My Paper Crafting I Feel the Love Challenge

This is my card for My Paper Crafting challenge this week.  This week it is the I Feel the Love Project to support our very own Madison.  This month the project is for Alana who lost her home in Hurricane Sandy in 2012.  You can read all about Alaina and the project below.  

I made my card with the Imagine Word of Mouth Cartridge.  I cut the house and tree twice to pop dot and added some twine and buttons.  

Alana 

I Feel the Love Project for February 2013

21 year old student Alana experienced a devastating loss as the result of Hurricane Sandy when it came to shore in October of 2012.  

She lost her original home, as well as most all of her family home belongings due to this horrific storm.  These included her clothes, her bed, and the home furnishings. 

When Alana returned from school she did not have a home to come back to.  She was able to stay briefly with an aunt before living in a hotel for a month.  The family was finally able to relocate to another home.

When Alana was asked how this storm impacted her she said that she was "scared for my family and for my house."  Alana was forced to stay away for a couple of weeks and she said it made her "homesick."  When Alana was able to go into the area for the first time and see that her family home had been knocked down she said, "I was in shock of what I saw.  It is something I will never forget as long as I live."

I can't imagine losing everything all at once.  That would be very difficult.  We can support Alana and her family.  Words of comfort can go a long way.  With all of the difficulties she has recently experienced, we would like to honor her as the I Feel the Love Project February 2013 recipient.

We recently had a fundraiser to raise money for the I Feel the Love Project.  So in addition to sending hand crafted greeting cards, the I Feel the Love Project will also be sending a gift card to Alana so she can buy some clothes or something for her new home.  There is no obligation or need for anyone else to do this.  It is just something we felt called to do.  

If you would like to be a part of this project...

All you need to do is:

Submit your hand crafted card/s by February 28th to:

Madison Womack

IFTL Project

P.O. Box 1203

Atascadero, CA 93423

Breast Cancer Awareness BBTB2

Hello all you BBTB2 fans.  This week at BBTB2 we are creating projects in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness.  My good friend and fellow DT member is our hostess this week for the challenge.  

My card came from page 31 of Stand N Salute.  I cut the frame using my Gypsy at 7 x 4.85.  

The pop dotted frame with the 'believe" sentiment is from Artistre cut from page 33 at 3 inches.  

The breast cancer awareness ribbon paper I bought last year at Michaels.  

I then inked the edges, added some ribbon and bling.  

On the inside  I used my Cricut Imagine Word of Mouth page 22.  

Please join us at BBTB2 for the challenge this week and link up your projects.

We would love to see your creations.  Happy craftin!  

CWC Thank you Melin Surprise Blog Hop

Welcome to Cooking With Cricut’s very special SURPRISE “Thank You” Blog Hop. Why is it so special? There are a couple of reasons! The first reason -- it is our 100th Cooking With Cricut challenge and the second (and most important) is to thank our wonderful leader and “Executive Chef” Melinda Beltran.

Melin started the Cooking With Cricut challenges in October 2010 to encourage crafters to find new and different ways to use their Cricut cartridges. And she has accomplished that and so much more! She has given scores of crafters a place on her Design Teams which quickly turned into a sisterhood of women, who care for each other; who encourage each other; who lift each other and their families up in prayer; and who have shared their hearts and their art through many outreach projects.

On a personal note I think Melin is uber talented and the most amazing supportive Christian woman.

 I am blessed to be on her design team and work with her and the other ladies.  

If you have arrived from my Design Team sisster Olivia at Orm Crafty Nights you are in the right place.  If not or to start at the beginning please go to Cooking with Cricut to start the hop.  

For my project I used the Imagine cart Word of Mouth and made a 6 x 6 twisted easel.  

The flowers are from the Cricut cart Flower Shoppe.  

I covered all the layers of the flower cuts with Glossy Accents.  Then after it dries used a bamboo skewer to curve the petals.  They stay really well that way and don't flatten out.  

Closed card 

Card standing up 

Blog Candy

Starting August 18th through August 31th I am going to draw one lucky winner by Random.org who leaves a comment and is a follower of my blog

 for a $10  Gift Card to Michaels.  

I will also draw one lucky new follower for a goody bag.  I now have 601 followers which is amazing to me.  So thank you all!

Thanks so much for hopping with us. We hope you’ll join us and leave your own “thank you” in the comment section for Melin at CWC! Now it’s time to head on over to my Design team sister Xochitl  at Cricut Critter Scrappin Heaven  she’s the next stop on this party train!  Thanks for joining us and Happy Craftin!

Cooking with Cricut- I Feel the Love for July

Today at Cooking with Cricut it is time for the July  I Feel the Love Project.  Madison from Funky Cards and one of our designers has asked us to make birthday cards and decorations for a homeless shelter to keep on hand to use as needed.  The cards will be for boys and girls who are staying at the shelter ( most likely young to teen children.) You can read more about the shelter HERE.

When I started this challenge it was my first day of not babysitting my granddaughter.  I decided to crank out some cards using my Imagine as I haven't been using it that much and had some carts I haven't really explored.  So here my cards.  `f

I used Imagine carts Best Friends, Better Together, Imagine More, Word of Mouth Bucanneer and Yummy, Yummy.  Some have Stickles, embellishments, and googly eyes.  I hope you will join the challenge this week and link up at Cooking with Cricut.  We would love to see your projects and I am sure all the kids would love to get birthday cards.

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