation of The Military Wife

yeah i been away for awhile...and i will have a creation posted soon...in the meantime...

The Good Lord was creating a model for military wives and was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared. She said, "Lord, you seem to be having a lot of trouble with this one. What’s wrong with the standard model?"

... The Lord replied, "Have you seen the specs on this order? She has to be completely independent, possess the qualities of both father and mother, be a perfect hostess to 4 or 40 with an hour’s notice, run on no sleep, handle every emergency imaginable without a manual, be able to carry on cheerfully, even if she is pregnant and has the flu, and she must be willing to move to a new location 10 times in 17 years. And oh yes, she must have six pairs of hands." The angel shook her head, "Six pair of hands? No way!"

The Lord continued, "Don’t worry, we will make other military wives to help her. And we will give her an unusually strong heart so it can swell with pride in her husband’s achievements, sustain the pain of separations, beat soundly when it is overworked and tired, and be large enough to say "I understand" when she doesn’t and say, ‘I love you’ regardless".

"Lord," said the angel, touching his arm gently "Go to bed and get some rest. You can finish this tomorrow". "I can’t stop now", said the Lord "I am so close to creating something unique. Already this model heals herself when she is sick, can put up six unexpected guests for the weekend, wave goodbye to her husband from a depot, pier or runway and understand why it’s important that he leave."

The angel circled the model of the military wife, looked at it closely and sighed, "It looks fine, but it’s too soft". "She might look soft", replied the Lord, "but she has the strength of a lion. You would not believe what she can endure."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Lord’s creation. "There’s a leak", she announced. "Something is wrong with the construction. You are trying to put too much into this model."

The Lord appeared offended at the angel’s lack of confidence. "What you see is not a leak", he said, "It’s a tear." "A tear? What is it there for?", asked the angel. The Lord replied, "It’s for joy, sadness, pain, disappointment, loneliness, pride and a dedication to all the values that she and her husband hold dear." "You are a genius!" exclaimed the angel.

The Lord looked puzzled and replied, "I didn’t put it there".

G.I. Jane and Ovarian Cancer Awareness

september is ovarian cancer awareness month...so wear your teal colored ribbons...and since this is the cancer that my BFF has been dealing with i will be looking like g.i. jane soon...even though "good news" she isn't going back into chemo just yet...trying something else first...but if her numbers continue to rise as they have been she'll be bald around christmas...just an upadate...and look for pics...i won't go bald til she does but i can buzz cut

Cards my daughter Jonni made - #2

this is the 2nd card Jonni made for the get well/encouragement swap...she used bright/cheerful colors...the sentiment is a favorite saying of mine...i have it or something similar posted or displayed on various websites and in areas of my home...

Life Moments

flower close-up

Cards my daughter Jonni made - #1

my daughter Jonni made a couple of cards for the swap i hosted over on SCS too...here is her 1st one...i need to take pics of the 2nd one for a later post...we are sure having fun stamping together...christmas cards will be an adventure!

Get Well/Encouragement Swap - Farm Fever

Cards my daughter Myke made

i have 3 daughters ...Jonni is the oldest...the mother of my 3 grandkids...Myke is my baby but...their step-sister Tasha is the youngest...Jonni & Myke live with me...again...and we enjoy making cards together...cooking...and hanging out...they are both in my get well/encouragement swap...these are the cards Myke made for it...her dog looks very much like the one in the stamp...

Card Front

Front Close-up

Inside Card

the next card i was her "guest designer"...she really wanted to use this sentiment stamp...but we don't have any rainbow stamps...and she didn't care for any of the digis...

Rainbow

again, i must apologize re: my photo skills...one of these days...

Get Well/Encouragement Swap - my 2nd card

this is the 2nd card i did for the swap i'm hosting over on SCS...i had to do another card as an "angel" since a swapper had to drop out...but that's ok...life happens and i wanted to use this sentiment anyway...

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Whisper White
Ink: Elegant Eggplant stamp pad & reinker
Stamps: Sage Advice...i used the flower from this set on the inside
Accessories: Prima flowers...lg one dyed w/Elegant Eggplant to match CS, CB, EF, white brad

Get Well/Encouragement Swap - my 1st card

i'm hosting my first swap over @ SCS...Get Well/Encouragement Card Swap...and i tell ya there are some really talented swappers out there...like you all didn't know that already right?...so i thought i'd post the 1st card i made for this...the saying i used inside makes me laugh...

Card Front
Papers: daffodil delight, whisper white
Ink: daffodil delight, printer
Stamps: lemon slices, sunny lemons, cheers to you
Accessories: lemon slice brad, markers

Card Inside