She had to dance ...

She had to dance — she just had to!... The music seemed to move in her body, moving through her. She leaped high and flung out her arms and oh, how she smiled! As she danced, Clara forgot her sorrow. ~Amy Ehrlich, The Girl Who Wanted to Dance, 2009

Good morning,

Today I am sharing a card I created for a young lady that loves to dance. Unfortunately, she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and will be undergoing an aggressive treatment program so hopefully this card will be one of many that cheer her up!

The cat ballerina is from a very old Stampin Up! Set and I fall in love with the set every time I use it! So stinking cute! For this card, I used the kitty ballerina. I stamped her twice. Once on gray cardstopck and once on a piece of design paper scrap so I could do a bit of paper piecing. Before I added the design paper to the image I fussy cut it out and then used a gray ProMarker to add some shadows.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Cardstock from Pen & Gear (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Circle die from Make It
• Design paper Unknown and Close to My Heart
• Gold metallic cardstock from my scrap bin
• Image from Stampin Up! (Beautiful Ballerinas)
• Ink from Momento an Stampin Up!
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from Recollections
• Sentiment from Studio G
• Sketch used Mojo Monday #465

Thanks for stopping by!

((Hugs)) Cara

Snips and snails, and puppy dogs' tails ...

Hug a firefighter and feel warm all over. ~Author unknown

Good morning,

Today I am sharing a card I created for a young man whose birthday has now passed. He loves firetrucks and I happen to have a set of old stickers I had been gifted that had a couple fire engines that were perfect. I didn't realize the set was fairly old until I tried to remove the sticker from the release backing and couldn't without risk of tearing so I just cut around it the added pop dots to lift it off the page just a bit.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Cardstock from Pen & Gear (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Momento
• Embossing plates: Cuttlebug (Diamond Plate) & Stampin Up! (Subtle)
• Firetruck sticker from Stickopotamus
• Metallic cardstock from my scrap box
• Sentiment from Inkahootz!
• Sketch used: Mojo Monday #463

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Heart of Flowers ...

'Tis my faith that every flower

Enjoys the air it breathes!

~William Wordsworth, "Lines Written in Early Spring," Lyrical Ballads, 1798

Good evening!

Today starts of a new month long challenge at SheepSki Challenge Blog. Our theme this month is "Flower Power".

I love this image "Floral Heart" ... so many possibilities for this image which is something I really like. Think Mothers Day, Easter and even a beautiful sympathy card just to name a few. I, however, chose to make a birthday card for someone special who is going to be celebrating their 100th birthday :O)

  

Image "Floral Heart" from SheepSki Designs colored with Alcohol Markers

Bandana embossing folder from Cuttlebug

Black hybrid ink from Palette

Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Distress Stickles by Ranger

Elegant border die from Crafters Companion

Liquid Pearls by Ranger

Pearl stems from Jo-Ann's (Local Craft Store)

Pearls from Recollections

Pink flowers, made by me using Prima milk bottle flowers

Sentiment from Sincere Salutations by Stampin Up!

White gel pen

White rose from stash

Yellow rose from Michael's dollar bin 

Now ... You have two ways to play along with SheepSki Designs!

BLOG ... Where you are allowed to use any hand colored image for a chance to win 3 images ... BUT, if you use a SheepSki Designs image and are the winner, you get an additional image choice

or

FACEBOOK ... Where you must use a SheepSki Designs Image for a chance to win 3 images

As an added bonus, when you are done shopping in the STORE, if you use my code SKICARA10 at check out you will receive a 10% discount off your purchased! So come along and play one or both! Can't wait to see what you create!

Looking forward to seeing your lovely creations!
(Hugs) Cara

Card for Garrett

Adolescence is a period of rapid changes. Between the ages of 12 and 17, for example, a parent ages as much as 20 years. ~Author Unknown

Hi Everyone!

Today I am sharing a card I made for Garrett Brown, a young man who is turning 16 years old today! Fabulous right? A milestone birthday on a leap year day! 

In 2002 he was mauled quite badly by a dog and was left mostly blind with multiple facial scars. It seems he read an article (he reads braille) about a little girl whose wish was to receive Christmas cards and he started wondering why he never received any mail for his birthday.

So a request was issued asking people from around the world to make his 16th birthday wish come true!

Here is the card I made for him using the sketch on the left ... I found it on Pinterest but I don't know where it comes from :O(

  

Supplies

Card stock from The Paper Studio, Stampin Up!, Bazzill & Sizzix

Design paper from DCWV (I think)

Dies: Mixed Media from Sizzix

Dies: Banner from Stampin Up!

Ink from Stampin Up!

Sentiment from Inkahootz!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lots of Love for Lauryn Card Drive

Isn't this little girl just precious? Let me introduce you....
Lauryn was diagnosed with Leukemia on March 27, 2014. She is currently hospitalized in the DC area undergoing chemotherapy to fight this terrible disease.  Lauryn is Linda Payne's granddaughter...many of you in the stamping community probably already know Linda from all her beautiful cards.

Please create cards to share your love and encouragement for Lauryn and her family. Lauryn's parents are Josh and Elizabeth and she has two older siblings: Lily and Logan. We thank the Lord for this dear family and need to pray for them as they are seeking to glorify the Lord throughout this trial. 

Cards can be mailed to:

Children's National
Hematology/ Oncology RM 437
Lauryn Newsome
111 Michigan Ave NW
Washington DC 20010

You can find updates on Lauryn via a Facebook page that has been set up by some family. It is Fight on Little Lauryn. They have shared how encouraging it is receive a simple "like" on a Facebook status or words of love and encouragement that is posted.

On my right sidebar is a donate button and this LINK will take you to the blog set up for Lauryn. This is where the card drive starts. Please check out all the wonderful cards made for Lauryn and her family.

Here is the card I will be sending!

Size: A2

SUPPLIES

Card stock from Stampin Up!

DP from DCWV (I think)

Sentiment from The Angel Company "Trendy Greetings"

Ribbon from my stash
Cuttlebug EF "Swiss Dots"

A request from Misty Loges - Blogging it forward (FB)

Please, if you can take a few minutes to read this request from Misty Loges regarding a friend of hers.

"I know many of you are busy with holiday activities & getting ready for school. I do hope you can help me cheer a young man, who had a terrible accident, and is in hospital paralyzed from neck down. He has been making tiny improvements and is off ventilator. Of course we hope he will recover use of all limbs. But can y'all take time to send him a cheery card please? And feel free to share with other card makers. Thank you 

Brian Bannon C/O Cindy Chinquee, 243 Park St., Browns Mills, NJ 08015

Thanks so much!

Cara

This is the card I will be sending to him.

The frogs were stamped onto the DP and then colored

Supplies:

Cardstock & Ink - Stampin Up!

Image - The Angel Company

Sentiment - Inkahootz!