Stroke Awareness Card

This card was created for the What's Your Cause? Challenge at Catch The Bug. I chose Stroke Awareness because my dad had a massive stroke and spent his final 13 years dealing with partial paralysis and loss of his independence.

I used the freebie Ribbon Bear digi stamp from Bugaboo Stamps and placed it on handmade paper that I made a few weeks ago. I used red Stickles on the button.

We miss you Dad!

Paper Halloween Lanterns

I just LOVE how these are turning out!

To make these paper lanterns, I used various SVG files, mostly from svgcuts.com and modified them to cut on my Cricut with Sure Cuts a Lot. In this example, I used the free download of a gothic gate. I added rectangles to strengthen the corners and extended them to make posts.

I joined the pieces together then copied it and pasted 3 more for the other sides. Because I can only fit 3 sides on 12x12 inch paper, I joined 3 of them together and rotated the 4^th to fit on the bottom of the page. I used a trapezoid on each of the 2 pieces to connect them together later.

Next I set up template to cut vellum to line the inside and cut them.

I scored the fold lines and used a bone folder to crease the paper. Then I glued each of the vellum panels to the back of each side. I used Super Tape on the tabs to connect the pieces together.

After I made it, I thought how nice it would beto have the candle raised up. So I made a little table to put the candle on!

Here is the layout for the cute little table.

Eeyore

The last in my Pooh trilogy....

Tigger

How could I do Winnie the Pooh without Tigger?

Winnie the Pooh

I painted the background of this card and added aWinnie the Pooh pop up sticker.

The text was on a piece of vellum and is hard to read in the photo. It says:

Promise me you will always remember
you are braver than you believe,
and stronger than you seem,
and smarter than you think.
                           -Winnie the Pooh

I thought those words were so fitting for my friend as she fought the battle of her life.