Turner Syndrome Awareness ~ Awesome and Loved

Hello Blogging Friends!!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing all the wonderful cards my blogging friends have made for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop!!

Thank you for all the love you are showering on me and my fellow bloggers!!  We all love reading your comments about what you like about our cards!!

If by chance you haven't stopped by the blog hop yet ~ there is still time to hop through and leave a comment, tell us one thing you learned about Turner Syndrome and maybe even win a prize!!  Just hop over here.

I am still making cards for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop!!  I have 2 cards that I am going to share with you today!

Ingredients:

Picket Fences Studios Swallowtail Beauty stamp

Lil' Inker Designs Awesome word die

Kraft paper

Neenah Solar White paper

Black paper

Black ink

Watercolor Pencils

For this 6 X 6 inch card I made the base of the card with Kraft paper.  I took a piece of Neenah Solar White paper, Black ink and the Picket Fences Studios Swallowtail Beauty stamp and stamped that onto the paper.  I colored it in with Watercolor pencils and then fussy cut it out and added it to the card. I took some Black paper and the Lil' Inker Designs Awesome word die and cut that out and added it to the card.

Ingredients:

Reverse Confetti Falling Hearts Confetti Cuts

Neenah Desert Storm paper

Bo Bunny paper

Pink paper

Hot Pink paper

Picked Raspberry distress ink

Black Ink

Sentiment stamp

For this card I used a piece of Neenah Desert Storm paper to make the base of the card.  I took some Bo Bunny paper, inked the edges with Picked Raspberry distress ink and added it to the card.  I took a piece of Pink paper and the Reverse Confetti Falling Hearts die and cut that out and then mounted it onto another piece of patterned paper and added it to the card.  I took a piece of Hot Pink paper, Black ink and the sentiment and stamped that onto the paper, I cut it into a strip, fish tailed the end and added that to the card.

I am going to be entering the You Are Loved card in the Reverse Confetti Stock Your Stash Challenge:

This month's card making theme is:  Encouragement & Congratulations.

Thanks for stopping by!  I will be back again tomorrow with another card or two that I made for this blog hop!!

Lori

"It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop

Hello Blogging Friends!!

Welcome to my post for the GIGANTIC "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop!  

More than 32 years ago my daughter, Julie, was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome. I found that many doctors were not familiar with TS and for me this is where my journey began.  I spent hard days and long nights trying to learn everything I could about TS and how I could help my daughter.  Receiving the diagnosis was only the first step on a lifelong path of searching for acceptance and understanding.

TS is a complex condition with ear and hearing issues being one aspect, which Julie faced.  She had numerous ear infections and eventually needed surgery to put tubes in her ears.  I informed the ENT that TS girls ears were different but the surgery failed ~ a situation that could have been avoided with awareness and education. Without experienced professionals to guide us, making medical decisions for Julie was an ongoing struggle.  After this, we decided to commute to Children's Hospital in Philadelphia where the specialists were more familiar with TS.

When Julie was an infant, the geneticist told my husband and me to keep Julie's TS diagnosis a secret because others would treat her differently.  I now know that staying silent will not help my daughter, or any girl affected by TS, access the care she needs.  Working together to raise a greater awareness encourages the medical field to do much needed research on how TS affects girls and women throughout their lives.  This is the reason I started this Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop!!  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!!

Prize Winners will be announced on February 15, 2020.

Thirty-six caring Sponsors and nine DT Members are offering prizes to commenters and they are helping bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public. For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page. Thanks for learning about Turner Syndrome.

Nine talented and caring designers are offering prizes on their personal blogs as well:

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

Here are my cards I that I made for this blog hop and they are for sale on my Cards for Charity page with 100% of the money being donated to the Turner Syndrome Foundation!

For this card I used the ArtsyStamper the Rose Heart Layered Digi stamp and the Picket Fence Studio Lovely Word die

For this card I used:   Alexandra Renke Geometric Christmas paper,
 Alexandra Renke Angel in the Moon die,
Whimsy Stamps Gothic Die set

I will be offering 2 prizes on my blog!  The first one will be to a random commenter on this post.  The second one will be to a randomly picked person who donates to the Turner Syndrome Foundation through the link below.

My first giveaway is to a random commenter on this blog post and it is these 3 dies:

My second giveaway is to a random donor and it is a brand new Tonic Tim Holtz Stamping Platform:

To become eligible for this prize you can make a donation (Any Amount) to the Turner Syndrome Foundation with the link below between now and February 7th.  The random donor winner will be posted on my blog and also on the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness 2nd Annual Blog Hop  page on February 15th.

Here is a link if you would like to make a donation to the Turner Syndrome Foundation:  https://tsfusa.salsalabs.org/onlinefundraising/p/lorikobularsfundraisingpage/index.html

Please be sure to leave some love for all the wonderful Card Designers!  Go back to the main post here to go to the next blog and be sure to leave a comment on the main page too!

I will be posting more cards that I made for this blog hop during the week, all the cards are up for sale on my Cards for Charity Facebook page for  $3 each with 100% of the money going to the Turner Syndrome Foundation.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Lori