"It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 3rd Annual Blog Hop & Challenge

Hello Blogging Friends!!

Welcome to my post for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 3rd Annual Blog Hop and Challenge.

 

My daughter, Julie, was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome at 6 weeks of age.  She is 33 years old now and I am amazed at how few people are aware of Turner Syndrome!  I have made it my mission to bring as much awareness of TS to as many people as I can!  I am a board member for the Turner Syndrome Foundation here in NJ and I volunteer on the TSF Awareness Committee!  I am hoping with more awareness we can get the medical field to do some much needed research on how TS affects females through their lifetime.

Here is a picture of Julie and Me at the "Take A Step for TS" back in October 2020.

Julie is the happiest and kindest person I know!  She is my hero!  She never had a bad word to say about anyone.  She has many specialist that she sees, but she loves going to the doctors!  All her doctors love her!  Actually anyone who meets Julie falls in love with her!

I am very fortunate that the Crafting Community is such a generous community and that so many Companies and Card Designers have joined me to spread awareness!!  Please shop at the Sponsors stores and please leave some love on the awesome Card Designers Blogs!!

Twenty~three Caring and Generous Sponsors are helping bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public!  To win one of the Sponsor prizes you have to make a card that is feminine and has an uplifting or encouraging message, write a post on your blog about it including details on how you made the card and the products used.  Your blog post has to link back to the original My Turner Syndrome Journey Blog here:  https://myturnersyndromejourney.blogspot.com/   

The winners will be announced on that same blog on Saturday, March 13th, 2021.

My TS related project is inspired by the TSA official Mood Board created by Jan Mahew:

Here is my first card:

Ingredients:

Jan's Digi's TSF Fairy digital stamp

Pink card stock

Lemoncraft Green Patterned paper

Neenah Solar White paper

Unity Stamp Company Camille sentiment stamp

Black ink

Pink sequins

Pink paper heart

glitter on wings

For this A2 card I started by making the card base with Pink card stock.  I took a piece of Lemoncraft Green Patterned paper and added that to the card base.  I took a piece of Neenah Solar White paper and printed the Jan's Digi's TSF Fairy Stamp, the colored version, onto the paper.  I cut that down and added it to the card.  I took some Pink sequins and added them to the card. I took Black ink and stamped the sentiment from the Unity Stamp Company Camille stamp set onto the Green paper. I took the Pink Heart that I had in my stash and added that over the sentiment onto the card.  I put some glitter on the wings and I added some Pink sequins to the card.

* I am entering this card into Jan's Digi Stamp February Challenge 

Here is my second card for today:

Ingredients:

Stampingbella Tiny Townie Butterfly Girl Brianna stamp

Stamping Bella Tiny Townie Brianna Butterfly 'cut it out'

Lawn Fawn Stitched Ovals

Waffle Flowers Lacy Layers die

White card stock

Neenah Solar White paper

Black ink

Copic markers 

Blue paper

Blue Striped paper

Sentiment stamp

For this A2 card I started by making the base of the card with White card stock.  I took the Blue paper and the Waffle Flowers Lacy Layers die and cut that out and attached it to the card.  I took a piece of Neenah Solar White paper, Black ink and the Stampingbella Tiny Townie Brianna Butterfly Girl stamp onto the paper and colored it in with Copic markers.  I took the Stampingbella Tiny Townie Brianna Butterfly "cut it out" and cut her out.  I took a piece of Blue stripped paper and the Lawn Fawn Stitched Oval die and cut that out and added that to the card.  I then took the butterfly girl and glued her onto the oval.  I took the sentiment stamp and Black ink and stamped the sentiment onto the bottom of the card.

Here is the prize I am offering:

**To be eligible to win this prize, along with the prizes the other Card Designers are offering, you have to leave a comment on each of the 12 Blog Posts.**  

Each Card Designer will pick a winner from the comments on their post.

My second giveaway is to a random donor and it is a $50 Gift Certificate to any Scrapbooking Store.

To become eligible for this prize you can make a donation (Any Amount) to the Turner Syndrome Foundation with the link below, I will enter a ticket for every dollar amount you donate.

Click Here

I will be posting a card everyday in February to help bring Awareness of Turner Syndrome to more people!  All my cards will be up for sale on my  Cards for Charity Facebook page for  $3 each with 100% of the money going to the Turner Syndrome Foundation.  

I do hope you will play along with us by creating a card for the Challenge part of the Blog Hop.  You can link it up here!

Please be sure to leave some love for all the wonderful Card Designers!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Lori

Dies R Us Challenge ~ Just Desserts

Hello Blogging Friends!

Happy August 1st!  Can you believe it is August already?  This year has sure been crazy!  Well since it is the 1st of the month it means that a new Challenge starts on the Dies R Us Challenge Blog and the theme for this challenge is ~ Just Desserts!

Here is my card for this challenge:

 

Ingredients:

Lawn Fawn Stitched Windy Backdrop
Impression Obsession Checkered Frames
Lawn Fawn Scripty Sayings stamp set (inside card)

White card stock 

Neenah Solar White paper

Pink paper

Black paper

Black ink

Copic markers

For this A2 card I started by making the base of the card with some White card stock.  I took a piece of Pink paper and the Lawn Fawn Stitched Windy Backdrop die and ran that through my Big Shot and then I added it to the base of the card.  I took a piece of Neenah Solar White paper, the cake stamp and some black ink and stamped the cake onto the paper.  I colored the cake in with some Copic markers and then added it to the card.  I took some Black paper and the Impression Obsession Checkered Frames die and cut out the frame and added it to the card.

Here is the inside of the card:

Don't forget to check our Sister Store in Canada with warehouses in USA & Canada called Didi Crafts.

I hope you will come and join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

Click below for:

Store

Challenge Blog

Facebook

Inspiration Blog 

Friends of Dies R Us Pinterest Page

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori

Hello World

Hello Blogging Friends!

Today I have a very special card that I am going to share with you ~ I was commissioned to make some Birth Announcements for a cousin of mine, this was a huge honor for me to make these cards and I hope everyone can see the love I put into making them.

Ingredients:

Lawn Fawn Hello Border die

La La Land Crafts World Border die

Lil' Inker Designs Anytime Tags die

Sweet & Sassy Heart Spotted Giraffe stamp

Neenah Solar White paper

White card stock

Bo Bunny Pink paper

Black ink

Copic markers

Victorian Velvet distress ink

For this 5 x 7 inch card I started with White card stock to make the base of the card. I took the Pink Bo Bunny paper, inked the edges with Victorian Velvet distress ink and added that to the card.  I took a piece of Neenah Solar White paper, Black ink and the Sweet & Sassy Heart Spotted Giraffe stamp and stamped that onto the paper.  I colored in the giraffe with Copic markers and then I cut it out with the Lil' Inker Designs Anytime Tags die and I added that to the card.  I took some White paper and the Lawn Fawn Hello Border die and the La La Land Crafts World Border die and cut them out and added them to the card.

This was the first time I have been commissioned to make so many of one card style!  I am very honored that I was asked to make these birth announcements for my cousin and I am very proud to donated 100% of the money for the cards to the Turner Syndrome Foundation.

You can see other cards I have made that are for sale on my Cards for Charity facebook page.  I donate 100% percent of the money to the Turner Syndrome Foundation.  Here is the link to that page:  https://www.facebook.com/pg/handmadecardsforcharity/photos/?ref=page_internal

Thanks for stopping by!

Lori