Stamping Bella, Up Town Girls and Quick Creations Guest Design Team Call

Ok, so, I'm totally hooked on these Stamping Bella, Up Town Girls!  When I saw that Quick Creations was having a guest DT call, I just had to apply, using these cute stamps. 

The requirements for the GDT call was to make 2 projects. 

I used Petunia Gets A Piggy Back for my first card. 

I was thinking of two people when I made this card...my Mom because she likes lady bugs and my Sister In Law because she likes pigs. 

I didn't have any lady bug paper, which I really wanted to use on the card. Then I remembered that I had lady bug fabric! PERFECT!!!

 I colored the image with Copic markers. 

My second card is using Lolly and Her Brolly. This was my very first Stamping Bella, Up Town Girls stamp and my first stamp from Quick Creations.

I colored this image with Copic markers too. Copics are my favorite coloring medium. 

Here's another shot from a different angle. Photography is another hobby of mine. I was so excited to take these pictures and put to use some of the things that I had learned in the photography class that I recently took. It was only a two hour class, but I learned a ton! 

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit.. Wish me luck in the Quick Creations GDT call! 

Lung Cancer Awareness With Ady Almanza Image

Hello! Hello! Hello! 

I am back with another lung cancer card, but before I tell you about that I want to tell you about a cool experience that I have had through doing this Lung Cancer Awareness month on my blog. 

Whenever I do a project, I share it in multiple Facebook groups. One project that I shared in a Cricut group that I am in had several comments...people saying that their parents or other family members have passed away from lung cancer. One comment was from a lady that had lung cancer herself. Of course I commented back...something along the lines of I'm sorry and I will pray for you. Well, over the next couple of days I kept thinking of this woman. I felt compelled to P.M her and tell her about Chemo Angels (an organization that sends out cards to those going through chemo). She was excited to hear about them and we have started chatting. She sent me her address so I could send her cards =)

Ok, on to my card! 

This card is featuring a stamp from Ady Almanza's Etsy Shop. She is called Strong Woman .  

It was about a year ago (I think) that Ady drew this beauty. I saw her and begged her to turn her into a digi. SHE DID! I was so excited. 

I colored the image using Copic markers and then fussy cut her. 

I had colored her before I knew what papers I was going to use. When I saw the digital papers that Bonnie, from Miss Daisy's Stamps and  We Are 3 digital papers designed for Lung Cancer Awareness month, I was excited to see that she matched perfectly. 

I have been doing some research about lung cancer throughout my sisters journey. We have also been working with Genetic Counselors to find out why we have so much cancer in our families. This link has some great information about lung cancer. I hope you will take a few minutes to educate yourself. Lung Cancer is becoming very wide spread. It is known as the silent killer. Usually, because there are no symptoms until it is too late. We need to find a way to screen and discover this cancer in it's early stages so that people have a chance to fight for their life. 

I will be sending this card to my new found friend that is fighting lung cancer. 

It doesn't take much to touch peoples lives. A simple P.M, card, or even a smile. What will you do today to make someone's day a little brighter? 

Copics Used

Skin/Lips: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R59

Hair: E29, E25, E11

Daisy and leaves: YG17, Y11, YR15 

Shirt and eye shadow: V01, V04

Shaking It Up With Paper Nest Dolls

Hi!! I'm thinking about Christmas again! 

Today, I am playing with cute Elf Emma from Paper Nest Dolls. I colored her with Copic markers. You can find the color combos listed below =)

I decided to make a shaker card, 1) because it's been awhile and 2) well, because they are fun to play with! I could sit for hours shaking one of these things. There's something very calming about watching those little beads roll around. 

The file for the shaker card is from The Cutting Cafe. It comes with 13 different Shaker Cards.  It's seriously a steal! 

The tree is a Cricut image and the lights on the tree are from Miss Kate's Cuttables. 

I love the simplicity of this card. It's not often that I can create a simple card that I like. 

Copics used

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair: E29, E25, E21

Pinks; R81, R83, R85

Cream: E50, E51, E53

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit. Come back again soon =)

Hugs,
        Tina

Lung Cancer Awareness Gable Box

Hello! I am back again with a Lung cancer awareness project. This time I am using a file from The Cutting Cafe.



This beautiful box is called a Gable Box.
Putting this box together was extremely simple. I cut the pieces out with my Cricut Explore and glued it together in a matter of minutes.



The sentiment is from a custom stamp set that I had made at The Cutting Cafe Shop. It's called Chemo Grad. I use this often on cards for my friends that are going through chemo.



I stuffed my Gable Box full of flowers and laces.

I plan on sending this to my sister. She will be so excited to have these new crafting goodies.

The beautiful image is from Illustrations by T. This fighter image is one of my favorites. I colored her with Copic markers. Once she was all colored I added the polka dots to her tank top with a Tim Holtz stencil and texture past.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. Don't forget to stop by The Cutting Cafe tomorrow, November 7th, to see the inspirational post from the DT. If you leave a comment on that post you will be entered in a chance to win 3 free Cutting Cafe files of your choice. 

See you again soon! 

Tina

Daisy Lung Cancer Awareness Card

Hi everyone! 

I'm back with another Lung Cancer card. 

On this card I have used the adorable Paper Nest Doll Troll.



She goes perfectly with this Lung Cancer paper that my friends Bonnie and Kathryn created.  Bonnie is from We Are 3 Digital papers and Kathryn is from Miss Daisy Stamps..

Here's a look at the paper before I put embellishments on. 

I colored the image with Copic markers.

These wonderful ladies are offering the Color Me Cancer Free Digital papers and the Color Me Cancer Free Card Kit for $2.00 each until the 4th.

Color Me Cancer Free Collection

 Color Me Cancer Free Card Kit 

Don't forget to stop in a get the cancer awareness FREEBIE!!! Brought to you by Miss Daisy Stamps and We Are 3 Digital Paper. You can get it until midnight tonight. 

You can find lots of good information on cancer HERE.  I found this piece on Lung Cancer very educational. It gives you statistics and treatments. 

Please help us in our quest to raise awareness on lung cancer. 

Copic markers used

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20

Hair: E21, E25, E29

Clothes: YR16,YR09, E13, Y11, Y18

Thank you for stopping by to visit. Have a craftastic day! 

Lung Cancer Awareness Scrapbook

Hi everyone! 

Did you know that November is Lung Cancer Awareness month?

Did you know that more people die from lung cancer than colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers combined? 

This awful disease has had a huge impact on my family. We have lost my Dad, my Aunt, and my Grandpa to lung cancer.  Then on February 9, 2016 my sister, Daisy, was diagnosed with lung cancer. We were all shocked, heart broken, scared...I was angry. Daisy has never smoked, she has never drank or used drugs. How does a person who has never smoked get lung cancer?!?  

Daisy had surgery in March to remove a lobe of her lungs. A few days later we learned that the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. She went through 4 Chemo treatments and is now doing Immunotherapy. (treatment that uses medicines to stimulate the body's immune system to search out and destroy cancer cells) Daisy has completed 6 out of 16 of the Immunotherapy treatments. She is now in remission...Praise the Lord!!

My goal this month is to bring more awareness to lung cancer. I am doing that through my crafting hobby =)

Here is a 5x7 scrapbook that I altered. The image is a My Bestie.



 The image I wanted to use (IMG871) is bald.

I wanted her to have hair because the Chemo for lung cancer doesn't typically make a person bald. So, I asked Sherri Ann Baldy for permission to alter her image. She told me I could =) So I took the hair from IMG 605 Southern Charm and put it on IMG871 to make a lovely cancer awareness image with hair. 

Lung Cancer Awareness Digi

Sherri is offering this sweetie to you for FREE in honor of those fighting Lung Cancer.

To begin altering, I sanded the cover and then applied a few coats of gesso. Once that was dry, I used My Bestie molding paste and stencils to create texture. Then I added lots of embellishments, including flowers from Gone Artsy and lace and flowers from Lavish Laces esty shop.

I used my Cricut Explore to cut out the cancer ribbon and title for the scrapbook.

You can find lots of good information on cancer HERE.  I found this piece on Lung Cancer very educational. It gives you statistics and treatments. 

Please help us in our quest to raise awareness on lung cancer. 

I'd like to say a big THANK YOU to Sherri Ann Baldy for all her love and support.

Thank you for stopping by, you'll have to come back for another visit to see the layouts =)  Have a craftastic day! 

Lung Cancer Awareness and FREEBIE

Hi everyone! 

Did you know that November is Lung Cancer Awareness month?

Did you know that more people die from lung cancer than colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers combined? 

This awful disease has had a huge impact on my family. We have lost my Dad, my Aunt, and my Grandpa to lung cancer.  Then on February 9, 2016 my sister, Daisy, was diagnosed with lung cancer. We were all shocked, heart broken, scared...I was angry. Daisy has never smoked, she has never drank or used drugs. How does a person who has never smoked get lung cancer?!?  

Daisy had surgery in March to remove a lobe of her lungs. A few days later we learned that the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. She went through 4 Chemo treatments and is now doing Immunotherapy. (treatment that uses medicines to stimulate the body's immune system to search out and destroy cancer cells) Daisy has completed 6 out of 16 of the Immunotherapy treatments. She is now in remission...Praise the Lord!!

My goal this month is to bring more awareness to lung cancer. 

My sweet friend, Bonnie from We Are 3 Digital papers and Kathryne from Miss Daisy Stamps, have created some beautiful cancer awareness digital papers and a digi stamp to help me on my awareness raising mission. Here is a card that I made using one of the papers...

I took a picture of the card before I put the image and embellishments on so you could see what the paper looks like. 

The great thing about these papers is that you can color the ribbon to represent any kind of cancer. I chose to use green with the white ribbons because green is my sisters favorite color =) 

The image is from Mari's Digital Stamps. I colored her with Copic markers.

The beautiful lace, seam binding and white foam flowers are from Gone Artsy. I also used flowers from Lavish Laces. 

I also made a card using the digital stamp Kathryne made...

I love this butterfly! It's so beautiful. 

These wonderful ladies are offering the Color Me Cancer Free Digital papers and the Color Me Cancer Free Card Kit for $2.00 each until the 4th.

Color Me Cancer Free Collection

 Color Me Cancer Free Card Kit 

There is one more thing...A FREEBIE for you!!! Brought to you by Miss Daisy Stamps and We Are 3 Digital Paper.

You can find lots of good information on cancer HERE.  I found this piece on Lung Cancer very educational. It gives you statistics and treatments. 

Please help us in our quest to raise awareness on lung cancer. 

Thank you for stopping by to visit. Have a craftastic day!