Cut It Up! Breast Cancer Awareness

Happy Friday!!!

Oh my goodness, can I just list all that is going on in my life right now?

It would take up too much of my blog, so I will spare you.

Anyway, a new challenge has started over at Cut It Up!!!

Our Challenge is:

Breast Cancer Awareness.

Our Sponsor:

CAS-ual Friday Stamps

$15 Prize

My Project:

Unfortunately, I was not able to use the awesome ribbon

die cut from our sponsor,

instead I pulled out my Pink Journey cartridge

and cut out this pretty pink ribbon.

I also used Mini Monograms to cut the

scallop circle and then I cut that in half to use as

added embellishment.

The background paper is from Echo Park.

I love the printed message on the paper and

thought it was perfect for this card.

I hope you will join us over at Cut It Up

for this challenge.

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

Cut It Up Challenges - Breast Cancer Awareness in 3D

Cut It Up Challenges

Challenge #54

Theme: Breast Cancer Awareness - 3D

Projects must include a 3D element (to promote 3D mammography);

examples: a card that becomes 3D, 3D card such as easel card,

side-step card, or a tri-step card; or a pop-up element on the inside.

Sponsor:

As Cute as a Button

$20 Coupon Code

 My Project:

Hey All!!!

Happy Friday!!!

It's the start of another challenge over at Cut It Up!

And this challenge should be near and dear to all of us!

I am sure we all know someone that has been affected by Cancer,

it's not a pretty disease - my husband has now

been in remission for over a year,

but it still haunts us every month as we go in for his clinic visits

and what his labs might say.

During his treatments, I went ahead and got my first mammogram.

And no matter what the horror stories of getting one may be,

mine was absolutely fine!

There is NOTHING to worry about for the actual exam!

So if you haven't gotten one, I strongly urge you to make an

appointment and get it done!

It will be well worth it!

So for our challenge over at Cut It Up, we want to see some

Breast CancerAwareness projects in 3D!

No "flat" cards on this one ladies :)

I wanted to make a gift box for someone who

is fighting the hard fight!

I pulled out my Pink Journey cartridge and cut the

butterfly box out of some paper from American Crafts.

I also cut the cancer ribbon tag from this same cart.

My stamp is from a Paper Smooches

stamp set called "Flap Happy"

and I stamped it with Studio G Pink Ink.

I wrapped it in some ivory tulle and pink & white twine from

American Crafts.

I am anxious to see what projects you come up with

in 3D!

Thanks for checkin' in!!!

BBTB2 - Awareness Month

Hello all you BBTB2 fans! This week we have a FANTASTIC challenge going on!!! As you may well know, it is Awareness Month and we want to see your projects that honor the importance of being aware of the different illnesses and dieseases out there - especially Breast Cancer!  It is so critical that, as women, we get the screenings done that are so important to help detect Breast Cancer as early as possible.  I had my first mammogram done this year, and IT'S NOT THAT BAD!!!  Really!  Piece of CAKE!!!  And after watching my husband go what he went through this last year, I'm getting one done as often as possible to detect any sign of abnormality as soon as it may appear! I strongly encourage you to as well!!!

For my project, my mom asked me to make another "something" for her friend who just learned that she has Breast Cancer and is going to start chemo in the next week or so.  I told her of the phrase "fight like a girl" and she LOVED it, so I made this wood plaque for her to give to her friend so she can hang it on the wall, or just display it however she wants.  The plaque comes from Wal-Mart and I just painted it with a rose colored acrylic paint.  I Mod Podged some patterned paper from My Mind's Eye on top and used Pink Journey for the ribbon and phrase "Fight".  I used Lyrical Letters  for "like a girl".  My flowers are from Recollections and I just used glue dots to hold those down.  My mom loves how it turned out and we are both praying that her friend does put up a fight through her treatments.

I hope that you will join us over at BBTB2 this week, I would love to see what you come up with and what awareness/cause is near and dear to you!

Cut It Up Challenge #29 - Think Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness)

Cut It Up Challenges

Challenge starts October 4 and ends October 16, 2013 at noon EST

Use Pink on Your Project and Use a Die Cut

Our Sponsors for the week are

My Scrap Chick - $10 Gift Certificate and

Cute As A Button - $20 Coupon Code

 



 

It is Breast Cancer Awareness time!  Time and time again, I am shocked and amazed at how many people I know get diagnosed with cancer - any form, really.  My husband is a cancer survivor, he was diagnosed June 2012 and went through a year of hell, for lack of a better term.  But he made it!  And so many others I know fight and survive.  My mom just told me of a friend of hers that was just diagnosed with breast cancer, has had a double mastectomy and will start chemo in a week or so.  She asked me to make her some cards to pass on to her friend throughout this next little while for some encouragement and to make sure she knows she has a support system. 

So for my project I used the Cricut Pink Journey Cartridge and made some "pass-along" cards.  They are just a 3" x 4" one-sided card.  All the cuts are from this one cartridge, my papers are from My Mind's Eye and Basic Grey and then I embellished them with We R Memory Keeper's Baker's Twine, Recollection's Flat Back Pearls, and Prima Flowers.  My mom thought they were perfect, so I am happy with that!  I had my first mammogram this summer and I would encourage any of you, if you are over 35 to get one too!  You can never be too safe, and you just never know - one day you could be celebrating your birthday, the next day you are admitted in the hospital undergoing chemo.

I hope that you will join us over at Cut It Up Challenges for this special challenge, and your card doesn't specifically need to be about breast cancer, we just want you to incorporate pink in your project!

I am also going to be entering these in over at CardzTV and Link Up for Pink.